Backpack 3
Scope & Sequence
Unit 1 From Morning to Night
 

Theme

  • daily activities
 

Communication Objectives

  • to ask what time it is, and to be able to tell time
  • to discuss what they do before, during, and after school.
 

Language Objectives

  • tell time
  • simple present tense
  • questions with what, what time
  • before/after
 

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 Helping Hands
 

Theme

  • helping professions in the community
 

Communication Objectives

  • to identify and talk about family relationships
  • to talk about helping professions
 

Language Objectives

  • questions with what
  • simple present tense
  • professions vocabulary
  • want + to be
 

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 Pen Pals
 

Theme

  • different styles of living, chores
 

Communication Objectives

  • compare and contrast country and city living
  • talk about activities and responsibilities kids have
 

Language Objectives

  • country and city vocabulary
  • adverbs of frequency (always, sometimes, usually, never)
  • has to/have to
  • there is/are
 

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 Amazing Animals
 

Theme

  • animals and their habitats
 

Communication Objectives

  • talk about where animals live
  • talk about what animals can and can't do
 

Language Objectives

  • questions with where, what
  • can/can't
  • plural nouns
  • simple present tense (3rd person plural)
 

Learning Strategies/Thinking Skills

  • to use prior knowledge, to use visual clues, to follow directions, to use music and rhyme, to listen for gist and details
Unit 5 Rain or Shine
 

Theme

  • weather, clothing, and seasons
 

Communication Objectives

  • talk about weather in different places
  • talk about what people wear in different kinds of weather
  • talk about the seasons
 

Language Objectives

  • days of the week
  • weather vocabulary
  • simple present tense
  • questions with what
  • It's + adjective
  • yes/no questions
  • today vs. yesterdaysimple past tense (is/was/were)
 

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 Our Five Senses
 

Theme

  • the five senses
 

Communication Objectives

  • talk about our five senses (how things taste, feel, sound, etc)
  • describe things
 

Language Objectives

  • sensory verbs
  • descriptive adjectives (postnominal)
  • questions with how
  • simple present tense
 

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 A World of Food
 

Theme

  • foods we enjoy and where they come from
 

Communication Objectives

  • talk about different foods and where they come from
  • talk about quantities and containers of food
  • talk about what there is/are
 

Language Objectives

  • quantifiers (some, two, four, any)
  • food vocabulary
  • yes/no questions
  • questions with what
  • there are/there aren't
 

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 In Shape!
 

Theme

  • healthy habits
 

Communication Objectives

  • talk about health rules
  • talk about food and activities to keep people healthy
 

Language Objectives

  • imperatives
  • yes/no questions in simple past tense
  • wh- questions in simple past tense
 

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 Puppets
 

Theme

  • different kinds of puppets and their uses
 

Communication Objectives

  • talk about things you like and dislike
  • give reasons to like or dislike something
 

Language Objectives

  • like/don't like
  • adjectives of manner
  • yes/no questions in simple past tense
  • wh- questions and statements in simple past tense
  • why/because
 

Learning Strategies/Thinking Skills

  • to use prior knowledge, to compare and contrast, to use music and rhyme, to listen for gist and details