UPSD Teaching & Learning
Curriculum
2022-2023
Kindergarten & 1st Grade
ELA - Read Well ® is a reading curriculum for kindergarten and first-grade. students whose goal is to increase students' literacy abilities. The program provides instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency.
Math - UP Math's philosophy
Every student receives the same academic background knowledge and the same set of skills that they can use as a reference for future learning.
Math activities provide struggling students with a “catch up” path.
Activities are scaffolded to provide instruction to meet individual student needs.
Activities provide powerful, visual math models for future learning and will be applicable in future areas from pre-algebra to calculus and beyond.
2nd-4th Grade
ELA - Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) is a comprehensive program for teaching reading, writing, listening, and speaking while also building students’ vocabulary and knowledge across essential domains in literature, world and American history, and the sciences.
Math - UP Math's philosophy
Every student receives the same academic background knowledge and the same set of skills that they can use as a reference for future learning.
Math activities provide struggling students with a “catch up” path.
Activities are scaffolded to provide instruction to meet individual student needs.
Activities provide powerful, visual math models for future learning and will be applicable in future areas from pre-algebra to calculus and beyond.
5th-7th Grade
ELA Grade 5 - Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) is a comprehensive program for teaching reading, writing, listening, and speaking while also building students’ vocabulary and knowledge across essential domains in literature, world and American history, and the sciences.
ELA Grades 6-7 - SpringBoard takes an integrated approach to ELA instruction that helps students at all learning levels strengthen their skills in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and critical thinking.
Math Grade 5 - UP Math's philosophy
Every student receives the same academic background knowledge and the same set of skills that they can use as a reference for future learning.
Math activities provide struggling students with a “catch up” path.
Activities are scaffolded to provide instruction to meet individual student needs.
Activities provide powerful, visual math models for future learning and will be applicable in future areas from pre-algebra to calculus and beyond.
Math Grades 6-7 - enVision® focuses on deep conceptual math understanding aided by visual models, student-centered projects, 3-act tasks, and personalized learning.
Science Grade 5 - UPSD Science
Science Grades 6-7 - Pearson Interactive Science offers an engaging, hands-on learning experience for students and an easy-to-manage program for teachers. The print and digital update of Interactive Science delivers the best in classroom technology, and brings the fun back into class while building the skills students need to think like scientists and engineers.
Grade 6 - Diversity of Life and Introduction to Chemistry
Grade 7 - Human Body and Ecology and the Environment
Comprehensive Sexual Health - Scope & Sequence documents linked below by grade level:
Grade 5 - Comprehensive Sexual Health
Grade 6 - Comprehensive Sexual Health
Grade 7 - Comprehensive Sexual Health
Social Studies - National Geographic World History: Great Civilizations makes history meaningful and relevant for students by building insight into world cultures.
8th-12th grade
Science Grade 9
Comprehensive Sexual Health - Scope & Sequence document linked below
Grade 9 - Comprehensive Sexual Health
Health Grade 10
Comprehensive Sexual Health - Scope & Sequence document linked below
Grade 10 - Comprehensive Sexual Health