COMPREHENSIVE ELA INSTRUCTION by General

WIT & WISDOM, FUNDATIONS®, AND GEODES ALIGNMENT COMPREHENSIVE ELA INSTRUCTION Wit & Wisdom is a comprehensive Kindergarten through Grade 8 English Language Arts curriculum developed by and for teachers. Each Wit & Wisdom module centers on the study of rich and engaging texts, curated to build student knowledge of important ideas in the liberal arts and sciences. Wit & Wisdom provides the knowledge-building and standards-aligned integrated instruction essential to literacy success. The curriculum provides the complex texts students need to be strong in reading comprehension. Wit & Wisdom should be paired with a strong, research-based foundational skills program in Kindergarten through Grade 3. Fundations®, published by Wilson Language Training, is a multisensory structured literacy program for students in Kindergarten through Grade 3. Students receive systematic, cumulative, and explicit instruction in the foundational reading skills of phonemic awareness, phonics and word study, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension strategies, as well as the foundational writing skills of handwriting, spelling, and proofreading. Students in Fundations® classrooms master the foundational skills of decoding accuracy and transcription (handwriting and spelling). The Fundations® program actively engages students in their learning and differentiates instruction to meet the needs of students in a Tier 1 and Tier 2 setting. It is designed to be combined with a literature-based program in order to address comprehension and writing more thoroughly. Fundations® and Wit & Wisdom can be paired to provide a comprehensive literacy solution for students in Kindergarten through Grade 3; together, they address states’ college- and career-readiness standards. Geodes, the result of a collaboration with Wilson Language Training, is a collection of accessible, knowledge-building books for developing readers. Following the scope and sequence of Fundations and the topic-based knowledge progression of Wit & Wisdom, Geodes Readables are a unique type of text in which specific decoding strategies are coupled with content and vocabulary. Geodes texts enable students to apply newly learned sound-spelling patterns and practice with phonemic awareness and phonics while building knowledge in history, science, and the arts. While most early literacy books are quite basic, Geodes texts are rich with facts and ideas that spark students’ curiosity about the world around them.

® ® ®, GEODES ® ® IN KINDERGARTEN , AND WIT & WISDOM ALIGNMENTOF OFFUNDATIONS FUNDATIONS , GEODES®, AND WIT & WISDOM IN KINDERGARTEN ALIGNMENT

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Unit Unit UnitUnit UnitUnitUnitUnitUnitUnit

1* 1* 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5

Module Module1 1

The Five Senses The Five Senses

Set Set1 1

Explore South Explore South America America

Set 2 Set 2

Level Level KK

Experience Experience Museums Museums

Module 2 2 Module

Module 3 3 Module

Once Upon a Farm Once Upon a Farm

America, ThenThen America, and and NowNow

Set 1 1 Set

SetSet 1 1

A Day’s A Day’s Work Work

Set 2 Set 2

Working the Working the Land Land

Set 2 Set 2

Set 2 Set 2 Africa

Set 3

Set 3 AsiaSet 3

Transportation Transportation

The Five Senses

Module 2 OnceModule Upon a Farm2 Once Upon a Farm

Africa

Asia

Set 4

National Set 4 Symbols National Symbols

Exploring Set 4 Exploring

Module 3 America, Then 3 Module

Module 4 The Continents Module 4

and Now Then America,

The Continents

Essential Question:

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How do our Question: senses help Essential usHow learn? do our senses help

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us learn?

changed over time?

story?

* It is recommended that the associated Geodes books are read after completing this Fundations

SetSet 1 1

Australia Australia

Set 4

Module 1 TheModule Five Senses 1

The Continents The Continents

Homelife Homelife

Set 3 American American Made Made

Grade K Grade K

Module 4 4 Module

fascinating?

Unit. The Geodes books in the Set will include all taught

concepts in previous Fundations® Units. It is recommended that the associated Geodes books are read after completing this Fundations® Unit. The Geodes books in the Set will include all taught

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Module Module1 1

AA World of of Books World Books

Set Set1 1

Sharing Sharing Stories Stories

Set Set2 2

Level Level 11

Unusual Unusual Libraries Libraries

Set 3 Set 3

Bringing Bringing Books toBooks Life to Life

Set 4 Set 4 Books forBooks All for All

Grade 1 Grade 1

Module 1 Module A World of Books1 A World of Books

Module 22 Module

Module 3 3 Module

Creature Features Creature Features

Set 1 1 Set

Creature Creature Code Code

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Set 22 Set

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Set 3 Set 3

Set 3 Set 3 Ireland

Blown Away Blown Away

Set 3 Set 3 Curious

Catching the Catching the Wind Wind

Curious Creatures Creatures

Set 4

France France

Egypt Egypt

Ireland

Set Rabbits and4 Rabbits and Hares, Oh Hares, My! Oh My!

Set 4 The Mighty The Mighty Wind Wind

Set 4 Set 4 Russia

Module 2 Module Creature Features 2

Module 3 Module Powerful Forces 3

Module 4 Module Cinderella Stories 4

Powerful Forces

Creature Features

Russia

Cinderella Stories

Essential Question:

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lives around the world? How do books change

about animals’ What can weunique discover

powerful force respond of admire Cinderella? do people to the worlddo people around the

features? about animals’ unique

the wind? powerful force of

lives around the world?

Essential Question: Why

world admire Cinderella?

the wind?

features?

* It is recommended that the associated Geodes books are read after completing this Fundations

Cinderella StoriesStories Cinderella

Wind and and Wind Earth Earth

Safety First Safety First

Module 4 4 Module

Powerful Forces Powerful Forces

Unit. The Geodes books in the Set will include all taught

concepts in previous Fundations® Units. It is recommended that the associated Geodes books are read after completing this Fundations® Unit. The Geodes books in the Set will include all taught

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Module Module1 1 AA Season Season ofof Change Change

Set Set1 1

Get Ready: Get Ready: Fall Fall

Level 22 Level

Set 2 Set 2

Winter’s Chill Winter’s Chill

Set 3 Set 3 Spring toSpring Life to Life

Set 4 SetSun 4 Summer

Summer Sun

Grade 2 Grade 2

Module 1 A Season of Change Module 1 A Season of Change

Module 22 Module

Module 3 3 Module

TheThe American American West West

CivilCivil Rights Rights Heroes Heroes

Set 1 1 Set

SetSet 1 1

Looking Looking West West

Right to Right to Learn Learn

Set 2 Set 2

Go West! Go West!

Set 3

Set 3 Majestic Majestic Mountains Mountains Set 4

Set 2 Set 2

Set 3 Set 3 Uniting

Set 3 FarmSet to 3

Set 4 Set 4 I Voted

Set Celebrating with4 Food Celebrating with Food

Module 3 Civil Rights Heroes 3 Module

Module 4 Good Eating Module 4

Civil Rights Heroes

The American West

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Food to Food to Fuel Fuel

Power Up Power Up

I Voted

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GoodGood EatingEating

Extraordinary Extraordinary

Uniting Communities Communities

Set 4 Mavericks of the West of the Mavericks West

Module 4 4 Module

Farm to Table Table

Set 4

Good Eating

Essential Question:

Essential Question: How

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can Essential people respond to How does Essential food Question: Question: How

people and nature? How does change impact

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injustice? can people respond to

people and nature?

injustice?

Essential Question: How nourish us?food does

nourish us?

Americans?

* It is recommended that the associated Geodes books are read after completing this Fundations

Unit. The Geodes books in the Set will include all taught

concepts in previous Fundations® Units. It is recommended that the associated Geodes books are read after completing this Fundations® Unit. The Geodes books in the Set will include all taught