Scope+and+Sequence

=**S cope and Sequence - What is it? **  =    ===WHEN I'M A TEACHER...the district will just TELL me what to teach and how to do it, right? ===

**WRONG!**

 **Read Me! ** Scope and sequence is simply the WHAT and WHEN of knowledge and understanding that guides our instruction. Determined primarily by the national legislature, it is revised and adopted by state legislature who then get input from school districts and give them some flexibility in adoption. As a result, each school district makes available to their stakeholders (students, teachers, administrators, parents, and community members) what content subjects will be taught and at what grade level.  Scope and sequence is usually prescribed in a matrix / chart with embedded or attached documents providing more detail. These sample scope and sequence documents are intended to serve as general guides to help teachers and curriculum developers align their curricula and instruction to support the National, State and District Standards of Learning. Each sample document is organized around specific topics to help teachers present information in an organized, articulated manner. Also included are correlations to the Standards of Learning for that curricular area for a particular grade level or course, as well as ideas for classroom assessments and teaching resources. The sample scope and sequence guides are not intended to prescribe how curriculum should be developed or how instruction should be delivered. Instead, they provide examples showing how teachers and school divisions might present to students in a logical and effective manner information that has been aligned with the Standards of Learning. Teachers who use the documents should correlate the content identified in the guides with available instructional resources and develop lesson plans to support instruction. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="color: rgb(180, 71, 8); background-color: rgb(255, 234, 0)">

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> **<span style="color: rgb(180, 71, 8); background-color: rgb(255, 234, 0)">See Me! ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Let's take, for example, social studies. In general, the scope of sequence would be: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> FIRST GRADE: All About Me <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">SECOND GRADE: My Family <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">THIRD GRADE: My Community <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">FOURTH GRADE: My State <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">FIFTH GRADE: My County <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">SIXTH GRADE: My Hemisphere (North and South America and Europe) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">SEVENTH GRADE: My World (Africa, Asia, Australia) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">EIGHTH GRADE: My History (American History) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">NINTH GRADE: Me as a Citizen (Civics) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">TENTH GRADE: American History (more detailed) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">ELEVENTH GRADE: My World's History <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">TWELFTH GRADE: Economics and Current Events

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">This will vary according to districts, but would represent the general guideline based on National recommendations.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="color: rgb(180, 71, 8); background-color: rgb(255, 234, 0)"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> **<span style="color: rgb(180, 71, 8); background-color: rgb(255, 234, 0)">Teach Me! ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">The document you can open here will give you links to various Denver-area school district curriculum departments. The purpose of the document is to allow you to quickly access and thoughtfully evaluate the WHAT that is taught for your grade level / content area and the WHEN it is taught. This is the first step to understanding how to design your curriculum. Once you are familiar with scope and sequence, as a teacher, you can begin to write units of instruction that contain lesson plans and assessments in a meaningful way that reflects 21st century teaching and learning.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="color: rgb(180, 71, 8); background-color: rgb(255, 234, 0)"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> **<span style="color: rgb(180, 71, 8); background-color: rgb(255, 234, 0)">Try Me! ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">OK, now it's your turn. Choose the appropriate document below (either Secondary or Elementary), and fill in the chart based on your teaching preference (grade level and content level). Your task is to take the content standards and the limited information given to you by the district to determine what units you will write and teach so that your students meet those standards. For example, in Seventh Grade, most districts have a Middle East social studies focus. So, you would need to design a unit (usually two-three weeks in length) on the Middle East. In the second grade, there is a focus on "Our World". What is the content and skills you would need to teach to address that focus? As you fill out your chart, bear in mind that all the technology projects you will be creating for this class will be used in your unit.