Scope and Sequence

Grammar for Building Vocabulary Original Student

Unit Writing and Spelling Writing
1           p. 2 • Subjects and verbs
• Periods and question
Words with the sound
of a in cat
• Writing about you
and your family
SENTENCES
marks • Peer editing
• Capital letters

2           p. 18 • Singular and plural

nouns
Words with the sound
of e in bed
• Writing about
your classmates or
NOUNS
• Proper nouns friends
• Peer editing

3           p. 34 • Two verb forms: -s and

no -s
Words with the sound
of i in fish
• Writing about
things that people
VERBS: SIMPLE
• Spelling verbs with –es usually do
PRESENT TENSE
and –ies • Peer editing
• Irregular verbs: be and
have
• Negative of verbs

4           p. 56 • Descriptive, possessive,

and demonstrative
Words with the sound
of o in hot
• Writing about
places around the
ADJECTIVES
adjectives world
• Nouns working as • Peer editing
adjectives

5           p. 76 • The verb be

• Negative of be
Words with the sound
of u in cup
• Writing about two
cities in the same
VERBS: SIMPLE
• Sentences with be country
PRESENT TENSE
• Peer editing
OF BE

6           p. 94 • Subject and object

pronouns
Words with the sound
of a in cake
• Writing about
people and their
PRONOUNS
jobs
• Peer editing

7          p. 112 • And with two words

• And with three or more
Words with the sound
of e in eat
• Writing about your
schedule for next
THE
words week
CONJUNCTION
• Peer editing
AND

8          p. 132 • Articles with singular

and plural count and
Words with the sound
of i in rice
• Writing about how
to make a kind of
ARTICLES: A, AN,
non-count nouns food
THE, --- 
• Choosing a or an • Peer editing
• The with places

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 Grammar for Building Vocabulary Original Student
Unit Writing and Spelling Writing

9          p. 156 • Prepositions and

prepositional phrases
Words with the sound
of o in hello
• Writing about
things tourists can
PREPOSITIONS 
• Prepositions of time see and do in a city
and place: at, on, in • Peer editing
• Word order: Place
and time in the same
sentence
• Word order: Beginning
a sentence with a
prepositional phrase
• Common preposition
combinations after
verbs, adjectives, and
nouns

10        p. 180 • Using and, but, and so

in your writing
Words with the sound
of u in school
• Writing about a job
or hobby
BUILDING
• Peer editing
BIGGER
SENTENCES WITH
COORDINATING
CONJUNCTIONS:
AND, BUT, SO 

11        p. 202 • Regular and irregular

verbs
Words with the sound
of aw in straw
• Writing about one
important event
VERBS: SIMPLE
• Negative of verbs that happened in
PAST TENSE 
• Single or double the past
consonant before • Peer editing
adding -ed

12        p. 222 • Word order

• Using because, after
Words with the sound
of u in wood
• Writing about an
important day or
BUILDING BIGGER
before, when, and if in time in your life
SENTENCES WITH
your writing • Peer editing
SUBORDINATING
CONJUNCTIONS:
BECAUSE,
AFTER, BEFORE,
WHEN, IF 

13        p. 244 • Adverbs of place, time,

manner, frequency, and
Words with the sound
of ow in flower
• Writing about a
person you know
ADVERBS 
degree • Peer editing

14        p. 264 • Present progressive

tense
Words with the sound
of oy in boy
• Writing about
people who are
VERBS: PRESENT
• Single or double doing different
PROGRESSIVE
consonant before things right now
TENSE  adding -ing • Peer editing

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