Flow of The Year
Assumptions
1. Maintaining the suggested pacing and flow across all content areas supports students across SFUSD to have a similar, coherent, and transferable learning experience that prepares them for the next grade level.
2. This pacing is approximate and takes school breaks, family conferences, and other changes to the regular classroom schedule and routine into consideration.
Guidance
1. While your pacing may be slightly different, the expectation is that you honor the general flow articulated below.
2. No unit should be skipped.
- Each unit supports students in meeting grade-level standards and expected learning targets. Units are designed to build upon each other - building upon knowledge, skills, and routines learned in previous units.
3. If your pacing or flow is out of sync with the suggested year-at-a-glance, collaborate with your grade-level team, coaches, and/or administrators to ensure students will have the necessary instruction and support for a rich, developmentally appropriate kindergarten experience that well prepares them for success in first grade.
Schedule
| AUGUST | SEPTEMBER | OCTOBER | NOVEMBER | DECEMBER | JANUARY | FEBRUARY | MARCH | APRIL | MAY | |
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| Spanish Language Arts (Each phonics and reading unit is 3 weeks) |
Launch: Phonics and Reading: Estrenemos | Unit 1: Compañeros en la supervivencia Unit 2: Los personajes establecen relaciones |
Unit 2: Los personajes establecen relaciones Unit 3: Nuestra constitución cambia con los tiempos |
Unit 3: Nuestra constitución cambia con los tiempos Unit 4: Diferentes voces, diferentes perspectivas |
Unit 4: Diferentes voces, diferentes perspectivas | Unit 5: La innovación en un mundo cambiante Unit 6: La lucha por la supervivencia |
Unit 6: La lucha por la supervivencia Unit 7: La revolución estadounidense |
Unit 7: La revolución estadounidense Unit 8: El agua |
Unit 8: El agua Unit 9: Economía en transición |
Unit 9: Economía en transición Unit 10: Exploremos la materia |
| Cantonese | Characters 1-25 Unit 1: Pre-Columbian settlements |
Characters 26-50 Unit 2: The 50 states and their capitals |
Characters 51-75 Unit 3: The political, religious, and economic events of different eras |
Characters 76-100 Unit 4: Immigration and settlement patterns from 1789 to the mid-1800s |
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| English Language Development | Launch Unit: Week 1: Self Week 2 Family and Friends |
Unit 1: Eureka! I Got it! (4 weeks) |
Unit 1: Eureka! I Got it! (1 week) Unit 2: Taking the Next Step (3 weeks) |
Unit 2: Taking the Next Step (2 weeks) Review and Assessments (1 week) |
Unit 3: Getting from Here to There (2 Weeks) |
Unit 3: Getting from Here to There (3 weeks) Unit 4: It's Up to You (1 week) |
Unit 4: It's Up to You (4 weeks) |
Unit 5: What's Next (4 weeks) |
Unit 5: What's Next (1 week) Unit 6: Linked In (3 weeks) |
Unit 6: Linked In (2 weeks) Review and Assessments (2 weeks) |
| English Language Arts | Launch Unit | Spiral 1 Narrative: Perspective and Point of View (Knowledge Building: Taking Care of Our Mental Health) | Spiral 2 Informative/Explanatory: Deep Sea Exploration and Ocean Animal Adaptations | Spiral 3 Opinion/Persuasive: Researching Debatable Issues and SBAC Key Skills | Spiral 4 Research: Culture and Migration | |||||
| Math | Unit 0: Introduction Unit 1: Whole Number Multiplication and Division |
Unit 1: Whole Number Multiplication and Division Unit 2: Decimal Number System |
Unit 2: Decimal Number System Unit 3: Addition and Subtraction of Demical and Fractions |
Unit 4: Multiplying and Dividing Decimals by Whole Numbers |
Unit 5: Multiplying and Dividing Decimals by Decimals | Unit 5: Multiplying and Dividing Decimals by Decimals | Unit 6: Multiplying Fractions Unit 7: Dividing Fractions Unit 8: Units and Volume |
Unit 7: Dividing Fractions Unit 8: Units and Volume |
Unit 8: Units and Volume Unit 9: Number Patterns & the Coordinate Plane |
Unit 10: Classifying 2-D Figures |
| Science | Launch Unit 0: Am I a Scientist? (5 lessons) Unit 1: Patterns of Earth & Sky (21 lessons) |
Unit 2: Modeling Matter (22 lessons) |
Unit 3: The Earth System (22 lessons) |
Unit 4: Ecosystem Restoration (22 lessons) | ||||||
| History/Social Science | 5th Grade Unit 0 Launch In Development (Click for Overview) (5 weeks) |
In Development (Click for Overview) (5 weeks) | In Development (Click for Overview) (5 weeks) |
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| Physical Education | Unit Zero 2.0 & Establishing the Environment (Unit I) | Establishing the Environment /Cooperative Activities (Unit I) & Describe HRF Components (Lesson & Unit 2) | Movement Concepts (Unit 3), Describe HRF Components (Lesson & Unit 2), & Preassess: Physical Fitness Testing | Goal Setting & Basketball Passes (Unit 9) | Goal Setting & Basketball Passes (Unit 9) | Goal Setting, Basketball Passes (Unit 9), & PFT Training | PFT Schedule, PFT Testing, & Unit of Your Choice | PFT Testing Unit & Striking with an Implement (Units 11 & 16) | PFT Testing Unit & Striking with an Implement (Units 11 & 16) | Unit of Your Choice & Field Day |
| Health | Personal & Community Health | Substance Abuse Prevention | Violence Prevention | Growing Bodies and Active Consent | Nutrition and Physical Activity | LGBTQ & Advocacy | Summer Safety and Environmental Health | |||
| Arts | For 30 min/1x a week of Visual Arts and 30 min/1x a week of Performing Arts, please choose lessons a la carte, either a lesson that relates to and supports the content you are teaching that week (arts integration) or a stand-alone lesson that would offer a creative break/protected "arts moment" for students. Enjoy! | |||||||||
| Digital Learning | Launch Technology: Getting Started Guide Digital Agency (DA): My Digital Life |
DA: Digital Footprint | DA: Digital Agency Month | DA: Media Balance | DA: Privacy & Security | DA: Media Literacy | DA: Relationships & Communications | DA: Digital Kindness | DA: Digital for Good | DA: My Digital Life |
| Computer Science | Launch Unit | Unit 1: Under Construction | Unit 2: Under Construction | Unit 3: Under Construction | Unit 4: Under Construction |
ESCS is designed to be taught once a week for 45-50 minutes for half of the school year. |
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This page was last updated on August 31, 2023