Core
Knowledge
Literacy
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Fairy Tales
Beauty and the Beast
Tales from Asia
The Magic Paintbrush
Tall Tales
Paul Bunyan, John Henry
Johnny Appleseed, Pecos Bill,
Casey Jones
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Organization
Sentences
Paragraphs
personal narrative
Nouns, verbs, adjectives
super sentences
Addition
math facts
Student Voice
Imaginative Narrative
(Tall Tale)
pronouns / adverbs
syllables
Word Choice
Informative writing
synonyms / antonyms
homophones / homographs
Algebra
addition and subtraction
unknowns
Graphs
tally chart
bar graph
picture graph review
The Fisherman and his Wife
El Pajaro Cu
The Emperor's New Clothes
Phonics,
Grammar
and Writing
Writing Content
adding details to writing
Writing Process
Letter Writing
Capitals, Punctuation
Nouns / Adjectives
Numbers to 1000
Singapore
Math
Subtraction
math facts
Human Body
Cells of living things
Digestive System
Excretory System
Taking care of your body
Core
Knowledge
Science
Core
Knowledge
Social
Studies
Spatial Sense
geography of the world
North and South America
geographical terms
American Government
The Constitution
James Madison
War of 1812
American Flag
Citizenship / Immigration
becoming a citizen
coming to America
Statue of Liberty
Westward Expansion
last editted October 15, 2013
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Charlotte's Web
by E.B. White
Core Knowledge Poetry
Trickster Stories
Tales from Asia
The Tiger, The Brahman and
the Jackal
The Tongue-Cut Sparrow
Iktomi stories from the Plains
Indians
The Blind Men and the
Elephant
African Stories
Talk
Greek Myths
Gods and Goddesses
Prometheus
Sentence Fluency
Imaginative Narrative
(Just So Story)
Compound Words
Apostrophes / contractions
commas
Patterns
counting patterns
Conventions
Opinion Writing
prefixes
suffixes
Review of Six Traits
paragraph writing
CK sayings and phrases
subject and predicate
Research Reports
informative writing
gathering information
reference materials
Poetry
review of grammar skills
Rounding / Estimating
Geometry
2 and 3D shapes
Measurement
inches, centimeters
Multiplication and Divison
twos, threes, fives, tens
Time/Money
counting coins
time to the minute
Weight / Capacity
Just-So Stories
How the Camel Got His Hump
Pandora's Box, Oedipus and
the Sphinx
Science Biographies
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Elijah McCoy
Florence Nightingale
Daniel Hale Williams
Civil War
north vs south
important people
Lincoln Memorial
Civil Rights
Asia
Geography
Ancient India
Ancient China
Modern Japan
Peter Pan
selections from James M.
Barrie's book
Ancient Greece
geography
Athens and Sparta
Sayings and Phrases
Fractions
Insects
characteristics
life cycle
Nature Cycles
seasonal, life and water
Magnetism
Basic principles
Simple Machines
lever, pulley, wheel and axle,
inclined plane, wedge, screw