Table of Contents

Age 7-9 - Concept 3: Cycles

Unit 1: Life Cycles [S]

  • Lesson 1: Characteristics of Living Things
  • Lesson 2: What Is A Life Cycle?
  • Lesson 3: Life Cycle of Animals (2 Days)
  • Lesson 4: Insect Life Cycles (2 Days)
  • Lesson 5: Plants and Soil (2 Days)
  • Lesson 6: Circle of Life
  • Lesson 7: Energy and Food Chains (2 Days)
  • Lesson 8: Food Webs and Energy Pyramids
  • Lesson 9: Animals' Design
  • Final Project: A New Species (2 Days)

Unit 1: Poppy [LA]

  • Lesson 1: Preparing for Poppy (2 Days)
  • Lesson 2: Mr. Ocax
  • Lesson 3: The Emergency Meeting
  • Lesson 4: Standing Before Mr. Ocax
  • Lesson 5: Poppy and Poppa
  • Lesson 6: Dimwood Forest
  • Lesson 7: Ereth
  • Lesson 8: On the Way to New House
  • Lesson 9: The Truth at Last
  • Lesson 10: The Battle
  • Lesson 11: Writing Project
  • Lesson 12: A New Beginning
  • Final Project: Poppy

Unit 2: The Water Cycle [S]

  • Lesson 1: Water, Water Everywhere (2 Days)
  • Lesson 2: Clouds (2 Days)
  • Lesson 3: The Water Cycle (2 Days)
  • Lesson 4: Water Cycle Processes (2 Days)
  • Lesson 5: Animals and the Water Cycle (2 Days)
  • Final Project: The Water Cycle (2 Days)

Unit 2: Charlotte's Web [LA]

  • Lesson 1: Getting Started (2 Days)
  • Lesson 2: Charlotte
  • Lesson 3: Bad News
  • Lesson 4: Some Pig
  • Lesson 5: Progress
  • Lesson 6: The Fair (2 Days)
  • Lesson 7: The End (2 Days)
  • Final Project: Charlotte's Web (2 Days)

Unit 3: Economic Cycles [SS]

  • Lesson 1: Money (2 Days)
  • Lesson 2: Jobs
  • Lesson 3: If You Made A Million (2 Days)
  • Lesson 4: Capital and Natural Resources
  • Lesson 5: Producing and Consuming
  • Lesson 6: Supply and Demand
  • Lesson 7: Economics in Your Community
  • Lesson 8: Business and Advertising
  • Final Project: Becoming an Entrepreneur (3 Days)

Unit 3: The Family Under the Bridge [LA]

  • Lesson 1: Pre-Reading
  • Lesson 2: The French Man
  • Lesson 3: A Discovery
  • Lesson 4: A Day in the City
  • Lesson 5: Singing
  • Lesson 6: The Shoe
  • Lesson 7: Among Friends
  • Lesson 8: Christmas Eve
  • Lesson 9: Saying Goodbye
  • Lesson 10: A Home at Last
  • Final Project: Reader's Theater