Twenty-one Curriculum Notebooks are available; one for each strand of each grade level. All units include Multiple Intelligence Menus, Science Curiosity Centers, Thinking Skill and Behavior Lessons, and integration of EALRs for Reading Writing and Communication.

Thinking Skills are targeted in each unit.  Each unit notebook contains information on one specific thinking skill, including pre and post-assessments, direct instruction lessons and a variety of content specific guided practice lessons.

STRAND

AMERICA

WORLD
COMMUNITIES

SCIENTIFIC
SYSTEMS

KINDERGARTEN

Communities, Cycles, Change

COMMUNITIES

• Self, Family, Classroom, Neighborhood

• Senses

• Rhyme, Folktales, Fairy Tales

• Observing Thinking Skill

OUR WORLD

• Communities Around the World

• Continents and Globes

• Matter: Solid and Liquid

• Rhyme and Folktales

• Comparing Thinking Skill

ENVIRONMENT 

• Seasons/Weather

• Plants & Animals

• Life Cycles

• Observing Thinking Skills

Goal Setting

GRADE 1

Communities, Cultures, Connections

COMMUNITY CONCEPTS

• Community Contributors

• Early Settlements

• Animal Habitats

• Folktales/
  Non-fiction

• Guided Reading

Compare/Contrast

AUSTRALIA

• Animals

• People

• Coral Reef

• Poetry/Folklore

• Guided Reading

Sequencing

MARINE LIFE

• Animals/Tidal Zones

• Properties of Water

• Environment

• Non-fiction

• Guided Reading

Observing

GRADE 2

Challenges, Conflict, Change

EARLY AMERICANS

• Pioneers and Native Americans

• Simple Machines

• Legends and Stories

• Guided Reading

Finding Patterns

SOUTH AMERICA

• Rainforests

• Culture

• Environment

• Poetry and Legends

Predicting

EARLY EARTH

• Archeology/Dinosaurs

• Rocks and minerals

• Non-Fiction

Classifying

GRADE 3

Systems, Cycles, Relationships

PUGET SOUND COMMUNITIES

• Seattle & Maple Valley, Past & Present

• Watershed, salmon

• Newspaper Writing

• Guided Reading

Problem Solving

AFRICA

• Biomes/Geography

• Culture

• Folktale and Proverbs

• Africa Reader's Workshop

Inference

HUMAN BODY

• Senses

• Nutrition, Personal Health

• Sound

• Relationships Reader's Workshop

Fact & Opinion

Learner  Outcomes

• Community Contributor

• Self-Directed Learner

• Effective Communicator

• Collaborative Worker

• Complex Thinker

• Quality Producer

STRAND

AMERICA

WORLD
COMMUNITIES

SCIENTIFIC
SYSTEMS

GRADE 4

Communities, Cultures, Connections

WASHINGTON STATE HISTORY

• History, Geography

• Forests of Washington

• Spirit Quest Study guide

• Journeys Reader's Workshop

Finding Evidence

ASIA

• Geology and Culture

• Earthquakes and Volcanoes

• Haiku

• Report Writing

• Asia Reader's Workshop

Summarizing

ASTRONOMY

• Solar System and Universe

• Flight

• Science fiction

• Scientific Investigations

Main Idea

GRADE 5

Challenges, Conflict, Change

EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY

• Exploration and colonization

• Revolutionary War and Government

• Electricity

• Biography

• Sea Poetry Workshop

• Revolutionary War  Reader's Workshop

Point of View

EUROPE

• Greek and Roman Influence

• Storypath Medieval Castle Project

• Number the Stars, Study Guide

• Country Reports

• Chemistry

 Analysis/Evaluation

BODY SYSTEMS

• Physical Challenges

• Systems

• Substance Abuse, Prevention

• Challenges Reader's Workshop

Decision Making

GRADE 6

Systems, Cycles, Relationships

GROWTH OF A NATION

• Westward Movement

• Civil War

• Outdoor Classroom Activities

• Tall Tales

• Poetry of Langston Hughes

• Civil War  Reader's Workshop

• Plant and Animals

• Ecology/Conservation

• Endangered Species

Cause & Effect
Detecting Bias

NORTH AMERICA

• Geography, Government, Culture

• Canada, USA, Mexico

• Atmosphere and Weather Study

• Author Study reader's Workshop: AVI

• Storypath Museum Project

• Six Trait Writing

• Non-fiction

• Poetry Workshop

• Animal Fiction Reader's Workshop

Synthesis

Learner
Outcomes

• Community Contributor

• Self-Directed Learner

• Effective Communicator

• Collaborative Worker

• Complex Thinker

• Quality Producer