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Content Alignment for Wonders K-6
Copyright © January 2021 Nearpod
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Table of Contents
Kindergarten
Unit 1: Take a New Step
Unit 2: Let’s Explore
Unit 3: Going Places
Unit 4: Around the Neighborhood
Unit 5: Wonders of Nature
Unit 6: Weather for All Seasons
Unit 7: The Animal Kingdom
Unit 8: From Here to There
Unit 9: How Things Change
Unit 10: Thinking Outside the Box
First Grade
Unit 1: Getting to Know Us
Unit 2: Our Community
Unit 3: Changes Over Time
Unit 4: Animals Everywhere
Unit 5: Figure It Out
Unit 6: Together We Can!
Second Grade
Unit 1: Friends and Family
Unit 2: Animal Discoveries
Unit 3: Live and Learn
Unit 4: Our Life/Our World
Unit 5: Let's Make a Difference
Unit 6: How on Earth?
Third Grade
Unit 1: Growing and Learning
Unit 2: Figure It Out
Unit 3: One of a Kind
Unit 4: Meet the Challenge
Unit 5: Take Action
Unit 6: Think it Over
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Fourth Grade
Unit 1: Think It Through
Unit 2: Amazing Animals
Unit 3: That's the Spirit!
Unit 4: Fact or Fiction?
Unit 5: Figure It Out
Unit 6: Past, Present, and Future
Fifth Grade
Unit 1: Eureka! I’ve Got It!
Unit 2: Taking the Next Step
Unit 3: Getting From Here to There
Unit 4: It’s Up To You
Unit 5: What’s Next?
Unit 6: Linked In
Sixth Grade
Unit 1: Changes
Unit 2: Excursions Across Time
Unit 3: Accomplishments
Unit 4: Challenges
Unit 5: Discoveries
Unit 6: Taking Action
Kindergarten
Wonders Kindergarten Scope and Sequence
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Unit 1: Take a New Step
Week 1: Make New Friends
Essential Question: How can we get along with new friends?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Making Friends (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● The More We Get Together Classic Songs (Netflix Jr.)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Big Word: Friend (Big Word Club)
● Katie Kicks (Cricket Media)
● Regina and Eddie (Cricket Media)
● The Lone Sock (Cricket Media)
● Asking Questions (PBS Kids)
● Feeling Words (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● How We Are Feeling (Big Geek Heroes)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Lesson Library
● Making Words (Nearpod Team)
Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Introduction to the Letter Mm (Nearpod Team)
● My Friends (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● ABC Song: The Letter M, “The Mighty M” (Netflix Jr.)
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Week 2: Get Up and Go!
Essential Question: How do baby animals move?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● United Arab Emirates: Arabian Animals (National Geographic Kids)
● Learning About Animals (Little Smart Planet)
● Flightless Birds (Bino and Fino)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● My Relatives (E-future)
● The Hare and the Tortoise (Amplify)
● The Dog and His Reflection (Amplify)
● Little Bo Peep & Little Boy Blue (Amplify)
● The Moon Watches (Cricket Media)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Lesson Library
● Rhyming with Pictures (Education.com)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Rhyming Words (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● ABC Song: The Letter A, “Hooray for A” (Netflix Jr.)
● The Letter “A” (WonderGrove Kids)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Life of Panda (Peekaboo Kidz)
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Week 3: Use Your Senses
Essential Question: How can your senses help you learn?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Using Our Senses (PBS Kids)
● I Hear with My Own Ear (PBS Kids)
● Learning Together Outdoors (PBS Kids)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Test Your Senses (WonderGrove Kids)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Keep in Touch (Cricket Media)
● My Senses are Amazing (Amplify)
● The Sense of Sight (Amplify)
● The Sense of Hearing (Amplify)
● The Sense of Smell (Amplify)
● The Sense of Taste (Amplify)
● The Sense of Touch (Amplify)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● The Five Senses (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Making Words: Onset & Rime (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Making Words (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Introduction to the Letter Ss (Nearpod Team)
● Write a Poem Using the Five Senses (Education.com)
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Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Sort Out the Five Senses (Education.com)
● Practice Using the Senses: Sight (Education.com)
● Practice Using the Senses: Smell (Education.com)
● Practice Using the Senses: Taste (Education.com)
● Practice Using the Senses: Touch (Education.com)
● Practice Using the Senses: Hearing (Education.com)
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 1
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Week 1
● Author
● Detail
● Feeling
● Fiction
● List
● I Have a Question
● Present Simple” Yes/No
Questions (E-Future)
● Understanding Nouns
(E-Future)
Week 2
● Author
● Characteristics
● Detail
● Fiction
● Understanding Nouns
(E-Future)
Week 3
● Author
● Detail
● Nonfiction
● Senses
● Understanding Nouns
(E-Future)
Flocabulary
Week 1
● Fables
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● Getting to Know Me (Video Only)
● Joining In & Including Others (Video Only)
Week 2
● Fables
● Rhyme
Week 3
● Rhyme
Social & Emotional Learning
Week 1
● Asking Questions
● Critical Thinking, Questioning
● How Am I Feeling?
● How Do You Feel?
● Let’s Work Together
● What Is Empathy?
Week 2
● Asking Questions
● Critical Thinking, Questioning
Week 3
● Asking Questions
● Critical Thinking, Questioning
● Practicing Mindfulness
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Week 1
● How Technology Makes You Feel (Common Sense Education)
● Who Is in Your Online Community? (Common Sense Education)
● Putting a STOP to Online Meanness (Common Sense Education)
Week 3
● How Technology Makes You Feel (Common Sense Education)
College & Career Exploration
Week 2
● Virtual Career Fair: Work with Animals
Week 3
● Mnemonics
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Unit 2: Let’s Explore
Week 1: Tools We Use
Essential Question: How do tools help us to explore?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Using Science Tools (PBS Kids)
● Learning Together Outdoors (PBS Kids)
● The Archaeologist’s Tool Kit (Nearpod 3D)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Retelling a Story (Nearpod Team)
● Regina and Eddie (Cricket Media)
● Wonderful Wheels (Cricket Media)
● Sam’s Wheels (Cricket Media)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Color Names (Little Smart Planet)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Making Words (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Making New Words (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Introduction to the Letter Pp (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: The Letters M, A, S, P (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● ABC Song: The Letter P (Netflix Jr.)
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Week 2: Shapes All Around Us
Essential Question: What shapes do you see around you?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Let’s Shape Up (Author’s Program)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Let’s Talk Shapes! (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: Retelling a Story (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Shapes (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Making Words: Onset & Rime (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Introduction the the Letter Tt (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: The Letters M, A, S, P (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● ABC Song: The Letter T “Time for T” (Netflix Jr.)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Creative Exercise: Lavatory Murals (Nearpod VR)
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Week 3: World of Bugs
Essential Question: What kind of bugs do you know about?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Fireflies (Peekaboo Kids)
● Amazing Spiders (Peekaboo Kids)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● The Sense of Touch (Amplify)
● Elements of Art: Texture (Nearpod Team)
● Pill Bugs (Cricket Media)
● Flowers that Fly (Cricket Media)
● Aranya Tries Again (Cricket Media)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Syllables (Nearpod Team)
● Long Vowels: a (Part 1) (E-future)
● Long Vowels: a (Part 2) (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Syllables: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Counting Syllables (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Syllables (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Introduction to the Letter Mm (Nearpod Team)
● Introduction to the Letter Aa (Nearpod Team)
● Introduction to the Letter Ss (Nearpod Team)
● Introduction to the Letter Pp (Nearpod Team)
● Introduction the the Letter Tt (Nearpod Team)
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● Assessment: The Letters M, A, S, P (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● ABC Song: The Letter M, “The Mighty M” (Netflix Jr.)
● ABC Song: The Letter A, “Hooray for A” (Netflix Jr.)
● ABC Song: The Letter S, “Say Yes to S” (Netflix Jr.)
● ABC Song: The Letter P (Netflix Jr.)
● ABC Song: The Letter T “Time for T” (Netflix Jr.)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Busy Bees (SciShow Kids)
● Don’t Be Afraid of Spiders (SciShow Kids)
● Giant Insects (SciShow Kids)
● How Ants Find Food (SciShow Kids)
● Worms are Wonderful (SciShow Kids)
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Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 2
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
Week 1
● Detail
● Fiction
● Point
Week 2
● Pentagon
● Rectangle
● Shape
● Square
● Triangle
Week 3
● Life Cycle
● Texture
Flocabulary
Week 1
● Map Skills
Week 2
● Basic Geometry: Shapes
Week 3
● Long & Short Vowels
● Metamorphosis
Social & Emotional Learning
Week 1
● Asking Questions
● Critical Thinking, Questioning
● Looking at Problems in New Ways
Week 2
● Asking Questions
● Critical Thinking, Questioning
Week 3
● Asking Questions
● Critical Thinking, Questioning
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Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Week 1
● Identifying Collaboration and Communication Tools
Week 3
● Lesson 2: Debugging
College & Career Exploration
Week 1
● Virtual Career Fair: Medicine
● Virtual Career Fair: Research
● Virtual Career Fair: STEM
Week 2
● English and Math in the Workplace
Week 3
● Virtual Career Fair: Working Outdoors
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Unit 3: Going Places
Week 1: Rules to Go By
Essential Question: What rules do we follow in different places?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Following School Rules (Nearpod Team)
● Following Classroom Rules (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Team Player! (WonderGrove Kids)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Learn to Read: Getting Ready for School (MaxScholar)
● Firefighter Mom (Cricket Media)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● The Boy Who Cried Wolf (BulBul Apps)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Lesson Library
● Rhyming with Pictures (Education.com)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● “ABC Jamboree” (Netflix Jr.)
Activities
● Rhyming Words (Nearpod Team)
Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Short Vowels: i (E-future)
● Single Letter Sounds: Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv (E-future)
● Assessment: The Letters M,A,S,P (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● ABC Song: The Letter I, “I Use I” (Netflix Jr)
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Week 2: Sounds Around Us
Essential Question: What are the different sounds we hear?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● I Hear with My Own Ear (PBS Kids)
● Practice Using the Senses: Hearing (Education.com)
● Farm Animals: Sounds & Words (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● What is Sound? (SciShow Kids)
● Test Your Senses (WonderGrove Kids)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● The Sense of Hearing (Amplify)
● Tuesdays (Cricket Media)
● The Crowded, Noisy House (Amplify)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Making Words: Onset & Rime (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Making Words (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Introduction to the Letter Nn (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: The Letters M,A,S,P (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● ABC Song: The Letter N, “You Need an N” (Netflix Jr.)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Musical Instruments (Super Geek Heroes)
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Week 3: The Places We Go
Essential Question: What places do you go to during the week?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● My City (Little Smart Planet)
● City Vocabulary (Little Smart Planet)
● Parts of the City (Little Smart Planet)
● My Online Neighborhood (Common Sense Education)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mem and Grandpa at the Farm Stand (Cricket Media)
● Avocados for Sale (Cricket Media)
● Just Enough for Me (Cricket Media)
● Assessment: Retelling a Story (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Story Elements: What is a Character? (Teaching Without Frills)
● Story Elements: What Is a Setting? (Teaching Without Frills)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Syllables (Nearpod Team)
● Long Vowels: i (Part 1) (E-future)
● Long Vowels: i (Part 2) (E-future)
● Assessment: Vowels (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Syllables (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Syllables: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Counting Syllables (Nearpod - Matching Pairs)
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● Making Words (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Introduction to the Letter Cc (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: Emergent Readers (Nearpod Team)
● Our Neighborhood (E-future)
● Neighborhood Stores (E-future)
● Our Town (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Letter C | ABCs | Phonics (Socratica Kids)
● ABC Song: The Letter C, “Crazy For C” (Netflix Jr.)
Activities
● Uppercase and Lowercase Letters (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Welcome to Your School! (Nearpod Team)
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Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 3
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Week 1
● Author
● Cooperate
● List
● Organize
● Can…? (E-Future)
Week 2
● Author
● Detail
● Fiction
Week 3
● Bank
● Character
● Event
● Map
● Next
● Setting
● Newcomer Essentials VR
Bundle
● Where Is the Bus?
Flocabulary
Week 1
● Joining In & Including Others (Video Only)
● Rhyme
Week 2
● Rhyme
Week 3
● Long & Short Vowels
● Rhyme
● Sequence
Social & Emotional Learning
Week 1
● What Are My Values?
Week 2
● Let’s Talk
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Unit 4: Around the Neighborhood
Week 1: Time for Work
Essential Question: What do people use to do their jobs?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● The Internet (The Fixies)
● The Keyboard (The Fixies)
● The Tools (The Fixies)
● The Fire Extinguisher (The Fixies)
● Stories About Jobs (Little Smart Planet)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● I Can't Fool You (Cricket Media)
● Assessment: Retelling a Story (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Learning About Jobs (Little Smart Planet)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Making Words: Onset & Rime (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Vowels (Nearpod Team)
● Wow Words: Adjectives (Education.com)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● ABC Song: The Letter O, “Only O” (Netflix Jr.)
● Parts of Speech: What is an Adjective? (Teaching Without Frills)
● Wide World of Adjectives (The Bazillions)
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Week 2: Meet Your Neighbor
Essential Question: Who are your neighbors?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● My Online Neighborhood (Common Sense Education)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Our Neighborhood (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● City Vocabulary (Little Smart Planet)
● Healthy Foods (Super Geek Heroes)
● Story Elements: What is a Character? (Teaching Without Frills)
● Story Elements: What is a Setting? (Teaching Without Frills)
Activites
● Text Features: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Identifying Text Features (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Lesson Library
● Long Vowels: o (Part 1) (E-future)
● Long Vowels: o (Part 2) (E-future)
Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Wow Words: Adjectives (Education.com)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Single Letter Sounds: Dd, Ee, Ff (E-future)
● Letter D | ABCs | Phonics (Socratica Kids)
● ABC Song: The Letter D, “Dee Doodley Do” (Netflix Jr.)
● Parts of Speech: What is an Adjective? (Teaching Without Frills)
● Wide World of Adjectives (The Bazillions)
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Week 3: Pitch In
Essential Question: How can people help to make your community better?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Who was Martin Luther King Jr.? (Nearpod VR)
● Exploring Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy (Nearpod VR)
● Who was Cesar Chavez? (Nearpod VR)
● Community Helpers (Author’s Program)
● Following School Rules (Nearpod Team)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Positional Terms (Nearpod Team)
● The Shine of My Smile (Cricket Media)
● Firefighter Mom (Cricket Media)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Rhyming Words (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Consonants: sm, sn, st, sw (E-future)
● Long Vowels: a (Part 1) (E-future)
● Long Vowels: a (Part 2) (E-future)
● Wow Words: Adjectives (Education.com)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Letter C | ABCs | Phonics (Socratica Kids)
● Letter D | ABCs | Phonics (Socratica Kids)
● Parts of Speech: What is an Adjective? (Teaching Without Frills)
● Wide World of Adjectives (The Bazillions)
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Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Building Class Community (Nearpod Team)
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 4
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Week 1
● Career
● Detail
● Fact
● Nonfiction
● Adjectives (E-future)
● At the Dental Clinic
● At the Fire Station
● At the Makerspace
● Be + Adjective + Noun (E-future)
Week 2
● Character
● Customs
● Event
● Fiction
● Setting
● Adjectives (E-future)
● Be + Adjective + Noun (E-future)
Week 3
● Community
● Evidence
● Next
● Sequence
● Adjectives (E-future)
● Be + Adjective + Noun (E-future)
Flocabulary
Week 2
● Diversity (Video Only)
● Respect (Video Ony)
● Where Do You Live? (Video Ony)
Week 3
● Rhyme
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● Sequence
Social & Emotional Learning
Week 2
● Appreciating Diversity
● Cooperating with Others
● Respecting Other’s Preferences
Week 3
● Let’s Work Together
● Support Circles
● Teamwork
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Week 1
● Technology in the Workplace
Week 2
● Safety in My Online Neighborhood (Common Sense Education)
● Who is in Your Online Community? (Common Sense Education)
Week 3
● Safety in My Online Neighborhood (Common Sense Education)
College & Career Exploration
Week 1
● What Do I Want To Be When I Grow Up?
Week 2
● Careers in Our Community
Week 3
● Careers in Our Community
● Virtual Career Fair: Public Service
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Unit 5: Wonders of Nature
Week 1: How Does Your Garden Grow?
Essential Question: What do living things need to grow?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● England: Garden Maze (National Geographic Kids)
● How Does a Seed Become a Plant? (SciShow Kids)
Activities
● Parts That Make Plants Grow (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Big Word: Grow (Big Word Club)
● Flowers that Fly (Cricket Media)
● The Bean Tepee (Cricket Media)
● A Family Tree (Cricket Media)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Story Elements: What is a Character? (Teaching Without Frills)
● Story Elements: What is a Setting? (Teaching Without Frills)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Syllables (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Making Words (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Busy Books: H Sound (Education.com)
● Assessment: The Letters M, A, S, P (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: The Letters T, I, N, C (Nearpod Team)
● Review Pronouns (E-future)
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Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● ABC Song: The Letter H, “Say Hello to H” (Netflix Jr.)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Parts of a Plant (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Parts of a Plant (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
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Week 2: Trees
Essential Question: How do living things change as they grow?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Let’s Visit Sequoia National Park! (Nearpod VR)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Life Cycle of a Bean (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Life Cycle of a Butterfly (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● The Memory Tree (Cricket Media)
● Winter Quilt (Cricket Media)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Main Idea: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Making Words: Onset & Rime (Nearpod Team)
Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Assessment: The Letters M, A, S, P (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: The Letters T, I, N, C (Nearpod Team)
● Review Pronouns (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Letter E | ABCs | Phonics (Socratica Kids)
● ABC Song” The Letter E, “Everybody Has An E” (Netflix Jr.)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Comparing Plant Life Cycles (Nearpod Team)
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Week 3: Fresh from the Farm
Essential Question: What kinds of things grow on a farm?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● New Zealand: Kiwi (National Geographic Kids)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● From Farm to Market (Amplify)
● All Kinds of Crops (Amplify)
● The Seasons of Farming (Amplify)
● Hatch! (Cricket Media)
● Mem and Grandpa at the Farm Stand (Cricket Media)
● Harvest Time with Papa (Cricket Media)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Food Vocabulary (Little Smart Planet)
● Learning About Food (Little Smart Planet)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Add/Substitute Phonemes (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Yummy Adventures with Food! (Netflix Jr.)
Activities
● Rhyming Words (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Assessment: The Letters M, A, S, P (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: The Letters T, I, N, C (Nearpod Team)
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● Double Letter Vowels: ee, ea (E-future)
● Assessment: Long and Short Vowels (Nearpod Team)
● Review Pronouns (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Letter F | ABCs | Phonics (Socratica Kids)
● ABC Song: The Letter R, “Are You Ready For R” (Netflix Jr.)
● Learn to Spell Fruit Words (Netflix Jr.)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● What’s the Same? What’s Different? (PBS Kids)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● New Zealand: Kiwi (National Geographic Kids)
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Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 5
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Week 1
● Author
● Character
● Detail
● Event
● Fiction
● Require
● Setting
● Pronouns (E-future)
● Pronoun + Be (E-future)
● Pronouns + Be + Not (E-future)
Week 2
● Author
● Character
● Detail
● Life Cycle
● Seed
● Pronouns (E-future)
● Pronoun + Be (E-future)
● Pronouns + Be + Not (E-future)
● The Wishing Tree (ReadWorks)
Week 3
● Author
● Detail
● Seed
● At the Grocery Store
● Pronouns (E-future)
● Pronoun + Be (E-future)
● Pronouns + Be + Not (E-future)
Flocabulary
Week 1
● Basic Parts of a Plant
● Parts of a Plant
● Rhyme
● The Sun (Video Only)
Week 2
● Life Cycles
Week 3
● Long & Short Vowels
● Rhyme
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Unit 6: Weather For All Seasons
Week 1: The Four Seasons
Essential Question: How are the seasons different?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● The Four Seasons (Little Smart Planet)
● Weather and Seasons (Super Geek Heroes)
● Seasons and the Sun (Crash Course Kids)
Activities
● Seasons (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Match Seasons and Weather Activity (Nearpod Team - Matching
Pairs)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● The Seasons of Farming (Amplify)
● Learn to Read: Fall Time (MaxScholar)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Rhyming Words (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Making Words: Onset & Rime (Nearpod Team)
Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Singular and Plural Nouns with Verbs (Quill)
● Getting into Grammar: Singular or Plural Nouns (Education.com)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● ABC Song: The Letter B, “B is for Boogie” (Netflix Jr.)
● Letter B | ABCs | Phonics (Socratica Kids)
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● The Letter “L” (WonderGrove Kids)
● ABC Song: The Letter L, “The Lovely Letter L: (Netflix Jr.)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● The Four Seasons (Little Smart Planet)
● Weather and Seasons (Super Geek Heroes)
Activities
● Seasons (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Match Seasons and Weather Activity (Nearpod Team - Matching
Pairs)
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Week 2: What’s the Weather?
Essential Question: What happens in different kinds of weather?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Weather and Seasons (Super Geek Heroes)
● Learning About the Weather (Little Smart Planet)
● Describing the Weather (Little Smart Planet)
● Be a Weather Watcher (SciShow Kids)
● Rain, Rain Go Away (Netflix Jr.)
● Russia: Winter (National Geographic Kids)
Activities
● Match Seasons and Weather (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● The Snowman’s Gift (Cricket Media)
● Rain, Rain, Go Away & It’s Raining, It’s Pouring (Amplify)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Words for Weather (Little Smart Planet)
Activities
● Drought Impacts (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Rhyming Words (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Single Letter Sounds: Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn (E-future)
● Proper Nouns (Nearpod Team)
● Common and Proper Nouns (Quill)
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● Capitalize Proper Nouns (Quill)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● ABC Song: The Letter K, “K is Okay With Me” (Netflix Jr.)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Learning About the Weather (Little Smart Planet)
● Describing the Weather (Little Smart Planet)
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Week 3: Storm Weather
Essential Question: How can you stay safe in bad weather?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Natural Disasters (Nearpod Team)
● Hurricanes (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Flood Impacts (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Impacted by a Flood (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Wh-Questions Words (E-future)
● Ready For Rain (Cricket Media)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Lesson Library
● Fun with Alliteration (Author’s Program)
● Assessment: Add/Substitute Phonemes (Nearpod Team)
Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Long Vowels: i (Part 1) (E-future)
● Long Vowels: i (Part 2) (E-future)
● Double Letter Consonants: bl, cl, fl (E-future)
● Double Letter Consonants: gl, pl, sl (E-future)
● Proper Nouns (Nearpod Team)
● Common and Proper Nouns (Quill)
● Capitalize Proper Nouns (Quill)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Letter B | ABCs | Phonics (Socratica Kids)
● Letter E | ABCs | Phonics (Socratica Kids)
●
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Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Natural Disasters (Nearpod Team)
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English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Week 1
● Connection
● Fiction
● Heat
● Next
● Understanding Nouns (E-future)
● Singular and Plural Nouns
(E-future)
Week 2
● Author
● Connection
● Fiction
● Next
● Predict
● Understanding Nouns (E-future)
Week 3
● Draft
● Edit
● Feeling
● Fiction
● Next
● Singular and Plural Nouns
(E-future)
Flocabulary
Week 1
● Rhyme
● Sequence
● Singular and Plural Nouns
Week 2
● Sequence
Week 3
● Sequence
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Unit 7: The Animal Kingdom
Week 1: Baby Animals
Essential Question: How are some animals alike and how are they different?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● United Arab Emirates: Arabian Animals (National Geographic Kids)
Activities
● Parents & Offspring: Alike & Different (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Parents & Offspring: Behavior Patterns (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Look Twice: A Guide to Nature’s Look-Alikes (Cricket Media)
● A Pond for Maddie (Cricket Media)
● The Moon Watches (Cricket Media)
● Assessment: Retelling a Story (Nearpod Team)
● Big Word: Claws (Big Word Club)
● Big Word: Teeth (Big Word Club)
● Big Word: Wings (Big Word Club)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Making Words: Onset & Rime (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Rhyming Words (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Assessment: The Letters M, A, S, P (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: The Letters T, I, N, C (Nearpod Team)
● Land Animals (E-future)
● Sea Animals (E-future)
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● My Favorite Animal (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● The Letter “U” (WonderGrove Kids)
● ABC Song: The Letter U, “Unstoppable U” (Netflix Jr.)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Life Science: A Study of Animals (Author’s Program)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Guess the Wild Animal (Little Smart Planet)
● Farm Animals Vocabulary (Little Smart Planet)
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Week 2: Pet Pals
Essential Question: How do you take care of different kinds of pets?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Learning About Animals (Little Smart Planet)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Learn to Read: A New Dog (MaxScholar)
● Learn to Read: Man and Dog (MaxScholar)
● Learn to Read: Bud the Dog (MaxScholar)
● Hike! (Cricket Media)
● Dog Walk (Cricket Media)
● Mr. Grumpy (Cricket Media)
● My Pet (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Farm Animals Vocabulary (Little Smart Planet)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Lesson Library
● Rhyming with Pictures (Education.com)
● Little Bo Peep & Little Boy Blue (Amplify)
● Assessment: Add/Substitute Phonemes (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Rhyming Words (Nearpod Team)
● Making New Words (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Letter Sounds (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: The Letters M, A, S, P (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: The Letters T, I, N, C (Nearpod Team)
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● My Pet (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● ABC Song: The Letter G, “Gimme G” (Netflix Jr.)
● ABC Song: The Letter W, “Wonderful W” (Netflix Jr.)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● The Internet (The Fixies)
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Week 3: Animal Habitats
Essential Question: Where do animals live?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Big Changes in the Big Forest (Crash Course Kids)
● Canada: Polar Bears (National Geographic Kids)
● China: Pandas (National Geographic Kids)
● Kenya: Giraffes (National Geographic Kids)
● Kenya: Rhino (National Geographic Kids)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Winter Bear (Cricket Media)
● A Pond for Maddie (Cricket Media)
● A Day at the Pond (Cricket Media)
● The Moon Watches (Cricket Media)
● Where is My Home? (Education.com)
● Assessment: Retelling a Story (Nearpod Team)
● Big Word: Jungle (Big Word Club)
● Big Word: Rainforest (Big Word Club)
● Big Word: Ocean (Big Word Club)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Text Features: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Identifying Text Features (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Add/Substitute Phonemes (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Making Words: Onset & Rime (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
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● Making Words (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Making New Words (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Single Letter Sounds: Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz (E-future)
● Single Letter Sounds: Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv (E-future)
● My Favorite Animal (E-future)
● Matching Subjects and Verbs (Quill)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● ABC Song: The Letter X, “Extraordinary X” (Netflix Jr.)
● ABC Song: The Letter V, “Very V” (Netflix Jr.)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Animals are Everywhere! (PBS Kids)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Giant Insects (SciShow Kids)
● Canada: Polar Bears (National Geographic Kids)
● China: Pandas (National Geographic Kids)
● Kenya: Giraffes (National Geographic Kids)
● Kenya: Rhino (National Geographic Kids)
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English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Week 1
● Author
● Connection
● Fact
● Fiction
● Nonfiction
● Be-Verbs: Affirmatives and
Negatives (E-future)
● Helping Verbs (E-future)
● Present Simple: Be-Verbs
(E-future)
Week 2
● Character
● Chart
● Connection
● Feeling
● Fiction
● Be-Verbs: Affirmatives and
Negatives (E-future)
● Helping Verbs (E-future)
● Present Simple: Be-Verbs
(E-future)
Week 3
● Cause
● Community
● Effect
● Event
● Fiction
● Habitat
● Life Cycle
● Living
● Trait
● Be-Verbs: Affirmatives and
Negatives (E-future)
● Helping Verbs (E-future)
● Present Simple: Be-Verbs
(E-future)
Flocabulary
Week 1
● Rhyme
Week 2
● Predictions
● Rhyme
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Week 3
● Cause & Effect
● Predictions
Social & Emotional Learning
Week 1
● Critical Thinking, Compare and Contrast
Week 2
● Asking Questions
● What is Empathy?
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Week 1
● Basic Keywords
Week 2
● Basic Keywords
● Creating Presentations
Week 3
● Basic Keywords
College & Career Exploration
Weeks 1-3
● Virtual Career Fair: Work with Animals
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Unit 8: From Here to There
Week 1: On the Move
Essential Question: What can help you go from here to there?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Trains, Planes and Automobiles (Nearpod 3D)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Forms of Transportation (Little Smart Planet)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Sam’s Wheels (Cricket Media)
● Grandpa Drives a Milk Truck (Cricket Media)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Story Elements: What is a Character? (Teaching Without Frills)
● Story Elements: What is a Setting? (Teaching Without Frills)
Activities
● Text Features: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Identifying Text Features (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Syllables: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Counting Syllables (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Prepositions of Place and Time (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Q & U (The Bazillions)
● ABC Song: The Letter J, “Jump for J” (Netflix Jr.)
● ABC Song: The Letter Q, “Question for Q” (Netflix Jr.)
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Week 2: My USA
Essential Question: What do you know about our country?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Getting to Know Washington, D.C. (Nearpod VR)
● Let’s Visit Capitol Hill (Nearpod VR)
● Let’s Visit the Statue of Liberty (Nearpod VR)
● Take a Trip in the United States! (Nearpod VR)
● Exploring Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy (Nearpod VR)
● Who Was Martin Luther King Jr.? (Nearpod VR)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● USA: Old West (National Geographic Kids)
Activities
● US Landmarks (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● US Landmarks and Monuments: K-5 (Nearpod Team - Time to
Climb)
● View United States Symbols (Nearpod Team) - Matching Pairs)
● Recognizing U.S. Symbols (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● The Home of the President: Washington, D.C. (Amplify)
● Mini: Three Symbols of the United States (ReadWorks)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Main Idea: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Text Features: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Identifying Text Features (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Add/Substitute Phonemes (Nearpod Team)
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Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Rhyming Words (Nearpod Team)
Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Single Letter Sounds: Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz (E-future)
● Prepositions (The Bazillions)
● Prepositions of Place and Time (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● ABC Song: The Letter Y, “Try Y” (Netflix Jr.)
● ABC Song: The Letter Z, “I’ll Be With Z” (Netflix Jr.)
Activities
● Prepositions: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Presidents and American Symbols Bundle (Amplify)
● Exploring Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy (Nearpod VR)
● Who Was Martin Luther King Jr.? (Nearpod VR)
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Week 3: Look to the Sky
Essential Question: What do you see in the sky?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Where is Starman? (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Why is the Sky Blue? (SciShow Kids)
● Day & Night Sky (Nearpod Team)
● USA: NASA (National Geographic Kids)
● Solar System and Planets (Little Smart Planet)
● On to Space! (Bino and Fino)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Warm up: Opposites or What? (Nearpod Team)
● The Moon Watches (Cricket Media)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Text Features: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Identifying Text Features (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Add/Substitute Phonemes (Nearpod Team)
Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Consonants: dr, tr, pr (E-future)
● Double Letter Consonants: br, cr, fr (E-future)
● Long Vowels: o (Part 1) (E-future)
● Long Vowels: o (Part 2) (E-future)
● Prepositions (The Bazillions)
● Prepositions of Place and Time (E-future)
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Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Prepositions: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Objects in the Sky (Author’s Program)
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English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Week 1
● Author
● Character
● Feeling
● Fiction
● Setting
● Prepositions of Place (E-future)
● Where is the Bus?
Week 2
● American Flag
● Capital
● Detail
● Fiction
● Nation
● Nonfiction
● Main Idea
● Unify
● Getting to Know Washington,
D.C.
● Prepositions of Place (E-future)
Week 3
● Author
● Character
● Cloud
● Draft
● Edit
● Prepositions of Place (E-future)
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Flocabulary
Week 1
● Predictions
● Text Features
● Transportation
Week 2
● George Washington Carver & Innovation
● Introduction to the Statue of Liberty
● Main Idea
● Rhyme
● Ruby Bridges & Bravery
● The Statue of Liberty
● Text Features
Week 3
● Problem & Solution
● The Sun
● Text Features
College & Career Exploration
Week 2
● Virtual Career Fair: Public Service
Week 3
● Virtual Career Fair: STEM
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Unit 9: How Things Change
Week 1: Growing up
Essential Question: How can you help out at home?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Resolving Conflicts (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● ”Clean Up Time” Songs About Behaviors (Netflix Jr.)
● ”Get Dressed” Songs About Behaviors (Netflix Jr.)
● “Time to Get in Bed” Songs About Behaviors (Netflix Jr.)
● “Brush Your Teeth” Songs About Behavior (Netflix Jr.)
● Recycling (Super Geek Heroes)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: Whom Does He Look Like? (ReadWorks)
● Flush! (Cricket Media)
● Addie and Bea Make Adobe (Cricket Media)
● Assessment: Retelling a Story (Nearpod Team)
● My Room (E-future)
● Our Living Room (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Story Elements: What Is a Character? (Teaching Without Frills)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Syllables (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Syllables: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Counting Syllables (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Syllables (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
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Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Vowels (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: Long and Short Vowels (Nearpod Team)
● Digraphs: Sh (Author’s Program)
● Wow Words: Adjectives (Education.com)
● My Room (E-future)
● Our Living Room (E-future)
● Review Adjectives (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Wide World of Adjectives (The Bazillions)
● Parts of Speech: What Is an Adjective? (Teaching Without Frills)
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Week 2: Good Citizens
Essential Question: What do good citizens do?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Community Helpers (Author’s Program)
● Resolving Conflicts (Nearpod Team)
● Building Class Community (Nearpod Team)
● Following School Rules (Nearpod Team)
● Who was Martin Luther King Jr.? (Nearpod VR)
● Who was Cesar Chavez? (Nearpod VR)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Helping Our Planet (Super Geek Heroes)
● We the Digital Citizens (Common Sense Education)
Activities
● Citizenship Picture Match (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Characteristics of Good Citizens (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Firefighter Mom (Cricket Media)
● Hector Helps Out (Cricket Media)
● Katie Kicks (Cricket Media)
● Mini: Learning New Things (ReadWorks)
● Farm Animals: Sounds & Words (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Farm Animals Vocabulary (Little Smart Planet)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Lesson Library
● Rhyming with Pictures (Education.com)
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Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● “ABC Jamboree” (Netflix Jr.)
Activities
● Rhyming Words (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Vowels (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: Long and Short Vowels (Nearpod Team)
● Digraphs: Ch (Author’s Program)
● A, An (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Choosing “a” vs. “an” (Quill)
● Nouns and Articles (E-future)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Recycling (Super Geek Heroes)
● Team Player (WonderGrove Kids)
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Week 3: Our Natural Resources
Essential Question: How can things in nature be used to make new things?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Material Magic: Making Diamonds (Crash Course Kids)
● Iceland: Natural Wonders (National Geographic Kids)
● Invention of Pencils (Peekaboo Kidz)
● Invention of Matchsticks (Peekaboo Kidz)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● The Snowman’s Gift (Cricket Media)
● Learn to Read: Tree House (MaxScholar)
● From Farm to Market (Amplify)
● Big Word: Grains (Big Word Club)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Lesson Library
● Long Vowels: o (Part 1) (E-future)
● Long Vowels: o (Part 2) (E-future)
● Long Vowels: Review (E-future)
Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Syllables (Nearpod Team)
● Wow Words: Adjectives (Education.com)
● Review Adjectives (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Wide World of Adjectives (The Bazillions)
● Parts of Speech: What Is an Adjective? (Teaching Without Frills)
Activities
● Syllables: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
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● Counting Syllables (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Syllables (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Invention of Pencils (Peekaboo Kidz)
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English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Week 1
● Author
● Character
● Event
● Evidence
● Feeling
● Fiction
● Narrator
● Organize
● Adjectives (E-future)
● Be + Adjective + Noun
(E-future)
Week 2
● Cause
● Community
● Connection
● Cooperate
● Effect
● Impact
● Unify
● Articles: A/An/The + Noun
(E-future)
● At the Fire Station
● Where Does This Go?
Week 3
● Author
● Evidence
● Adjectives (E-future)
● Be + Adjective + Noun
(E-future)
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● Fact
● Next
● Nonfiction
● Resource
Flocabulary
Week 1
● Long & Short Vowels
Week 2
● Cause & Effect
● Long & Short Vowels
● Rhyme
Week 3
● Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (Video Only)
● Sequence
Social & Emotional Learning
Week 1
● Asking Questions
● Cooperating with Others
● Setting Good Goals
● Staying Organized
Week 2
● Acting Responsibly
● Appreciating Diversity
● Cooperating with Others
● Let’s Work Together
● Praising Your Peers
● Respecting Others’ Preferences
● Solving Problems
● Teamwork
● Using Empathy
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Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Week 1
● Pause & Think Online (Common Sense Education)
Week 2
● Who is in Your Online Community? (Common Sense Education)
● We the Digital Citizens (Common Sense Education)
Week 3
● Basic Keywords
College & Career Exploration
Week 2
● Careers in Our Community
● Virtual Career Fair: Public Service
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Unit 10: Thinking Outside the Box
Week 1: Problem Solvers
Essential Question: What can happen when we work together?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Resolving Conflicts (Nearpod Team)
● Team Player! (WonderGrove Kids)
● Playing Together (Super Geek Heroes)
● “The More We Get Together” Classic Songs (Netflix Jr.)
● Work Together as a Team (WonderGrove Kids)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Grandpa Drives a Milk Truck (Cricket Media)
● Regina and Eddie (Cricket Media)
● Mini: The Perfect Sandcastle (ReadWorks)
● Mini: Painting a Bus (ReadWorks)
● Big Word: Together (Big Word Club)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Add/Substitute Phonemes (Nearpod Team)
Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Long Vowels: u (E-future)
● Review Pronouns (E-future)
● Assessment: Reviewing Pronouns (Nearpod Team)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Building Class Community (Nearpod Team)
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Week 2: Sort It Out
Essential Question: In what ways are things alike? How are they different?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Warm up: Let’s Sort! (Nearpod Team)
● Different Types of Families (Teaching Tolerance)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● The Pyramid Pantry (Amplify)
● Children's Games Around the World (Cricket Media)
● Warm up: Opposites or What? (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: Retelling a Story (Nearpod Team)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Add/Substitute Phonemes (Nearpod Team)
Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: ee, ea (E-future)
● Long Vowels Review (E-future)
● Long Vowels Assessment (E-future)
● Double Letter Consonants: ph, th, wh (E-future)
● Subjective, Objective, and Possessive Pronouns (Quill)
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Week 3: Protect Our Earth
Essential Question: What ideas can you suggest to protect the environment?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Environmental Science: Landfills (Nearpod VR)
● Earth Day (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Climate Change (Crash Course Kids)
● Helping Our Planet (Super Geek Heroes)
● 5 Things Kids Can Do To Help Mother Earth (Socratica)
● Recycling (Super Geek Heroes)
● “Recycle!” Music Video (WonderGrove Kids)
● What Causes Plastic Pollution? (Peekaboo Kidz)
Activites
● Recycling Materials (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Big Word: Protect (Big Word Club)
● Assessment: Retelling a Story (Nearpod Team)
● Don't Throw It Away! (Cricket Media)
Phonological/Phonemic Awareness
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Add/Substitute Phonemes (Nearpod Team)
Phonics, Spelling, Writing, and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Long Vowels: a (Part 1) (E-future)
● Long Vowels: a (Part 2) (E-future)
● Double Letter Vowels: ee, ea (E-future)
● Long Vowels: i (Part 1) (E-future)
● Long Vowels: i (Part 2) (E-future)
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● Long Vowels: o (Part 1) (E-future)
● Long Vowels: o (Part 2) (E-future)
● Long Vowels: u (E-future)
● Long Vowels Review (E-future)
● Long Vowels Assessment (E-future)
● Double Letter Consonants: nd, nt (E-future)
● Double Letter Consonants: ng, nk (E-future)
● Subjective, Objective, and Possessive Pronouns (Quill)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● 5 Things Kids Can Do To Help Mother Earth (Socratica)
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 10
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Week 1
● Connection
● Decide
● Fiction
● Next
● Opinion
● Pronouns
Week 2
● Author
● Detail
● Fiction
● Group
● Organize
● Point
● Pronouns
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● Sort
Week 3
● Detail
● Draft
● Earth
● Edit
● Evaluate
● Main Idea
● Nonfiction
● Revise
● Pronouns
Flocabulary
Week 1
● Predictions
● Sequence
● Text Features
Week 2
● Long & Short Vowels
● Text Features
Week 3
● Long & Short Vowels
● Possessive Nouns
● Reduce, Reuse Recycle (Video Only)
● Text Features
Social & Emotional Learning
Week 1
● How Do I Decide?
● Let’s Work Together
● Solving Problems
● Support Circles
● Teamwork
Week 2
● What Makes Us Special?
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Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Week 1
● My Online Community (Common Sense Education)
● Putting a Stop to Online Meanness (Common Sense Education)
College & Career Exploration
Week 1
● Traits of Great Employees
Week 3
● Virtual Career Fair: STEM
● Virtual Career Fair: Work with Animals
● Virtual Career Fair: Working Outdoors
First Grade
Wonders Grade 1 Scope & Sequence
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Unit 1: Getting to Know Us
Week 1: At School
Essential Question: What do you do at your school?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Fino Loves Football (Bino and Fino)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Big Word: Learn (Big Word Club)
● Big Word: Subject (Big Word Club)
● Big Word: Common (Big Word Club)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Context Clues (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Context Clues: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Using Context Clues (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Learn to Read: Getting Ready for School (Max Scholar)
● Just Enough for Me (Cricket Media)
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Short Vowels: a (E-future)
● Rhyming with Pictures (Education.com)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Upper & Lowercase Letters (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
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Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Big Word: Sentence (Big Word Club)
● Sentences (Nearpod Team)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Introduction: Do Kids Need Recess? (Nearpod Team)
● Guided Research: Do Kids Need Recess? (Nearpod Team)
● Research Workshop: Do Kids Need Recess? (Nearpod Team)
● Reflection: Do Kids Need Recess? (Nearpod Team)
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Week 2: Where I Live
Essential Question: What is it like where you live?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● My City (Little Smart Planet)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Our Neighborhood (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● City Vocabulary (Little Smart Planet)
Activities
● Context Clues (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Context Clues: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Using Context Clues (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● When Dragon Shrank (Cricket Media)
● Learn to Read: The City (MaxScholar)
● Learn to Read: New House (MaxScholar)
● City Life and Country Life (ReadWorks)
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Short Vowels: i (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Making Words (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Making New Words (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
● Upper & Lowercase Letters (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Word Order (Nearpod Team)
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Week 3: Our Pets
Essential Question: What makes a pet special?
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● My Pet (E-future)
● Big Word: Wings (Big Word Club)
● Big Word: Slither (Big Word Club)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Learn to Read: A New Dog (MaxScholar)
● Little Bunny’s Breakfast (Cricket Media)
● Mr. Grumpy (Cricket Media)
● Kittens Next Door (Cricket Media)
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Add/Substitute Phonemes (Nearpod Team)
● Double Letter Consonants: bl, cl, fl (E-future)
● Double Letter Consonants: gl, pl, sl (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Capitalization: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Where is My Home? (Education.com)
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Week 4: Let’s Be Friends
Essential Question: What do friends do together?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Big Word: Friend (Big Word Club)
● Children’s Games Around the World (Cricket Media)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● The Mighty Walls of Benin (Bino and Fino)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● My Best Friend (E-future)
● Big Word: Together (Big Word Club)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Painting a Bus (ReadWorks)
● The Lone Sock (Cricket Media)
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Short Vowels: o (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Rhyming Words (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Questions and Exclamations (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Punctuation Marks (Super Geek Heroes)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Counting on a Friend (The Bazillions)
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Week 5: Let’s Move!
Essential Question: How does your body move?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Everybody Has a Body (Amplify)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Keeping Fit (Super Geek Heroes)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Big Word: Fingers (Big Word Club)
● Big Word: Bone (Big Word Club)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Sleepy Bodies (Cricket Media)
● Katie Kicks (Cricket Media)
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Consonants: dr, tr, pr (E-future)
● Double Letter Consonants: sm, sn, st, sw (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Making Words (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Making New Words (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Sentence Structure (Nearpod Team)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Playing Sports (Big Geek Heroes)
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Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 1
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Week 1
● Fiction
● Nonfiction
● Recognize
● Can I Borrow a Pencil?
● Good Morning
● I Don’t Understand
● It’s In My Backpack
Week 2
● Community
● Locate
● At the House
Week 3
● Characteristics
● Singular and Plural Nouns
Week 4
● Cooperate
Week 5
● Flexible
Flocabulary
Week 1
● Rhyme
Week 2
● Where Do You Live? (Video Ony)
● Urban, Suburban, Rural (Video Only)
Week 3
● The Great Dog Rescue (Video Only)
● Plural Nouns
Social & Emotional Learning
Week 5
● Creating a Healthy Routine
● Healthy Bodies
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Week 1
● Sending Email (Common Sense Education)
Week 2
● My Online Neighborhood
● Safety in my Online Neighborhood
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● Who Is in Your Online Community?
Week 4
● Pause for People
Week 5
● Commas, Periods, and Capitals
College & Career Exploration
Week 2
● Careers in Our Community
Week 3
● Virtual Career Fair: Work with Animals
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Unit 2: Our Community
Week 1: Jobs Around Town
Essential Question: What jobs need to be done in a community?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Community Helpers (Author’s Program)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Learning About Jobs (Little Smart Planet)
● Stories About Jobs (Little Smart Planet)
Activities
● Jobs in the Home & Community (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Prefix or Suffix? (The Bazillions)
Activities
● Prefixes & Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Affixes: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Firefighter Mom (Cricket Media)
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Short Vowels: e (E-future)
● Past Tense Verbs (Quill)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Use Commas for Dates and Lists (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Use Commas for Dates and Lists (Quill)
● Nouns and Articles (E-future)
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Week 2: Buildings All Around
Essential Question: What buildings do you know? What are they made of?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Native American Homes (Nearpod Team)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Shelters (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Shades of Meaning: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Shades of Meaning (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Addie and Bea Make Adobe (Cricket Media)
● Native American Homes (Readworks)
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Rhyming Words (Nearpod Team)
● Short Vowels: u (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Rhyming Words (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Our Town (E-future)
● Neighborhood Stores (E-future)
● Singular and Plural Nouns with Verbs (Quill)
● Getting into Grammar: Singular or Plural Nouns (Education.com)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Nouns (Nearpod Original)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Let’s Visit the Empire State Building! (Nearpod VR)
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Week 3: A Community in Nature
Essential Question: Where do animals live together?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Animals are Everywhere! (PBS Kids)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● United Arab Emirates: Arabian Animals (National Geographic Kids)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Hibernation (SciShow Kids)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● A Day at the Pond (Cricket Media)
● A Pond for Maddie (Cricket Media)
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Add/Substitute Phonemes (Nearpod Team)
● Introduction the the Letter Tt (Nearpod Team)
● Double Letter Consonants: nd, nt (E-future)
● Double Letter Consonants: ng, nk (E-future)
● Double Letter Consonants: sm, sn, st, sw (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Possessive Nouns (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Possessive Nouns (Quill)
● Form and Use Possessives (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Form and Use Possessives (Quill)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Where is My Home? (Education.com)
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Week 4: Let’s Help
Essential Question: How do people help out in the community?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Who was Martin Luther King Jr.? (Nearpod VR)
● Exploring Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy (Nearpod VR)
● Community Helpers (Author’s Program)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Learn to Read: Jane and the Ogre (MaxScholar)
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Consonants: ch, sh (E-future)
● Double Letter Consonants: ph, th, wh (E-future)
● Double Letter Consonants: ng, nk (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Common and Proper Nouns (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Common and Proper Nouns (Quill)
● Common, Proper, and Possessive Nouns (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Common, Proper, and Possess (Quill)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Building Class Community (Nearpod Team)
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Week 5: Follow the Map
Essential Question: How can you find your way around?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Map Skills (Nearpod Original)
● The Compass (The Fixies)
● GPS (The Fixies)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Prefix or Suffix? (The Bazillions)
Activities
● Prefixes & Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Affixes: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: Seven Large Lands (ReadWorks)
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Add/Substitute Phonemes (Nearpod Team)
● Double Letter Consonants: ph, th, wh (E-future)
● Double Letter Consonants: ch, sh (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Capitalization: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Map Skills (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Using a Map (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
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● Creating a Map (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 2
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Week 1
● Character
● Characteristics
● Community
● Event
● Occupation
● Setting
● At the Fire Station
● Understanding Nouns
Week 2
● Character
● Characteristics
● Event
● Setting
● Native American Homes
● Singular and Plural Nouns
Week 3
● Habitat
Week 4
● Connection
● List
● I Need Some Help
Week 5
● Locate
● Map
Flocabulary
Week 1
● Predictions
Week 2
● Cesar Chavez & Community Organizing (Video Only)
● Contractions
● Predictions
● Rhyme
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Week 3
● Possessive Nouns
Week 5
● Map Skills
● Possessive Nouns
● Plural Nouns
Social & Emotional Learning
Week 4
● Ask for Help
● Support Circles
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Week 1
● My Online Community (Common Sense Education)
Week 4
● Getting Help
Week 5
● Commas, Periods, and Capitals (Typesy)
● Going Places Safely (Common Sense Education)
College & Career Exploration
Week 1
● Careers in Our Community
Week 5
● Mind Maps
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Unit 3: Changes Over Time
Week 1: What time is it?
Essential Question: What can happen over time?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Days, Weeks, Months, & Year (Little Smart Planet)
● The Four Seasons & Time (Little Smart Planet)
● The Clocks (The Fixies)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Warm up: Opposites or What? (Nearpod Team)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Winter Bear (Cricket Media)
● Learn to Read: Summer Time (ReadWorks)
● Learn to Read: Fall Time (ReadWorks)
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Can’t, Won’t (Quill)
● Long Vowels: a (Part 1) (E-future)
● Long Vowels: a (Part 2) (E-future)
● Warm up: Opposites or What? (Nearpod Team)
Writing and Grammar
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Verbs (Nearpod Original)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● My Day (E-future)
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Week 2: Watch It Grow!
Essential Question: How do plants change as they grow?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● What’s the Same? What’s Different? (PBS Kids)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Parts of a Plant (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Parts that Make Plants Grow (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Big Word: Grow (Big Word Club)
● Big Word: Seed (Big Word Club)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Context Clues (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Context Clues: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● The Memory Tree (Cricket Media)
● Flowers that Fly (Cricket Media)
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Long Vowels: i (Part 1) (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Long and Short i (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Present-Tense Verbs (Nearpod Team)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● How Does a Seed Become a Plant? (SciShow Kids)
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Week 3: Tales Over Time
Essential Question: What is a folktale?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Beauty and the Beast (BulBul Apps)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Word Addition: Compound Words (Education.com)
● Assessment: Compound Words (Nearpod Team)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mouse Deer and the Tigers: An Indonesian Folktale (CricketMedia)
● The Boy Who Cried Wolf (Amplify)
● The Goose and the Golden Eggs (Amplify)
● The Crowded, Noisy House (Amplify)
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Hard and Soft G (Education.com)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Past Tense Verbs (Quill)
● Future Tense Verbs (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Future Tense Verbs (Quill)
● Past & Future Tense Verbs (Quill)
● Assessment: Verb Tense (Nearpod Team)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Research: Various Folktales
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Week 4: Now and Then
Essential Question: How is life different than it was long ago?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Life in the Past vs. Life Today (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Root Words (Nearpod Team)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Wonderful Wheels (Cricket Media)
● Dinosaur Tracking (Cricket Media)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Comparing Characters: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching
Pairs)
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Long Vowels: o (Part 1) (E-future)
● Long Vowels: u (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Long and Short o (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
● Long and Short u (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Use Commas for Dates and Lists (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Use Commas for Dates and Lists (Quill)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Using Commas (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Practicing Using Commas (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
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Week 5: From Farm to Table
Essential Question: How do we get our food?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● From Farm to Market (Amplify)
● All Kinds of Crops (Amplify)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Learning About Food (Little Smart Planet)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Learn to Read: Food (MaxScholar)
● Grandpa Drives a Milk Truck (Cricket Media)
● Harvest Time with Papa (Cricket Media)
● Hatch! (Cricket Media)
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: oo (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Uppercase & Lowercase Letters (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Contractions (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Can’t, Won’t (Quill)
● Haven’t, Don’t (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Haven’t, Don’t (Quill)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Healthy Foods (Super Geek Heroes)
● Why Spicy Food Tastes Hot (SciShow Kids)
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Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 3
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Week 1
● Character
● Setting
● I’m Sorry I’m Late
Week 2
● Earth
● Growth
● Seed
● Present Simple: Be-Verbs
Week 3
● Cause
● Effect
● Please Repeat
Week 4
● Draft
● Am/Are/Is…?
Week 5
● Edit
● Food Chain
● At the Grocery Store
Flocabulary
Week 1
● Long & Short Vowels
Week 2
● Parts of a Plant
Week 3
● Cause & Effect
● Compound Words
● Fables
Week 5
● Contractions
● Food Chains
● Sequence
Social & Emotional Learning
Week 1
● Time Management Skills
Week 2
● I Can Grow
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Week 4
● Critical Thinking, Compare, and Contrast
● Reflecting on Past Experiences
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Week 1
● Media Balance is Important
College & Career Exploration
Week 2
● Using Context Clues
● Virtual Career Fair: Working Outdoors
● Virtual Career Fair: Research
Week 5
● Virtual Career Fair: Work with Animals
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Unit 4: Animals Everywhere
Week 1: Animal Features
Essential Question: How do animals’ bodies help them?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● The Lever (The Fixies)
● Cheetahs: World’s Fastest Runners (SciShow Kids)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Big Word: Slither (Big Word Club)
● Big Word: Horn (Big Word Club)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● A Shell is Great for Protection (ReadWorks)
● Ghost Crabs (Cricket Media)
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: ai, ay (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Inappropriate Shifts in Verb Voice and Mood (Quill)
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Week 2: Animals Together
Essential Question: How do animals help each other?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● How Ants Find Food (SciShow Kids)
● Busy Bees (SciShow Kids)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Context Clues: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Using Context Clues (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Hector Helps Out (Cricket Media)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Supporting Details in a Text: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching
Pairs)
● Identifying Supporting Details in a Text (Nearpod Team - Matching
Pairs)
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: ee, ea (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Ending Punctuation (Nearpod Team)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Amazing Animal Groups (SciShow Kids)
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Week 3: In the Wild
Essential Question: How do animals survive in nature?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Animal’s Adaptation (Peekaboo Kidz)
● Hibernation (SciShow Kids)
● How Ants Find Food (SciShow Kids)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Big Word: Camouflage (Big Word Club)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Fennec Foxes Fit for the Desert (Cricket Media)
● Winter Bear (Cricket Media)
● Winter Quilt (Cricket Media)
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: oa, ow (E-future)
● Introduction to the Letter Pp (Nearpod Team)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Capitalize Proper Nouns (Quill)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Metamorphosis: Life Cycle of a Frog (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
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Week 4: Insects!
Essential Question: What insects do you know about? How are they alike and different?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Insects Everywhere! (Amplify)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Giant Insects (SciShow Kids)
● Busy Bees (SciShow Kids)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Context Clues: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Using Context Clues (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● What Makes an Insect an Insect? (Amplify)
● Pill Bugs (Cricket Media)
● Insects (E-future)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Worms are Wonderful (SciShow Kids)
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Week 5: Working with Animals
Essential Question: How do people work with animals?
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Root Words (Nearpod Team)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Hike! (Cricket Media)
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Long Vowels: Review (E-future)
● Intro to the Letter Mm (Nearpod Team)
● Word Addition: Compound Words (Education.com)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Where, Why, & When (Quill)
● Use Commas for Dates and Lists Lesson 2 (Quill)
● Adjectives in Lists (Quill)
Return to Table of Contents
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Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 4
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Week 1
● Part
Week 2
● Main Idea
● Have/Has
Week 3
● Life Cycle
● Main Idea
● Survive
Week 4
● Edit
● Point of View
Week 5
● List
● Adverbs
Flocabulary
Week 1
● Dictionary Skills
● Rhyme
● Sequence
Week 2
● Context Clues
Week 3
● Intro to Life Cycles
● Life Cycles
Week 5
● Adverbs
● Compound Words
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Week 1
● A-B-C Searching (Common Sense Education)
College & Career Exploration
Week 2
● Using Context Clues
Week 5
● Virtual Career Fair: Work with Animals
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Unit 5: Figure It Out
Week 1: See It, Sort It
Essential Question: How can we classify and categorize things?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Warm up: Let’s Sort! (Nearpod Team)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Big Word: Classify (Big Word Club)
● Big Word: Whole (Big Word Club)
● The Boy Who Cried Wolf (Amplify)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Learn to Read: Gnomes and Hobbits (MaxScholar)
● The Hare and the Tortoise (Amplify)
● Skill Builder: Picture Comprehension (Education.com)
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Irregular Plural Nouns (Quill)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Capitalize Proper Nouns (Quill)
102
Week 2: Up in the Sky
Essential Question: What can you see in the sky?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● The Moon Watches (Cricket Media)
● Introduction to the Sun and Space (Amplify)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Shades of Meaning: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Shades of Meaning (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: Day to Night (ReadWorks)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● The Princess and the Pea (BulBul Apps)
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: ir, er, ur (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Color Words are Adjectives (Nearpod Team)
● Number Words are Adjectives (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Wide World of Adjectives (The Bazillions)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● The Moon (Amplify)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Getting Ready for an Eclipse (SciShow Kids)
103
Week 3: Great Inventions
Essential Question: What inventions do you know about?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● The Batteries (The Fixies)
● Invention of Corn Flakes (Peekaboo Kidz)
● Invention of Cotton Candy (Peekaboo Kidz)
● Invention of Pencil (Peekaboo Kidz)
● Invention of Play Doh (Peekaboo Kidz)
● Invention of Matchsticks (Peekaboo Kidz)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Q & U (The Bazillions)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: Helping Drivers See Safely (ReadWorks)
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: ar, or (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Adjectives (Nearpod Team)
● Adjectives That Compare (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: Adjectives (Nearpod Team)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Invention of Corn Flakes (Peekaboo Kidz)
● Invention of Matchsticks (Peekaboo Kidz)
● Invention of Play Doh (Peekaboo Kidz)
104
Week 4: Sounds All Around
Essential Question: What sounds can you hear? How are they made?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● What is Sound? (SciShow Kids)
● What Makes Music Sound So Good? (SciShow Kids)
● What You Hear in a Seashell (SciShow Kids)
● Test Your Senses (WonderGrove Kids)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Prefix or Suffix? (The Bazillions)
Activities
● Prefixes & Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Prefixes and Suffixes: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Identifying Prefixes and Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● The Sense of Hearing (Amplify)
● Keep in Touch (Cricket Media)
● The Crowded, Noisy House (Amplify)
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: ow, ou (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● A, An (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Choosing “a” vs. “an” (Quill)
● This, That (Quill)
● Skill Practice: This, That (Quill)
105
Week 5: Build It!
Essential Question: How do things get built?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Let’s Visit Golden Gate Bridge! (Nearpod VR)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: The Perfect Sandcastle (ReadWorks)
● Addie and Bea Make Adobe (Cricket Media)
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: oi, oy (E-future)
● Assessment: Vowel Teams (oy/oi) (Nearpod Team)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Warm up: Put the Prep in it with Prepositions! (Nearpod Team)
● Prepositional Phrases (Quill)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Prepositions (The Bazillions)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Let’s Build a City (Crash Course Kids)
● Architecture Adventure (Crash Course Kids)
106
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 5
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Week 1
● Organize
● Point of View
● Sort
● Understanding Nouns
Week 2
● Cause
● Effect
● Adjectives
● Be + Adjective + Noun
Week 3
● Connection
● Next
Week 4
● Draft
● Experiment
● Senses
● Articles: A/An/The + Noun
● Possessives and
This/That/These/Those
Week 5
● Construct
● Edit
● The Perfect Sandcastle
(ReadWorks)
Flocabulary
Week 1
● Context Clues
● Predictions
● Sound (Video Only)
Week 2
● Cause & Effect
Week 3
● Benjamin Franklin & Curiosity
● George Washington Carver & Innovation
Social & Emotional Learning
Week 1
● Staying Organized
Week 4
● Worries
Return to Table of Contents
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Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Week 1
● Organizing Files
Week 3
● Data in the Real World
● How Does Technology Make You Feel? (Common Sense Education)
● Sites I Like (Common Sense Education)
College & Career Exploration
Week 3
● Virtual Career Fair: STEM
Week 5
● Virtual Career Fair: Trades
108
Unit 6: Together We Can!
Week 1: Taking Action
Essential Question: How can we work together to make our lives better?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Resolving Conflicts (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Work Together as a Team (WonderGrove Kids)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Synonyms (Nearpod Team)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Regina and Eddie (Cricket Media)
● Mini: Painting a Bus (ReadWorks)
● Mini: The Perfect Sandcastle (ReadWorks)
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: oo (E-future)
● Double Letter Vowels: ow, ou (E-future)
● Double Letter Vowels: Review (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Reviewing Pronouns (Nearpod Team)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Building Class Community (Nearpod Team)
109
Week 2: My Team
Essential Question: Who helps you?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Community Helpers (Author’s Program)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Counting on a Friend (The Bazillions)
● Team Player! (WonderGrove Kids)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Warm up: Opposites or What? (Nearpod Team)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Learn to Read: My Babysitter (Max Scholar)
● Not Now, Natalie! (Cricket Media)
● Hector Helps Out (Cricket Media)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Review Pronouns (E-future)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Community Helpers (Author’s Program)
110
Week 3: Weather Together
Essential Question: How can weather affect us?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Natural Disasters (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● What is a Tornado? (SciShow Kids)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Similes and Metaphors (Nearpod Original)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Ready for Rain (Cricket Media)
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Compound Words (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Silent Letter Combinations (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Use Commas for Dates and Lists (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Use Commas for Dates and Lists (Quill)
● Use Commas for Dates and Lists Lesson 2 (Quill)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
Videos
● Be a Weather Watcher (SciShow Kids)
111
Week 4: Sharing Traditions
Essential Question: What traditions do you know about?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● World Holidays and Traditions Collection (Nearpod Team)
● American Indian & Alaska Native Heritage Month (Nearpod Team)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Word Addition: Compound Words (Education.com)
● Assessment: Compound Words (Nearpod Team)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Children’s Games Around the World (Cricket Media)
● Mud-Pie Meg (Cricket Media)
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Add/Substitute Phonemes (Nearpod Team)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Subjective, Objective, and Possessive Pronouns (Quill)
● Use Commas for Dates and Lists (Quill)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Different Types of Families (Teaching Tolerance)
112
Week 5: Celebrate America!
Essential Question: Why do we celebrate holidays?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Flag Day (Nearpod Team)
● 4th of July (Nearpod Team)
● Indigenous People’s Day: Reshaping History (Nearpod Team)
● Thanksgiving (Nearpod Team)
● Labor Day (Nearpod Team)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Similes and Metaphors (Nearpod Original)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Fantastic Fireworks (Cricket Media)
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Double-Letter Vowels: ir, er, ur (E-future)
● Double-Letter Vowels: ar, or (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Adverbs (E-future)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● World Holidays and Traditions Collection (Nearpod Team)
113
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 6
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Week 1
● Demand
● Pronouns
Week 2
● Author
● Purpose
● I Need Some Help
● Where Is The Bus?
Week 3
● Cause
● Effect
● Predict
Week 4
● World Holidays and Traditions
Collection
Week 5
● American Flag
● Author
● Independence Day
● Nation
● Purpose
● Adverbs
● World Holidays and Traditions
Collection
Flocabulary
Week 2
● Author’s Purpose
Week 3
● Cause & Effect
● Compound Words
● Similes & Metaphors
Week 4
● Compound Words
● Halloween (Video Only)
● New Year Celebrations (Video Only)
Week 5
● Adverbs
● Memorial Day (Video Only)
Second Grade
Wonders Grade 2 Scope and Sequence
115
Unit 1: Friends and Family
Weeks 1 and 2: Families Around the World
Essential Question: How are families around the world the same and different?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Different Types of Families (Teaching Tolerance)
● Dia de los Muertos (Nearpod Team)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Past-Tense Verbs (Nearpod Team)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: Immigration and Ellis Island (ReadWorks)
● Mini: Tea with Grandma (ReadWorks)
● A Family Tree (Cricket Media)
● Characters (Nearpod Original)
Word Work
Lesson Library
● Short Vowels: a (E-future)
● Short Vowels: i (E-future)
● Singular and Plural Nouns with Verbs (Quill)
● Get into Grammar: Singular or Plural Nouns (Education.com)
● Short Vowels: e (E-future)
● Short Vowels: o (E-future)
● Short Vowels: u (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Statements (Nearpod Team)
117
Weeks 3 and 4: Friends Help Friends
Essential Question: How do friends depend on each other?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Mini: The Perfect Sandcastle (ReadWorks)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Counting on a Friend (The Bazillions)
● The More We Get Together Classic Songs (Netflix Jr.)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Big Word: Friend (Big Word Club)
● Assessment: Root Words (Nearpod Team)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Theme (Nearpod Team)
● Katie Kicks (Cricket Media)
● Mini: The Disappearing Room (ReadWorks)
● Mini: Learning on the Soccer Field (ReadWorks)
● Flying on Ice (Cricket Media)
Word Work
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Consonants: br, cr, fr (E-future)
● Double Letter Consonants: dr, tr, pr (E-future)
● Double Letter Consonants: sm, sn, st, sw (E-future)
● Double Letter Consonants: bl, cl, fl (E-future)
● Short Vowels: a (E-future)
● Long Vowels: a (Part 1) (E-future)
● Long Vowels: a (Part 2) (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Long and Short a (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
118
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Warm up: Subjects and Predicates! (Nearpod Team)
● Commas and Quotation Marks in Dialogue (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Commas - Quotation Marks in Dialogue (Quill)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Quotation Marks in Dialogue (Nearpod Original)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Counting on a Friend (The Bazillions)
119
Week 5: Families Working Together
Essential Question: What happens when families work together?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Mini: Immigration and Ellis Island (ReadWorks)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Work Together as a Team (WonderGrove Kids)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Skill Builder: Synonyms are Fun (Education.com)
● Assessment: Synonyms (Nearpod Team)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Preview a Text’s Title, Photo, and Caption (LearnZillion)
● Monster on my Roof (Cricket Media)
● Not Now, Natalie! (Cricket Media)
Word Work
Lesson Library
● Short Vowels: i (E-future)
● Long Vowels: i (Part 1) (E-future)
● Long Vowels: i (Part 2) (E-future)
● Possessive Nouns (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Long and Short i (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Expanding Simple Sentences with Adjectives (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Expanding Simple Sentences with Adjectives (Quill)
● Combining Sentences with Conjunctions (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Combining Sentences with Conjunctions (Quill)
Research and Inquiry
120
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Career Day (The Bazillions)
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 1
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Week 1 & 2
● Character
● Draft
● Fiction
● Setting
● Singular and Plural Nouns
Week 3 & 4
● Detail
● Edit
● The Disappearing Room
(Readworks)
Week 5
● Chart
● Detail
● Draft
● Possessives and
This/That/These/Those
Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Culture
● Diversity (Video Only)
● Long & Short Vowels
● Plural Nouns
● What is the Internet?
Weeks 3 & 4
● Long & Short Vowels
● Subject & Predicate
Week 5
● Long & Short Vowels
● Possessive Nouns
● Simple & Compound Sentences
Return to Table of Contents
121
Social & Emotional Learning
Weeks 3 & 4
● Ask for Help
● Let Someone Know
● Shout Outs
Week 5
● Ask for Help
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Weeks 1 & 2
● Basic Keywords
● Creating Presentations
● Using Keywords (Common Sense Education)
Weeks 3 & 4
● Quotes and Punctuation (Typesy)
Week 5
● Creating Documents
College & Career Exploration
Week 5
● Careers in Our Community
122
Unit 2: Animal Discoveries
Weeks 1 and 2: Baby Animals
Essential Question: How are offspring like their parents?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Young Emperor Penguins (BBC)
Activities
● Parents & Offspring: Behavior Patterns (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Big Word: Alive (Big Word Club)
● Big Word: Giant (Big Word Club)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Fabulous Fathers (Cricket Media)
● Life Cycles of Insects (Amplify)
Word Work
Lesson Library
● Short Vowels: o (E-future)
● Long Vowels: o (Part 1) (E-future)
● Long Vowels: o (Part 2) (E-future)
● Short Vowels: u (E-future)
● Long Vowels: u (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Long and Short o (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
● Long and Short u (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Generate Research Questions (LearnZillion)
123
● Nouns (Nearpod Team)
● Adjectives in Lists (Quill)
● Colons and Commas in Lists (Quill)
● Singular and Plural Nouns with Verbs (Quill)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Nouns (Nearpod Original)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Life Cycle of a Butterfly (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Metamorphosis: Life Cycle of a Frog (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
124
Weeks 3 and 4: Animals in Stories
Essential Question: What can animals in stories teach us?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Bringing Characters to Life (Nearpod VR)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● The Boy Who Cried Wolf (BulBul Apps)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Warm up: Opposites or What? (Nearpod Team)
● Synonyms and Antonyms (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: Synonyms and Antonyms (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Antonyms & Synonyms (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Fables Collection (Amplify)
● Howling Up the Moon (Cricket Media)
● Coyote and Bear Plant a Garden (Cricket Media)
● The Clever Rabbit: A Korean Folktale (Cricket Media)
● Lipong and the Ostrich Chicks (Cricket Media)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Fables Collection (BulBul App)
● Characters (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Comparing Characters: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching
Pairs)
Word Work
Lesson Library
● Skill Builder: Hard and Soft G (Education.com)
125
● Double Letter Consonants: ch, sh (E-future)
● Double Letter Consonants: ph, th, wh (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Nouns (Nearpod Team)
● Proper Nouns (Nearpod Team)
● Capitalize Proper Nouns (Quill)
● Assessment: Using Nouns (Nearpod Team)
● Skill Practice: Collective Nouns (Quill)
● Irregular Plural Nouns (Nearpod Team)
● Irregular Plural Nouns (Quill)
● Assessment: Reviewing Irregular Nouns (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activites
● Commas & Quotation Marks (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Food Chains (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Template: Food Chain (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
126
Week 5: Animals in Poems
Essential Question: What do we love about animals?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● What’s the Biggest Animal? (Bino and Fino)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Big Word: Flap (Big Word Club)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Identifying Poetry (LearnZillion)
● Poetry Pigs (Cricket Media)
● My Favorite Alley Cat (ReadWorks)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Elements of a Poem: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Identifying Elements of a Poem (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Word Work
Lesson Library
● Word Addition: Compound Words (Education.com)
● Assessment: Compound Words (Nearpod Team)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Possessive Nouns (Nearpod Team)
● Possessive Nouns (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Possessive Nouns (Quill)
● Form and Use Possessives (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Form and Use Possessives (Quill)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Wh-Questions Words (E-future)
127
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 2
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Weeks 1 & 2
● Detail
● Draft
● Life Cycle
● Organize
● Butterfly’s Life Cycle
(Education.com)
● Singular and Plural Nouns
Weeks 3 & 4
● Character
● Edit
● Food Chain
● Lesson
● Setting
Week 5
● Detail
● Fiction
● Precise
● Possessives and
This/That/These/Those
Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Homophones, Homonyms & Homographs
● Life Cycles
● Long & Short Vowels
● Metamorphosis
● Plural Nouns
Weeks 3 & 4
● Characters
● Compare & Contrast
● Fables
● Food Chains
Return to Table of Contents
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● Predictions
● Rhyme
Week 5
● Compound Words
● Possessive Nouns
● Rhyme
Social & Emotional Learning
Week 5
● Asking Questions
● Critical Thinking, Questioning
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Week 3 & 4
● Quotes and Punctuation (Typesy)
College & Career Exploration
Week 5
● Virtual Career Fair: Work with Animals
129
Unit 3: Live and Learn
Weeks 1 and 2: Ways People Help
Essential Question: How can people help out their community?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Developing Empathy (Teaching Tolerance)
● Resolving Conflicts (Nearpod Team)
● Building Class Community (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Jobs in the Home and Community (Nearpod Team - Matching
Pairs)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Skill Builder: Synonyms are Fun (Education.com)
● Assessment: Synonyms (Nearpod Team)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Fighting For a Cause Bundle (Amplify)
● Historical Heroes Collection (Education.com)
● Author’s Purpose (Author’s Program)
● Preview a Text’s Title, Photo, and Caption (LearnZillion)
Word Work
Lesson Library
● Long Vowels: a (Part 1) (E-future)
● Long Vowels: a (Part 2) (E-future)
● Contractions (Quill)
● I’ve, That’s, It’s (Quill)
● I’m, You’re, Let’s (Quill)
● Long Vowels: i (Part 1) (E-future)
● Long Vowels: i (Part 2) (E-future)
130
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● What is a Personal Narrative? (Author’s Program)
● Organize a Personal Narrative (LearnZillion)
● Organize a Personal Narrative in Chronological Order (LearnZillion)
● Action Verbs (Nearpod Team)
● Present Tense Verbs (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Verbs (Nearpod Original)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Primary vs. Secondary Sources (Nearpod Original)
131
Weeks 3 and 4: Look at the Sky
Essential Question: What can we see in the sky?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Where is Starman? (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Why is the Sky Blue? (SciShow Kids)
● Meteor Showers (SciShow Kids)
Activities
● Day & Night Sky (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Word Addition: Compound Words (Education.com)
● Assessment: Compound Words (Nearpod Team)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● The Wind and the Sun (Cricket Media)
● Little Turtle’s Dream (Cricket Media)
● Mini: What Should We Take to the Moon? (ReadWorks)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Point of View (Nearpod Original)
Word Work
Lesson Library
● Long Vowels: o (Part 1) (E-future)
● Long Vowels: o (Part 2) (E-future)
● Can’t, Won’t (Quill)
● Haven’t, Don’t (Quill)
● Double Letter Vowels: ee, ea (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Subject-Verb Agreement (LearnZillion)
132
● Subject Verb Agreement (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Subject-Verb Agreement (Quill)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Past, Present & Future Verb Tense (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Moon Phases (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Phases of the Moon (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
133
Week 5: Express Yourself
Essential Question: How do you express yourself?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Introduction to Music Bundle (Nearpod Team)
● What is in a Self-Portrait? (Teaching Tolerance)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● What Makes Music Sound So Good (SciShow Kids)
● Sound (Nearpod Original)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● An Overview of Rhythm (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Prefixes and Suffixes: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Identifying Prefixes and Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Prefixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: The Harmonica (ReadWorks)
● Mini: Musical Instruments: The Symphony Orchestra (ReadWorks)
● Time to Train Your Brain (Cricket Media)
Word Work
Lesson Library
● Long Vowels: u (E-future)
● Reviewing Comparatives (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Video & Activity
Library
● Draft Body Paragraphs for an Informational Text (LearnZillion)
● My Favorite Animal (E-future)
● My Favorite Toy (E-future)
● My Favorite Park (E-future)
134
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 3
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Weeks 1 & 2
● Community
● Draft
● Organize
● Primary Source
● Purpose
Weeks 3 & 4
● Edit
● Fiction
● Point of View
● Report
● Sequence
● Subject-Verb Agreement
Week 5
● Draft
● Main Idea
● Organize
● Primary Source
● Comparatives (E-future)
● Have/Has (E-future)
● I Don’t Understand
Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Author’s Purpose
● Cesar Chavez & Community Organizing (Video Only)
● Respect (Video Only)
● Where Do You Live? (Video Only)
Weeks 3 & 4
● Compound Words
● Point of View
● Sequence
Return to Table of Contents
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● Subject-Verb Agreement
● The Sun
Week 5
● Bar Graphs
● Rhyme
Social & Emotional Learning
Weeks 1 & 2
● Support Circles
● Your Support System
Week 5
● Emotion Thermometer
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Weeks 1 & 2
● No Fake News
● Rings of Responsibility (Common Sense Education)
● Who is in Your Online Community? (Common Sense Education)
Weeks 3 & 4
● Commas, Periods, and Capitals (Typesy)
● Quotes and Punctuation (Typesy)
Week 5
● Evaluating Media Bundle
College & Career Exploration
Weeks 1 & 2
● Careers in Our Community
Week 5
● Virtual Career Fair: Creative Work
136
Unit 4: Our Life/Our World
Weeks 1 and 2: Our Culture Makes Us Special
Essential Question: How are kids around the world different?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Discovering My Identity (Teaching Tolerance)
● Different Types of Families (Teaching Tolerance)
● Building School Community (Nearpod Team)
● Who I Am (Nearpod Team)
● Holi: A Colorful Celebration (Nearpod Team)
● Chinese New Year (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● India: Holi (National Geographic Kids)
● Russia: Ballet (National Geographic Kids)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Big Word: Parade (Big Word Club)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Similes and Metaphors (Nearpod Original)
● Use Similes (LearnZillion)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Diwali (Amplify)
● Mini: China Travel Journal: Day 1 (ReadWorks)
● Song Dingbo & the Hungry Ghost: A Story from China (Cricket
Media)
Word Work
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: ir, er, ur (E-future)
137
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Silent Letter Combinations (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Prefixes and Suffixes: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Identifying Prefixes and Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Linking Verbs (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: What are Linking Verbs? (Nearpod Team)
● Review Helping Verbs (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Capitalizing Titles (LearnZillion)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
● Primary vs. Secondary Sources (Nearpod Original)
138
Weeks 3 and 4: Earth Changes
Essential Question: How does the Earth change?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Earth Science: Volcanoes (Nearpod VR)
● Ecosystems: Natural Disasters (Nearpod VR)
● What’s Climate Change? (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Earth’s Changes (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Big Word: Islands (Big Word Club)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Context Clues: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Using Context Clues (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: The Age of Dinosaurs (ReadWorks)
● What are Climate and Climate Change? (Newsela)
Word Work
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: ar, or (E-future)
● Irregular Plural Nouns (Quill)
● Irregular Plural Nouns (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: Reviewing Irregular Plural Nouns (Nearpod Team)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Irregular Verbs (Nearpod Team)
● Capitalize Proper Nouns (Quill)
● Can’t, Won’t (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Can’t, Won’t (Quill)
139
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Irregular Verbs (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Let’s Visit Glacier National Park! (Nearpod VR)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Where Mountains Come From (SciShow Kids)
140
Week 5: Poems About Nature
Essential Question: What excites us about nature?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● National Park Field Trip Collection (Nearpod VR)
● Let’s Visit Redwood National Park! (Nearpod VR)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Antonyms & Synonyms (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Using Antonyms & Synonyms (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: Playtime in the Snow (ReadWorks)
● Camping in the Rain (Cricket Media)
● The Wind and the Sun (Cricket Media)
● Figurative Language (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Elements of a Poem: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Identifying Elements of a Poem (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Word Work
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: ar, or (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Syllables (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Compound Subjects (Quill)
● Compound Predicates (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Compound Subjects (Quill)
141
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Water Cycle (The Bazillions)
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 4
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Weeks 1 & 2
● Customs
● Fiction
● Map
● Point of View
● Helping Verbs
Weeks 3 & 4
● Cause
● Earth
● Effect
● Evidence
● Sequence
● Natural Disasters: Wicked
Weather (Author’s Program)
Week 5
● Draft
● Fiction
● The Water Cycle (Author’s
Program)
Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Compare & Contrast
● Diversity (Video Only)
● Helping Verbs
● Similes & Metaphors
● What is Race? (Video Only)
Weeks 3 & 4
● Cause & Effect
● Contractions
Return to Table of Contents
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● Irregular Verbs
● Sequence
● Volcanoes
Week 5
● Deserts
● What is Poetry?
Social & Emotional Learning
Weeks 1 & 2
● Critical Thinking, Compare and Contrast
College & Career Exploration
Week 5
● Virtual Career Fair: Working Outdoors
● Virtual Career Fair: Working with Animals
143
Unit 5: Let’s Make a Difference
Weeks 1 and 2: Our Heroes
Essential Question: What do heroes do?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Cesar Chavez Day (Nearpod Team)
● Cesar Chavez (Nearpod Team)
● Who was Cesar Chavez? (Nearpod VR)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Super Digital Citizen Video (Common Sense Education)
Activities
● Timelines (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Template: Timeline (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Big Word: Study (Big Word Club)
● Assessment: Synonyms (Nearpod Team)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Historical Heroes Collection (Education.com)
● The Two Harriets (Nearpod Team)
● Summarizing Texts (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Point of View (Nearpod Original)
Word Work
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: ow, ou (E-future)
● Assessment: Vowel Teams (ou/ow) (Nearpod Team)
● Irregular Plural Nouns (Quill)
● Irregular Plural Nouns (Nearpod Team)
144
● Assessment: Reviewing Irregular Plural Nouns (Nearpod Team)
● Double Letter Vowels: oi, oy (E-future)
● Assessment: Vowel Teams (oy/oi) (Nearpod Team)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Reviewing Pronouns (E-future)
● Subjective, Objective, and Possessive Pronouns (Quill)
● Use Commas for Dates and Lists (Quill)
● Use Commas for Dates and Lists Lesson 2 (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Use Commas for Dates and Lists (Quill)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Primary vs. Secondary Sources (Nearpod Original)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Historical Heroes Collection (Education.com)
145
Weeks 3 and 4: Being a Good Citizen
Essential Question: What do good citizens do?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● What is a Good Citizen? (Author’s Program)
● What is Voting? (Author’s Program)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● We the Digital Citizens (Common Sense Education)
Activities
● Citizenship: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Showing Good Citizenship (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Fighting For a Cause Bundle (Amplify)
● Midnight and the Night Watchman (Cricket Media)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Point of View (Nearpod Original)
Word Work
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: oo (E-future)
● Haven’t, Don’t (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Haven’t, Don’t (Quill)
● Assessment: Vowel Teams (Nearpod Team)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Reviewing Capitalization (Nearpod Team)
● Capitalize Proper Nouns (Quill)
146
● Skill Practice: Subjective, Objective, and Possessive Pronouns
(Quill)
● Reflexive Pronouns (Quill)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
● United States Leaders: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching
Pairs)
● United States Leaders: Pictures (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
147
Week 5: Rights and Rules
Essential Question: Why are rules important?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Why Do We Have Rules? (Author’s Program)
● Following Classroom Rules (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Rules and Laws: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Rules and Laws: Pictures (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Multiple Meaning Words: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching
Pairs)
● Multiple Meaning Words (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Author’s Purpose (Author’s Program)
● Mini: Why Recycle? (ReadWorks)
● Don’t Throw It Away! (Cricket Media)
Word Work
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: ee, ea (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Contractions (Quill)
● Assessment: Reviewing Contractions (Nearpod Team)
● I’m, You’re, Let’s (Quill)
● It’s, Its (Quill)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Following School Rules (Nearpod Team)
148
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Recycling (Super Geek Heroes)
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 5
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Weeks 1 & 2
● Agree With
● Paraphrase
● Summary
● Timeline
● At the Fire Station
Weeks 3 & 4
● Community
● Point of View
● President
● Responsibility
● Service
● Pronouns
● Possessives and
This/That/These/Those
Week 5
● Community
● Prevent
● Responsibility
Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Point of View
● Primary Source
● Sequence
● Summarizing
● Timelines & Chronology
Weeks 3 & 4
● Martin Luther King Jr. & Leadership
● Predictions
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● Susan B. Anthony & Perseverance
Week 5
● Author’s Purpose
● Contractions
Social & Emotional Learning
Weeks 3 & 4
● Follow the Leader (Calm)
● Let’s Work Together
● Support Circles
● Your Support System
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Weeks 1 & 2
● Putting a Stop to Online Meanness (Common Sense Education)
Weeks 3 & 4
● Pause for People (Common Sense Education)
● Super Digital Citizen: LITE (Common Sense Education)
● We the Digital Citizens (Common Sense Education)
Week 5
● Safety in My Online Neighborhood
College & Career Exploration
Weeks 1 & 2
● Virtual Career Fair: Medicine
Weeks 3 & 4
● Virtual Career Fair: Public Service
150
Unit 6: How on Earth?
Weeks 1 and 2: Money Matters
Essential Question: How do we use money?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Decisions, Decisions (Author’s Program)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Spending and Saving (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Key Terms About Money (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Context Clues: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Using Context Clues (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● All About Money (ReadWorks)
● Clever Tricks: Heads Will Roll (Cricket Media)
● King Midas and the Golden Touch (Amplify)
Word Work
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Compound Words (Nearpod Team)
● Word Addition: Compound Words (Education.com)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Decoding Words: Closed and Open Syllables (Nearpod Team -
Draw It)
● Prefixes and Suffixes: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Identifying Prefixes and Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Prefixes & Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
152
Weeks 3 and 4: Plant Myths and Facts
Essential Question: What do myths help us understand?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● What is Drama? (Nearpod Original)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Exploring Idioms (Author’s Program)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Greek Myths Bundle (Amplify)
● Meat of the Tongue: A Kenyan Folk Talk (Cricket Media)
Word Work
Lesson Library
● Contractions (Quill)
● I’ve, That’s, It’s (Quill)
● Possessive Nouns (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: Vowel Teams (Nearpod Team)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Adjectives that Compare (Nearpod Team)
● What Are Apostrophes? (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: Adverbs (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Comparatives and Superlatives (LearnZillion)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Parts of a Plant (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Parts of a Plant (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
153
Week 5: The World of Ideas
Essential Question: Where can your imagination take you?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Super Sonic Rocket Bike (The Bazillions)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Similes & Metaphors (Nearpod Original)
● Similes & Metaphors (The Bazillions)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Partners in Art (Cricket Media)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Point of View (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Elements of a Poem: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Identifying Elements of a Poem (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Word Work
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: ir, er, ur (E-future)
● Double Letter Vowels: ar, or (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Prepositional Phrases (Quill)
● Assessment: Ending Punctuation (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Prepositions (The Bazillions
154
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Famous Visual Artists: Pablo Picasso (Nearpod Team)
● Famous Visual Artists: Andy Warhol (Nearpod Team)
● Famous Visual Artists: Vincent Van Gogh (Nearpod Team)
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 6
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Weeks 1 & 2
● Cash
● Chart
● Income
● Report
● Summary
● Adverbs (E-future)
● Articles: A/An/The + Noun
(E-future)
● These/Those (E-future)
● Possessives and
This/That/These/Those
(E-future)
● Understanding Money
Weeks 3 & 4
● Edit
● Paraphrase
● Report
● Comparatives (E-future)
Week 5
● Audience
● Point of View
● Possible
● Be + Preposition + Noun
(E-future)
● Prepositions of Place (E-future)
Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Compound Words
● Problem & Solution
● Text Structure
Weeks 3 & 4
● Adverbs
Return to Table of Contents
155
● Contractions
● Parts of a Plant
Week 5
● Point of View
● Similes & Metaphors
Social & Emotional Learning
Week 5
● Blowing Candles (Calm)
● Finding Inspiration
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Weeks 1 & 2
● Things For Sale
Weeks 3 & 4
● No Fake News
Week 5
● Creating Presentations
College & Career Exploration
Weeks 1 & 2
● Why Go to College?
Third Grade
Wonders Grade 3 Scope and Sequence
156
Unit 1: Growing and Learning
Weeks 1 and 2: Narrative Nonfiction
Essential Question: How do people from different cultures contribute to a community?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Discovering My Identity (Teaching Tolerance)
● Different Types of Families (Teaching Tolerance)
● Building School Community (Nearpod Team)
● Who I Am (Nearpod Team)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Big Word: Together (Big Word Club)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Compound Words (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Breaking Down Compound Words (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: Famous Immigrants (ReadWorks)
● Native American Cultures: The Northwest Coast (Newsela)
● Perfect with a Capital P (Cricket Media)
● Check for Understanding of a Text by Answering Questions
(LearnZillion)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Short Vowels: a (E-future)
● Short Vowels: i (E-future)
157
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Organize a Personal Narrative (LearnZillion)
● Organize a Personal Narrative in Chronological Order (LearnZillion)
● End Punctuation (Nearpod Team)
● What Are Apostrophes? (Nearpod Team)
● Warm up: Are These Sentences? (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Recognize and Correct Fragments (LearnZillion)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Map Skills (Nearpod Original)
● The Compass (The Fixies)
Activities
● Creating a Map (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
158
Weeks 3 and 4: Realistic Fiction
Essential Question: What can traditions teach you about cultures?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● World Holidays and Traditions Collection (Nearpod Team)
● Celebrating Diwali (Nearpod Team)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Context Clues: Word Mystery (Education.com)
● Context Clues for Unknown Words (LearnZillion)
● Context Clues (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Context Clues: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Using Context Clues (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Dancing for Mamá (Cricket Media)
● Chinese New Year (Amplify)
● Native American Cultures: The Plateau (Newsela)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Long Vowels: a (Part 1) (E-future)
● Long Vowels: a (Part 2) (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Revising a Personal Narrative for Clarity (LearnZillion)
● Warm up: Subjects & Predicates (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Sentence Fragments: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Identifying Sentence Fragments (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
159
Week 5: Argumentative Text
Essential Question: How do landmarks help us understand our country’s story?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Let’s Visit the Statue of Liberty! (Nearpod VR)
● Let’s Visit Capitol Hill (Nearpod VR)
● Early American History: Patriotic Landmarks (Nearpod VR)
● National Parks Collection (Nearpod VR)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Multiple Meaning Words: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching
Pairs)
● Multiple Meaning Words (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: Immigration and Ellis Island (ReadWorks)
● Determine the Author’s Purpose (LearnZillion)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Long Vowels: o (Part 1) (E-future)
● Long Vowels: o (Part 2) (E-future)
● Double Letter Vowels: oa, ow (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Long and Short o (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Persuasive Writing Practice: Unusual Homes (Nearpod VR)
● Persuasive Writing Practice: Treehouse (Nearpod VR)
● Compound Sentences (Quill)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Facts and Opinions (LearnZillion)
160
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Getting to Know Texas (Nearpod VR)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Fact and Opinion (Nearpod Original)
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 1
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Weeks 1 & 2
● Capital
● Community
● Customs
● Map
Weeks 3 & 4
● Character
● Customs
● Setting
● Subject & Predicate
● Collect Context Clues about
a Topic or Character from the
Text
● World Holidays and
Traditions Collection
Week 5
● American Flag
● Author
● Fact
● Nation
● Getting to Know Texas
Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Cesar Chaves & Community Organizing (Video Only)
● Compound Words
● Culture
● Diversity (Video Only)
● Map Skills
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● Sequence
● Simple & Compound Sentences
● Text Structure
Weeks 3 & 4
● Characters
● Context Clues
Week 5
● Fact & Opinion
● Opinion Writing
Social & Emotional Learning
Weeks 1 & 2
● Appreciating Diversity
● Embracing Our Diversity
● SEL & Our Stories: Race & Ethnicity
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Weeks 1 & 2
● Commas, Periods, and Capitals (Typesy)
● Quotes and Punctuation (Typesy)
College & Career Exploration
Weeks 1 & 2
● Researching Careers in Our Community
162
Unit 2: Figure It Out
Weeks 1 and 2: Expository Text
Essential Question: How do people make government work?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Getting to Know Washington, D.C. (Nearpod VR)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Amendments (Nearpod Original)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Prefixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Understanding Prefixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Susan B. Anthony: An Advocate for Women’s Rights (Amplify)
● Mini: The Branches of American Government (ReadWorks)
● Mini: POTUS: George Washington (ReadWorks)
● Mini: POTUS: Abraham Lincoln (ReadWorks)
● Ancient Greece: Democracy is Born (Newsela)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Long Vowels: i (Part 1) (E-future)
● Long Vowels: i (Part 2) (E-future)
● Long Vowels: u (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Long and Short i (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
● Long and Short u (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
163
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Noun: Common or Proper? (Education.com)
● Warm up: Let’s Put a Capital on it! (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: Singular and Plural Nouns (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Nouns (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Nouns: Common & Proper (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Common & Proper Nouns (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Nouns: Singular & Plural (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Singular & Plural Nouns (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
164
Weeks 3 and 4: Historical Fiction
Essential Question: Why do people immigrate to new places?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Who is an Immigrant? (Teaching Tolerance)
● Young Immigrant Stories (Teaching Tolerance)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Use Similes (LearnZillion)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: Immigration and Tenement Housing (ReadWorks)
● Dreams of Freedom (Cricket Media)
● The Pilgrims’ Journey (Newsela)
● Push & Pull: Famous Immigrant Stories (Education.com)
Phonics and Spelling
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Silent Letter Combinations (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Drafting a Strong Conclusion (LearnZillion)
● Write a Conclusion by Restating the Big Idea (LearnZillion)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Mini: China Travel Journal: Day One (ReadWorks)
● Big Word: Journal (Big Word Club)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Primary vs. Secondary Sources (Nearpod Original)
165
Week 5: Poetry
Essential Question: How do people figure things out?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Historical Heroes: George Washington Carver (Education.com)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● The Batteries (The Fixies)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Figurative Language (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Similes & Metaphors (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Elements of a Poem: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Identifying Elements of a Poem (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Fun with Alliteration (Author’s Program)
● Poetry Pigs (Cricket Media)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Point of View (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Point of View (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Phonics and Spelling
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Decoding Words: Consonant Digraphs (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Identifying Poetry (LearnZillion)
● Form and Use Possessives (Quill)
166
● Skill Practice: Form and Use Possessives (Quill)
● Assessment: What are Possessive Nouns? (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Possessive Nouns (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 2
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Weeks 1 & 2
● Capital
● Career
● Impact
● Nation
● Point of View
● President
● State
● Getting to Know Washington,
D.C.
● Understanding Noun (E-future)
● Singular and Plural Nouns
(E-future)
Weeks 3 & 4
● Basic Needs
● Career
● Goal
● Income
● Perspective
● Resource
● Do You Speak...?
● I Am From...
Week 5
● Draft
● Exaggerate
● Point of View
● Report
167
Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Author’s Purpose
● George Washington & Public Service
● Point of View
● Prefixes (Video Only)
● Susan B. Anthony & Perseverance
Weeks 3 & 4
● Plural Nouns
● Similes & Metaphors
● Statue of Liberty: A Symbol of Freedom
Week 5
● George Washington Carver & Innovation
● Point of View
● Possessive Nouns
● Rhyme
● Similes & Metaphors
● Types of Poetry
● What is Poetry?
Social & Emotional Learning
Weeks 1 & 2
● Shout Outs
Weeks 3 & 4
● SEL & Our Stories: Immigration
Week 5
● Setting Goals
● Time Management Skills
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Week 1
● Commas, Periods, and Capitals (Typesy)
● Quotes and Punctuation (Typesy)
Weeks 3 & 4
● Selling Stereotypes (Common Sense Education)
● Sourcing Your Information
169
Unit 3: One of a Kind
Weeks 1 and 2: Expository Text
Essential Question: What do we know about Earth and its neighbors?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Counting Stars in the Sky (It’s Okay to be Smart)
● Space Exploration (SciShow Kids )
● The Solar System (Nearpod Original)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Adjectives to Adverbs Ending in “y” and “e” (Quill)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: What Should We Take to the Moon? (ReadWorks)
● Space Systems: What Is Gravity? (Newsela)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Finding the Main Idea (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Main Idea (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Summarizing Texts (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: ir, er, ur (E-future)
● Double Letter Vowels: ar, or (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Present-Tense Verbs (Nearpod Team)
● Subject-Verb Agreement (LearnZillion)
● Subject Verb Agreement (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Subject Verb Agreement (Quill)
170
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Subject-Verb Agreement (LearnZillion)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Take Notes as You Read (LearnZillion)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● The Solar System (Nearpod Original)
● The Solar System (SciShow Kids)
171
Weeks 3 and 4: Folktale
Essential Question: What makes different animals unique?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● The Outrageous Octopus (SciShow Kids)
● Amazon Monkey Calls (BBC)
● Glowing Ocean Animals! (SciShow Kids)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Synonyms are Fun (Education.com)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● The Clever Rabbit: A Korean Folktale (Cricket Media)
● The Terrible Storm: A Folk Tale from Puerto Rico (Cricket Media)
● Fabulous Fathers (Cricket Media)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Assessment: What are Prefixes? (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Prefixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Understanding Prefixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Regular Past Tense Verbs (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Regular Past Tense Verbs (Quill)
● Past: Regular Verbs (E-future)
● Future Tense Verbs (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Future Tense Verbs (Quill)
● Understanding Simple Verb Tenses (LearnZillion)
173
Week 5: Expository Text
Essential Question: How is each event in history unique?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● American History: Martin Luther King Jr. (Nearpod VR)
● Let’s Visit the Statue of Liberty! (Nearpod VR)
● Who Was Rosa Parks? (Nearpod VR)
● Exploring Black Tuesday (Nearpod VR)
● Ruby Bridges (Nearpod Team)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Assessment: What are Suffixes? (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Get on the Bus: Freedom Rides of 1961 (Newsela)
● James Madison and Freedom of the Press (Newsela)
● Mini: Introduction to the American Revolutionary War (ReadWorks)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Point of View (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Summarizing Texts (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: oi, oy (E-future)
● Double Letter Vowels: ow, ou (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Use Commas for Dates and Lists (Quill)
● Use Commas in Addresses (Quill)
174
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 3
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Weeks 1 & 2
● Audience
● Detail
● Draft
● Earth
● Gravity
● Main Idea
● Purpose
● Summary
● Present Simple: Affirmatives
(E-future)
● Present Simple: Be-Verbs
(E-future)
● Subject-Verb Agreement
(LearnZillion)
Weeks 3 & 4
● Life Cycle
● Determine the Meaning of
Unknown Words
● Simple Verb Tenses
(LearnZillion)
Week 5
● Event
● Point of View
● Resource
● Timeline
● Transportation
● At the Airport
● Holiday Spotlight: Martin
Luther King, Jr.
Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Earth Day (Video Only)
● Planets
● Subject-Verb Agreement
● Word Choice
Weeks 3 & 4
● Context Clues
Return to Table of Contents
175
● Life Cycles
Week 5
● Martin Luther King Jr. & Leadership
● Point of View
● Ruby Bridges & Bravery
● Sequence
● Statue of Liberty: A Symbol of Freedom
● Timelines & Chronology
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Weeks 3 & 4
● This Is Me (Common Sense Education)
College & Career Exploration
Weeks 1 & 2
● Virtual Career Fair: STEM
Weeks 3 & 4
● Using Context Clues
176
Unit 4: Meet the Challenge
Weeks 1 and 2: Realistic Fiction
Essential Question: How can you use what you know to help others?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Developing Empathy (Teaching Tolerance)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Helping Our Planet (Super Geek Heroes)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Prefixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Understanding Prefixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Blushing Blake (Cricket Media)
● Mini: Why Recycle? (ReadWorks)
● Figurative Language (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Point of View (Nearpod Original)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: oo (E-future)
● Assessment: Singular and Plural Nouns (Nearpod Team)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Linking Verbs (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: What are Linking Verbs? (Nearpod Team)
● End Punctuation (Nearpod Team)
● Can’t, Won’t (Quill)
178
Weeks 3 and 4: Expository Text
Essential Question: How do animals adapt to challenges in their habitat?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● The Amur Leopard (BBC)
● Ocean Zone (SciShow Kids)
● Animal’s Adaptation (Peekaboo Kidz)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Big Word: Rainforest (Big Word Club)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: The Giant Panda (ReadWorks)
● How Do Owls See in the Dark? (Newsela)
● Endangered Species: The Snow Leopard (Newsela)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● What are Homophones? (Nearpod Team)
● Homophones: Same Sounds (Education.com)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Homophones (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Using Homophones (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Homophones (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Review Helping Verbs (E-future)
● Commas and Quotation Marks in Dialogue (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Commas and Quotation Marks in Dialogue (Quill)
● Complex Sentences (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Complex Sentences (Quill)
179
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Quotation Marks in Dialogue (Nearpod Original)
● Punctuate Dialogue (LearnZillion)
Activities
● Commas (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Punctuation: Commas & Quotation Marks (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Amazon Monkey Calls: Research Skill Builder (Nearpod Team)
● African Forest Elephants: Research Skill Builder (Nearpod Team)
180
Week 5: Poetry
Essential Question: How can others inspire us?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Historical Heroes Collection (Education.com)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Similes and Metaphors (The Bazillions)
● Similes and Metaphors (Nearpod Original)
● Use Similes (LearnZillion)
Activities
● Metaphors and Similes (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
● Elements of a Poem (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: Learning on the Soccer Field (ReadWorks)
● Mini: Forgetting the Words (ReadWorks)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Hard and Soft G (Education.com)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Finding the Sound of a Poem (LearnZillion)
● Past: Irregular Verbs (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Irregular Verbs (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Primary vs. Secondary Sources (Nearpod Original)
181
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 4
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Weeks 1 & 2
● Audience
● Community
● Point of View
● Can/Can’t (E-future)
● I Need Some Help
Weeks 3 & 4
● Adapt
● Habitat
● Map
● Helping Verbs (E-future)
● Turtles and Their Habitat
Week 5
● Author
● Detail
● Purpose
Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Contractions
● Point of View
● Sequence
● Similes & Metaphors
Weeks 3 & 4
● Compare & Contrast
● Helping Verbs
● Homophones, Homonyms, & Homograph
● Text Structure
Week 5
● George Washington Carver & Innovation (Video Only)
● Harriet Tubman & Courage
● Irregular Verbs
● Rhyme
● Similes & Metaphors
Return to Table of Contents
182
● Types of Poetry
● What is Poetry?
● When I Grow Up (Video Only)
Social & Emotional Learning
Weeks 1 & 2
● Ask for Help
● Ask for Information
● Better Together
● Critical Thinking, Questioning
● Praising Your Peers
Weeks 3 & 4
● Critical Thinking, Compare and Contrast
Week 5
● Finding Inspiration
● Words of Encouragement
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Week 1
● Evaluating Evidence
● Sourcing Your Information
College & Career Exploration
Weeks 1 & 2
● English and Math in the Workplace
Weeks 3 & 4
● Virtual Career Fair: Work with Animals
Week 5
● Researching Careers in our Community
● Virtual Career Fair: Creative Work
183
Unit 5: Take Action
Weeks 1 and 2:Biography
Essential Question: What do good citizens do?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Who was Cesar Chavez? (Nearpod VR)
● Building School Community (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Showing Good Citizenship (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Clara Barton & Good Citizenship (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
● Ruby Bridges & Good Citizenship (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Citizenship: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Prefixes and Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Historical Heroes: Amelia Bloomer (Education.com)
● Li Bing and the Flooding (ReadWorks)
● Voice for Freedom: The Story of James Weldon Johnson (Cricket
Media)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Learning About Text Structure (McGraw Hill)
Activities
● Cause and Effect (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
● Template: Cause & Effect (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Word Addition: Compound Words (Education.com)
184
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Compound Words (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Breaking Down Compound Words (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Pronouns (E-future)
● Pronoun Antecedent Agreement (Quill)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Primary vs. Secondary Sources (Nearpod Original)
185
Weeks 3 and 4: Fairy Tale
Essential Question: How do we get what we need?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● What Are Fairy Tales? (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Needs & Wants (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
● Color Wants and Needs (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Root Words (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Affixes: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Understanding the Meaning of Affixes (Nearpod Team - Matching
Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: The First Greenmarket in NYC (ReadWorks)
● Mini: Magic Tomatoes (ReadWorks)
● The Witch Who Couldn’t Order In (Cricket Media)
● Lipong and the Ostrich Chicks (Cricket Media)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Summarizing Texts (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Phonics and Spelling
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Decoding Words: Closed and Open Syllables (Nearpod Team -
Draw It)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement (Quill)
187
Week 5: Argumentative Text
Essential Question: What are different kinds of energy?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● How Does Renewable Energy Work? (Nearpod 3D)
● Harnessing Energy (Nearpod VR)
● Energy (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● The Solar Battery (The Fixies)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Big Word: Energy (Big Word Club)
● Homophones: Same Sounds (Education.com)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Homophones (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Using Homophones (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Homophones (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
● Homophones: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: Electricity and Energy Circuits (ReadWorks)
● The Very Hungry Tiger Shark (Cricket Media)
Phonics and Spelling
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Decoding Words: Closed and Open Syllables (Nearpod Team -
Draw It)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Brainstorm Topics for an Argumentative Essay (LearnZillion)
188
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Fact and Opinion (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Contractions (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Using Contractions (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Alternative Energy (Author’s Program)
● Energy and Motion: When Fossil Fuels Disappear (Nearpod VR)
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 5
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Weeks 1 & 2
● Cause
● Community
● Cooperate
● Effect
● Impact
● Point of View
● Responsibility
● Service
● Unify
● At the Fire Station
Weeks 3 & 4
● Basic Needs
● Point of View
● Summary
● Trade
● At the Grocery Store
● At the Miami Flea
● The First Greenmarket in NYC
(ReadWorks)
Week 5
● Cause
● Speed and Energy
189
● Chart
● Connection
● Effect
● Light
● Speed
Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Cause & Effect
● Compound Words
● George Washington & Public Service
● Point of View
● Susan B. Anthony & Perseverance
● Text Structure
Weeks 3 & 4
● Fables
● Needs & Wants (Video Only)
● Point of View
Week 5
● Cause & Effect
● Contractions
● Homophones, Homonyms, & Homographs
● Matter (Video Only)
● Sound (Video Only)
● The Sun (Video Only)
Social & Emotional Learning
Weeks 3 & 4
● Meeting Your Needs
Week 5
● Ask for Information
Return to Table of Contents
190
● Ask for Help
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Weeks 1 & 2
● Digital Citizenship Pledge
● Rings of Responsibility (Common Sense Education)
● Super Digital Citizen (Common Sense Education)
Week 5
● Fighting Cognitive Biases
College & Career Exploration
Weeks 1 & 2
● Researching Careers in Our Community
Weeks 3 & 4
● Exploring Business Careers
Week 5
● Virtual Career Fair: STEM
191
Unit 6: Think It Over
Weeks 1 and 2: Biography
Essential Question: Why are goals important?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Goal Planning (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● What Astronauts Do (SciShow Kids)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Big Word: Dream (Big Word Club)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Greek and Latin Roots: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Alfred Nobel (Cricket Media)
● Dreams of Freedom (Cricket Media)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Assessment: What are Prefixes? (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Prefixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Understanding Prefixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Beginning Research (LearnZillion)
● Choose a Research Topic by Asking Questions (LearnZillion)
● Use Commas for Dates and Lists (Quill)
● Comparative and Superlative Adjectives (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Comparative- Superlative Adjectives (Quill)
192
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Comparatives and Superlatives (LearnZillion)
Activities
● Comparative & Superlative Adjectives (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Adjectives: Comparative & Superlative (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Timelines (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Template: Timeline (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
193
Weeks 3 and 4: Myth/Drama
Essential Question: How do you decide what is important?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Hair to the Queen (Nearpod Team)
● What is Mythology? (Newsela)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● What is Drama? (Nearpod Original)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Affixes: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Understanding the Meaning of Affixes (Nearpod Team - Matching
Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Theme (Nearpod Team)
● Meat of the Tongue: A Kenyan Folk Tale (Cricket Media)
● Arachne Spins her Web (Cricket Media)
● Mini: Blue Lightning (ReadWorks)
● Mini: Forgetting the Words (ReadWorks)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Determine the Theme of a Story (LearnZillion)
Activities
● Determining a Theme (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: ar, or (E-future)
● Double Letter Vowels: ir, er, ur (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
194
Lesson Library
● Categorizing Facts from Research (LearnZillion)
● Editing Your Writing (LearnZillion)
● Adjectives and Adverbs (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Adjectives and Adverbs (Quill)
● Adjectives and Adverbs (Author’s Program)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Understand Adverbs (LearnZillion)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Create a Bar Graph (LearnZillion)
● Bar Graphs (Mage Math)
195
Week 5: Poetry
Essential Question: What makes you laugh?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Why We Laugh (It’s Okay to be Smart)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Assessment: What are Idioms? (Nearpod Team)
● Big Word: Slither (Big Word Club)
● Big Word: Joke (Big Word Club)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: How to Trick Your Sister (ReadWorks)
● Mini: Playtime in the Snow (ReadWorks)
● Hog Wild (Cricket Media)
● Green Eggs and Sam (Cricket Media)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Point of View (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Point of View (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Phonics and Spelling
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Understanding Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Identifying Poetry (LearnZillion)
● Finding the Sound of a Poem (LearnZillion)
● Read a Poem Out Loud (LearnZillion)
196
● Creative Writing Practice: The Igloo House (Nearpod VR)
● Commas After Introductory Words (Quill)
Lesson Library
● Paul Bunyan (Amplify)
● Pecos Bill (Amplify)
● Winter Hyperbole (Education.com)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Hyperbole (Nearpod Original)
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 6
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Weeks 1 & 2
● Career
● Draft
● Fact
● Goal
● Opinion
● Report
● Timeline
● Adjectives (E-future)
Weeks 3 & 4
● Audience
● Author
● Character
● Detail
● Edit
● Report
● Adverbs (E-future)
Week 5
● Author
● Character
197
● Draft
● Event
● Exaggerate
● Point of View
Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Growth Mindset (Video Only)
● Problem & Solution
● Timelines & Chronology
Weeks 3 & 4
● Adverbs
● Bar Graphs
● Predictions
● Problem & Solution
● Time Management (Video Only)
Week 5
● Characters
● Hyperbole
● Idioms
● Point of View
● Rhyme
● What is Poetry?
Social & Emotional Learning
Weeks 1 & 2
● Self-Discipline
● Setting Goals
● What’s So Hard About Goals?
Weeks 3 & 4
● Introduction to Meditation (Calm)
● Priorities
● Understanding My Values
● Using Mantras
Fourth Grade
Wonders Grade 4 Scope and Sequence
199
Unit 1: Think It Through
Weeks 1 and 2: Expository Text
Essential Question: How do people respond to natural disasters?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Natural Disasters (Nearpod Team)
● Hurricanes (Nearpod Team)
● Wildfires (Nearpod Team)
● Preparing for Wildfires (Nearpod VR)
● Ecosystems: Natural Disasters (Nearpod VR)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Hurricanes (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Natural Disasters (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Warm up: Alike or Different (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Multiple Meaning Words: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching
Pairs)
● Multiple Meaning Words (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Brotherly Love (Cricket Media)
● Li Bing and the Flooding (ReadWorks)
● Noah Count and the Arkansas Ark (Cricket Media)
● Determine the Author’s Purpose in an Informational Text
200
(LearnZillion)
● Mini: Earth Sciences: Hurricanes (ReadWorks)
Video & Activity
Library
Video
● Compare and Contrast Within a Text (LearnZillion)
Activities
● Author’s Purpose (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Short Vowels: Assessment (E-future)
● Long Vowels: a (Part 1) (E-future)
● Long Vowels: a (Part 2) (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● What is a Personal Narrative? (Author’s Program)
● Choosing an Idea for a Narrative (LearnZillion)
● Organize a Personal Narrative in Chronological Order (LearnZillion)
● Assessment: Complete Subjects and Predicates (Nearpod Team)
● Compound Subjects, Objects, and Predicates (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Compound Subjects, Objects, Predicates (Quill)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Make Your Own Erosion (SciShow Kids)
● Weathering & Erosion (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Physical Weathering (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Weathering & Erosion (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
201
Weeks 3 and 4: Realistic Fiction
Essential Question: How do your actions affect others?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● What’s Cyberbullying? (Common Sense Education)
● Putting a Stop to Bullying (Nearpod Team)
● Developing Empathy (Teaching Tolerance)
● Activism: An End to Bullying (Teaching Tolerance)
● Decision Making (Nearpod VR)
● Owning Your Work (Nearpod Team)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Recognizing and Explaining Idioms (Author’s Program)
● Idioms, Adages, and Proverbs (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: What are Idioms? (Nearpod Team)
● Antonyms, Synonyms, Idioms, Homophones & Homographs
(Nearpod Team)
● What are Homophones? (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Homophones (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Using Homophones (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Homophones (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
● Homophones: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● The Poor Tinker and the Elves (Cricket Media)
● A Willingness to Act (Cricket Media)
● Keep Track of Problems and Solutions in Informational Texts
(LearnZillion)
● Fact or Opinion? (Education.com)
202
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Fact & Opinion (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Fact and Opinion (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: ee, ea (E-future)
● Long Vowels: i (Part 1) (E-future)
● Long Vowels: i (Part 2) (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Revising a Personal Narrative For Clarity (LearnZillion)
● Editing Your Writing (LearnZillion)
● Compound Sentences (Nearpod Team)
● Complex Sentences (Nearpod Team)
● Complex Sentences (Quill)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Commas (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Compound and Complex Sentences (Nearpod Team - Time to
Climb)
203
Week 5: Argumentative Text
Essential Question: How can starting a business help others?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Entrepreneurs and Inventors (Author’s Program)
● Encouraging Innovation (Classroom Complete Press)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Assessment: What are Suffixes? (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Understanding Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Signaling Success: Inventor Martha Coston (Cricket Media)
● Going Global: Protecting the Environment (Cricket Media)
● Determine the Main Idea by Analyzing Details (LearnZillion)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Finding the Main Idea (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Main Idea (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Determining Key Ideas (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Long Vowels: o (Part 1) (E-future)
● Long Vowels: o (Part 2) (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Fragments and Run-Ons (Nearpod Team)
● Identifying Sentences: At the Beach (Education.com)
204
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Develop a Thesis Statement (LearnZillion)
● Writing a Strong Thesis Statement (LearnZillion)
● Find and Correct Run-on Sentences (LearnZillion)
● Recognize & Correct Fragments (LearnZillion)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Primary vs. Secondary Sources (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Firsthand & Secondhand Accounts: Definitions (Nearpod Team -
Matching Pairs)
● Firsthand & Secondhand Accounts: Examples (Nearpod Team -
Matching Pairs)
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 1
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Weeks 1 & 2
● Alter
● Author
● Detail
● Direction
● Purpose
● Survive
● Natural Disasters
● Rocks: Physical Weathering and
Erosion
Weeks 3 & 4
● Author
● Conclusion
● Effect
● Fact
205
● Feeling
● Fiction
● Opinion
● Purpose
Week 5
● Agree With
● Detail
● Evidence
● Main Idea
● Process
● Revise and Explain Evidence
(LearnZillion)
Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Author’s Purpose
● Compare & Contrast
● Subject & Predicate
● Text Structure
Weeks 3 & 4
● Advanced Fact & Opinion
● Building Empathy (Video Only)
● Fact & Opinion
● Homophones, Homonyms & Homographs
● Idioms
● Problem & Solution
● Simple & Compound Sentences
Week 5
● Opinion Writing
● Sentence Fragments
Social & Emotional Learning
Weeks 1 & 2
● Critical Thinking, Compare and Contrast
Weeks 3 & 4
● The Consequences of Your Actions
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Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Weeks 3 & 4
● The Power of Words (Common Sense Education)
● Super Digital Citizen (Common Sense Education)
● What’s Cyberbullying? (Common Sense Education)
Week 5
● A Creator’s Rights and Responsibilities (Common Sense Education)
● Sourcing Your Information
College & Career Exploration
Weeks 1 & 2
● Virtual Career Fair: Working Outdoors
Weeks 3 & 4
● Writing a Business Letter
Week 5
● Virtual Career Fair: Business
207
Unit 2: Amazing Animals
Weeks 1 and 2: Expository Text
Essential Question: What helps an animal survive?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Sharks (SciShow Kids)
● The Outrageous Octopus (SciShow Kids)
Activities
● Plant and Animal Behaviors (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Animal Survival (Nearpod Team)
● Animal Survival (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Big Word: Camouflage (Big Word Club)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Prefixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Understanding Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Prefixes and Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● African Forest Elephants: Comprehension Check (Nearpod Team)
● Amazon Monkey Calls: Comprehension Check (Nearpod Team)
● Who Loves the Sun? Iguanas! (ReadWorks)
● Summarizing Informational Texts (Nearpod Team)
● Determine the Main Idea by Analyzing Details (LearnZillion)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Characters (Nearpod Original)
208
Activities
● Summarizing Texts (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Main Idea (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Determining Key Ideas (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Phonics and Spelling
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Prefixes and Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
● Prefixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Understanding Prefixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Decoding Words: Consonant Digraphs (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Compare and Contrast Information from a Text to Your Own Life
(LearnZillion)
● Nouns: Common & Proper (Nearpod Team)
● Warm up: Put the Cap on It! (Nearpod Team)
● Skill Builder: Noun: Common or Proper? (Education.com)
● Colons and Commas in Lists Lesson 2 (Quill)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Compare and Contrast Within a Text (LearnZillion)
● Nouns (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Nouns: Singular and Plural (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Singular & Plural Nouns (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Metamorphosis: Life Cycle of a Frog (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Life Cycles (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
209
Weeks 3 and 4: Drama
Essential Question: How do animal characters change familiar stories?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● What is Drama? (Nearpod Original)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Synonyms and Antonyms (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Antonyms & Synonyms (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Using Antonyms & Synonyms (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Greek and Latin Roots: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Pecos Bill (Amplify)
● Ask and Answer Questions to Check Your Own Understanding of a
Text (LearnZillion)
● Readers Ask Questions (Author’s Program)
● Assessment: Understanding Theme in Narrative Text (Nearpod
Team)
● Determining the Theme of a Story (LearnZillion)
● Theme (Nearpod Team)
● Themes (Nearpod Team)
● Winter Hyperbole (Education.com)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Hyperbole (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Determining a Theme (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Themes: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
210
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: ar, or (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Compare and Contrast Information from a Text to Your Own Life
(LearnZillion)
● Irregular Plural Nouns (Nearpod Team)
● Irregular Plural Nouns (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Irregular Plural Nouns w/ F, Fe, O (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Irregular Plural Nouns w/ “ves” (Quill)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Compare and Contrast Within a Text (LearnZillion)
Activities
● Possessive Nouns (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
● Possessives (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Possessive Form (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Food Webs (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Food Webs (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
211
Week 5: Poetry
Essential Question: How are writers inspired by animals?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Distinguishing a Poem from Prose (LearnZillion)
● Reading a Poem Out Loud (LearnZillion)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Simile and Metaphor (Education.com)
● Metaphors and Similes (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Similes & Metaphors (Nearpod Original)
● Similes & Metaphors (The Bazillions)
● Use Similes (LearnZillion)
Activities
● Metaphors and Similes (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
● Elements of a Poem: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Identifying Elements of a Poem (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Finding the Sound of a Poem (LearnZillion)
● Reading the Rhythm of a Poem (LearnZillion)
● Use Imagery in a Poem to Visualize the Setting (LearnZillion)
● Figurative Language (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Point of View (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Point of View (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Point of View (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
212
Phonics and Spelling
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Understanding Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Prefixes and Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
● Contractions (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Using Contractions (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Skill Practice: Using And (Starter) (Quill)
● But, So (Quill)
● But, So (Intermediate) (Quill)
● And, Or, But, So (Intermediate) (Quill)
● What are Interjections? (Nearpod Team)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● African Forest Elephants (BBC)
● Amazon Monkey Calls (BBC)
● Deep Sea Creatures (BBC)
213
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 2
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Weeks 1 & 2
● Adapt
● Character
● Contrast
● Detail
● Life Cycle
● Main Idea
● Summary
● Survive
● Big Word: Camouflage (Big
Word Club)
● Singular and Plural Nouns
(E-future)
Weeks 3 & 4
● Author
● Character
● Direction
● Evidence
● Setting
● Theme
● Ask and Answer Questions
about the Text While Reading
(LearnZillion)
● Who Eats Whom and Why?
(Author’s Program)
Week 5
● Audience
● Describe
● Detail
● Draft
● Fact
● Fiction
● Mood
● Point of View
● Purpose
● Use Images in a Poem to
Visualize the Setting
(LearnZillion)
Return to Table of Contents
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Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Characters
● Compare & Contrast
● Life Cycles
● Summarizing
Weeks 3 & 4
● Hyperbole
● Possessive Nouns
● Theme in Literature
● What is Drama?
● What’s the Hype About Hyperbole?
Week 5
● Contractions
● Point of View
● Similes & Metaphors
● Types of Poetry
● What is Poetry?
Social & Emotional Learning
Weeks 1 & 2
● Critical Thinking, Compare and Contrast
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Week 5
● How to Cite a Site
College & Career Exploration
Weeks 1 & 2
● Virtual Career Fair: Work with Animals
Week 5
● Virtual Career Fair: Creative Work
215
Unit 3: That’s the Spirit!
Weeks 1 and 2: Realistic Fiction
Essential Question: In what ways can you help your community?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Building School Community (Nearpod Team)
● Developing Empathy (Teaching Tolerance)
● Putting a Stop to Bullying (Nearpod Team)
● Resolving Conflicts (Nearpod Team)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Context Clues (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: Using Context Clues (Nearpod Team)
● Use Context Clues and a Glossary to Determine the Meaning of
Unknown Words (LearnZillion)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Context Clues (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Understanding Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Fact or Opinion? (Education.com)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Point of View (Nearpod Original)
● Fact & Opinion (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Point of View: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Point of View (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
● Fact and Opinion (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
216
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: ir, er, ur (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Crafting a Dialogue (Nearpod VR)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Add Dialogue to Develop a Story (LearnZillion)
● Different Ways of Writing Dialogue (LearnZillion)
● Show, Don’t Tell (LearnZillion)
● Subject-Verb Agreement (LearnZillion)
Activities
● Simple Verb Tense (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Past, Present & Future Verb Tense (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Google Search Tricks for Research (Common Sense Education)
● Early American History: Patriotic Landmarks (Nearpod VR)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● US Landmarks (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
217
Weeks 3 and 4: Biography
Essential Question: How can one person make a difference?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Leadership Qualities (Classroom Complete Press)
● Who was Harriet Tubman? (Nearpod VR)
● Who was Martin Luther King Jr.? (Nearpod VR)
● Who was Nelson Mandela? (Nearpod VR)
● Who was Rosa Parks? (Nearpod VR)
● Who was Cesar Chavez? (Nearpod VR)
● Ruby Bridges (Nearpod Team)
● Activism: An End to Bullying (Teaching Tolerance)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Synonyms and Antonyms (Nearpod Team)
● Antonyms, Synonyms, Idioms, Homophones & Homographs
(Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Antonyms & Synonyms (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Using Antonyms & Synonyms (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Horseshoes (Cricket Media)
● Signaling Success: Inventor Martha Coston (Cricket Media)
● Historical Heroes Collection (Education.com)
● Hook Your Audience with an Anecdote (LearnZillion)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Point of View (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Point of View: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
218
● Point of View (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Hard and Soft G (Education.com)
● Assessment: Singular and Plural Nouns (Nearpod Team)
● Warm up: What’s One More? (Nearpod Team)
● Plural and Possessive Nouns (Quill)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Nouns: Singular & Plural (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Singular & Plural Nouns (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Using Sensory Details (Author’s Program)
● Review Helping Verbs (E-future)
● A Talent Show (E-future)
● What are Apostrophes? (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: What are Linking Verbs? (Nearpod Team)
● Subject Verb Agreement (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Subject-Verb Agreement (Quill)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Using the 5 Senses in Descriptions (LearnZillion)
Activities
● Contractions (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Using Contractions (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Historical Heroes Collection (Education.com)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Summarizing Texts (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
219
Week 5: Argumentative Text
Essential Question: In what ways can advances in science be helpful or harmful?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Life Science Research: Genetically Modified Food Bundle (Nearpod
Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Fresh Foods for You! (WonderGrove Kids)
● Superfoods: Nuts for Walnuts! (WonderGrove Kids)
● Superfoods: Soy! (WonderGrove Kids)
● Foods to the Rescue: Yogurt! (WonderGrove Kids)
● Foods to the Rescue: Spinach! (WonderGrove Kids)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Greek and Latin Roots: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● The Car That Drives Itself (Cricket Media)
● Mini: Engineering and Natural Gas (ReadWorks)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Point of View (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Point of View: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Point of View (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Compound Words (Nearpod Team)
● Word Addition: Compound Words (Education.com)
220
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Compound Words (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Breaking Down Compound Words (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Revise and Explain Evidence (LearnZillion)
● Past: Irregular Verbs (E-future)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Identify Opinion Writing (LearnZillion)
● Writing a Strong Thesis Statement (LearnZillion)
● Maintain Consistent Verb Tense (LearnZillion)
Activities
● Irregular Verbs (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
221
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 3
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Weeks 1 & 2
● Community
● Detail
● Draft
● Fact
● Fiction
● Opinion
● Point of View
● Subject-Verb Agreement
(LearnZillion)
Weeks 3 & 4
● Author
● Impact
● Point of View
● Push
● Summary
● Timeline
● Unify
● Helping Verbs (E-future)
● Singular and Plural Nouns
(E-future)
● Subject-Verb Agreement
(LearnZillion)
Week 5
● Characteristics
● Detail
● Inherit
● Living
● Map
● Nutrients
● Point of View
● Procedure
● Seed
● Engineering and Natural Gas
(ReadWorks)
● Revise and Explain Evidence
(LearnZillion)
222
Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Context Clues
● Fact & Opinion
● Point of View
● Sequence
● Subject-Verb Agreement
● Text Structure
Weeks 3 & 4
● Benjamin Franklin & Curiosity
● Contractions
● George Washington & Public Service
● George Washington Carver & Innovation
● Harriet Tubman & Courage
● Helping Verbs
● Homophones, Homonyms, & Homographs
● Martin Luther King Jr. & Leadership
● Plural Nouns
● Point of View
● Ruby Bridges & Bravery
● Sacagawea
● Subject-Verb Agreement
● Susan B. Anthony & Perseverance
● Thurgood Marshall & Justice
Week 5
● Compound Words
● Irregular Verbs
● Opinion Writing
Social & Emotional Learning
Weeks 1 & 2
● Cooperating with Others
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● Teamwork
Weeks 3 & 4
● What are My Strengths?
● Words of Encouragement
Week 5
● The Consequences of Your Actions
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Weeks 1 & 2
● Database Searches
● Keeping Games Friendly and Fun (Common Sense Education)
● Rings of Responsibility (Common Sense Education)
● Super Digital Citizen (Common Sense Education)
● The Power of Words (Common Sense Education)
Weeks 3 & 4
● What’s Cyberbullying (Common Sense Education)
Week 5
● Designing Slides
College & Career Exploration
Weeks 1 & 2
● Using Context Clues
● Virtual Career Fair: Public Service
Weeks 3 & 4
● Virtual Career Fair: Public Service
Week 5
● Virtual Career Fair: STEM
● Virtual Career Fair: Medicine
224
Unit 4: Fact or Fiction?
Weeks 1 and 2: Narrative Nonfiction
Essential Question: Why do we need government?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● The U.S. Constitution (Nearpod Team)
● Flint, Michigan: 5 Years Later (Nearpod Team)
● Monarchy vs. Democracy (Education.com)
● Why Government? (iCivics)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Three Branches of Government (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Powers of the Three Branches of Government (Nearpod Team -
Draw It)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Amendments (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Greek and Latin Roots: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: The Branches of American Government (ReadWorks)
● Mini: Houston Affects the Earth (ReadWorks)
● Ask and Answer Questions to Check Your Own Understanding of a
Text (LearnZillion)
● Readers Ask Questions (Author’s Program)
● Assessment: Cause and Effect (Nearpod Team)
● Cause and Effect for Reading Comprehension (Author’s Program)
● What are Homophones? (Nearpod Team)
● Homophone Exercise (Education.com)
225
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Cause and Effect (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
● Homophones (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Using Homophones (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Homophones: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Phonics and Spelling
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Forming Simple Verb Tenses (LearnZillion)
Activities
● Past, Present & Future Verb Tense (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Simple Verb Tense (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Understand Pronouns (LearnZillion)
● Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement (Quill)
● Assessment: Subject and Object Pronouns (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Ensure Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement (LearnZillion)
● Correcting Vague Pronouns (Nearpod Original)
● I vs. Me (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Pronouns (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Correct Pronouns (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● US Government Organization (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● US Government Responsibilities (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
226
Weeks 3 and 4: Historical Fiction
Essential Question: How do inventions and technology affect your life?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● African American Inventors (Education.com)
● Robots Without Humans (Nearpod Team)
● My Media Balance (Common Sense Education)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Industrialization and Inventions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Innovations in Everyday Life (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Synonyms and Antonyms (Nearpod Team)
● Antonyms, Synonyms, Idioms, Homophones & Homographs
(Nearpod Team)
● Context Clues (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: Using Context Clues (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Context Clues (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Antonyms & Synonyms (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Using Antonyms & Synonyms (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: What Does an Engineer Do? (ReadWorks)
● Make Predictions About a Text Using Text Features and Skimming
(LearnZillion)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Point of View (Nearpod Original)
227
Activities
● Point of View: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Point of View (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Short Vowels: u (E-future)
● Long Vowels: u (E-future)
● Double Letter Vowels: oi, oy (E-future)
● Double Letter Vowels: ow, ou (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Using Transition Words in a Narrative (LearnZillion)
● Punctuation for Dialogue (Nearpod Team)
● Subjective, Objective, and Possessive Pronouns (Quill)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Use Transition Words & Phrases (LearnZillion)
● Connect Ideas with Transition Words (LearnZillion)
● Quotation Marks in Dialogue (Nearpod Original)
● Punctuate Dialogue (LearnZillion)
Activities
● Transitions: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Transition Words and Phrases (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Possessive Nouns (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Building School Community (Nearpod Team)
228
Week 5: Narrative Poetry
Essential Question: How do writers look at success in different ways?
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Connotation and Denotation (Author’s Program)
● Finding the Sound of a Poem (LearnZillion)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Historical Heroes: W.E.B. Du Bois (Education.com)
● Historical Heroes: Langston Hughes (Education.com)
● Assessment: Understanding Theme in Narrative Text (Nearpod
Team)
● Themes (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Characters (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Determining a Theme (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Themes: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Characters (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Characters (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Long Vowels: o (Part 1) (E-future)
● Long Vowels: o (Part 2) (E-future)
● Short Vowels: o (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Figurative Language (Nearpod Team)
● Metaphors and Similes (Nearpod Team)
● Understand Pronouns (LearnZillion)
● What are Homophones? (Nearpod Team)
229
● Homophone Exercise (Education.com)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Similes & Metaphors (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Metaphors and Similes (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
● Pronouns (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Homophones (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Using Homophones (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Homophones: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Contractions (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Using Contractions (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Possessive Nouns (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
● Possessives (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Active Listening (Nearpod Original)
230
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 4
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Weeks 1 & 2
● Capital
● Cause
● Community
● Compromise
● Connection
● Effect
● Nation
● Organize
● President
● State
● Ask and Answer Questions
about the Text While Reading
(LearnZillion)
● Pronouns (E-future)
● Pronouns + Be + Not (E-future)
Weeks 3 & 4
● Alter
● Effect
● Fiction
● Nonfiction
● Point of View
● Possible
● Setting
● Useful
Week 5
● Audience
● Character
● Community
● Connection
● Goal
● Pronouns (E-future)
● Pronouns + Be + Not (E-future)
231
● Detail
● Draft
● Edit
Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Cause & Effect
● Pronouns
● Three Branches of Government
Weeks 3 & 4
● Context Clues
● George Washington Carver & Innovation
● Possessive Nouns
● What is Engineering?
Week 5
● Characters
● Contractions
● Homophones, Homonyms, & Homographs
● Pronouns
● Similes & Metaphors
● Types of Poetry
● What is Poetry?
Social & Emotional Learning
Weeks 1 & 2
● Meeting Your Needs
● Staying Informed
Weeks 3 & 4
● Reflecting on Past Experiences
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Weeks 3 & 4
● Computer Behavior
● Finding My Media Balance
● The Power of Technology
233
Unit 5: Figure It Out
Weeks 1 and 2: Expository Text
Essential Question: What can you discover when you look closely at something?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● What’s Inside a Tree Trunk? (Author’s Program)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Snowflakes (Peekaboo Kids)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Synonyms and Antonyms (Nearpod Team)
● Antonyms, Synonyms, Idioms, Homophones & Homographs
(Nearpod Team)
● What are Homophones? (Nearpod Team)
● Homophone Exercise (Education.com)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Antonyms & Synonyms (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Using Antonyms & Synonyms (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Homophones (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Using Homophones (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Homophones: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Galileo's Starry Night (Cricket Media)
● The Probability of Purple Peas (Cricket Media)
● Summarizing Texts (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Summarizing Texts (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Text Structure: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
234
● Identifying Text Structure (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Phonics and Spelling
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Decoding Words: Closed and Open Syllables (Nearpod Team -
Draw It)
● Missing Syllables (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Syllables (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Organize Ideas for Writing Using a Short Plan (LearnZillion)
● Categorize Facts from Research (LearnZillion)
● Pronouns That Demonstrate (Author’s Program)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Comparatives & Superlatives (LearnZillion)
Activities
● Comparative & Superlative Adjectives (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Adjectives: Comparative & Superlative (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● What is the Water Cycle? (Nearpod Original)
● Water Cycle (The Bazillions)
235
Weeks 3 and 4: Realistic Fiction
Essential Question: In what ways do people show they care about each other?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Developing Empathy (Teaching Tolerance)
● The Power of Words (Common Sense Education)
● Homemade T-Shirt Becomes Official Design (Nearpod Team)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Skill Builder: Simile and Metaphor (Education.com)
● Recognizing and Explaining Idioms (Author’s Program)
● Idioms, Adages, and Proverbs (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: What are Idioms? (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Similes and Metaphors (Nearpod Original)
● Similes and Metaphors (The Bazillions)
Activities
● Metaphors and Similes (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● My Brother, Joshua (Cricket Media)
● Pages of You (Cricket Media)
● Keep Track of Problems and Solutions in Informational Texts
(LearnZillion)
● Making Inferences: Fiction (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Text Structure: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Identifying Text Structure (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
236
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: ir, er, ur (E-future)
● Double Letter Vowels: ar, or (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Compound Sentences (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Comparatives & Superlatives (LearnZillion)
Activities
● Comparative & Superlative Adjectives (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Adjectives: Comparative & Superlative (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Transitions: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Transition Words and Phrases (Nearpod Team Matching Pairs)
● Commas (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Compound and Complex Sentences (Nearpod Team - Time to
Climb)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Cultural Celebration Collection (Nearpod Team)
● Group Research into Categories to Plan Informational Writing
(LearnZillion)
● Categorize Facts from Research (LearnZillion)
237
Week 5: Expository Text
Essential Question: How can learning about the past help you understand the present?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Pocahontas (Nearpod Original)
● Colonial America (Nearpod Original)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Idioms, Adages, and Proverbs (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: Idioms, Proverbs, and Adages (Nearpod Team)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Jamestown and the “Starving Time” (Newsela)
● The Gift from the Past (Cricket Media)
● Family Man (Cricket Media)
● Mini: They Call Them Apaches (ReadWorks)
● Summarizing Texts (Nearpod Team)
● Author’s Purpose: Informational Text (Nearpod Team)
● Author’s Purpose: Fiction (Nearpod Team)
● Determine the Author’s Purpose in an Informational Text
(LearnZillion)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Summarizing Texts (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Text Structure: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Identifying Text Structure (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Author’s Purpose (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Skill Practice: Using And (Starter) (Quill)
● But, So (Quill)
239
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 5
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Weeks 1 & 2
● Connection
● Detail
● Dissolve
● Evidence
● Summary
● Experiment
● Articles: A/An/The + Noun
● Big Word: Unique (Big Word
Club)
● The Scientific Method
(Education.com)
Weeks 3 & 4
● Chart
● Customs
● Edit
● Fact
● Fiction
● Perspective
● Adjectives (E-future)
Week 5
● Author
● Draft
● Edit
● Evidence
● Map
● Purpose
● Summary
Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Homophones, Homonyms, & Homographs
● Scientific Tools
● Text Structure
Return to Table of Contents
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Weeks 3 & 4
● Idioms
● Problem & Solution
● Similes & Metaphors
● Text Structure
Week 5
● African Proverbs
● Author’s Purpose
● Map Skills
Social & Emotional Learning
Weeks 1 & 2
● Looking at Problems in New Ways
● Practicing Perspective-Taking
Weeks 3 & 4
● Expressing Gratitude
● Gratitude Board
● My Support Circles
● Praising Your Peers
● Using Empathy
● Words of Encouragement
Week 5
● Reflecting on Past Experiences
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Weeks 1 & 2
● Quotes and Punctuation (Typesy)
Weeks 3 & 4
● Digital Citizenship Pledge (Common Sense Education)
● The Power of Words (Common Sense Education)
College & Career Exploration
Weeks 1 & 2
● Virtual Career Fair: STEM
Weeks 3 & 4
● Virtual Career Fair: Public Service
241
Unit 6: Past, Present, and Future
Weeks 1 and 2: Narrative Nonfiction
Essential Question: How have our energy resources changed over the years?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● How Does Renewable Energy Work? (Nearpod 3D)
● Sustainability: Alternative Energy (Nearpod VR)
● Harnessing Energy (Nearpod VR)
● Energy and Motion: When Fossil Fuels Disappear (Nearpod VR)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Resources: Welcome to the Neighborhood (Crash Course Kids)
Activities
● Identifying Resources on Earth (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Prefixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Understanding Prefixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: Electricity and Energy: Circuits (ReadWorks)
● Mini: Solar Absorbers and the Future of Electricity (ReadWorks)
● Ask and Answer Questions to Check Your Own Understanding of a
Text (LearnZillion)
● Readers Ask Questions (Author’s Program)
● Determine the Main Idea by Analyzing Details (LearnZillion)
● Determine the Main Idea of an Entire Text (LearnZillion)
● Find the Main Idea of a Whole Nonfiction Text (LearnZillion)
242
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Finding the Main Idea (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Generating Questions (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Main Idea (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● What are Homophones? (Nearpod Team)
● Homophone Exercise (Education.com)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Homophones (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Using Homophones (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Homophones: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Warm up: Putting the Cap on It! (Nearpod Team)
● Correct Capitalization (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Correct Capitalization (Quill)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Understand Adverbs (LearnZillion)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy (Education.com)
243
Weeks 3 and 4: Historical Fiction
Essential Question: How do traditions connect people?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Traditional Homes and Dwellings (Nearpod VR)
● Native American Day (Nearpod Team)
● American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month (Nearpod
Team)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Connotation and Denotation (Author’s Program)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: They Call Them Apaches (ReadWorks)
● Theme (Nearpod Team)
● Determining the Theme of a Story (LearnZillion)
● Locate Text Features (LearnZillion)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Determining a Theme (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Themes: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Text Features (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Phonics and Spelling
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Prefixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Understanding Prefixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Understanding Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Prefixes and Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
244
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● What are Prepositions? (Nearpod Team)
● Prepositional Phrases: In, At, On, To (Quill)
● Placing Prepositional Phrases (Quill)
● Skill Builder: Placing Prepositional Phrases (Quill)
● Assessment: Using Quotation Marks for Dialogue (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Prepositions (The Bazillions)
● Quotation Marks in Dialogue (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Commas & Quotation Marks (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Punctuation: Commas & Quotation Marks (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Native American Cultures: The Southeast (Newsela)
● Native American Cultures: The Northwest Coast (Newsela)
● Native American Cultures: The Plateau (Newsela)
● Native American Cultures: Alaska (Newsela)
● Native American Cultures: The Great Plains (Newsela)
● Native American Cultures: The Southwest (Newsela)
● Native American Cultures: The Great Basin (Newsela)
245
Week 5: Free Verse
Essential Question: What shapes a person’s identity?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Discovering My Identity (Teaching Tolerance)
● Who I Am (Nearpod Team)
● Getting to 50/50 (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Tiffany Haddish: “I Love My Hair” (Netflix Jr.)
● Lupita Nyong’o: “Sulwe” (Netflix Jr.)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Simile and Metaphor (Education.com)
● Metaphors and Similes (Nearpod Team)
● Personification (Author’s Program)
● Assessment: Similes, Metaphors, and Personification (Nearpod
Team)
● Figurative Language (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Similes & Metaphors (Nearpod Original)
● Personification (The Bazillions)
Activities
● Metaphors and Similes (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Interpreting Comparisons in Poetry (LearnZillion)
● Personification (Author’s Program)
● Theme (Nearpod Team)
● Determining the Theme of a Story (LearnZillion)
246
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Personification (The Bazillions)
Activities
● Determining a Theme (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Themes: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Phonics and Spelling
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Prefixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Understanding Prefixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Understanding Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Prefixes and Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Commas After Introductory Prepositional Phrases (Quill)
● What are Prepositions? (Nearpod Team)
● Prepositional Phrases: In, At, On, To (Quill)
● Placing Prepositional Phrases (Quill)
● Skill Builder: Placing Prepositional Phrases (Quill)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Prepositions (The Bazillions)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Inherited & Acquired Traits (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
247
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 6
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Weeks 1 & 2
● Consumer
● Convert
● Main Idea
● Nonfiction
● Adverbs (E-future)
● Ask and Answer Questions
about the Text While Reading
(LearnZillion)
● Renewable and Nonrenewable
Energy (Education.com)
● Renewable Energy (Nearpod
Team)
Weeks 3 & 4
● Customs
● Edit
● Event
● Fiction
● Map
● Nonfiction
● Ocean
● Perspective
● River
● Settler
● Setting
● Be + Preposition + Noun
(E-future)
● Be Verbs: Affirmatives and
Negatives (E-future)
● Future: Affirmatives and
Negatives (E-future)
● Prepositions of Place (E-future)
● Present Continuous: Negatives
(E-future)
● Present Simple: Negatives
(E-future)
● Present Simple: Affirmatives
and Negatives (E-future)
Week 5
● Audience
● Author
● Chart
● Detail
● Evidence
● Trait
● Be + Preposition + Noun
(E-future)
● Prepositions of Place (E-future)
Return to Table of Contents
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Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Adverbs
● Homophones, Homonyms, & Homographs
Weeks 3 & 4
● Sacagawea
● Text Features
● Theme in Literature
Week 5
● Inherited & Acquired Traits
● Personification
● Types of Poetry
● What is Race?
Social & Emotional Learning
Weeks 1 & 2
● Asking Questions
Weeks 3 & 4
● Stay Connected
Week 5
● Appreciating Diversity
● Embracing our Diversity
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Weeks 1 & 2
● Basic Keywords
● Google Search
● Quotes and Punctuation (Typesy)
Week 5
● Podcasts
● This is Me (Common Sense Education)
College & Career Exploration
Weeks 1 & 2
● Virtual Career Fair: Trades
Weeks 3 & 4
● Virtual Career Fair: Research
Week 5
● Finding the Right Career for Me
Fifth Grade
Wonders Grade 5 Scope and Sequence
249
Unit 1: Eureka! I’ve Got It!
Weeks 1 and 2: Narrative Nonfiction
Essential Question: How can experiencing nature change the way you think about it?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● National Parks Collection (Nearpod VR)
● Assessment: Why Kids Need Nature (Nearpod Team)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Which Word Is It? (Author’s Program)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Prefixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Understanding Prefixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: Backroads (ReadWorks)
● The Foundation Builders (Cricket Media)
● The Trailblazers (Cricket Media)
● The Protectors (Cricket Media)
● Landforms: Mountains (Newsela)
● Landforms: Islands (Newsela)
● Ask and Answer Questions to Check Your Own Understanding of a
Text (LearnZillion)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Cause and Effect (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
● Template: ELA Cause & Effect (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Point of View: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
250
● Analyzing Point of View (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Point of View (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Short Vowels: a (E-future)
● Short Vowels: e (E-future)
● Long Vowels: a (Part 1) (E-future)
● Long Vowels Review (E-future)
● Long Vowels Assessment (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● What is a Personal Narrative? (Author’s Program)
● Organizing Ideas for a Narrative (LearnZillion)
● Organize a Personal Narrative in Chronological Order (LearnZillion)
● Writing to Show, Not Tell (LearnZillion)
● What Makes a Good Sentence? (Nearpod Team)
● Warm up: Subjects & Predicates, Simple & Complete (Nearpod
Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Crafting Personal Narratives (LearnZillion)
● Description in Personal Narrative (LearnZillion)
● Use Descriptive Adjectives (LearnZillion)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Let’s Visit Yellowstone National Park!
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Map Skills (Nearpod Original)
251
Weeks 3 and 4: Realistic Fiction
Essential Question: How do we get the things we need?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Needs and Wants (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Context Clues (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Context Clues (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Understanding Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: The Chicken and the Egg (ReadWorks)
● Mini: Magic Tomatoes (ReadWorks)
● As Sweet as Sugar (Cricket Media)
● Mini: Urban Farms (ReadWorks)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: ar, or (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Write a Conclusion for a Narrative by Showing How You Feel
(LearnZillion)
● Writing a Strong Ending for a Narrative (LearnZillion)
● Revising a Personal Narrative for Clarity (LearnZillion)
● Compound Sentences (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: Simple and Compound Sentences (Nearpod Team)
252
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Add Structure to a Narrative (LearnZillion)
Activities
● Commas (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Who Was Cesar Chavez? (Nearpod VR)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Primary vs. Secondary Sources (Nearpod Original)
253
Week 5: Argumentative Text
Essential Question: What are the positive and negative effects of new technology?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Robots Without Humans (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Attention and the Brain (It’s Okay to be Smart)
● My Media Balance (Common Sense Education)
● Rings of Responsibility (Common Sense Education)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Greek and Latin Roots: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: The Phonograph (ReadWorks)
● A Bad Robot (ReadWorks)
● Understanding an Author’s Purpose (LearnZillion)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Point of View (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Point of View: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Analyzing Point of View (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Point of View (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
● Author’s Purpose (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: ir, er, ur (E-future)
254
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Fragments and Run-Ons (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Organize an Argumentative Essay (LearnZillion)
● Supporting Ideas in Opinion Writing (LearnZillion)
● Find and Correct Run-on Sentences (LearnZillion)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Debating (Classroom Complete Press)
● ELA Research: Social Media and Teens Bundle (Nearpod Team)
255
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 1
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Weeks 1 & 2
● Cause
● Draft
● Effect
● Emphasize
● President
● Map
● Nonfiction
● Rural
● Summary
● Urban
● Ask and Answer Questions
About the Text While Reading
(LearnZillion)
● At the Grocery Store
● Houston Affects the Earth
(ReadWorks)
Weeks 3 & 4
● Basic Needs
● Character
● Edit
● Revise
● Risk
● Scarce
● Setting
● Simple & Compound
Sentences
● I Need Some Help
Week 5
● Analyze
● Connection
● Debate
● Draft
● Effect
● A Bad Robot (ReadWorks)
256
● Opinion
● Point of View
● Transportation
Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Cause & Effect
● Homophones, Homonyms, & Homographs
● Map Skills
● Needs & Wants (Video Only)
● Sequence
● Subject & Predicate
● Text Structure
Weeks 3 & 4
● Compare & Contrast
● Context Clues
● Sequence
Week 5
● Author’s Purpose
● Opinion Writing
● Point of View
● Run-on Sentences
● What is the Internet?
Social & Emotional Learning
Weeks 1 & 2
● Ask for Help
● Ask for Information
● Asking Questions
Weeks 3 & 4
● Communicating My Needs
● Critical Thinking, Compare and Contrast
● Critical Thinking, Questioning
● Meeting Your Needs
Return to Table of Contents
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Week 5
● Courage & Cyberbullying (Common Sense Education)
● Critical Thinking, Questioning
● Perseverance & Activism (Common Sense Education)
● Persistence
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Weeks 1 & 2
● Database Searches
● Sourcing Your Information
Weeks 3 & 4
● Evaluating Media Bundle
Week 5
● Computer Vocabulary
● The Power of Technology
● Threats in Technology
College & Career Exploration
Weeks 1 & 2
● Virtual Career Fair: Entertainment
● Virtual Career Fair: Working Outdoors
Weeks 3 & 4
● Using Context Clues
● Virtual Career Fair: Work with Animals
Week 5
● Virtual Career Fair: Social Media
● Virtual Career Fair: STEM Careers
258
Unit 2: Taking the Next Step
Weeks 1 and 2: Expository Text
Essential Question: What do good problem solvers do?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Decision Making (Nearpod VR)
● Soft Skills: Problem Solving (Author’s Program)
● Understanding the Problem-Solving Process (Classroom Complete
Press)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Use Context Clues and a Glossary to Determine the Meaning of
Unknown Words (LearnZillion)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini Building a Bridge (ReadWorks)
● Going Global: Women Who Mattered (Cricket Media)
● Mini: Alexander Graham Bell (ReadWorks)
● Wheels for the Dragon (Cricket Media)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: ow, ou (E-future)
● Double Letter Vowels: oi, oy (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Warm up: Is It a Person, Place or Thing? (Nearpod Team)
● Warm up: Do You Capitalize This? (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Subject-Verb Agreement (LearnZillion)
Activities
● Nouns: Common & Proper (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
260
Weeks 3 and 4: Folktale
Essential Question: When has a plan helped you accomplish a task?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Goal Planning (Nearpod Team)
● Money Problems: A Ming Folktale (Cricket Media)
● The Hungry Coat: A play Based on a Folktale from Turkey (Cricket
Media)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Setting (Nearpod Original)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Personification (Author’s Program)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Personification (The Bazillions)
Activities
● Figurative Language: Examples (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Noah Count and the Arkansas Ark (Cricket Media)
● Mini: POTUS: Thomas Jefferson (ReadWorks)
● Mini: Louis Pasteur (ReadWorks)
● Make Predictions About a Text Using Features and Skimming
(LearnZillion)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Determining a Theme (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Phonics and Spelling
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Contractions (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Using Contractions (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
261
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Skill Practice: Appositives in the Middle (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Appositives in the Middle 2 (Quill)
● Plural and Possessive Nouns (Quill)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Nouns: Singular & Plural (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Singular & Plural Nouns (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Food Webs (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
262
Week 5: Poetry
Essential Question: What motivates you to accomplish a goal?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Managing Your Time (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Marsai Martin: “ABCs for Girls Like Me” (Netflix Jr.)
Activities
● What is Poetry (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Which Word Is It? (Author’s Program)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Reading the Rhythm of a Poem (LearnZillion)
● Determine the Theme of a Poem (LearnZillion)
● Voice for Freedom: The Story of James W. Johnson (Cricket Media)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Themes: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Phonics and Spelling
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Syllables (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Separating Words into Syllables (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Decoding Words: Closed and Open Syllables (Nearpod Team -
Draw It)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Envisioning the Setting of a Poem (LearnZillion)
● Appealing to the Senses (Nearpod VR)
● Placing Prepositional Phrases (Quill)
263
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Understand Figurative Language: “Icing on the Cake” (LearnZillion)
● Assessment: Similes, Metaphors, and Personification (Nearpod
Team)
● Figurative Language (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Similes & Metaphors (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● The Sons of Liberty (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
264
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 2
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Weeks 1 & 2
● Author
● Debate
● Nation
● Alexander Graham Bell
(ReadWorks)
● Singular and Plural Nouns
(E-future)
Weeks 3 & 4
● Goal
● Mood
● Order
● Setting
● Theme
● Possessives and
This/That/These/Those
(E-future)
Week 5
● Draft
● Goal
● Setting
● Theme
● Be + Preposition + Noun
Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Bill of Rights
● Dictionary Skills
● Problem & Solution
● Text Structure
Weeks 3 & 4
● Personification
● Predictions
● Setting
● Theme in Literature
Week 5
● George Washington & Public Service
● Homophones, Homonyms, & Homographs
265
● Hyperbole
● Personification
● Similes & Metaphors
● Types of Poetry
● What is Poetry?
● What’s The Hype About Hyperbole?
Social & Emotional Learning
Weeks 1 & 2
● Looking at Problems in New Ways
● Solving Problems
Weeks 3 & 4
● Expressing Gratitude
● Gratitude Board
● Planning for College Now
● Self-Discipline
● Setting Goals
● What’s So Hard About Goals?
Week 5
● Cooperating with Others
● Finding Inspiration
● Priorities
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Weeks 1 & 2
● Troubleshooting Problems
● Using Data to Solve Problems
Weeks 3 & 4
● Academic Research
● Communication and Collaboration Tools
● Finding Trustworthy Resources
College & Career Exploration
Weeks 1 & 2
● Virtual Career Fair: Business
267
Unit 3: Getting From Here to There
Weeks 1 and 2: Realistic Fiction
Essential Question: What can learning about different cultures teach us?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● World Cultures and Globalization (Nearpod VR)
● Take a Trip to Japan! (Nearpod VR)
● Take a Trip to France! (Nearpod VR)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Margaret Mead (Makematic)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Idioms, Adages, and Proverbs (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Context Clues (Nearpod Original)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Arthur’s Amazing Armor (Cricket Media)
● Native American Cultures: The Great Plains (Newsela)
● Determining the Theme of a Story (LearnZillion)
● Understanding an Author’s Purpose (LearnZillion)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Summarizing Texts (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Determining a Theme (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Phonics and Spelling
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Decoding Words: Closed and Open Syllables (Nearpod Team -
Draw It)
268
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Bringing Characters to Life (Nearpod VR)
● Subject Verb Agreement (Quill)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Characters (Nearpod Original)
● Forming Simple Verb Tenses (LearnZillion)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● World Holidays and Traditions Collection (Nearpod Team)
269
Weeks 3 and 4: Expository Text
Essential Question: What benefits come from people working as a group?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Collaboration: Project-Based Learning (Classroom Complete Press)
● Teamwork (Author’s Program)
● Keep Track of Problems and Solutions in Informational Texts
(LearnZillion)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Work Together as a Team (WonderGrove Kids)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Simile and Metaphor (Education.com)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Greek and Latin Roots: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: Building a Bridge (ReadWorks)
● Going Global: Protecting the Environment (Cricket Media)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Finding the Main Idea (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Generating Questions (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Main Idea (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Figurative Language (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Helping Verbs (E-future)
● Review Helping Verbs (E-future)
● Linking Verbs (Nearpod Team)
271
Week 5: Argumentative Text
Essential Question: How do we explain what happened in the past?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Let’s Visit Stonehenge! (Nearpod VR)
● Let’s Visit Machu Picchu! (Nearpod VR)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Building the Pyramids (It’s Okay to be Smart)
● Compare and Contrast Within a Text (LearnZillion)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Context Clues for Unknown Words (LearnZillion)
● Context Clues (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Context Clues (Nearpod Original)
● Context Clues (McGraw Hill)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Going Global: A Prehistoric World Tour (Cricket Media)
● Going Global: Ancient Games (Cricket Media)
● Mini: They Call Them Apaches (ReadWorks)
● (Earth’s Systems: What are Fossils? (Newsela)
● Ancient Egypt: The Pyramids of Giza (Newsela)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Point of View: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Analyzing Point of View (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: it, er, ur (E-future)
● Double Letter Vowels: ar, or (E-future)
272
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Persuasive Writing Practice: Exploring the World (Nearpod VR)
● The Power of Persuasion (Education.com)
● Organizing Ideas Using a Short Plan (LearnZillion)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Use Paragraph Form (LearnZillion)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● North America Before 1492 (Nearpod VR)
● Native American Cultures: Alaska (Newsela)
273
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 3
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Weeks 1 & 2
● Author
● Cause
● Character
● Draft
● Effect
● Fiction
● Purpose
● Summary
● World Holidays and Traditions
Weeks 3 & 4
● Audience
● Detail
● Edit
● Exaggerate
● Main Idea
● Nonfiction
● Setting
● Ask and Answer Questions
About the Text While Reading
(LearnZillion)
● Helping Verbs (E-future)
Week 5
● Author
● Draft
● Fact
● Opinion
● Point of View
● Summary
● Native American Homes
(ReadWorks)
● Revise and Explain Evidence
Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Cause & Effect
274
● Characters
● Context Clues
● Culture
● Summarizing
● Theme in Literature
Weeks 3 & 4
● Helping Verbs
● Idioms
● Personification
● Problem & Solution
● Similes & Metaphors
● Word Choice
Week 5
● Compare & Contrast
● Context Clues
● Point of View
● Text Structure
● What is History?
Social & Emotional Learning
Weeks 1 & 2
● Appreciating Diversity
● Embracing Our Diversity
Weeks 3 & 4
● Ask for Help
● Asking Questions
● Better Together
● Teamwork
Week 5
● Critical Thinking, Compare and Contrast
● Reflecting on Past Experiences
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Return to Table of Contents
275
Weeks 1 & 2
● Sourcing Your Information
Weeks 3 & 4
● Getting Help
Week 5
● Database Searches
● Evaluating Evidence
College & Career Exploration
Weeks 1 & 2
● Virtual Career Fair: Entertainment
● Virtual Career Fair: Public Service
Weeks 3 & 4
● Exploring Careers in Working with Animals
Week 5
● Using Context Clues
276
Unit 4: It’s Up To You
Weeks 1 and 2: Biography
Essential Question: What can people do to bring about a positive change?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Getting to 50/50: Elementary (Nearpod Team)
● Activism: An End to Bullying (Teaching Tolerance)
● Who Was Abraham Lincoln? (Nearpod VR)
● Ruby Bridges (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Malala Yousafzai (Makematic)
● Kendrick Sampson: “Antiracist Baby” (Netflix Jr.)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Winter Hyperbole (Education.com)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● English Root Words (Mometrix Academy)
● Hyperbole (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Prefixes and Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Voice for Freedom: The Story of James Weldon Johnson (Cricket
Media)
● Alfred Nobel (Cricket Media)
● James Madison and Freedom of the Press (Newsela)
● Analyzing Point of View (LearnZillion)
● Use Text Features to Understand and Interpret Biography
(LearnZillion)
277
Phonics and Spelling
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Prefixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Understanding Prefixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Roots & Affixes (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Using Transition Words in Writing (LearnZillion)
● Assessment: Direct Quotations and Dialogue (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● John Lewis (Red Rock Films)
● Walter Francis White (Red Rock Films)
● Quotation Marks in Dialogues (Nearpod Original)
● Ensure Pronoun- Antecedent Agreement (LearnZillion)
Activities
● Transition Words and Phrases: Definitions (Nearpod Team -
Matching Pairs)
● Transition Words and Phrases (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Who Was Martin Luther King Jr.? (Nearpod VR)
● Who Was Rosa Parks? (Nearpod VR)
278
Weeks 3 and 4: Drama
Essential Question: What can you discover when you give things a second look?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● What is Drama? (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Literary Genres: Craft and Structure (Nearpod Team - Matching
Pairs)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Idioms, Adages, and Proverbs (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: Idioms, Proverbs, and Adages (Nearpod Team)
● Synonyms and Antonyms (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Antonyms & Synonyms (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Using Antonyms & Synonyms (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● A Sense of Direction (Cricket Media)
● There’s a Crocodile in Our Bath! (Cricket Media)
● Mini: Forgetting the Words (ReadWorks)
● The Hungry Coat: A Play Based on Turkish Folktale (Cricket Media)
● Figurative Language (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Similes and Metaphors (Nearpod Original)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Which Word Is It? (Author’s Program)
● Antonyms, Synonyms, Idioms, Homophones, & Homographs
(Nearpod Team)
279
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Draft a Strong Conclusion (LearnZillion)
● Skill Practice: Subject-Verb Agreement with Indefinite Pronouns 1
(Quill)
● Skill Practice: Subject-Verb Agreement with Indefinite Pronouns 2
(Quill)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● When to Abbreviate! (Mometrix Academy)
Activities
● Possessives (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Possessive Form (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Generating Research Questions (LearnZillion)
● Who Was Harriet Tubman? (Nearpod VR)
280
Week 5: Poetry
Essential Question: How do you express something that is important to you?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Frida Kahlo (Nearpod Team)
● Dorothea Lange and John Steinbeck (Nearpod Team)
● Social Emotional Temperature Check (Nearpod Team)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Simile and Metaphor (Education.com)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Similes and Metaphors (Nearpod Original)
● Similes and Metaphors (The Bazillions)
Activities
● Metaphors and Similes (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Determine the Theme of a Poem (LearnZillion)
● Understanding How Elements of Poetry Impact a Poem
(LearnZillion)
● Theme (Nearpod Team)
● Identifying and Interpreting a Poet’s Voice (LearnZillion)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Determining a Theme (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Use Imagery to Notice Setting (LearnZillion)
● You’re, Your (Quill)
● Skill Practice: It’s, Its (Quill)
281
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Show, Don’t Tell (LearnZillion)
● They’re, There, and There (Nearpod Original)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● 4th of July (Nearpod Team)
● President’s Day (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● How Did MLK Jr. Day Become a Holiday? (Origin of Everything)
● Labor Day (Nearpod Original)
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 4
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Weeks 1 & 2
● Audience
● Author
● Community
● Conclusion
● Draft
● Evidence
● Neutral
● Summary
● Big Word: Conclusion
● Pronouns (E-future)
Weeks 3 & 4
● Author
● Conclusion
● Edit
● Interpret
● Point of View
● Possessives and
This/That/These/Those
(E-future)
282
● Precise
Week 5
● Author
● Detail
● Evidence
● Feeling
● Timeline
● Pronouns (E-future)
● World Holidays and Traditions
Bundle
Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Hyperbole
● Martin Luther King Jr. & Leadership
● Plagiarism
● Susan B. Anthony & Perseverance
● Text Structure
Weeks 3 & 4
● Harriet Tubman & Courage
● Homophones, Homonyms, & Homographs
● Point of View
● Similes & Metaphors
● What is Drama?
Week 5
● Similes & Metaphors
● Theme in Literature
● Timelines & Chronology
● Types of Poetry
● What is Poetry?
Social & Emotional Learning
Weeks 1 & 2
● Better Together
● Introduction to Meditation (Calm)
Weeks 3 & 4
● I Can Grow
Return to Table of Contents
283
● Looking at Problems in New Ways
● Practicing Perspective-Taking
Week 5
● Emotion Thermometer
● Expressing Gratitude
● Favorite Objects
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Weeks 1 & 2
● Beyond Gender Stereotypes
● Super Digital Citizen (Common Sense Education)
● What’s Cyberbullying? (Common Sense Education)
Weeks 3 & 4
● Word Document Layout
Week 5
● Database Searches
● Evaluating Evidence
● Fighting Cognitive Biases
● Internet Vocabulary
College & Career Exploration
Weeks 1 & 2
● Researching Careers in Our Community
● Virtual Career Fair: Public Service
Weeks 3 & 4
● Writing a Business Letter
Week 5
● Virtual Career Fair: Creative Work
284
Unit 5: What’s Next?
Weeks 1 and 2: Expository Text
Essential Question: How can scientific knowledge change over time?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Science: A Work in Progress (Smithsonian)
● 100,000 years from Now (It’s Okay to Be Smart)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Spice Up Your Writing With Synonyms (Author’s Program)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Greek and Latin Roots: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Galileo’s Starry Night (Cricket Media)
● Mini: The Origins of the Internet (ReadWorks)
● Plate Tectonics: A Moving Earth (Newsela)
● Cause & Effect for Reading Comprehension (Author’s Program)
● Literary Devices: Imagery (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Cause and Effect (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
● Template: ELA: Cause & Effect (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Phonics and Spelling
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● English Root Words (Mometrix Academy)
Activities
● Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
285
● Understanding Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Roots and Affixes (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Homophones: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Homophones (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Using Homophones (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Appositives in the Middle (Quill)
● Complex Sentences (Quill)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Colons & Commas (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Using Colons & Commas (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Paraphrasing: Asteroids and Meteors (Quill)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Why the Moon Orbits Earth (It’s Okay to Be Smart)
● The Size of the Solar System (It’s Okay to Be Smart)
286
Weeks 3 and 4: Historical Fiction
Essential Question: How do shared experiences help people adapt to change?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Adapting to Change (Classroom Complete Press)
● Who I Am (Nearpod Team)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Assessment: What are Idioms? (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Figurative Language: Examples (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: The Great Depression (ReadWorks)
● Mini: The Night Before the Invasion (ReadWorks)
● Make Predictions by Previewing (LearnZillion)
● Comparing and Contrasting Elements of a Text (LearnZillion)
Phonics and Spelling
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● English Root Words (Mometrix Academy)
Activities
● Prefixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Understanding Prefixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Roots & Affixes (Nearpod Team)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Adjectives That Compare (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Comparatives & Superlatives (LearnZillion)
287
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Exploring Black Tuesday (Nearpod VR)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Primary vs. Secondary Sources (Nearpod Original)
● The Great Depression (Crash Course)
Activities
● Primary and Secondary Sources (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
288
Week 5: Argumentative Text
Essential Question: How do natural events and human activities affect the environment?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Exploring Earth (Nearpod VR)
● Extreme Weather (Nearpod VR)
● Human Impact (Nearpod VR)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● How Carbon Affects Nearly Everything on Earth (Smithsonian)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Roots & Affixes (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Affixes & Roots (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Figurative Language (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: What Happens When It Rains? (ReadWorks)
● Mini: Environmental Science: Global Warming (ReadWorks)
● Mini: Solar Absorbers and the Future of Electricity (ReadWorks)
● Going Global: Protecting the Environment (Cricket Media)
● Endangered Species: The West Indian Manatee (Newsela)
● Endangered Species: The African Elephant (Newsela)
● Endangered Species: The Giant Panda (Newsela)
● What is the Greenhouse Effect? (Newsela)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Organize Research Notes Using an Information Web (LearnZillion)
● Develop a Thesis and Supporting Reasons (LearnZillion)
● The Power of Persuasion (Education.com)
289
● Skill Practice: Better & Best, Worse & Worst (Quill)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Why Bees are Dying (It’s Okay to Be Smart)
● The Amur Leopard (BBC)
● Supporting Ideas in Opinion Writing (LearnZillion)
● Organize an Argumentative Essay (LearnZillion)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Ecosystems: Explore the Ocean (Nearpod VR)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Why Do Some Species Thrive in Cities? (Minute Earth)
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 5
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Weeks 1 & 2
● Author
● Cause
● Characteristics
● Criteria
● Detail
● Evidence
● Fact
● Research
● Solar Absorbers and the Future
of Electricity (ReadWorks)
Weeks 3 & 4
● Adapt
● Character
● Primary Source
● Setting
● I Need Some Help
● The Night Before the Invasion
(ReadWorks)
● What Does This Mean...?
290
Week 5
● Audience
● Chart
● Community
● Conclusion
● Fact
● Identify
● Opinion
● Point of View
● Report
● Research
● Ask and Answer Questions
About the Text While Reading
(LearnZillion)
● Houston Affects the Earth
(ReadWorks)
Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Cause & Effect
● Earth’s History
● Homophones, Homonyms, & Homographs
● Hyperbole
Weeks 3 & 4
● Characters
● Compare & Contrast
● The Great Depression
● Human-Environment Interaction
● Idioms
● Predictions
● Setting
Week 5
● Advanced Fact & Opinion
● Human-Environment Interaction
● Opinion Writing
Social & Emotional Learning
Weeks 1 & 2
● Critical Thinking, Questioning
Return to Table of Contents
291
● I Can Grow
Weeks 3 & 4
● Better Together
● Cooperating with Others
● Embracing Our Diversity
● Support Circles
● Teamwork
Week 5
● Acting Responsibly
● The Consequences of Your Actions
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Weeks 1 & 2
● Podcasts
Weeks 3 & 4
● Academic Research
● Finding Trustworthy Resources
● Sourcing Your Information
Week 5
● Blog Writing
College & Career Exploration
Weeks 1 & 2
● Virtual Career Fair: Academics and Research
● Virtual Career Fair: Medical Careers
● Virtual Career Fair: STEM Careers
Week 5
● Virtual Career Fair: Academics and Research
● Virtual Career Fair: Work with Animals
● Virtual Career Fair: Working Outdoors
292
Unit 6: Linked In
Weeks 1 and 2: Historical Fiction
Essential Question: How do different groups contribute to a cause?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● The Tuskegee Airmen (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Florence Nightingale (Red Rock Films)
● Rosie the Riveter (Red Rock Films)
● The Tuskegee Airmen (Nearpod Original)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● What are Homophones? (Nearpod Team)
● Homophones: Sail for Sale (Education.com)
● Homophone Exercise (Education.com)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Homophones (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Using Homophones (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Homophones: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Homophones (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: The Two Harriets, Heroines of the Civil War (ReadWorks)
● Mini: A Very Messy Tea Party (ReadWorks)
● Signaling Success: Inventor Martha Coston (CricketMedia)
● Voice for Freedom: The Story of James Weldon Johnson
(CricketMedia)
● Summarizing Texts (Nearpod Team)
293
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Summarizing Texts (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Determining a Theme (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Using Affixes to Understand New Words (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Greek and Latin Roots: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Choose the Best Story Idea from a Brainstormed List (LearnZillion)
● Plot Elements (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Organize Research Notes Using a Web (LearnZillion)
● Conflict (Nearpod Original)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Mini: WWII: Hiroshima, Japan (ReadWorks)
● Pearl Harbor Day: Remembrance Day (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● WWII: The US Army (Simple History)
● World War II Part 1 (Crash Course)
● World War II Part 2 (Crash Course)
Activities
● Cause and Effect (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
294
Weeks 3 and 4: Expository Text
Essential Question: How are living things adapted to their environment?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● The Pitcher Plant (BBC)
● Deep Sea Creatures (BBC)
● Why Do Some Species Thrive in Cities? (Minute Earth)
● Map Skills (Nearpod Original)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Context Clues (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Context Clues (Nearpod Original)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Endangered Species: The Snow Leopard (Newsela)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Point of View (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Cause and Effect (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
● Template: ELA: Cause & Effect (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Text Structure: Keywords (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Point of View: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Analyzing Point of View (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Point of View (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Using Transition Words in Writing (LearnZillion)
● Use Transition Words to Connect Related Ideas (LearnZillion)
295
● Revise a Constructed Response Using Transition and “Wow” Words
(LearnZillion)
● Skill Practice: Baking a Cake (Quill)
● Colons and Commas in Lists Lesson 2 (Quill)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Transition Words and Phrases: Definitions (Nearpod Team -
Matching Pairs)
● Transition Words and Phrases (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Colons & Commas (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Using Colons & Commas (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Predators: All Shapes and Sizes! (Nearpod VR)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Sharks (SciShow Kids)
296
Week 5: Poetry
Essential Question: What can our connections to the world teach us?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Russia: Winter (National Geographic Kids)
● China: Pandas (National Geographic Kids)
● Margaret Mead (Makematic)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Assessment: Similes, Metaphors, and Personification (Nearpod
Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Personification (The Bazillions)
Activities
● Figurative Language: Examples (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: Emilio (ReadWorks)
● California Lee and Me (Cricket Media)
● Understanding an Author’s Purpose (LearnZillion)
● Recognizing Figurative Language in Poetry (LearnZillion)
● Figurative Language (Nearpod Team)
● Interpreting Comparisons in Poetry (LearnZillion)
● Use Imagery in a Poem to Visualize the Setting (LearnZillion)
Phonics and Spelling
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Understanding Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
297
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Writing to Show, Not Tell (LearnZillion)
● Reading the Rhythm of a Poem (LearnZillion)
● What are Prepositions? (Nearpod Team)
● Prepositional Phrases: In, At, On, To (Quill)
● Placing Prepositional Phrases (Quill)
● Skill Builder: Placing Prepositional Phrases (Quill)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Show, Don’t Tell (LearnZillion)
● Prepositions (The Bazillions)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Texting, Email, and Telephone Manners (Classroom Complete
Press)
298
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 6
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Weeks 1 & 2
● Author
● Cause
● Contribute
● Detail
● Diversity
● Draft
● Effect
● Evidence
● Fiction
● Point of View
● Summary
● The Two Harriets: Heroines of
the Civil War (ReadWorks)
● A Very Messy Tea Party
(ReadWorks)
Weeks 3 & 4
● Adapt
● Author
● Cause
● Chronological
● Detail
● Edit
● Effect
● Habitat
● Map
● Ocean
● Ask and Answer Questions
About the Text While Reading
(LearnZillion)
Week 5
● Audience
● Author
● Community
● Pronouns (E-future)
299
● Connection
● Highlight
● Next
● Point of View
● Purpose
Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Cause & Effect
● Conflict
● Homophones, Homonyms, & Homographs
● Plot Elements
● Predictions
● Sequence
● Summarizing
● Theme in Literature
Weeks 3 & 4
● Cause & Effect
● Context Clues
● Map Skills
● Point of View
● Text Structure
Week 5
● Personification
● Predictions
● Types of Poetry
● What is Poetry
Social & Emotional Learning
Weeks 1 & 2
● Better Together
● Cooperating with Others
Return to Table of Contents
300
● Embracing Our Diversity
● Teamwork
Weeks 3 & 4
● Asking for Help
● Practice Perspective-Taking
● Solving Problems
Week 5
● My Support Circles
● Staying Connected
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Weeks 1 & 2
● Database Searches
● The Internet of Things
Weeks 3 & 4
● Designing Slides
● Evaluating Evidence
● Sourcing Your Information
Week 5
● Digital Friendships (Common Sense Education)
College & Career Exploration
Weeks 3 & 4
● Using Context Clues
Week 5
● Writing a Business Letter
Sixth Grade
Wonders Grade 6 Scope and Sequence
301
Unit 1: Changes
Weeks 1 and 2: Narrative Nonfiction
Essential Question: How do natural forces affect Earth?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Ecosystems: An Active Volcano (Nearpod VR)
● Exploring Pompeii (Nearpod VR)
● Natural Hazards: Earthquakes and Tsunamis (Lifeliqe)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Volcanoes (Nearpod Original)
● Hurricanes (Nearpod Original)
● How Do Tornadoes Form? (TED-Ed)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Literary Devices: Simile and Metaphor (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Similes and Metaphors (Nearpod Original)
● The Art of the Metaphor (TED-Ed)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: Plate Tectonics (ReadWorks)
● Mini: Tornado Scientists (ReadWorks)
● Plate Tectonics: A Moving Earth (Newsela)
● Issue Overview: Earthquake Readiness (Newsela)
● What Causes Landslides and Mudslides? (Newsela)
● What is a Natural Disaster? (Nearpod Team)
302
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Main Ideas (Mometrix Academy)
Activities
● Identifying Key Details of a Text (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Short Vowels: a (E-future)
● Short Vowels: e (E-future)
● Long Vowels: a Part 1 (E-future)
● Long Vowels: a Part 2 (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Using Descriptions in Narrative Writing (LearnZillion)
● Warm up: Let’s Talk Sentences! (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Crafting Personal Narratives (LearnZillion)
● Use Details to Create a Clear Image (LearnZillion)
● Description in a Personal Narrative (LearnZillion)
● Intro to Sentence Types (Mometrix Academy)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Hurricane Dorian (Nearpod Team)
● Derecho in the Midwest (Nearpod Team)
● Tornadoes Across the U.S. (Nearpod Team)
303
Weeks 3 and 4: Realistic Fiction
Essential Question: How do new experiences offer new perspectives?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Portrait of a Family (Nearpod Team)
● About Homelessness (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● How Fiction Can Change Reality (TED-Ed)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Context Clues (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Context Clues (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Context Clues (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Context Clues (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: Backroads (ReadWorks)
● Literary Devices: Imagery (Nearpod Team)
● Use Imagery to Notice Setting (LearnZillion)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● How to Compare and Contrast (Mometrix Academy)
Phonics and Spelling
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Commonly Confused Words (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Showing Personal Change in a Narrative (LearnZillion)
304
● Writing: Sentence Structure and Complexity (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Word Choice (Nearpod Original)
● Different Types of Sentences- It’s Complicated (Mometrix Academy)
Activities
● Commas (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Commas & Coordinating Conjunctions (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Mini: Alexander Graham Bell (ReadWorks)
● Mini: Louis Braille (ReadWorks)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● How Did Edison Invent Christmas Lights? (Origin of Everything)
● The Wright Brothers (Smithsonian)
● The Wright Brothers, First Successful Airplane (Simple History)
305
Week 5: Argumentative Text
Essential Question: What factors influence how people use money?
Essential Question
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Do Kids Need to Learn About Money? (Two Cents)
● 5 Ways People are Dumb About Money (Two Cents)
● Money, a Global Game of Trust (Two Cents)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● English Root Words (Mometrix Academy)
Activities
● Affixes & Roots (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: The Great Depression (ReadWorks)
● Money Problems: A Ming Folktale (Cricket Media)
● Narrator’s Point of View (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Cause and Effect for Kids (Mometrix Academy)
Activities
● Point of View: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Analyzing Point of View (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Phonics and Spelling
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Compound Words (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Breaking Down Compound Words (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
306
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Organizing Essay Structure (LearnZillion)
● Gathering Evidence for an Essay (LearnZillion)
● Connecting Ideas with Transition Words (LearnZillion)
● Writing Body Paragraphs (LearnZillion)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Parts of an Argumentative Essay (LearnZillion)
● Address Opposing Claims (LearnZillion)
● Find and Correct Run-on Sentences (LearnZillion)
● Sentence Fragments and Run-on Sentences (Mometrix Academy)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Exploring Black Tuesday (Nearpod VR)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● The Great Depression (Crash Course)
● What if There Were No Taxes? (Origin of Everything)
307
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 1
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Weeks 1 & 2
● Audience
● Cause
● Detail
● Ecosystem
● Effect
● Exert
● Hypothesis
● Infer
● Main Idea
● Map
● Method
● Nonfiction
● Resource
● Report
● Sequence
● Research
● Plate Tectonics (ReadWorks)
Weeks 3 & 4
● Author
● Character
● Contrast
● Detail
● Fiction
● Infer
● Narrator
● Perspective
● Alexander Graham Bell
(ReadWorks)
● Louis Braille (ReadWorks)
308
● Revise
● Setting
● Visualize
Week 5
● Cause
● Consumer
● Economy
● Effect
● Factor
● Global
● Graph
● Research
● Revise
● Society
● Structure
Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Dictionary Skills
● Map Skills
● Sequence
● Similes & Metaphors
● Volcanoes
Weeks 3 & 4
● Characters
● Context Clues
● Culture
● Maya Angelou & Resilience
● Predictions
● Simple & Compound Sentences
309
Week 5
● Cause & Effect
● The Great Depression
● Point of View
● Run-on Sentences
● Text Structure
Social & Emotional Learning
Weeks 3 & 4
● Growing as a Person
● Perspective-Taking
● Thinking Positive
Week 5
● Our Values Influence Our Decisions
● Weighing the Pros and Cons
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Weeks 1 & 2
● Commas, Periods, and Capitals (Typesy)
● Quotes and Punctuation (Typesy)
Weeks 3 & 4
● Blog Writing
Week 5
● Cryptocurrencies
College & Career Exploration
Weeks 1 & 2
● Exploring Careers in Research
● Exploring Careers in Working Outdoors
Weeks 3 & 4
● Campus Life
● Preparing for College in Middle School
Week 5
● Free Money for College
● VR Career Tours: Financial Manager
Historical Perspectives & Literacy
Weeks 1 & 2
● Hurricane Katrina
● Hurricane Maria
311
Unit 2: Excursions Across Time
Weeks 1 and 2: Expository Text
Essential Question: How did democracy develop?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Cradle of Democracy (iCivics)
● Development of Democracy (Author’s Program)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● What Did Democracy Really Mean in Athens? (TED-Ed)
● Where US Politics Came From (Crash Course)
Activities
● Ancient Greek Democracy & U.S. Democracy (Nearpod Team -
Draw It)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Vocabulary Cartoons: Aspire (Vocabulary Cartoons)
● Using Resources to Understand New Words (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Greek and Latin Roots: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Ask and Answer Questions to Check Your Own Understanding of a
Text (LearnZillion)
● Readers Ask Questions (Author’s Program)
● Comparing and Contrasting Textual Details (LearnZillion)
● Author’s Purpose: Informational Text (Nearpod Team)
● Author’s Purpose (Author’s Program)
● Author’s Point of View & Purpose (Nearpod Team)
312
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● How to Compare and Contrast (Mometrix Academy)
Phonics and Spelling
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Irregular Plural Nouns | Base Plurals (Khan Academy)
● Irregular Plural Nouns | The Mutant Plurals (Khan Academy)
Activities
● Past, Present & Future Verb Tense (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Writing and Grammar
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Writing an Expository Essay (Mometrix Academy)
● Understand Nouns (LearnZillion)
● What is a Noun? (Mometrix Academy)
Activities
● Nouns: Singular and Plural (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Singular & Plural Nouns (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Colons & Commas (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Using Colons & Commas (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● You’ve Got Rights! (iCivics)
● Anatomy of the Constitution (iCivics)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Amendments (Nearpod Original)
● The Bill of Rights (Nearpod Original)
313
Weeks 3 and 4: Historical Fiction
Essential Question: What was life like for people in ancient cultures?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Ancient China (Nearpod VR)
● Ancient Egypt (Nearpod VR)
● Ancient Greece (Nearpod VR)
● Exploring Ancient Empires (Nearpod VR)
● Ancient Roman History: Ghosts of the Coliseum (Nearpod VR)
● Empires: Ancient Egypt (Nearpod VR)
● Ancient Empires: Ruins of Petra (Nearpod VR)
● Ancient Civilizations: The Maya (Nearpod VR)
● Geography and Culture of Ancient Greece (Author’s Program)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Spice Up Your Writing With Synonyms (Author’s Program)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Word Choice (Nearpod Original)
● Denote or Connote (Mometrix Academy)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: The Code of Hammurabi (ReadWorks)
● Make Predictions by Previewing (LearnZillion)
● Revise Predictions as You Read Based on New Information
(LearnZillion)
● Narrator’s Point of View (Nearpod Team)
● Author’s Point of View and Purpose (Nearpod Team)
● Analyzing Point of View (LearnZillion)
● Author’s Purpose: Informational Text (Nearpod Team)
● Author’s Purpose (Author’s Program)
314
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Point of View: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Analyzing Point of View (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Phonics and Spelling
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Decoding Words: Closed and Open Syllables (Nearpod Team -
Draw It)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Connecting Ideas with Transition Words (LearnZillion)
● Transitions in Writing (Mometrix Academy)
● Nouns: Singular and Plural (Nearpod Team)
● Possessive Nouns (Nearpod Team)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Cradle of Democracy (iCivics)
● Development of Democracy (Author’s Program)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● What Did Democracy Really Mean in Athens? (TED-Ed)
● Where US Politics Came From (Crash Course)
Activities
● Ancient Greek Democracy & U.S. Democracy (Nearpod Team -
Draw It)
315
Week 5: Poetry
Essential Question: What can the past teach us?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Ancient Roman History: Ghosts of the Colosseum (Nearpod VR)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● A Day in the Life of an Ancient Egyptian Doctor (TED-Ed)
● A Day in the Life of a Roman Soldier (TED-Ed)
● A Day in the Life of an Ancient Greek Architect (TED-Ed)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Determining a Poem’s Rhyme Scheme (LearnZillion)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Personification (The Bazillions)
Activities
● Figurative Language (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Figurative Language (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● I, Too (Nearpod Team)
● Theme, Central Idea & Summary (Nearpod Team)
● Themes (Nearpod Team)
● Writing: Word Choice and Academic Language (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Word Choice (Nearpod Original)
Phonics and Spelling
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Syllables (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
316
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Appositives in the Middle (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Appositives in the Middle (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Appositives in the Middle 2 (Quill)
● Commas, Parentheses & Dashes (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● What is Sensory Language? (Mometrix Academy)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● The Giant Stone Moais of Easter Island (Newsela)
● Ancient Empires: Comparing Pyramid Structures (Nearpod VR)
● Exploring the Great Pyramid of Giza (Nearpod VR)
● Exploring Stonehenge (Nearpod VR)
● Exploring the Coliseum (Nearpod VR)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● How the Pyramids Were Built (It’s Okay to be Smart)
● How the Pyramids Were Built (Veritasium)
317
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 2
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Weeks 1 & 2
● Author
● Chart
● Civilization
● Contrast
● Debate
● Detail
● Development
● Edit
● Purpose
● Society
● Ask and Answer Questions
about the Text While Reading
(LearnZillion)
● Count and Noncount Nouns
(E-future)
● Singular and Plural Nouns
(E-future)
● Understanding Nouns (E-future)
Weeks 3 & 4
● Author
● Detail
● Edit
● Purpose
● Revise
● Setting
● Singular and Plural Nouns
(E-future)
Week 5
● Author
● Detail
● Evaluate
● Political
● Pyramid
● Theme
318
Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Author’s Purpose
● The Bill of Rights
● Compare & Contrast
● The Influence of Ancient Greece
● Text Structure
Weeks 3 & 4
● Ancient China
● Ancient India
● Point of View
● Possessive Nouns
● Predictions
● Word Choice
Week 5
● Personification
● Theme in Literature
● Types of Poetry
● What is Poetry
● Word Choice
Social & Emotional Learning
Weeks 1 & 2
● Organizing with Multiple Sources
Weeks 3 & 4
● Reflecting on Past Experiences
Week 5
● Critical Thinking Skills
● Reflecting on Past Experiences
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Weeks 1 & 2
● Designing Slides
Weeks 3 & 4
● Sourcing Your Information
Week 5
● Evaluating Evidence
Return to Table of Contents
319
● Fighting Cognitive Biases
College & Career Exploration
Weeks 1 & 2
● Writing a Business Letter
Weeks 3 & 4
● Exploring Careers in Research
Historical Perspectives & Literacy
Weeks 1 & 2
● Ancient Greece
● The Slavery Amendments
Weeks 3 & 4
● African Empires
● Alexander the Great
● Ancient Egypt
● Ancient Greece
● Ancient Rome
● Confucianism
● River Valley Civilizations
Week 5
● The Pyramids
320
Unit 3: Accomplishments
Weeks 1 and 2: Realistic Fiction
Essential Question: What kinds of challenges transform people?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Exploring the Social-Emotional World (Nearpod VR)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Context Clues (Nearpod Team)
● Context Clues (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Context Clues (Nearpod Original)
● Context Clues (McGraw Hill)
Activities
● Context Clues (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Context Clues (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: Earth Sciences: Hurricanes (ReadWorks)
● Mini: Preparing for Disaster (ReadWorks)
● Make Predictions by Previewing (LearnZillion)
● Determining the Theme of a Story (LearnZillion)
● Interpret a Text by Considering How the Theme Applies to the Real
World (LearnZillion)
● The Influence of Setting (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Predictive Reading (Mometrix Academy)
● Setting (Nearpod Original)
321
Activities
● Setting (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
● Developing the Setting (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Double Letter Vowels: ar, or (E-future)
● Double Letter Vowels: ir, er, ur (E-future)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Develop Ideas About a Character by Analyzing (LearnZillion)
● Bringing Characters to Life (Nearpod VR)
● Assessment: Subject-Verb Agreement (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Show, Don’t Tell (LearnZillion)
● Lights! Camera! Action Verbs and Linking Verbs! (Mometrix
Academy)
● Quotation Marks in Dialogue (Nearpod Original)
● Subject-Verb Agreement (LearnZillion)
Activities
● Point of View (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● What Is a Natural Disaster? (Nearpod Team)
● What Is a Hurricane? (Nearpod Team)
● Ecosystems: Natural Disasters (Nearpod VR)
● Mini: Earth Sciences: Hurricanes (ReadWorks)
● Mini: Preparing for Disaster (ReadWorks)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Hurricanes (Nearpod Original)
322
Weeks 3 and 4: Narrative Nonfiction
Essential Question: What can people accomplish by working together?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Encouraging Innovation (Classroom Complete Press)
● Collaboration: Project-Based Learning (Classroom Complete Press)
● Teamwork (Author’s Program)
● Literary Devices: Tone and Mood (Nearpod Team)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Using Affixes to Understand New Words (Nearpod Team)
● Using Affixes to Understand New Words (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● English Root Words (Mometrix Academy)
Activities
● Prefixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Understanding Prefixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Understanding Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: Building a Bridge (ReadWorks)
● Going Global: Protecting the Environment (Cricket Media)
● Mini: The Go-Kart (ReadWorks)
● Summarizing (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Text Structure: Informational Text (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Analyzing Text Structure: Informational Text (Nearpod Team - Draw
323
It)
● Narrative Writing (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Foreshadowing (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Phonics and Spelling
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Commonly Confused Words (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Writing: Word Choice and Academic Language (Nearpod Team)
● Review Helping Verbs (E-future)
● Inappropriate Shifts in Verb Voice and Mood (Quill)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Word Choice (Nearpod Original)
● Word Usage (Mometrix Academy)
● Lights! Camera! Action Verbs and Linking Verbs! (Mometrix
Academy)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Synthesizing Information (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Effective Communication (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
324
Week 5: Argumentative Text
Essential Question: What steps can people take to promote a healthier environment?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Transform Our World: Affordable and Clean Energy (Participate)
● Global Climate Strike (Nearpod Team)
● Reforestation (Nearpod Team)
● Identifying the Resolution of a Story (LearnZillion)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● U.N. Global Goal: Affordable & Clean Energy (Makematic)
● U.N. Global Goal: Life Under Water (Makematic)
● U.N. Global Goal: Reduced Consumption & Production
(Makematic)
● What Happens If You Cut Down a City’s Trees? (TED-Ed)
● Sustainability (Nearpod Original)
● Reforestation (Nearpod Original)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Synonyms (Mometrix Academy)
● What are Synonyms and Antonyms? (Mometrix Academy)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: Solar Absorbers and the Future of Electricity (ReadWorks)
● Going Global: Protecting the Environment (Cricket Media)
● The Protectors (Cricket Media)
● The Other Al Gore: Australian Tim Flannery (OZY Media)
● Mini: Worldwide Loss of Bees a Growing Concern (ReadWorks)
● Causes and Effects of Water and Air Pollution (Newsela)
● Tracing & Evaluating Arguments (Nearpod Team)
325
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Persuasive Writing Practice: Exploring the World (Nearpod VR)
● Persuasive Writing Practice: Moon Landing (Nearpod VR)
● Gathering Evidence for an Essay (LearnZillion)
● Connecting Ideas with Transition Words (LearnZillion)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Elements of Argumentative Writing (Nearpod Team)
● Contractions (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Using Contractions (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Defining Ethics with Debate (Nearpod Team)
● Debating (Classroom Complete Press)
● Transportation and Travel (Classroom Complete Press)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Facts and Opinions - Which is Which? (Mometrix Academy)
326
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 3
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Weeks 1 & 2
● Challenge
● Character
● Detail
● Fiction
● Force
● Point of View
● Revise
● Setting
● Theme
● Subject-Verb Agreement
(LearnZillion)
Weeks 3 & 4
● Community
● Fiction
● Nonfiction
● Revise
● Sequence
● Summary
● Synthesize
● Helping Verbs (E-future)
Week 5
● Argument
● Claim
● Conclusion
● Conflict
● Counterargument
● Evaluate
● Main Idea
● Persuade
● Ask and Answer Questions
About a Text While Reading
(LearnZillion)
● At the Airport
● At the Subway
327
● Structure
● Transportation
Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Character Traits
● Context Clues
● Point of View
● Setting
● Subject-Verb Agreement
● Theme in Literature
Weeks 3 & 4
● Foreshadowing
● Plot Elements
● Sequence
● Summarizing
● Text Structure
● Tone & Mood
● Word Choice
Week 5
● Energy
● Problem & Solution
● Text Structure
Social & Emotional Learning
Weeks 1 & 2
● Courage & Cyberbullying
● What’s Difficult?
Weeks 3 & 4
● Ask for Help
● Effective Teamwork
● Support Circles
● Teamwork & Screen Time
328
● Unity Among Diversity
Week 5
● Creating a Healthy Routine
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Weeks 1 & 2
● Citing Sources
● Finding Trustworthy Resources
● Sourcing Your Information
Weeks 3 & 4
● Communication and Collaboration Tools
● Evaluating Evidence
Week 5
● Chatting Safely Online (Common Sense Education)
● Digital Drama Unplugged (Common Sense Education)
● Responding to Online Hate Speech (Common Sense Education)
● Upstanders, Allies: Action Against Cyberbullying (Common Sense
Education)
College & Career Exploration
Weeks 1 & 2
● Using Context Clues
Weeks 3 & 4
● Designing Slides
● Introduction to Google Suite
Week 5
● Exploring Careers in Research
● Exploring Careers in Working with Animals
● Exploring Careers in Working Outdoors
● VR Career Tours: Farm Manager
Historical Perspectives & Literacy
Weeks 1 & 2
● Hurricane Katrina
● Hurricane Maria
Weeks 3 & 4
● Black Lives Matter
● Chicano Mural Movement
330
Unit 4: Challenges
Weeks 1 and 2: Biography
Essential Question: How do people meet personal challenges?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Dealing with Challenges (Nearpod Team)
● Exploring the Social-Emotional World (Nearpod VR)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● The Science of Stage Fright (TED-Ed)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Exploring Idioms (Author’s Program)
● Assessment: Idioms, Proverbs, and Adages (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Hyperbole (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Hyperbole (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Narrator’s Point of View (Nearpod Team)
● Author’s Point of View & Purpose (Nearpod Team)
● Author’s Purpose: Informational Text (Nearpod Team)
● Author’s Purpose (Author’s Program)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Point of View (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Point of View (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
331
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement (LearnZillion)
● Pronouns (Nearpod Team)
● Pronoun Shift (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Intensive Pronouns (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Subjective, Objective, and Possessive Pronouns
(Quill)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Correcting Vague Pronouns (Nearpod Original)
● Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement (Mometrix Academy)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Quotations from Outside Sources (LearnZillion)
Activities
● Paraphrase & Summarize (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
332
Weeks 3 and 4: Drama
Essential Question: When are decisions hard to make?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Decision Making (Nearpod VR)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● What is Drama? (Nearpod Original)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● What are Homophones? (Nearpod Team)
● Homophones: Sail for Sale (Education.com)
● Homophone Exercise (Education.com)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Homophones (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Homophones (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
● Homophones (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Using Homophones (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Summarizing (Nearpod Team)
● Summarizing Informational Texts (Nearpod Team)
● Determining the Theme of a Story (LearnZillion)
● Theme, Central Idea & Summary (Nearpod Team)
● Themes (Nearpod Team)
● Literary Devices: Imagery (Nearpod Team)
● Use Imagery to Notice Setting (LearnZillion)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Paraphrase & Summarize (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
333
Phonics and Spelling
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● English Root Words (Mometrix Academy)
Activities
● Prefixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Understanding Prefixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Understanding Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Greek and Latin Roots: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Skill Practice: Subjective, Objective, and Possessive Pronouns
(Quill)
● Assessment: Direct Quotations and Dialogue (Nearpod Team)
● Crafting a Dialogue (Nearpod VR)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Quotation Marks in Dialogue (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Commonly Confused Words (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Spelling Commonly Confused Words (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Ancient Greece: Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes (Newsela)
334
Week 5: Poetry
Essential Question: How can we take responsibility?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Distinguishing Poetry from Prose (LearnZillion)
● Understanding How Elements of Poetry Impact a Poem
(LearnZillion)
● Responsibilities and Rights (Teaching Tolerance)
● Being on Time (Nearpod Team)
● Resolving Conflicts (Nearpod Team)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Recognizing Figurative Language in Poetry (LearnZillion)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Alliterations Are All Around Us (Mometrix Academy)
● Figures of Speech (Mometrix Academy)
Activities
● Figurative Language (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Figurative Language: Examples (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Figurative Language (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Figurative Language (Nearpod Team)
● Narrator’s Point of View (Nearpod Team)
● Author’s Point of View & Purpose (Nearpod Team)
● Literary Devices: Tone and Mood (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Point of View (Nearpod Original)
335
Activities
● Point of View (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Tone & Mood (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Tone and Mood (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Literary Devices: Imagery (Nearpod Team)
● Whose, Whom, Who (Quill)
● Skill Practice: Whose, Whom, Who (Quill)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Texting, Email and Telephone Manners (Classroom Complete Press)
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 4
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Weeks 1 & 2
● Assess
● Author
● Challenge
● Paraphrase
● Point of View
● Purpose
● Pronouns (E-future)
Weeks 3 & 4
● Audience
● Infer
● Summary
● Theme
Week 5
● Consequence
● Draft
● Pronouns (E-future)
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● Fiction
● Point of View
● Responsibility
Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Author’s Purpose
● Hyperbole
● Idioms
● Plagiarism
● Point of View
● What’s the Hype About Hyperbole?
Weeks 3 & 4
● Homophones, Homonyms, & Homographs
● Summarizing
● Theme in Literature
● What is Drama?
Week 5
● Hyperbole
● Personification
● Similes & Metaphors
● Tone & Mood
● Types of Poetry
● What is Poetry?
● What’s the Hype About Hyperbole?
Social & Emotional Learning
Weeks 1 & 2
● Growing as a Person
● Introduction to Growth Mindset
Weeks 3 & 4
● Empathy
● Evaluating Consequences
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● If-Then Plans
● Our Values Influence Our Decisions
● Reflecting on Decisions
● Solving Problems
● Weighing the Pros and Cons
Week 5
● Balancing Obligations
● Taking Responsible Risks
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Weeks 1 & 2
● Digital Drama Unplugged (Common Sense Education)
● My Media Use (Common Sense Education)
● Podcasts
Weeks 3 & 4
● Upstanders, Allies: Action Against Cyberbullying (Common Sense
Education)
Week 5
● My Social Media Life (Common Sense Education)
College & Career Exploration
Weeks 1 & 2
● Exploring Public Service Careers
Weeks 3 & 4
● Choosing a Major
● Higher Education Options
● Nontraditional Options
Week 5
● Alternatives to College
● Making a Study Plan
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Unit 5: Discoveries
Weeks 1 and 2: Expository Text
Essential Question: How do people benefit from innovation?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Transform Our World: Infrastructure (Participate)
● Encouraging Innovation (Classroom Complete Press)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● U.N. Global Goal: The Three I’s (Makematic)
● U.N. Global Goal: Clean Water & Sanitation (Makematic)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Context Clues (Nearpod Team)
● Antonyms, Synonyms, Homophones, & Homographs (Nearpod
Team)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: Urban Farms (ReadWorks)
● Mini: Louis Braille (ReadWorks)
● Mini: Alexander Graham Bell (ReadWorks)
● The Clothing of the Future (OZY Media)
● All Rise for Chief Justice Robot (OZY Media)
● Signaling Success: Inventor Martha Coston (Cricket Media)
● The Man Who Invented Roller Skates (Cricket Media)
● Text Features and Graphics (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Cause and Effect for Kids (Mometrix Academy)
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Homophone Exercise (Education.com)
339
● Double Trouble (Education.com)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● They’re, There, and There (Nearpod Original)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Ancient Civilizations: The Maya (Nearpod VR)
● Ancient Egypt (Nearpod VR)
● Ancient Greece (Nearpod VR)
● The Inca Empire (Nearpod VR)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Building the Pyramids (It’s Okay to be Smart)
● The Rise and Fall of the Inca Empire (TED-Ed)
● Writing an Expository Essay (Mometrix Academy)
● Capitalization in Grammar (Mometrix Academy)
● How to Use Semicolons (Mometrix Academy)
Activities
● Research (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Capitalization (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Using Correct Capitalization (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Semicolons & Commas (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Using Semicolons & Commas (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
340
Weeks 3 and 4: Historical Fiction
Essential Question: How do people show inner strength?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Exploring the Social-Emotional World (Nearpod VR)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● The Quiet Power of Introverts (BBC)
● How to be a Good Listener if Someone is Upset (BBC)
● Harriet Tubman (Red Rock Films)
● Malala Yousafzai (Makematic)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Idioms, Adages and Proverbs (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Figurative Language (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: Flying Blind (ReadWorks)
● Mini: The Run (ReadWorks)
● Make Predictions by Previewing (LearnZillion)
● Making Inferences About Characters (LearnZillion)
● Develop Ideas About a Character by Analyzing (LearnZillion)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Predictive Reading (Mometrix Academy)
● Setting (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Plot Structure: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Identifying Plot Structure (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
341
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Using Affixes to Understand New Words (Nearpod Team)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Using Transition Words in Writing (LearnZillion)
● Using Transition Words to Connect Your Writing (LearnZillion)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Transitions in Writing (Mometrix Academy)
● Transition Words, Phrases and Clauses (LearnZillion)
● Different Degrees in Comparisons (Mometrix Academy)
Activities
● Comparative & Superlative Adjectives (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Adjectives: Comparative & Superlative (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Paraphrasing: Rosa Parks (Education.com)
● Paraphrasing: Beethoven (Education.com)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● The March on Washington (Smithsonian)
● Knocking on Doors: Ida B. Wells (Smithsonian)
● Shutting Down the Street: Lyda Newman (Smithsonian)
Activities
● Paraphrase & Summarize (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
342
Week 5: Argumentative Text
Essential Question: How have tools used for exploration evolved over time?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● The Age of Exploration (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● What’s So Special About Viking Ships? (TED-Ed)
● Space Exploration: Titan (Nearpod Original)
Vocabulary
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Denote or Connote? (Mometrix Academy)
● Word Choice (Nearpod Original)
● Word Usage (Mometrix Academy)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Mini: Nefertari’s Tomb (ReadWorks)
● First All-Woman Spacewalk (Nearpod Team)
● Mini: Mission to Mars (ReadWorks)
● Cosmology’s Holy Grail (OZY Media)
● Summarizing (Nearpod Team)
● Author’s Point of View & Purpose (Nearpod Team)
● Narrator’s Point of View (Nearpod Team)
● Analyzing Point of View (LearnZillion)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Organizing Essay Structure (LearnZillion)
● Gathering Evidence for an Essay (LearnZillion)
● Writing Body Paragraphs (LearnZillion)
● Connecting Ideas with Transition Words (LearnZillion)
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Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Address Opposing Claims (LearnZillion)
● Different Degrees in Comparisons (Mometrix Academy)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Early Space Exploration (Lifeliqe)
● Recent Space Exploration (Lifeliqe)
● Life in Space (Lifeliqe)
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 5
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Weeks 1 & 2
● Chart
● Civilization
● Life Cycle
● Modify
● Nutrients
● Pyramid
● Research
● Adjectives (E-future)
● Louis Braille (ReadWorks)
● Urban Farms (ReadWorks)
Weeks 3 & 4
● Cause
● Character
● Effect
● Event
● Paraphrase
● Reaction
● Revise
● Setting
● Adjectives (E-future)
● Connect Ideas Using Transition
Words, Phrases, and Clauses
(LearnZillion)
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Week 5
● Bias
● Claim
● Graph
● Magnetic
● Point of View
● Timeline
● Comparatives (E-future)
Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Cause & Effect
● Colons & Semicolons
● Homophones, Homonyms, & Homographs
● Map Skills
● Mesoamerica
● Text Structure
Weeks 3 & 4
● African Proverbs
● Characters
● Plagiarism
● Plot Elements
Week 5
● Point of View
● Text Structure
● Timelines & Chronology
● Word Choice
Social & Emotional Learning
Weeks 1 & 2
● Introduction to Growth Mindset
● Taking Responsible Risks
Weeks 3 & 4
● Calm Kids Meditation Bundle
● Empathy
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● Identifying Strengths
● Glows and Grows
● SEL & Our Stories Bundle
● Share Your Growth
● Share Your Strengths
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Weeks 1 & 2
● Finding Trustworthy Resources
● From ; to : (Using Shift) (Typesy)
● Sourcing Your Information
● Technology’s Impact
Weeks 3 & 4
● Teen Voices: Dealing with Digital Drama (Common Sense Education)
Week 5
● Evaluating Evidence
● Diversifying Your Media Diet
● Identifying High-Quality Sites (Common Sense Education)
● Sourcing Your Information
● Fighting Cognitive Biases
College & Career Exploration
Weeks 1 & 2
● Exploring Careers in Research
● Exploring Careers in Trade
● Exploring Creative Careers
Weeks 3 & 4
● Describing Strengths and Weaknesses
● VR Career Tours: Mental Health Counselor
Week 5
● Exploring Careers in Research
● Exploring STEM Careers
Historical Perspectives & Literacy
Weeks 1 & 2
● Ancient Egypt
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● Ancient Greece
● Maya, Inca, and Aztec Empires
● The Pyramids
● River Valley Civilizations
● The Space Race
Weeks 3 & 4
● Frederick Douglass
● Harriet Tubman
● Malala Yousafzai
● Protests of the Civil Rights Movement
Week 5
● The Space Race
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Unit 6: Taking Action
Weeks 1 and 2: Expository Text
Essential Question: How have people used natural resources?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Earth’s Natural Resources (Education.com)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Why are Bees Dying? (It’s Okay to Be Smart)
Activities
● Natural Resources (Nearpod Team)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Using Affixes to Understand New Words (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Greek and Latin Roots: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Readers Ask Questions (Author’s Program)
● Ask and Answer Questions to Check Your Own Understanding of a
Text (LearnZillion)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Main Ideas (Mometrix Academy)
● Finding the Main Idea (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Analyzing the Main Idea (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Identifying Key Details of a Text (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Figurative Language (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Figurative Language: Examples (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Figurative Language (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
348
Phonics and Spelling
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Affixes & Roots (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Understanding Suffixes (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Writing and Grammar
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Use Domain-Specific Vocabulary (LearnZillion)
● Adverbs and Adjectives (Mometrix Academy)
● Adverbs (Mometrix Academy)
Activities
● Research (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Getting to Know California* (Nearpod VR)
*All states are available in the Nearpod Library.
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Weeks 3 and 4: Expository Text
Essential Question: What can scientists reveal about ancient civilizations?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● Ancient Egypt: Script and Hieroglyphics (Education.com)
● Aiming for Accuracy (Nearpod 3D)
● Exploring Stonehenge (Nearpod VR)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Using Affixes to Understand New Words (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Greek and Latin Roots: Definitions (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Figurative Language (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Figurative Language: Examples (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
● Figurative Language (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Who Built Stonehenge? (Newsela)
● Going Global: A Prehistoric World Tour (Cricket Media)
● Summarizing (Nearpod Team)
● Narrator’s Point of View (Nearpod Team)
● Author’s Point of View and Purpose (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Paraphrase & Summarize (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Text Structure: Informational Text (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Analyzing Text Structure: Informational Text (Nearpod Team - Draw
It)
● Point of View (Nearpod Team - Matching Pairs)
350
Phonics and Spelling
Lesson Library
● Using Affixes to Understand New Words (Nearpod Team)
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● What are Prepositions? (Nearpod Team)
● Commas, Parentheses & Dashes (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Prepositions (The Bazillions)
Research and Inquiry
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Identify Relevant Evidence (LearnZillion)
351
Week 5: Poetry
Essential Question: Why is taking a break important?
Essential Question
Lesson Library
● The Many Forms of Poetry (Nearpod VR)
● Ode to the Simple Things (Nearpod VR)
● Mental Health Days (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● What Would Happen If You Didn’t Sleep? (TED-Ed)
Vocabulary
Lesson Library
● Literary Devices: Imagery (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● Hyperbole (Nearpod Original)
● Repetition & Anaphora (Nearpod Original)
Activities
● Hyperbole (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
Comprehension
Lesson Library
● Use Imagery to Notice Setting (LearnZillion)
● Interpret Repetition in a Poem (LearnZillion)
● Theme, Central Idea & Summary (Nearpod Team)
● Themes (Nearpod Team)
● Literary Devices: Tone and Mood (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Activities
● Tone & Mood (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Tone and Mood (Nearpod Team - Time to Climb)
352
Writing and Grammar
Lesson Library
● Writing: Sentence Structure and Complexity (Nearpod Team)
● Compound Sentences (Nearpod Team)
● Assessment: Simple and Compound Sentences (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● What is Sensory Language? (Mometrix Academy)
● Intro to Sentence Types (Mometrix Academy)
● More Uses for Commas (Khan Academy)
● Question Marks (Mometrix Academy)
● Exclamation Points! (Mometrix Academy)
● How to Use Semicolons (Mometrix Academy)
● Consistency in Punctuation (Mometrix Academy)
● Quotation Marks in Dialogue (Nearpod Original)
● Quotation Marks (Mometrix Academy)
Activities
● Semicolons & Commas (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Using Semicolons & Commas (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Colons & Commas (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
● Using Colons & Commas (Nearpod Team - Draw It)
Research and Inquiry
Lesson Library
● Graphs: Summarizing Data (Nearpod Team)
Video & Activity
Library
Videos
● A Beginner’s Guide to Graphing Data (Bozeman Science)
353
Nearpod Premium Content: Unit 6
English Learners
Academic Vocabulary
EL Newcomer & Content Support
Weeks 1 & 2
● Fact
● Main Idea
● Relevant
● Research
● Resource
● Seed
● Significant
● Adjectives (E-future)
● Adverbs (E-future)
● Comparatives (E-future)
● Getting to Know California*
(Nearpod VR)
*All states are available in the Nearpod Library.
Weeks 3 & 4
● Civilization
● Infer
● Interpret
● Point of View
● Relevant
● Research
● Resource
● Sequence
● Society
● Be + Preposition + Noun
(E-future)
● Be Verbs: Affirmatives and
Negatives (E-future)
● Future: Affirmatives and
Negatives (E-future)
● Prepositions of Place (E-future)
● Present Continuous: Negatives
(E-future)
● Present Simple: Negatives
(E-future)
● Present Simple: Affirmatives
and Negatives (E-future)
Week 5
● Author
● Fiction
● Graph
● Mood
● Theme
● Interpret Repetition in a Poem
(LearnZillion)
354
Flocabulary
Weeks 1 & 2
● Adverbs
● Hyperbole
● Personification
● Similes & Metaphors
● Summarizing
● What’s the Hype About Hyperbole?
Weeks 3 & 4
● Point of View
● Sequence
● Text Structure
Week 5
● Colons & Semicolons
● Greek Mythology
● Hyperbole
● Simple & Compound Sentences
● Theme in Literature
● Tone & Mood
● Types of Poetry
● What is Poetry
● What’s the Hype About Hyperbole?
Social & Emotional Learning
Week 5
● The Importance of Sleep
Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Weeks 1 & 2
● Identifying High-Quality Sites (Common Sense Education)
Weeks 3 & 4
● Identifying High-Quality Sites (Common Sense Education)
Week 5
● Commas, Periods, and Capitals (Typesy)
● Quotes and Punctuation (Typesy)
