Building a New System: Colonial America 1607-1763
Grades 4-5
This unit begins with an in-depth study of the interrelationships within the Chesapeake Bay System between the Native Americans and the early English colonists in Virginia. The unit then turns to an exploration of the economic, social, and political systems of early America across the colonies, comparing and contrasting the
OpenSciEd Middle School science program addresses all middle school NGSS standards. This comprehensive science curriculum empowers students to question, design, investigate, and solve the world around them.
Anchored Science by Mi-STAR is a comprehensive middle school science curriculum driven by a bold vision for the future, where science isn’t just a subject but a powerful, integrated body of knowledge that equips students to tackle today’s pressing societal challenges. This curriculum harnesses the full potential of the Next Generation Science Standards, empowering students to actively engage with science and engineering practices. They’ll move beyond the classroom, using their skills to solve
IMKH California, an IM® v.360 math curriculum, is problem-based and builds strong classroom math communities. It gives students a clear progression of concepts and helps teachers deepen their understanding of math and student thinking.
The curriculum encourages collaboration and meaningful mathematical conversations, highlighting Big Ideas, Major Concepts, and Mathematical Practices, while integrating Environmental Principles & Concepts and supports for MLL, ELD, and EL students.
Kindergarten
The big ideas in kindergarten include:
During a highly secretive mission over the Amazon Rainforest, a state-of-the-art cargo plane loses communication and goes down in the jungle. Concerned for the safety of the pilots as well as trying to retrieve the classified shipment of a synthetic narcotic seized by the DEA, the head of the Van Baron company turns to his three close friends to find the aircraft before anyone knows it’s missing. Driven by a sense of honor and duty, documentary filmmaker and college professor Cal Bailey and his two best friends