The year on one island

Kindergarten

Unit 1Look Up, Look Around

  1. Week 1: Social StudiesRules help usScienceScientists look closely
  2. Week 2: Social StudiesMake a fair ruleScienceWarm or cold?
  3. Week 3: Social StudiesWhere is it?ScienceOne day, two looks
  4. Week 4: Social StudiesDays in orderScienceAsk about weather
  5. Week 5: Social StudiesMap of my roomScienceDress and plan
  6. Week 6: Social StudiesLand and waterScienceCount our sky days

Unit 2Helpers and Jobs · What Living Things Need

  1. Week 7: Social StudiesJobs at home and schoolScienceBean plants need light
  2. Week 8: Social StudiesCommunity workers and placesScienceAnimals need food and water
  3. Week 9: Social StudiesJobs long ago and nowScienceRead our bean results
  4. Week 10: Social StudiesHonesty and Abraham LincolnScienceAnimals change places
  5. Week 11: Social StudiesVeterans Day and serviceSciencePlants change places
  6. Week 12: Social StudiesHarvest, thanks and monthsScienceWhere can it live?

Unit 3Mapping My Community · Pushes and Pulls

  1. Week 13: Social StudiesTraffic symbolsSciencePush or pull?
  2. Week 14: Social StudiesMap symbols and a keyScienceHarder and softer
  3. Week 15: Social StudiesPlaces and jobs near usSciencePush from different sides
  4. Week 16: Social StudiesA map of a neighborhoodScienceRamps and bumpers
  5. Week 17: Social StudiesFamily-choice winter daysScienceHit the target
  6. Week 18: Social StudiesFinish and share our community mapScienceTwo bumpers, one job

Unit 4Symbols of Country and State · Sunshine Warms

  1. Week 19: Social StudiesHistory and a new calendar yearScienceWater in sun and shade
  2. Week 20: Social StudiesDr. Martin Luther King Jr.ScienceSand, soil and rocks
  3. Week 21: Social StudiesThe United States flagScienceFind shade
  4. Week 22: Social StudiesNational symbolsScienceMake a shade
  5. Week 23: Social StudiesCalifornia symbolsScienceCompare two shades
  6. Week 24: Social StudiesPresidents and remembered daysScienceTwo months of weather

Unit 5People Who Made a Difference · Weather and Wise Choices

  1. Week 25: Social StudiesRuby Bridges and Mamie TapeScienceBig weather
  2. Week 26: Social StudiesLarry Itliong and César ChávezScienceOur family weather plan
  3. Week 27: Social StudiesClara Barton and Patsy MinkScienceNeeds and different places
  4. Week 28: Social StudiesHomes, school and travel then and nowSciencePlant in a suitable place
  5. Week 29: Social StudiesAsk about long agoScienceShape helps it work
  6. Week 30: Social StudiesBelieved, acted, happenedScienceOur weather year

Unit 6Our Year, Our Story · Caring for Our World

  1. Week 31: Social StudiesMy year in orderSciencePeople change places
  2. Week 32: Social StudiesDays and months in orderScienceUse less and reuse
  3. Week 33: Social StudiesDays to rememberScienceHelp living things
  4. Week 34: Social StudiesWhy these Americans matterScienceA problem for someone I know
  5. Week 35: Social StudiesAlike and different placesScienceBuild, test and compare
  6. Week 36: Social StudiesOur good-citizen museumScienceOur science museum

Grade 1

Unit 1Mapping land and water

  1. Week 1: Social Studies · Lesson 1One place with many locationsScience · Lesson 1A sky worth noticing
  2. Week 2: Social Studies · Lesson 2Looking at the whole world
  3. Week 5: Social Studies · Lesson 3Planning for the place
  4. Week 6: Social Studies · Lesson 4Maps help people solve problemsScience · Lesson 2Design, test, compare

Unit 2Families and living things

  1. Week 7: Science · Lesson 3Different ways to care for young
  2. Week 8: Science · Lesson 4Alike but not identical
  3. Week 9: Social Studies · Lesson 5Notice, ask and include
  4. Week 10: Social Studies · Lesson 6Living knowledge and lasting work
  5. Week 11: Social Studies · Lesson 7Learning what a practice means
  6. Week 12: Social Studies · Lesson 8A map can hold a family storyScience · Lesson 5Our daylight checkpoint

Unit 3Making and exchanging

  1. Week 13: Social Studies · Lesson 9A basket of choices
  2. Week 14: Social Studies · Lesson 10More than a price tag
  3. Week 17: Social Studies · Lesson 11Along the towpathScience · Lesson 6Seeing needs light
  4. Week 18: Social Studies · Lesson 12A market tells a storyScience · Lesson 7What happens in the beam?

Unit 4Signals and shared decisions

  1. Week 19: Social Studies · Lesson 13A place for everyoneScience · Lesson 8Small movements make sound
  2. Week 20: Social Studies · Lesson 14Two ways to decideScience · Lesson 9A message without words
  3. Week 21: Science · Lesson 10Light carries a code
  4. Week 22: Science · Lesson 11Compare before choosing
  5. Week 23: Social Studies · Lesson 15Pictures, places and promisesScience · Lesson 12Our changing daylight record
  6. Week 24: Social Studies · Lesson 16More than a day offScience · Lesson 13The sky has patterns

Unit 5Change and care

  1. Week 25: Social Studies · Lesson 17Windows into earlier places
  2. Week 26: Social Studies · Lesson 18Work, play and celebration
  3. Week 29: Science · Lesson 14A mole moves soil
  4. Week 30: Social Studies · Lesson 19Water does not stop at a lineScience · Lesson 15Protection needs a fair comparison

Unit 6Our evidence museum

  1. Week 31: Social Studies · Lesson 20Routes, names and neighbors
  2. Week 32: Social Studies · Lesson 21A spoon’s unfinished story
  3. Week 33: Science · Lesson 16Patterns need more than one look
  4. Week 34: Social Studies · Lesson 22Culture keeps movingScience · Lesson 17Parents, young and care
  5. Week 35: Social Studies · Lesson 23Two ways to make a ruleScience · Lesson 18A test belongs to its problem
  6. Week 36: Social Studies · Lesson 24The label that needed a question markScience · Lesson 19An honest daylight ending

Grade 2

Unit 1Mapping land and water

  1. Week 1: Social Studies · Lesson 1One place with many locations
  2. Week 2: Science · Lesson 1Build a little landscape
  3. Week 3: Social Studies · Lesson 2A continent with many neighborsScience · Lesson 2Water in different places
  4. Week 4: Social Studies · Lesson 3Different places with shared needsScience · Lesson 3Count kinds, not just bodies
  5. Week 5: Science · Lesson 4Earth changes at different speeds
  6. Week 6: Social Studies · Lesson 4Maps help people solve problemsScience · Lesson 5Design, test, compare

Unit 2Families and living things

  1. Week 7: Social Studies · Lesson 5A story needs clues
  2. Week 8: Social Studies · Lesson 6Before, now and next
  3. Week 9: Science · Lesson 6What do seedlings need?
  4. Week 10: Science · Lesson 7Seeds that catch a ride
  5. Week 11: Science · Lesson 8Look again in the same way
  6. Week 12: Social Studies · Lesson 7A map can hold a family storyScience · Lesson 9What our plants actually showed

Unit 3Making and exchanging

  1. Week 13: Social Studies · Lesson 8A basket of choicesScience · Lesson 10Look closely at materials
  2. Week 14: Social Studies · Lesson 9More than a price tagScience · Lesson 11The best material for the job
  3. Week 15: Social Studies · Lesson 10Many routes to a mealScience · Lesson 12The same pieces in a new shape
  4. Week 16: Social Studies · Lesson 11The last six sheetsScience · Lesson 13Can the change go back?
  5. Week 18: Social Studies · Lesson 12A market tells a story

Unit 4Signals and shared decisions

  1. Week 21: Social Studies · Lesson 13Different jobs in government
  2. Week 22: Social Studies · Lesson 14Water crosses boundariesScience · Lesson 14Compare before choosing

Unit 5Change and care

  1. Week 25: Science · Lesson 15Changes with different clocks
  2. Week 26: Science · Lesson 16Can it change back?
  3. Week 27: Social Studies · Lesson 15Returning to help othersScience · Lesson 17Many kinds in a place
  4. Week 28: Social Studies · Lesson 16Trees and people togetherScience · Lesson 18A seedling needs more than a plan
  5. Week 29: Science · Lesson 19A mole moves soil
  6. Week 30: Social Studies · Lesson 17Water does not stop at a lineScience · Lesson 20Protection needs a fair comparison

Unit 6Our evidence museum

  1. Week 31: Social Studies · Lesson 18Routes, names and neighborsScience · Lesson 21Land, water and useful models
  2. Week 32: Social Studies · Lesson 19A spoon’s unfinished storyScience · Lesson 22Materials and pieces
  3. Week 33: Social Studies · Lesson 20A source is not a whole story
  4. Week 34: Science · Lesson 23One station, honest evidence
  5. Week 35: Social Studies · Lesson 21Two ways to make a ruleScience · Lesson 24A test belongs to its problem
  6. Week 36: Social Studies · Lesson 22The label that needed a question markScience · Lesson 25A new job for familiar materials

Family edition

Unit 1Mapping land and water

  1. Week 1: Our place in the world
  2. Week 2: Maps and models of Earth
  3. Week 3: Across North America
  4. Week 4: California places and living neighbors
  5. Week 5: Weather and everyday choices
  6. Week 6: Keep the model path in place

Unit 2Families and living things

  1. Week 7: Clues to family stories
  2. Week 8: Generations and growing
  3. Week 9: Many people, one community
  4. Week 10: Contributions that continue
  5. Week 11: Traditions and shared places
  6. Week 12: A family journey exhibit

Unit 3Making and exchanging

  1. Week 13: What we need and use
  2. Week 14: Buyers, makers and helpers
  3. Week 15: From farm to table
  4. Week 16: Choices with limited resources
  5. Week 17: Getting goods from place to place
  6. Week 18: Make a small market exhibit

Unit 4Signals and shared decisions

  1. Week 19: Fair play and shared responsibilities
  2. Week 20: Voting and choosing representatives
  3. Week 21: How laws work
  4. Week 22: Solving problems together
  5. Week 23: Symbols and public places
  6. Week 24: Days to remember

Unit 5Change and care

  1. Week 25: A place has a past
  2. Week 26: Ordinary days leave clues
  3. Week 27: Harriet Tubman and freedom
  4. Week 28: Wangari Maathai grew a movement
  5. Week 29: Borrow a useful shape
  6. Week 30: Keep soil in its place

Unit 6Our evidence museum

  1. Week 31: A map tells a story
  2. Week 32: The objects in our exhibit
  3. Week 33: Stories need evidence
  4. Week 34: Our living museum
  5. Week 35: Build something useful
  6. Week 36: Open the evidence museum