We will be utilizing a program called Read 180 which will allow the students to work in different areas.
Quarter 1 — Foundations & Baseline
Unit 1: Foundational Decoding
CVC word review, silent-e (VCe) pattern, r-controlled vowels (ar, er, or), high-frequency sight word review, matched to each student's instructional level.
Unit 2: Fluency Baseline
Cold-read words-correct-per-minute (WCPM) assessments to establish starting points for the year's fluency goals.
Unit 3: Introduction to Main Idea
Direct instruction on identifying the main idea of a short, high-interest text using verbal or multiple-choice response formats.
Quarter 2 — Skill Building
Unit 1: Decoding Mastery
Continued practice with the phonics pattern introduced in Q1 (e.g., CVCV/silent-e words); introduction of irregular "heart" words.
Unit 2: Fluency Growth Checkpoint
First progress-monitoring checkpoint toward each student's WCPM goal range.
Unit 3: Main Idea + Supporting Details
Expanding from identifying a main idea alone to identifying 2–3 supporting details that connect to it.
Quarter 3 — Generalization & Complexity
Unit 1: Advanced Decoding
Vowel teams and diphthongs (ai, ie, oa, oi, ou, au).
Unit 2: Continued Fluency Growth
Progress monitoring continues toward annual fluency targets.
Unit 3: Inferencing & Text Evidence
Shifting from literal recall toward inferencing and citing text evidence to support an answer.
Quarter 4 — Mastery & Review
Unit 1: Generalization to Novel Texts
Applying decoding and fluency gains to new, unpracticed texts.
Unit 2: Comprehension Across Genres
Applying main idea, supporting detail, and inferencing skills to a range of text types.
Unit 3: Spring Benchmarking & Review
Spring benchmark/diagnostic administration; cumulative review of the year's reading skills.
Quarter 1 — Foundations
Unit 1: Letter Formation & Handwriting
Review of legible letter formation and handwriting basics.
Unit 2: Dictated Sentences
Writing short dictated sentences with correct capitalization, punctuation, and spacing.
Quarter 2 — Conventions & Structure
Unit 1: Sound-Spelling Patterns
Spelling by sound — beginning and ending sounds, phonetic spelling of unfamiliar words.
Unit 2: Writing Conventions
Identifying and correcting capitalization, punctuation, and spelling errors in a given sentence.
Unit 3: Introduction to Paragraph Structure
Modeled/shared writing introducing topic sentence, supporting detail, and concluding sentence.
Quarter 3 — Paragraph Writing
Unit 1: Informational Paragraphs
Topic sentence + supporting details + concluding sentence, using information from a text.
Unit 2: Opinion Paragraphs
Topic sentence stating an opinion + reasons that support it + concluding sentence.
Unit 3: Descriptive Writing
Multi-sentence paragraphs using descriptive language to describe a person, place, or event.
Quarter 4 — Independence & Application
Unit 1: Independent Paragraph Writing
Applying paragraph structure to new, self-selected or unit-connected topics.
Unit 2: Editing & Revising
Using a checklist to independently review and correct writing.
Unit 3: Applied/Functional Writing
Writing tied to real-world formats — order forms, simple job logs, notes.
We will be using a program called IXL for the various levels of math.
Quarter 1 — Number Sense
Unit 1: Place Value & Number Sense
Review of place value and number sense at each student's instructional level.
Unit 2: Counting, Composing & Decomposing
Counting, composing, and decomposing numbers within a target range.
Unit 3: Fact Fluency Baseline
Baseline addition/subtraction fact fluency probes.
Quarter 2 — Operations & Time
Unit 1: Subtraction with Regrouping
Subtraction with regrouping/borrowing at each student's target number range.
Unit 2: Place Value — Hundreds/Tens/Ones
Identifying and representing hundreds, tens, and ones in a multi-digit number.
Unit 3: Telling Time
Telling time to the hour, progressing to 5-minute increments.
Quarter 3 — Multi-Digit Operations & Fractions
Unit 1: Multi-Digit Addition & Subtraction
3-digit addition/subtraction with regrouping using a fluent computation strategy.
Unit 2: Introduction to Fractions
Fractions as parts of a whole — shading and identifying fractional parts.
Unit 3: Functional Money & Time Skills
Identifying coin/bill values, making change, and reading a schedule.
Quarter 4 — Review & Real-World Application
Unit 1: Cumulative Operations Review
Mixed addition/subtraction/regrouping review across the year's skills.
Unit 2: Real-World Word Problems
Applying operations to real-world contexts — making change, reading a clock for a schedule, halving/doubling a recipe.
Unit 3: Spring Review & Assessment
Cumulative review and spring benchmark/diagnostic administration.
Quarter 1 — Weather
Unit 1: Weather Basics
Identify sunny, cloudy, rainy, snowy, windy, hot, and cold weather.
Unit 2: Measuring Weather
Use thermometers, weather charts, rain gauges, and simple weather symbols.
Unit 3: Weather Safety and Daily Choices
Select appropriate clothing and practice safety during storms, extreme heat, and cold weather.
Quarter 2 — Plants
Unit 1: Parts of a Plant
Identify roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds.
Unit 2: What Plants Need
Explore how sunlight, water, air, soil, and space help plants grow.
Unit 3: Plant Life Cycles and Uses
Sequence how plants grow and identify how plants provide food, medicine, oxygen, and materials.
Quarter 3 — Animals
Unit 1: Animal Groups
Identify mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and insects.
Unit 2: Animal Needs and Habitats
Explore how animals use food, water, shelter, and space to survive.
Unit 3: Animal Life Cycles and Adaptations
Sequence simple life cycles and identify body parts or behaviors that help animals survive.
Quarter 4 — Ecosystems
Unit 1: Living and Nonliving Things
Sort living and nonliving parts of an environment.
Unit 2: Food Chains and Interdependence
Identify producers, consumers, and simple food chains.
Unit 3: Protecting Ecosystems
Learn about pollution, recycling, conservation, and ways people can care for the environment.
Quarter 1 — Modern World Cultures, Part 1
Unit 1: New York
Location vocabulary, landmarks, culture, and food; geography/fun-fact review; a related story and recipe.
Unit 2: England
Location vocabulary, landmarks, culture, and food; geography/fun-fact review; a related story and recipe.
Unit 3: Italy
Location vocabulary, landmarks, culture, and food; geography/fun-fact review; a related story and recipe.
Unit 4: France
Location vocabulary, landmarks, culture, and food; geography/fun-fact review; a related story and recipe.
Two weeks per location, following the established weekly rhythm: vocabulary/geography day, story day, career day, recipe day, and an interactive cooking day.
Quarter 2 — Modern World Cultures, Part 2
Unit 1: Germany
Location vocabulary, landmarks, culture, and food; geography/fun-fact review; a related story and recipe.
Unit 2: Spain
Location vocabulary, landmarks, culture, and food; geography/fun-fact review; a related story and recipe.
Unit 3: Ireland
Location vocabulary, landmarks, culture, and food; geography/fun-fact review; a related story and recipe.
Unit 4: Canada
Location vocabulary, landmarks, culture, and food; geography/fun-fact review; a related story and recipe.
Completes the modern-world tour begun in Quarter 1.
Quarter 3 — Historical Cultures, Part 1
Unit 1: Ancient Greece
Daily life, mythology, landmarks, and lasting contributions; geography/fun-fact review; a related story and recipe.
Unit 2: Ancient Egypt
Daily life, pyramids and monuments, and lasting contributions; geography/fun-fact review; a related story and recipe.
Shifts the same weekly rhythm from modern countries to historical/ancient cultures.
Quarter 4 — Historical Cultures, Part 2
Unit 1: Ancient China
Daily life, landmarks, and lasting contributions; geography/fun-fact review; a related story and recipe.
Unit 2: Ancient Japan
Daily life, landmarks, and lasting contributions; geography/fun-fact review; a related story and recipe.
Unit 3: Additional Ancient Culture(s)
One or more additional historical cultures as time allows, following the same format.
Quarter 1 — Baseline & Routines
Unit 1: Baseline Articulation & Language Sampling
Collecting baseline data on articulation and expressive/receptive language.
Unit 2: Self-Regulation Strategy Menu
Introducing a personal menu of regulation strategies (break cards, breathing, movement) and classroom participation routines.
Quarter 2 — Skill Building
Unit 1: Articulation & Multisyllabic Word Practice
Targeted articulation drills, building from isolated sounds to phrase and sentence level.
Unit 2: Expressive Language
Formulating complete sentences to describe a picture or event.
Unit 3: Independent Use of Regulation Strategies
Moving from prompted to independent use of self-regulation strategies.
Quarter 3 — Generalization
Unit 1: Conversational Carry-Over
Carrying articulation and language targets into conversational speech.
Unit 2: Posing Questions Independently
Initiating questions to seek help or engage socially, rather than only answering.
Unit 3: Extended On-Task Behavior
Increasing the duration of independent, on-task participation in academic tasks.
Quarter 4 — Real-World Application
Unit 1: Generalization Across Settings
Applying speech and regulation goals with unfamiliar communication partners and settings.
Unit 2: Social Communication Role-Play
Practicing real-world communication (ordering, asking for help, checking in) through unit-connected role-play.