Curriculum Timeline

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Week 1: March 7 March 11

Kelsey

Monday 3/7

Tuesday 3/8

Wednesday 3/9

Thursday 3/10

Friday 3/11

8:30 8:35

Pick up students from

blacktop & morning
announcements

Pick up students from

blacktop & morning
announcements

Pick up students from

blacktop & morning
announcements

Pick up students from

blacktop & morning
announcements

Pick up students from

blacktop & morning
announcements

8:35 8:50

Morning work

Morning work

Morning work

Grade group meeting

Morning work

8:50 9:00

Review morning work

Review morning work

Review morning work

Grade group meeting

Review morning work

Writing
informational writing
(research on animals)
Literacy skill point of
view/ authors
viewpoint
Literacy centers /
small groups (guided
reading and strategy
groups)
Recess

Writing informational
writing (research on
animals)
Literacy skill point of
view/ authors
viewpoint
Literacy centers /
small groups (guided
reading and strategy
groups)
Recess

Writing informational
writing (research on
animals)
Literacy skill point of
view/ authors
viewpoint
Literacy centers /
small groups (guided
reading and strategy
groups)
Recess

Grade group meeting

Writing
informational writing
(research on animals)
Spelling quiz
Skill quiz

Prep

Prep

Prep

Prep

Prep

Lunch & recess

Lunch & recess

Lunch & recess

Lunch & recess

Lunch & recess

Pick students up from

lunch

Pick students up from

lunch

Pick students up from

lunch

Pick students up from

lunch

Pick students up from

lunch

12:15
12:25

SSR

SSR

SSR

SSR

SSR

12:25
12:40

Math message
(measurement)

Math message
(measurement)

Math message
(measurement)

Math message
(measurement)

Math message
(measurement)

12:40 1:15

Math lesson (Unit 7, L

1.1)

Math lesson (Unit 7, L

1.2)

Math lesson (Unit 7, L

1.3)

Math lesson (Unit 7, L

1.4)

Math lesson (Unit 7, L

1.5)

1:15 1:45

Math centers

Math centers

Math centers

Math centers

Math centers

1:45 2:00

Break

Break

Break

Break

Break

9:00 9:30
9:30 9:50

9:50 10:25
10:25
10:40
10:40
11:30
11:30
12:10
12:10

(9: 40) Pick students

up from grade group
prep
Literacy centers /
small groups (guided
reading and strategy
groups)
Recess

Literacy centers /
small groups (guided
reading and strategy
groups)
Recess

2:00 2:30

2:30 3:00

Social Studies
Unit Introduction
Read aloud Africa is
Not a Country. Create
KWL about Nigeria.
Students complete
Map 1 in map books
(location of Africa on
a world map). Watch
Five Themes of
Geography video on
Flocabulary.

Library (2:10 2:40)

Trophies reading

Social Studies
Where in the world?
Watch Map Skills
Flocabulary video.
Compare unidentified
pictures of Nigeria and
the United States; see
if students can guess
where each picture is.
Virtual field trip (via
Google Maps) from
Philadelphia to Nigeria.
Compare and contrast
what we see. Students
complete Map 2 in
map books (location of
Nigeria in Africa).

Social Studies
Topography of
Nigeria
Watch Landforms &
Bodies of Water video
on Flocabulary. Guided
completion of Map 3 in
map books
(topographical map of
Nigeria). As students
work on individual
topographic maps,
they will be called in
pairs to assist in
creating a whole-class
3D salt dough
topographical map of
Nigeria. The guided
map creation will
include a discussion of
how various landforms
affect the lives of
people living in the
area.
Trophies reading

Social Studies
Resources, Part I
Watch Natural
Resources video on
Flocabulary. Using
provided research
materials, groups of
students will conduct
research on an
assigned Nigerian
resource (example:
cocoa, peanuts,
cotton, rubber, palm
oil, crude oil, yams).
Each group will share
their findings with the
class.

Social Studies
Resources, Part 2
Students complete
Map 4 in map books
(resources/products
map of Nigeria).
While students are
completing Map 4,
pairs of students will
be called to help
complete (by
painting) the classs
3D topography map.

Trophies reading /
spelling review/ misc.

Trophies quiz / weekly

tickets/ classroom
store

3:00 3:15

Pack up and dismissal

Pack up and dismissal

Pack up and dismissal

Pack up and dismissal

Pack up and dismissal

Thursday 3/17

Friday 3/18

Week 2: March 14 March 18

Monday 3/14
8:30 8:35
8:35 8:50
8:50 9:00

9:50
10:25
10:25
10:40
10:40
11:30
11:30
12:10

Wednesday 3/16

Pick up students
from blacktop &
morning
announcements
Morning work

Pick up students from

blacktop & morning
announcements

Pick up students from

blacktop & morning
announcements

Pick up students from

blacktop & morning
announcements

Pick up students from

blacktop & morning
announcements

Morning work

Morning work

Grade group meeting

Morning work

Review morning
work
Math (Unit 7, L 1.6)

Review morning work

Review morning work

Grade group meeting

Review morning work

Writing informational
writing (focus on strong
opening)

Writing informational
writing (focus on
strong opening)

Grade group meeting

Literacy skill main

idea and key details
(integrate
nonfiction text
about Nigeria)
Literacy centers /
small groups
(guided reading and
strategy groups)
Recess

Literacy skill main idea

and key details
(integrate nonfiction
text about Nigeria)

(9: 40) Pick students

up from grade group
prep

Recess

Literacy skill main

idea and key details
(integrate
nonfiction text
about Nigeria)
Literacy centers /
small groups (guided
reading and strategy
groups)
Recess

Writing
informational writing
(focus on strong
opening)
Spelling quiz
Skill quiz

Literacy centers /
small groups (guided
reading and strategy
groups)
Recess

Literacy centers /
small groups (guided
reading and strategy
groups)
Recess

Lunch (until 11:10)

SSR (until 11:25)
Social Studies
Proverbs &
Fables, Part I
Introduce proverbs
and the role of
storytelling in
Nigerian culture.

Prep

Prep

Prep

Prep

Lunch & recess

Lunch & recess

Lunch & recess

Lunch & recess

9:00 9:30

9:30 9:50

Tuesday 3/15

Literacy centers / small

groups (guided reading
and strategy groups)

12:10
12:15
12:25
12:25
12:40
12:40
1:15
1:15 1:45
1:45 2:00
2:00 2:30

Examine popular US
proverbs. Watch
African Proverbs
Flocabulary video
and
interpret/analyze
Nigerian proverbs
from the video.
12pm dismissal (half
day for PD)
Half day (PD)

Pick students up from

lunch
SSR

Pick students up from

lunch
SSR

Pick students up from

lunch
SSR

Pick students up from

lunch
SSR

Half day (PD)

Math message
(measurement)
Math lesson (Unit 7, L
2.1)
Math centers

Math message
(measurement)
Math lesson (Unit 7, L
2.2)
Math centers

Math message
(measurement)
Math lesson (Unit 7, L
2.3)
Math centers

Math message
(measurement)
Math lesson (Unit 7, L
2.4)
Math centers

Half day (PD)

Break

Break

Break

Break

Half day (PD)

Library (2:10 2:40)

Social Studies
Fable literature
circles
Groups of students will
be assigned a fable,
based on reading
levels. After reading
the fable
independently, they
will discuss the story
and agree upon the
moral. Groups will
share a quick
summary of their fable
and moral with the
rest of the class.

Social Studies
Introduce fable
assignment
Provide overview of
assignment: students
will be writing and
illustrating a short
fable to go along with
a Nigerian proverb
(using the proverb as
the moral of the
fable).
Students will
complete graphic
organizer (story map)
for their fable; choices
will be provided for
various elements of
the fable, including
setting, characters,
proverb, etc.
[Students will write a

Social Studies
Writing
celebration
Students will
complete the final
copies of their fables.
Students who wish to
share-out will present
their fable to the rest
of the class.

Half day (PD)

Half day (PD)

Half day (PD)

2:30 3:00

3:00 3:15

Half day (PD)

Social Studies
Proverbs & Fables,
Part II
Introduce fables. Read
aloud Nigerian fable The
Famine. Students will
determine the moral of
the story.
Pack up and dismissal

Trophies reading

Pack up and dismissal

rough draft of their

fable for homework
tonight].
Trophies reading /
spelling review/ misc.

Pack up and dismissal

Trophies quiz /
weekly tickets/
classroom store

Pack up and
dismissal