Exemplar Unit Plans
The units linked on this page are considered exemplar units teachers created and revised from 2013-2018. These units were vetted by coaches in order to be selected as exemplar units. It is important to note that the unit plan template has changed over time as the Idaho Coaching Network has been able to hone the process of supporting teachers through unit creation.
Kindergarten
Social Studies & ELA: Colonial Towns and Townspeople
1st Grade
Health: Why Should I Care About my Teeth?
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
ELA: Access to Clean Water: Challenges and Solutions
ELA: Adaptations, Life Cycles, and Heredity
ELA: Hey! What's the Big Idea? The Impact of Main Idea
ELA: Writing an Informational Essay
History/Social Studies: Biographies
Science: Plants and Their Environments
4th Grade
ELA: What Makes a Hero: Point of View
History/Social Studies: Native Americans in Idaho
5th Grade
ELA: Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story
ELA: Research Unit on U.S. Presidents
History/Social Studies: Civil War
History/Social Studies: Moving West for Gold
6th Grade
ELA: Literature Circles-How Can Being Different Be Dangerous?
ELA: Perspectives in Communication
Science: Laws of Motion and Gravity
7th Grade
ELA: Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
ELA: Forming Opinion Before Running Out of Time
History/Social Studies: Slavery
Science: Cell Structure & Function
8th Grade
ELA: The Boy on the Wooden Box
ELA: Virtual Travel: Informational Writing Travel Blogs and Itinerary
9th Grade
Foreign Language: The Importance of Foreign Language
10th Grade
ELA: Into Thin Air, Argumentative Writing and DBI
Science: Biology: Classification of Life
Science: Evidence of Evolution
11th Grade
ELA: The Bean Trees and Social Justice
ELA: Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass
History/Social Studies: The Vietnam War: A Cold War Case Study
12th Grade
ELA: Introduction to Shakespeare's Writing Style