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Cosmopolitan School Annual Plan 2019-2020 Primary Science Department
Cosmopolitan School Annual Plan 2019-2020 Primary Science Department
Remarks Aligned with Common Core State Standards Other Resources Starfall, Education City, Worksheets
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Term 1
From 11th of September to 20th of December
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Week Concept Objectives Activities Assessment Resources
Week 1
Sep. 11 –
13
Week 2
Sep. 16 –
20
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The Nature of Engage, Explore, Daily Assessment Book
Science Explain, Elaborate, (Class participation) Students
Students will identify the types of Evaluate Ted. P. Teacher Notebook
What is Science? questions scientists ask and will apply 298A Assessment Video
this knowledge to ask scientific Envision It Students
questions. questions St book Notebook
Week 3
p. 298 (Elaborate)
Lesson 1: Text Features p. Lesson Check
Sep. 23 – What questions 299 Ted. P. 301b
Describe p. 301
27 Do Scientists Ask? Draw conclusions
p. 301
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The Nature of Engage, Explore, Daily Assessment Book
Science Explain, Elaborate, (Class participation) Students
Students will analyze how scientists use Evaluate Ted. P. Teacher Notebook
What is Science? experiments & conduct investigations to 308A Assessment Video
answer questions. Envision It Students Metric ruler
questions St book Notebook Paper
p. 308 (Elaborate)
Lesson 3: Inquiry p. 308 Lesson Check
Text Features p. Ted. P. 313b
How do scientists 309
answer questions? Hypothesize p. 310
Compare &
Contrast p. 311
Week 5 Infer & Explain p.
Oct. 7 – 312
11 Summarize p. 313
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The Nature of Engage, Explore, Daily Assessment Book
Science Explain, Elaborate, (Class participation) Students
Students will communicate how Evaluate Ted. P. Teacher Notebook
What is Science? scientists use tools and stay safe while 320A Assessment Plastic cup
conducting investigations. Envision It Students Plastic cup
questions St book Notebook with water
Week 6
p. 320 (Elaborate) funnel
Oct. 14 – Lesson 5: Inquiry p. 320 Lesson Check
18 Apply, Compare, Ted. P. 325b
How do scientists Explain, Elaborate,
use tools and stay Suggest, Infer p.
safe? 321-325
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Students will use models to identify some Engage, Explore, Daily Assessment Books
Week 8 simple & complex machines and will Explain, Elaborate, (Class participation) Students
communicate how these machines help Evaluate Ted. P. Teacher Notebooks
Oct. 28 – Technology & people do work 350A Assessment 2 clay balls of
Nov. 1 The Design Students Notebook different
Process Envision it St. book
Oct. 31st p. 350
(elaborate) weight
environ Lesson Check Ted. Unsharpened
Inquiry p. 350
ment P. 355b pencil
Lesson 2: Main Idea, identify,
day ruler
apply, exemplify,
What is a summarize p. 351-
machine? 355
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Engage, Explore,
Chapter 3: Students will classify plants into major Explain, Elaborate, Daily Assessment Books
groups, such as flowering and Evaluate Ted. P. (Class participation) Students
Plants nonflowering plants, based on physical Teacher Notebooks
108A
characteristics. Assessment Pictures
Envision it St. book
Students Notebook Fern
Lesson 1: p. 108
Week 10 (elaborate) Flowering
My Planet Diary p.
Lesson Check Ted. plants
How can you 108
P. 115b
Nov. 11 classify plants? Text Features p.
109
– 15
Classify, p. 109
Text Features p.
110
Compare &
contrast p. 111
Hypothesize p. 112
Classify &
Distinguish p. 113
Categorize &
Classify p. 114-115
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Categorize &
Classify p. 114-115
Engage, Explore,
Students will develop models that that Explain, Elaborate, Daily Assessment Books
Chapter 3: describe how leaves help plants live, Evaluate Ted. P. (Class participation) Students
grow, and produce food.
116A Teacher Notebooks
Plants Assessment Pictures
Envision it St. book
Students Notebook Plant
p. 116
(elaborate) Foil
Lesson 2: Inquiry p. 116
Week 12 Lesson Check Ted.
Text Features p. P. 121b
Nov. 25 How do plants use 117
– 29 leaves to make Identify & Draw p.
food? 120-121
Engage, Explore,
Students will use models that describe Explain, Elaborate, Daily Assessment Books
Chapter 3: how roots and stems take in, transport, Evaluate Ted. P. (Class participation) Students
or store water and nutrients that the 122A Teacher Notebooks
Plants plant needs to grow. Assessment Paper towels
Envision it St. book
Students Notebook Plastic cup
p. 122
(elaborate) 4 bean seeds
Lesson 3: Inquiry p. 122
Week 13 Lesson Check Ted.
Determine, P. 127b
Dec. 2 – How do plants use Analyze, Text
6 roots & stem to Features, Compare,
grow? Hypothesize p.
123-127
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Revision week
Week 14 and first day
of exams
Dec. 9 –
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Term Exams
Winter holiday
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Term 2
From 7th of Jan to Mar.31st
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Week Concept Objectives Activities Assessment Resources
Engage, Explore,
Students will communicate how Explain, Elaborate, Daily Assessment Books
Chapter 3: plants reproduce using seeds & Evaluate Ted. P. 128A (Class participation) Students
cones. Teacher Notebooks
Plants Envision it St. book p.
128
Assessment Plastic knife
Students Notebook Bean seed
Inquiry p. 128
(elaborate) Land lens
Lesson 4: Predict, Determine,
Week 1 Text Features,
Lesson Check Ted.
P. 133b
Jan. 7 – How do plants use Summarize,
10 flowers or cones Challenge, Describe,
to reproduce? State, Analyze p. 129-
133
Engage, Explore,
Students will develop and use Explain, Elaborate, Daily Assessment Books
Chapter 3: models to describe how plants Evaluate Ted. P. 134A (Class participation) Students
change during their life cycle. Teacher Notebooks
Plants Envision it St. book p.
Assessment Plastic knife
Week 2 134
Students Notebook
My Planet Diary p. Bean seed
Jan. 13 – 134 (elaborate) Land lens
17 Lesson 5: Lesson Check Ted.
Text Features, Infer,
P. 139b
What are the life Draw, Sequence,
cycles of some Compare p. 135-139
Jan. 17 th
Parents plants?
meeting
Chapter Review Chapter Review
Vocabulary Smart Cards p. 148. 148
p. 137, 138, 139, 140 Ted. 149a. 149b
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Engage, Explore, Daily Assessment Books
Students will classify animals into Explain, Elaborate, (Class participation) Students
Chapter 4: major groups based on inherited Evaluate Ted. P. 160A Teacher Notebooks
traits and behavior. Assessment Pipe cleaner
Living Things Envision it St. book p.
Week 3 Describe and compare different kinds Students Notebook Pasta wheel
160
of animals. (elaborate) pieces
Jan. 20 – Inquiry p. 160
Know that the structural Lesson Check Ted. Jelly rings
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characteristics of animals are used to P. 167b
group them.
How can you Observe and compare how the
classify animals? physical characteristics and behaviors
of animals help them meet their needs
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Engage, Explore, Daily Assessment Books
Students will develop and use Explain, Elaborate, (Class participation) Students
models to describe how some Evaluate Ted. P. 176A Teacher Notebooks
Chapter 4: animals grow and change during Assessment Video
Envision it St. book p.
their life cycles. Students Notebook Pictures
Week 5 176
Define the term life cycle and (elaborate) Mealworms
Living Things Inquiry p. 176
Feb. 3 – explain that all life cycles Lesson Check Ted. in habitat cup
Sequence, Apply,
include birth or hatching, growth P. 183b Hand lens
7 Infer, Identify,
and development, maturity, and Crayons or
Lesson 3: reproduction. Determine the factors,
Compare, Analyze. markers
Explain that different animals
What are life 177-183
have different life cycles.
cycles of some
animals?
Vocabulary Smart Cards
Chapter Review
p. 187, 188, 189, 190
p. 192, 193
Ted. 193a. 1193b
Chapter Review
Students will analyze how living Engage, Explore, Daily Assessment Books
and nonliving things interact Explain, Elaborate, (Class participation) Students
Chapter 5: within an ecosystem. Evaluate Ted. P. 204A Teacher Notebooks
Envision it St. book p. Assessment Video
204 Students Notebook Pictures
Ecosystems (elaborate)
My Planet Diary p.
204 Lesson Check Ted.
Week 6 Lesson 1: P. 209b
Apply, describe,
Feb. 10 – What is an Identify, predict, cause
14 Ecosystem? & effect. P. 205-209
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Students will use models to Engage, Explore, Daily Assessment Books
describe how energy flows Explain, Elaborate, (Class participation) Students
through ecosystems in food Evaluate Ted. P. 210A Teacher Notebooks
Chapter 5: chains and food webs. Assessment Video
Envision it St. book p.
Define and explain the term food Students Notebook Pictures
210
chain. Explain that energy (elaborate) Watermelon
Week 7 Ecosystems Inquiry p. 210
moves up a food chain. Lesson Check Ted. slice
Label, Explain,
Feb. 17 – Explain that all food chains are P. 215b Yeast
Lesson 2: Identify, Infer, Cause
21 made up of producers, Plastic bag
& Effect. P. 211-215
consumers, and decomposers. Hand lens
How do living
things get
energy?
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Students will analyze and Engage, Explore, Daily Assessment Books
interpret data from fossils and Explain, Elaborate, (Class participation) Students
Chapter 5: will communicate how fossils Evaluate Ted. P. 224A Teacher Notebooks
Week 9 are used to learn about the past. Assessment Video
Envision it St. book p.
224 Students Notebook Pictures
Ecosystems (elaborate) Shell
Inquiry p. 224
Lesson Check Ted. Clay
Lesson 4: Apply, infer, predict,
P. 227b objects
Mar. 2 – identify, compare &
6 What can we contrast. P. 225-227
learn from
fossils?
Mar. 4th
Book Vocabulary Smart Cards
Day p. 231, 232, 233, 234
Chapter review
Chapter Review
P. 236-237
T.ed p. 237a-237b
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Students will compare and Engage, Explore, Daily Assessment Books
Chapter 6: contrast weather ad climate and Explain, Elaborate, (Class participation) Students
will interpret data to analyze Evaluate Ted. P. 258A Teacher Notebooks
Week 11 Weather Patterns climate changers Assessment Video
Envision it St. book p.
258 Students Notebook Pictures
Lesson 2: (elaborate) thermometer
Mar. 16 Inquiry p. 258
– 20 Lesson Check Ted.
What are Describe, predict,
P. 265b
weather and Infer, Apply, Describe,
climate? Explain, Analyze p.
Mar. 20th 259-265
Mother’s
Day
Students will identify and use Engage, Explore, Daily Assessment Books
Chapter 6: tools that measure weather Explain, Elaborate, (Class participation) Students
condition And Evaluate Ted. P. Teacher Notebooks
Weather Patterns Students will compare & Assessment Video
266A
contrast different types of severe Students Notebook Pictures
Lesson 3: weather and will communicate Envision it St. book p.
(elaborate) Safety
how to stay safe in severe 266
Lesson Check Ted. goggles
What tools are weather. Inquiry p. 266
P. 269b Paper cups
Week 12 used to measure Measure, predict,
Daily Assessment with holes
weather? compare, infer p. 267-
Chapter Review (Class participation) Straw
269
Teacher Punch pin
Mar. 23 Engage, Explore,
Assessment Unsharpened
– 27 Chapter 6: Explain, Elaborate, Students Notebook pencil
Mar. 25 th Evaluate Ted. P. 270A (elaborate)
Weather Patterns Books
Envision it St. book p. Lesson Check Ted. Students
270 P. 275b Notebooks
Lesson 4:
Inquiry p. 270 Chapter Review p. Video
p. 271-275 282-283 Pictures
How can you stay
safe in severe Vocabulary Cards p. 279- Ted. P. 283a-283b Empty plastic
weather? 280 bottle
Plastic bottle
with water
Duct tape
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Term two exams
and revision
Week 13
April 1 –
5
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Term 3
From 1st of April to 16th of June
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Week Concept Objectives Activities Assessment Resources
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Engage, Explore, Daily Assessment Books
Students will interpret data to Explain, Elaborate, (Class participation) Students
Chapter 1: analyze how gravity pulls objects Evaluate Ted. P. Teacher Notebooks
Week 3 toward one another Assessment Video
22A
Forces & Motion Students Notebook Pictures
Envision it St. book
(elaborate) Meter stick
p. 22
Apr. 22nd Lesson Check Ted. with clips
Inquiry p. 22
– 24th P. 25b Rubber ball
Lesson 3: Compare, Apply,
Determine, Predict Goggles
p. 21-25 Folding meter
What is Gravity?
Apr. 24th stick
KGs
Sports Vocabulary Cards
Chapter Review p.
Day Chapter Review 34-35
p. 29-32
T.ed. p. 35a-35b
Chapter 2: Students will classify and compare Engage, Explore, Daily Assessment Books
Week 4 different forms of energy and will Explain, Elaborate, (Class participation) Students
Energy and Its investigate how energy causes Evaluate Ted. P. Teacher Notebooks
Forms motion and creates change. Assessment Video
46A, 52 A
Apr. 27th Students Notebook Pictures
– May. Students will observe and Envision it St. book
(elaborate) String and
p. 46, 52
1st communicate how energy can Lesson Check Ted. washers
Lesson 1: change into many forms. Inquiry p. 46, 52
P. 51b, 57b
April 30th Compare, Apply,
Primary What are some Determine, Predict
forms of energy? p. 46 – 51, p. 52 –
Sports
57
Day
Lesson 2:
May 1st
off – How does energy
Labor change form?
Day
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Chapter 2: Students will analyze how light is Engage, Explore, Daily Assessment Books
reflected, refracted, and absorbed Explain, Elaborate, (Class participation) Students
Energy and Its and will describe how light forms Evaluate Ted. P. Teacher Notebooks
Forms shadows. Assessment Video
58A, 66A
Students will investigate how heat Students Notebook Pictures
and light energy affect matter and Envision it St. book
(elaborate) Flashlight
Week 5 how heat and light can be produced. p. 58, 66
Lesson Check Ted. Milk
Lesson 3: Inquiry p. 58, 66
P.651b, 66b Water
Compare, Apply,
May 4- Determine, Predict Clear cups
How do light and
8th matter interact? p. 58 – 65, p. 66 – Spoon
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Lesson 4:
Eid Al
Futr
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Chapter 2: Students will investigate how Engage, Explore, Daily Assessment Books
electricity moves through circuits Explain, Elaborate, (Class participation) Students
Energy and Its and will identify some materials Evaluate Ted. P. Teacher Notebooks
Forms that conduct electricity. Assessment Video
70A, 76 A
Students Notebook Pictures
Envision it St. book
(elaborate) Thick and
p. 70, 76
Lesson Check Ted. thin rubber
Inquiry p. 70, 76
Week 7 Compare, Apply,
P. 75b, 81b bands
Shoebox
May. 18th Determine, Predict
Ruler
– 22nd Lesson 6: p. 70 – 75, p. 76 –
81
What is electrical
energy?
Week 8
May 25th
– 29th
May
24,25,2,
6 Eid El
Fitr and
Resistan
ce and
Liberatio
n Day
May 29th
Primary
End year
show
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Week 9: Term Exams June 1- 5th
Week 10: June 10-16th Term three exams.
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