Quarter 1:

Unit 1: Which skills help us make our way in the world?

Writing: Narrative-Focus, Content, Organization, Style, Conventions

Quarter 2:

Unit 2 : What are smart ways that problems are solved?

Unit 3: How are people and nature connected?

Writing: Informative/Explanatory-Focus, Content, Organization, Style, Conventions

Quarter 3:

Unit 4: What does it mean to be unique?

Writing: opinions/arguments-Focus, Content, Organization, Style, Conventions

Quarter 4:

Unit 4: What does it mean to be unique?

Unit 5: What happens when two ways of life come together?

Unit 6: What does freedom mean?

Writing: Narrative, Informative/Explanatory, Opinion/Arguments-Focus, Content, Organization, Style, Conventions