Backpack 2
Scope & Sequence
Unit 1 First Day of Class
 

Theme

  • classroom activities
 

Communication Objectives

  • greetings
  • count how many
  • to identify classroom objects and actions
 

Language Objectives

  • numbers eleven through twenty
  • present progressive
  • questions with how many
  • there is/are
  • subject pronouns he/she/they
 

Learning Strategies/Thinking Skills

  • to use prior knowledge, to associate, to classify, to compare and contrast, to sequence, to use charts, to use context clues, to use music and rhyme, to listen for gist and details
Unit 2 Fun and Games
 

Theme

  • leisure activities
 

Communication Objectives

  • to identify location
  • to talk about likes and dislikes
  • to count by tens to one hundred
  • to identify playground activities and objects
 

Language Objectives

  • prepositions of location (under, in, in front of, next to, behind, between)
  • questions with where
  • subject pronoun they
  • like + infinitive
  • count by tens
 

Learning Strategies/Thinking Skills

  • to use prior knowledge, to use context clues, to rank, to sequence, to compare and contrast, to use charts, to use music and rhyme, to listen for gist and details
Unit 3 Our New House
 

Theme

  • rooms and furniture
 

Communication Objectives

  • to identify and talk about family members
  • to talk about furniture and room locations
  • to identify household objects
 

Language Objectives

  • family members
  • questions with who, where
  • furniture and room vocabulary
  • yes/no questions
 

Learning Strategies/Thinking Skills

  • to use prior knowledge, to make connections to real life, to make associations, to classify, to identify details, to use charts, to use music and rhyme, to listen for gist and details
Unit 4 My Town
 

Theme

  • places in the community
 

Communication Objectives

  • to identify stores and services in towns and communities
  • to follow directions and identify locations on a map
 

Language Objectives

  • prepositions of location (between, next to, on the corner, in)
  • yes/no questions about location
  • questions with where
  • community places
  • can
 

Learning Strategies/Thinking Skills

  • to use prior knowledge, to make connections to real life, to use visual clues, to follow directions, to use music and rhyme, to listen for gist and details
Unit 5 My Busy Family
 

Theme

  • occupations
 

Communication Objectives

  • to identify where people work and what they do there
  • to talk about what students want to be when they grow up
 

Language Objectives

  • questions with what, who
  • simple present tense (3rd person singular)
  • want + to be
 

Learning Strategies/Thinking Skills

  • to use prior knowledge, to classify, to compare and contrast, to make connections to real life, to use charts, to use music and rhyme, to listen for gist and details
Unit 6 Every Day
 

Theme

  • daily activities and routines
 

Communication Objectives

  • to talk about time on the hour
  • to talk about everyday actions
 

Language Objectives

  • telling time on the hour
  • simple present tense (1st, 3rd person )
  • questions with when, what
  • expressions of frequency
 

Learning Strategies/Thinking Skills

  • to use prior knowledge, to compare and contrast, to sequence, to infer, to use charts, to use music and rhyme, to listen for gist and details
Unit 7 Favorite Foods
 

Theme

  • favorite foods and categories
 

Communication Objectives

  • to identify the different food categories
  • to talk about food likes and dislikes to
 

Language Objectives

  • a/an/some
  • like/don't like
  • yes/no questions
  • want + infinitive
 

Learning Strategies/Thinking Skills

  • to use prior knowledge, to associate, to compare and contrast, to classify, to reason deductively, to use a Venn diagram, to use music and rhyme, to listen for gist and details
Unit 8 Fun at the Zoo
 

Theme

  • zoo animals and their characteristics
 

Communication Objectives

  • to talk about zoo animals and what they can and can't do
  • to talk about characteristics of animals
 

Language Objectives

  • be + adjective (postnominal adjectives)
  • yes/no questions with do, does, can
  • can/can't
 

Learning Strategies/Thinking Skills

  • to use prior knowledge, to classify, to compare and contrast, to use visual clues, to use charts, to use music and rhyme, to listen for gist and details
Unit 9 12 Months Make a Year
 

Theme

  • special events during the year
 

Communication Objectives

  • to talk about special events or holidays and when they take place
  • to talk about a favorite month and the activities at that time of year
 

Language Objectives

  • adverbs of frequency (always/never)
  • months of the year
  • questions with what and when
 

Learning Strategies/Thinking Skills

  • to use prior knowledge, to compare and contrast, to make connections to real life, to use music and rhyme, to listen for gist and details