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: Estrenemos Phonics and Reading | Launch: Estrenemos Phonics and Reading Unit 1: Las plantas y los animales crecen y cambian |
Unit 1: Las plantas y los animales crecen y cambian Unit 2: Muchos personajes diferentes |
Unit 3: Un buen miembro de la comunidad |
Unit 4: Toda historia tiene un narrador | Unit 5: La tecnología en el trabajo |
Unit 6: Las historias nos ofrecen muchas enseñanzas Unit 7: Pasado, presente y futuro |
Unit 7: Pasado, presente y futuro Unit 8: Observa el cielo |
Unit 8: Observa el cielo Unit 9: Hacemos uso de bienes y servicios |
Unit 10: Explorar el sonido, la luz y el calor |
| Cantonese | Characters 1-15 Unit 1: Community/Role of a citizen |
Characters 16-40 Unit 2: Features of a map |
Characters 41-55 Unit 3: Symbols, icons, and traditions of the U.S. |
Characters 56-80 Unit 4: Compare and Contrast different times and places |
Characters 81-100 Unit 5: Concept of exchange and use of money |
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| English Language Development | Launch Unit: Week 1: Self Week 2 Family and Friends |
Unit 1: Getting to Know Us (4 weeks) |
Unit 1: Getting to Know Us (1 week) Unit 2: Our Community (3 weeks) |
Unit 2: Our Community (2 weeks) Review and Assessments (1 week) |
Unit 3: Changes Overtime (2 Weeks) |
Unit 3: Changes Overtime (3 weeks) Unit 4: Animal Everywhere (1 weeks) |
Unit 4: Animal Everywhere (4 weeks) |
Unit 5: Figure it Out (4 weeks) |
Unit 5: Figure it Out (1 week) Unit 6: Together We Can (3 weeks) |
Unit 6: Together We Can (2 weeks) Review and Assessments (2 weeks) |
| English Language Arts | Launch Unit: Learning About My Reading and Writing Identity | Spiral 1: Narrative- Building A Better Community | Spiral 2: Informative/Explanatory-Learning About the World | Spiral 3: Opinion/Persuasive- Activists in Action | Spiral 4: Research: The Solar System & Earth | |||||
| Math | Unit 0: Introduction Unit 1: Ten as a Unit |
Unit 1: Ten as a Unit Unit 2: Attributes of 2-D Shapes |
Unit 3: Addition within 20 Unit 4: Subtraction within 20 |
Unit 4: Subtraction within 20 Unit 5: Measuring Length and Time |
Unit 5: Measuring Length and Time Unit 6: Problems with Unknowns |
Unit 6: Problems with Unknowns |
Unit 7: Attributes of 3-D Shapes Unit 8: Challenging Problems |
Unit 8: Challenging Problems Unit 9: Numbers Greater than 20 |
Unit 9: Numbers Greater than 20 | Unit 9: Numbers Greater than 20 Unit 10: Organizing Data Unit 11: Picture Book Project |
| Science | Launch Unit 0: I Am a Scientist (4 lessons) |
Unit 1: Animal & Plant Defenses (22 lessons) |
Unit 2: Light & Sound (22 lessons) |
Unit 3: Spinning Earth (22 lessons) |
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| History/Social Science | 1st Grade Unit 0 Launch Rights and Responsibilities of Community Members (4-5 weeks) |
Different Cultures, One Community, and Changing Times (4-5 weeks) |
Making and Using Maps (4-5 weeks) |
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| Physical Education | Unit Zero 2.0 Establishing the Environment (Unit I) | Establishing the Environment (Unit I) & Locomotor Skills | Cooperative Activities & Locomotor Skills | Cooperative Activities, Movement Concepts (Unit 3) | Underarm Movement Patterns (Unit 4), Jumping Rope, & Heart rate | Underarm Movement Patterns (Unit 5), Jumping Rope, & Heart rate | Catching/Underarm Movement Patterns (Unit V) & Striking (Units 6 & 11) | Catching & Unit of your choice | Catching & Unit of your choice | Catching & 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 | Digital Agency (DA): My Digital Life | Launch Technology: 1st Getting Started Guide 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 | Unit 2 | Unit 3 |
ESCS is designed to be taught once a week for 30 minutes for half of the school year. |
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This page was last updated on August 31, 2023