Backpack
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Scope & Sequence |
| Unit
1 |
From
Morning to Night |
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Theme
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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.
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Language Objectives
- tell time
- simple present tense
- questions with what, what time
- before/after
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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
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| Unit
2 |
Helping
Hands |
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Theme
- helping professions in the community
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Communication Objectives
- to identify and talk about family relationships
- to talk about helping professions
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Language Objectives
- questions with what
- simple present tense
- professions vocabulary
- want + to be
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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
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| Unit
3 |
Pen Pals |
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Theme
- different styles of living, chores
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Communication Objectives
- compare and contrast country and city living
- talk about activities and responsibilities kids have
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Language Objectives
- country and city vocabulary
- adverbs of frequency (always, sometimes, usually, never)
- has to/have to
- there is/are
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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
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| Unit
4 |
Amazing Animals |
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Theme
- animals and their habitats
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Communication Objectives
- talk about where animals live
- talk about what animals can and can't do
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Language Objectives
- questions with where, what
- can/can't
- plural nouns
- simple present tense (3rd person plural)
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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
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| Unit
5 |
Rain or Shine |
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Theme
- weather, clothing, and seasons
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Communication Objectives
- talk about weather in different places
- talk about what people wear in different kinds of weather
- talk about the seasons
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Language Objectives
- days of the week
- weather vocabulary
- simple present tense
- questions with what
- It's + adjective
- yes/no questions
- today vs. yesterday—simple
past tense (is/was/were)
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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
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| Unit
6 |
Our Five
Senses |
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Theme
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Communication Objectives
- talk about our five senses (how things taste, feel, sound, etc)
- describe things
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Language Objectives
- sensory verbs
- descriptive adjectives (postnominal)
- questions with how
- simple present tense
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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
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| Unit
7 |
A World of
Food |
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Theme
- foods we enjoy and where they come from
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Communication Objectives
- talk about different foods and where they come from
- talk about quantities and containers of food
- talk about what there is/are
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Language Objectives
- quantifiers (some, two, four, any)
- food vocabulary
- yes/no questions
- questions with what
- there are/there aren't
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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
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| Unit
8 |
In Shape! |
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Theme
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Communication Objectives
- talk about health rules
- talk about food and activities to keep people healthy
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Language Objectives
- imperatives
- yes/no questions in simple past tense
- wh- questions in simple
past tense
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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
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| Unit
9 |
Puppets |
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Theme
- different kinds of puppets and their uses
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Communication Objectives
- talk about things you like and dislike
- give reasons to like or dislike something
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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
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Learning Strategies/Thinking
Skills
- to use prior knowledge, to compare and contrast, to use music
and rhyme, to listen for gist and details
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