Flow of The Year
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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.
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| 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: Hábitats alrededor del mundo |
Unit 1: Hábitats alrededor del mundo Unit 2: Los personajes aprenden y cambian |
Unit 3: El gobierno trabaja para nosotros |
Unit 4: Diferentes personajes, diferentes puntos de vista | Unit 5: La tecnología y los inventos |
Unit 6: Los cuentos nos educan Unit 7: Pioneros de la aviación |
Unit 7: Pioneros de la aviacíon Unit 8: El viento y el agua modifican la Tierra |
Unit 8: El viento y el agua modifican la Tierra Unit 9: Fabricar, comprar y vender |
Unit 10: La materia en transformación |
| Cantonese | Characters 1-15 Unit 1: Life now and then |
Characters 16-40 Unit 2: Location of places, people, and geographic features |
Characters 41-55 Unit 3: Role of government and responsibilities. |
Characters 56-80 Unit 4: Food production and consumption |
Characters 81-100 Unit 5: Heroic figures and their contributions |
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| English Language Development | Launch Unit: Week 1: Self Week 2 Family and Friends |
Unit 1: Friends and Family (4 weeks) |
Unit 1: Friends and Family (1 week) Unit 2: Animal Discoveries (3 weeks) |
Unit 2: Animal Discoveries (2 weeks) Review and Assessments (1 week) |
Unit 3: Live and Learn (2 Weeks) |
Unit 3: Live and Learn (3 weeks) Unit 4: Our Life, Our World (1 week) |
Unit 4: Our Life, Our World (4 weeks) |
Unit 5: Let's Make a Difference (4 weeks) |
Unit 5: Let's Make a Difference (1 week) Unit 6: How on Earth? (3 weeks) |
Unit 6: How on Earth? (2 weeks) Review and Assessments (2 weeks) |
| English Language Arts | Launch Unit: Building My Reading and Writing Identity | Spiral 1 Narrative: Families Past and Present | Spiral 2 Informative/Explanatory: Plant and Animal Relationships | Spiral 3 Opinion: Biographies of People Who Made a Difference | Spiral 4 Research: Coral Reefs and Landforms | |||||
| Math | Unit 0: Launch Unit Unit 1: Grouping Objects |
Unit 1: Grouping Objects Unit 2: Measuring Length |
Unit 3: Addition within 100 Unit 4: Measuring Time |
Unit 4: Measuring Time Unit 5: Subtraction within 100 |
Unit 5: Subtraction within 100 | Unit 6: Problems with Unknowns Unit 7: Numbers Greater than 100 |
Unit 7: Numbers Greater than 100 Unit 8: Calculating with Three-Digit Numbers |
Unit 8: Calculating with Three-Digit Numbers Unit 9: Working with Figures |
Unit 9: Working with Figures Unit 10: Two-Step Problems with Unknowns |
Unit 10: Two-Step Problems with Unknowns Unit 11: Data and Graphs |
| Science | Launch Unit 0: I Am a Scientist (4 lessons) |
Unit 1: Plant & Animal Relationships (22 lessons) |
Unit 2: Properties of Materials (22 lessons) |
Unit 3: Changing Landforms (22 lessons) |
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| History/Social Science | Unit 0 Launch Our Families: Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going? (4-5 weeks) |
California Communities Work Together (4-5 weeks) |
Systems, Laws, and Changemakers (4-5 weeks) |
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| Physical Education | Unit Zero 2.0 & Establishing the Environment (Unit I) | Establishing the Environment & Cooperative Activities (Unit I) | Movement Concepts (Unit 3) & Rolling for Distance (Unit 4) | Health-Related Fitness: Flexibility (Unit 2), Jumping Rope, & Movement Concepts (Unit 3) | Health-Related Fitness: Flexibility (Unit 2) & Jumping Rope | Re-Establish the Environment & Unit of Your Choice | Catching/Underarm Movement Patterns & Concept of Force (Unit 5) | Catching/Underarm Movement Patterns & Concept of Force (Unit 5) | Catching & Unit of your choice | 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 | Digital Agency (DA): My Digital Life | Launch Technology: 2nd 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: Under Construction |
ESCS is designed to be taught once a week for 30 minutes for half of the school year. |
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