Grade/
Theme
1st Quarter
2nd Quarter
3rd Quarter
Museum 101
Focus on collecting
All About Me
Family and friends
Focus on Portraiture
Me: Baby, Now,
Adult
Graphing traits
Our Community
Proud to Be An American
Community helpers
American symbols
Leaders and rulers
Our Country, It’s a
at home and school
Great Place
Five senses
American animals
Counting and sorting
How animals grow
and change
Needs and wants
Scientific tools
1
Museum 101
Focus on display and
conservation
Everything Changes
Living and nonliving things
Observation
Life Cycles
Then and now
Planting Seeds to Grow
Good Citizens
Adaptations
Gardening
Plant Needs
Interdependence
Reproduction
2
Museum 101
Focus on design and
production
Living in Colonial America
Weather
Colonial celebrations
Grid systems
What is a colony?
How weather affects
your life
Common
characteristics of
Compare and
present and past
contrast
communities
Weather tools and
Cultural
how to measure
characteristics of the
weather
colonial era
Forces of nature
K
4th Quarter
Around the World
Seven wonders of
the world
Continents
Traveling tales
Monuments
Cultures
Work Your Body!
Human Body
Body Systems
Sensory exploration
and observation
Functional writing
3
Museum 101
Focus on content
4
Museum 101
Focus on
interpretation and
communication
5
Museum 101
Focus on audience
Art, Science, and Culture of
Ancient Egypt
Archeologists
Egyptian fairy tales
and myths
Text organization
Art and culture in
ancient Egypt
La Florida
Industry and
agriculture
Time lines
Coastal and farming
people in early
Florida
Resources and
mapping of Native
American areas
Force and motion
Timucua
Seminole
Natural Resources
Out of This World
How does light
travel?
Graphing and
charting
Summarizing
Fact/Opinion
Coming to America
Immigration
Ellis Island
Primary and
secondary sources
Florida Exploration
Florida explorers on
the hunt for
resources
How early Florida
Explorers shaped
the story of our state
Understand the
influence of
geography on the
history of Florida
Explorers faced
many challenges
Maps, charts, globes
and other
geographic tools
Space Race in Florida
Economic Growth in
Florida
African Americans
Persuasive Writing
Space program in
Florida
NASA
May the Force of Energy Be
With You
Forms of energy
Transfer of energy
Force and motion
Birth of a Nation
Great Americans
Establishing America
Role of citizenry in
American democracy
Taxes
How do great
Revolutionary War
American’s
Heroes
Patriots and Tories
character and
contributions
influence our lives
today?
Research process
Great Americans
have influenced our
society through their
beliefs, values, and
innovations