Scope & Sequence

5th
B1 - B5 grade
Listening Comprehension Reading Phonology Visible Thinking Language Topics Global Citizenship STEAM Think Tank
mes
General Learning Outco The “Born Frees” Nelson Mandela: South Africa’s Hero differently carefully plains weighs Analytical Thinking: Regular and Irregular Plural Nouns Topic: Ancient Complex Societies Topic: Matter Matters to All of Us! Topic: A Day at the Market
A Day on a Tour Kruger National Park: House of the Big believed amazing filled trunks Investigating Possessive Nouns
The J-Bay Open Five college largest flowing challenges Proper Nouns Unifying Theme: Development, Movement, Essential Questions: Essential Questions:
On Safari Surfing in South Africa stood up wild themselves tusks Creative Thinking: Capital Letters and Interaction of Cultures What is matter? How does the market work?
Listening Skills: Saving the African Elephants Johannesburg adventure instead creatures Designing and Creating New Dates Can matter disappear? Is competition good for us?
lawyer guides surf-ari poacher Spaces Possessive Adjectives Essential Question:
Entrepreneur Mindset: Learning Outcomes:
BOOK 1

• Can understand unfairly monkeys reaches roam Critical Thinking: Tenses: Past and Past Participle Review What made the Maya, Inca, and Aztec societies Big Ideas:
conversations in everyday Education for All outraged ever string herds Advantages and Disadvantages Questions Using Present and Past Perfect complex? • Define matter and describe its properties A market happens wherever people trade, and the
against types crowds breeding Prepositions of Place and Direction • Describe the particle theory of matter availability of goods and services within the market is driven
topics • Draw particles as a solid, a liquid, and a gas
Analytical Thinking:
• Can understand enough Oral Expression Writing punished might wildlife issues
Causes and Consequences
Numbers (1-1,000) Learning Outcomes:
• Define weight
by supply and demand.
secretly elephants caves crop Adverbs • Explain the importance of communication Competition helps consumers have better prices and more
to follow a speech or married lights calmer stomped through writing • Describe the Conservation of Matter options.
presentation The “Born Frees” Writing Skills: overthrow real otters spicy • Describe how Aztecs mastered a watery • Perform an experiment demonstrating the
• Can follow interactions The Tourist Guide Parts of a Message apartheid mud surrounds beehives Flipped Classroom landscape conservation of matter Learning Outcomes:
between third parties in The J-Bay Open Sequencing Words happening other skilled peaceful • Tell how the Inca communicated quickly over • Define a market and give examples
group discussions and On Safari speeches time endless digging long distances • Explain supply and demand
debate Text Type: Regular and Irregular Plural • Explain what makes societies complex • Define competition and monopoly
Everyday Message Nouns • Make choices between options for goods and services
• Can identify the attitude of
Capital Letters
each speaker in a discussion
at a natural speed
• Can follow most instructions,
discussions, and debates Listening Comprehension Reading Phonology Visible Thinking Language Topics Global Citizenship STEAM Think Tank

The March Father of the Nation legacy earthquakes flock lush Critical Thinking: Articles: a, an, the Topic: A New World Topic: Messing With Materials and Substances Topic: Saving vs. Spending
Speaking Skills: The Helpful Sherpas The Majestic Himalayan Mountains stole sherpas marvel glisten Pros and Cons Adjectives
On Tour A Monument to Love regret equipment marble hunt Quantifiers Unifying Theme: Development and Essential Questions: How do you know what Essential Questions:
• Can give clear descriptions Tiger Talk A Tiger in the Night humble nature rumored superb Analytical Thinking: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Transformation of Social Structures something is made out of? When should I spend, and when should I save?
and presentations endured cover chopped strike Categorizing and Classifying Coordinating Conjunctions How do you know when a new substance is What does “save for a rainy day” mean?
Entrepreneur Mindset: widespread preparation myth territorial Subordinating Conjunctions Essential Question: made?
• Can give a clear presentation
BOOK 2

The Dog Father afford tools mausoleum darkens Critical Thinking: Prepositions of Time and Length How did colonization shape the world we live Big Ideas:
of an idea or subject while Learning Outcomes:
rallied glaciers tombs camouflaged Designing and Inventing New Object Pronouns in today? It is important to begin the habit of saving early.
supporting their point of view • Describe properties of nonmetals
gathered courage wrought resembles Things Antonyms and Synonyms We can plan for things that can happen in the future by
with relevant examples • Describe properties of metals
• Can keep up with a debate or OralOral
Expression
Expression Writing boiled colorful beads closer Present Tenses Review Learning Outcomes:
• Categorize materials as metals or nonmetals
saving when things are going well.
broke surprises sandstone unique Analytical Thinking: Contractions • List reasons why Europeans first traveled to
discussion arrest away grave something Advantages and Disadvantages the Americas • Define mixture Learning Outcomes:
• Can make remarks or express The March Writing Skills: refused snowy dome hidden • Describe Europeans “conquest” of Inca, Maya, • Describe physical changes • Explain that it is important to enjoy life now, as well as save
disagreement appropriately Climber’s Journey Capital Letters and Punctuation Review whenever connected mosque thicker and Aztec societies • Describe chemical changes for later
• Can ask for more details On Tour freedom sights guesthouse hesitation Flipped Classroom • Describe the European colonization in what is • Calculate the growth of savings over time
• Can summarize or give an Tiger Talk Text Type: British nearby grounds slink now the US and Canada • Define the idea of rainy day (emergency) accounts
Descriptive Comparative and Superlative • Explain how colonization affected the world • Describe the importance of building emergency accounts
opinion about a short story
Adjectives historically and continues to affect it today during low-risk periods versus waiting for issues to arise
or discussion and answer
further questions Antonyms and Synonyms
• Can give a rehearsed
presentation on a subject
they have researched
Listening Comprehension Reading Phonology Visible Thinking Language Topics Global Citizenship STEAM Think Tank

Selma Using Words to Make Change louder leagues swamp settlers Critical Thinking: Adverbs of Frequency Review Topic: We the People Topic: How Do Energy and Matter Move? Topic: Giving Back
Reading Skills: Courtside Dreams Breaking Barriers: The Evolution of equality attention Everglades flicks Evaluating Connections Phrasal Verbs
On the Trail Women’s Professional Sports in the US segregated inspire alligators hardiest Between People Collective Nouns Unifying Theme: Power, Authority, and Essential Questions: Essential Questions:
Creepy Crawlies National Treasure separately law prowl pioneers Modal Verbs Governance How do humans get energy? Why would I give my money to other people?
• Can understand a variety Where does a plant’s matter come from?
Beasts That Bite facilities exciting prey fearsome Creative Thinking: Double Negatives How can I care about the world in an active way?
of texts, provided there are forced bright rarest diabetes Brainstorming Solutions Determiners Essential Question:
opportunities for rereading Entrepreneur Mindset:
BOOK 3

refusing notably mangroves lurking Indefinite Pronouns Why do countries want to be independent? Learning Outcomes: Big Ideas:
and they have access to Storm Chaser boycott entertainment peaks fiercely Analytical Thinking: Punctuation Marks, Commas, and Editing • Explain how energy is transferred from the sun Giving even small amounts of money to people can change
reference tools bombed fields climbers widows Classifying Characteristics of Wh- Questions With Past Tense and Present Learning Outcomes: to animals their lives.
• Can understand a given • Define producer, consumer, and secondary
Oral Expression Writing persistence similarities waterfalls poisonous National Parks Progressive Tenses • Outline the reasons colonists wanted
consumer
Donating to people in need makes the world a better place.
correspondence given the stabbed harder sequoias basements Past Tenses Review independence
disagreed unlike gorge venom Creative Thinking: • Summarize the reasons why the colonists won • Describe the movement of energy from the Learning Outcomes:
occasional use of a dictionary
Selma Writing Skills: judged overhand dragged grizzly Brainstorming Reasons the Revolutionary War sun to a human • Compare and contrast saving, investing, and sharing
• Can understand implicit and • Explain where most of the matter in plants
Women in Sports Complete Sentences, Run-on Sentences, sprayed uniquely carved kilograms • List main ideas outlined in the Declaration of • Define donation and charitable organization
explicit attitudes, emotions, come from
On the Trail and Fragments although highlight erosion northwestern Independence • Define charitable giving
and opinions expressed Creepy Crawlies lifted universally scattered creepy Flipped Classroom • Create my own Declaration of Independence • Describe the movement of matter among • Connect charitable giving with making the world a better
in written form, provided Text Type: plants, animals, decomposers, and the place
there are opportunities for Everyday Card Adverbs of Frequency environment
rereading Punctuation Marks and • Model the movement of matter in an
• Can read and appreciate Commas ecosystem
a variety of literary texts,
provided they can reread Listening Comprehension Reading Phonology Visible Thinking Language Topics Global Citizenship STEAM Think Tank
certain sections
• Can read literary and
At the Museum The End of the Inca empire lovely trekked rainforest Analytical Thinking: Plural Nouns Topic: Slavery and the Civil War Topic: Earth’s Systems Topic: Borrowing Money Will Cost You
non-fiction texts written The Chakana’s Legacy: Protecting the spreading structures zigzagged destination Describing Experiences Possessive Pronouns
South America Exhibition
in standard form with Nazca Lines Inca’s Beloved Animals deserved bridges highest flock Abbreviations Unifying Theme: Creation, Expansion, and Essential Questions: Essential Questions:
little difficulty and with Watching TV City in the Sky heir condor hiking macaws Creative Thinking: Direct and Indirect Objects Interaction of Economic Systems How do the earth’s systems interact? What is a loan?
appreciation of meanings Bird Watch: Peru rightfully messenger fortress certain Imagining New Ways Time Order Words How can we protect planet Earth? What are some ways that micro-loans can help
and ideas spared alive scientists sacred Relative Clauses Essential Question: communities?
Entrepreneur Mindset:
BOOK 4

shocked serpent wonder quetzal Creative Thinking: Imperative Sentences Why did the United States fight itself? Learning Outcomes:
From the Streets to the Studio • Define geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, Big Ideas:
sneaky determined terraces feathers Designing and Planning Prepositions Review There are different types of loans, and loans have two parts:
competition linked foreigners further Subject-Verb Agreement Learning Outcomes: and atmosphere
Writing Skills: • Describe interactions between the geosphere, accumulated interest and principal.
Oral Expression Writing bold anew predict ancient Analytical Thinking: Tag Questions • Describe what life was like for slaves in the
biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere Having access to even small amounts of money can change
prisoner hummingbird probably glimpse Reporting and Categorizing Future Tenses Review United States people’s lives.
• Can write clear texts in an exchange tireless trusty soaring Information “Will” vs. “Going To” • Explain the key events of the Civil War • Describe the amount of freshwater on Earth
appropriate and effective At the Museum Writing Skills: friar trouble archaeologist wingspan “Going To” / “Not Going To” / With “Until” • Describe what life was like for people of all and where it can be found Learning Outcomes:
style with a logical structure The Condor and the Alpaca Use of Pronouns: Personal and injured agriculture craftsmen swoops kinds after the Civil War • Define conservation • Describe percentages and convert them to decimals
• Can write short, engaging Nazca Lines Demonstratives pity fantastic chugs scavenger • List the main causes and consequences of • List examples of conservation
• Define principal, term, and interest as they relate to loans,
stories and descriptions Watching TV Time Order Words officially connecting mysterious critters Flipped Classroom the war • Generate ideas on how to protect my local
and list different types of loans
environment
of experiences in an • Explain simple interest as it relates to loans
appropriate style Text Type: Time Order Words • Explain what a micro-loan is, and the ways it can help
Descriptive Tag Questions people
• Can write a short essay
highlighting significant
points and relevant
supporting details Listening Comprehension Reading Phonology Visible Thinking Language Topics Global Citizenship STEAM Think Tank
• Can write short essays on
topics of interest Snow Day Endurance (1914-1916) endurance leprechauns tricky shamrock Creative Thinking: Using a Map: Giving Directions Topic: Geography of the Western Hemisphere Topic: Gravity and Space Topic: Shopping Smart
• Can write detailed If I Had a Million Dollars The Pot of Gold cast off shoemakers fairies frigid Finding New Solutions The Comma
descriptions Road Trip Magical History Tour crew unless goblins emerald Interjections Unifying Theme: Geography, Humans, and the Essential Questions: Essential Questions: How do I make good decisions about
St. Patrick’s Day The Mystery of the Missing Snakes hazardous advantage folklore otherwise Analytical Thinking: Homophones Environment What is gravity? what I buy?
doubtful riverbank charming claim Advantages and Disadvantages Reflexive Pronouns What causes the days to get longer or shorter? How can I make decisions about using credit?
Entrepreneur Mindset: bravely regretted peck slither Adverbs of Time Essential Question:
BOOK 5

Grow Dome wedged route gab infested Critical Thinking: Prepositional Phrases How are the people in the Western Hemisphere Learning Outcomes: Big Ideas: You can make smart choices when you compare
decks unmistakably court argument Facts and Opinions The Verb to Be: Present and Past Tense similar and different at the same time? • Define gravity as a force similar items and prices
stranded cobbling eloquently miracle The Verb to Be: Helping and Linking Verbs • List examples of gravity There are many different options for credit, and you can
• Describe gravity’s effects in people’s lives
Oral Expression Writing communication jig lord summoned Analytical Thinking: Mixed Tenses Review Learning Outcomes:
• Explain how the brightness of stars is related
compare them to make good decisions
rescue twinkle causeway gathered Analyzing Arguments Abbreviations: Weights and Measurements • Locate the main regions of the Western
isolated handkerchief threatening tale Lie vs. Lay Hemisphere on a map and describe their to their distance from Earth Learning Outcomes:
Snow Day Writing Skills: fashioned disappeared pathway geographic physical geography • Explain that changing amounts of daylight are • Use financial knowledge to make good decisions when
If I Had a Million Dollars Verb Tense Cohesion extremely dashed explotion fluke Flipped Classroom • Illustrate the main economic principles that due to the Earth’s tilt shopping
Road Trip recognition bushes disguised spared guide trade in the Western Hemisphere • Describe the positions of the Sun, Earth, and • Use unit price to determine the better value
St. Patrick’s Day Text Type: frontier fooled astonishing warmth • Describe many different cultures that can be some stars at different times of the year • Use percentages to determine discounts and sale prices
Everyday Postcard Prepositional Phrases found within the Western Hemisphere • Use economic incentives to make smart financial decisions
The Verb to Be: Helping and • Describe the ways people within the Western
Linking Verbs Hemisphere are the same and different

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