English, Math and Science study material, grades 1 to 8

Grade 1 · English

Grade 1 English

A full year of Grade 1 English, from single letters to a sentence the child writes alone.

10 units50 documents666 pages80 lessons

Letters and their sounds, blending short words, and the sight words that do not follow the rules
Digraphs, blends, long vowels and magic e, one pattern at a time
Reading a short story and being able to say what happened
Naming, doing and describing words, first sentences, and writing about yourself

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Every one of the 80 lessons, by unit

Unit 1: Letters and SoundsLetters Make Sounds, s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, Pushing Sounds Together, Big and Small Letters, Words We Just Know, Reading a Whole Line
Unit 2: Blending Short Wordse and u, r, h, b, f and l, Double Letters, ck at the End, Three Sounds in One Go, Six More Words We Just Know, Reading Two Lines
Unit 3: Sight Words and Reading Aloudj and v, w, y and z, Eight More Words We Just Know, When Somebody Talks, Reading It Again, Reading With Your Voice, How Fast Is Just Right, Reading to Somebody
Unit 4: Reading a Short Storyx and qu, Eight More Words We Just Know, Who Is It About?, Where Does It Happen?, What Happened?, Telling It Back, The Beginning, the Middle and the End, Talking About a Story
Unit 5: Digraphs and Blendssh and ch, th, ng and nk, Blends: st and sp, Blends: bl and cr, One Sound or Two?, Six More Words We Just Know, Longer Words, Reading a Longer Text
Unit 6: Long Vowels and Magic eThe e on the End, a_e: cake and make, i_e: kite and bike, o_e and u_e, Same Letters, Two Words, Six More Words We Just Know, Magic e in a Story, Writing With Magic e
Unit 7: Sentencesai: rain and wait, ee: see and green, A Big Letter at the Front, A Dot at the End, A Finger Space, Six More Words We Just Know, Is It a Sentence?, Writing Two Sentences
Unit 8: Naming, Doing and Describing Wordsigh: light and night, oa: goat and road, Naming Words, Doing Words, Describing Words, Six More Words We Just Know, Three Kinds in One Line, Writing With Describing Words
Unit 9: Telling and Writing About Myselfoo as in book, oo as in moon, ar: car and park, or: fork and short, My Name and My Age, Six More Words We Just Know, Telling Somebody About Me, Writing Four Sentences About Me
Unit 10: Review of the YearThe Whole Year, in Order, Short Sounds Again, Long Vowels Again, Vowel Teams Again, Vowels With an r Beside Them, The Words We Just Know, Reading a Word You Have Never Seen, Getting Ready for the Assessment

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Grade 1 · Math

Grade 1 Mathematics

A full year of Grade 1 maths, printed and ready to work through.

10 units40 documents704 pages81 lessons

Counting and reading numbers to 100, and what each digit means
Adding and subtracting within 20, with the strategies written out rather than assumed
Shapes, measurement, time and the calendar
A first look at sorting and simple data

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Every one of the 81 lessons, by unit

Unit 1: Counting to 20One number for one thing, Count on from any number, The last number is the answer, Five and some more, Ten and some more, Write every number, Where a number lives, More, less, the same, Line, ring, scatter
Unit 2: Numbers to 100Ten ones make one ten, Count the bundles: 10, 20, 30, 47 is 4 tens and 7 ones, Right one more, down ten more, Count the pairs, A whole hand at a time, Add a bundle from anywhere, The tens decide first, Smallest first
Unit 3: Addition BasicsTwo groups become one, Read it like a story, Start big, count on, Hops forward on the line, Turn it around: 2 + 7 = 7 + 2, The pairs that make ten, Ten and some more, A double is two equal rows, Hear it, show it, write it
Unit 4: Subtraction BasicsCross out. Count what is left, minus takes from · big number first, Say 11, 10, 9. Never say the 12, The bit that sticks out, Nothing goes, and it is still minus, The add already holds the answer, Ten take four. Say it, do not work it out, Two parts and a whole, four sentences, Thirteen balloons, five pop
Unit 5: PatternsThe same little piece, again and again, Ring the core, Patterns you can hear, AB, AAB, ABB, ABC, What comes next?, Find the one that does not fit, Make one of your own, Same pattern, new clothes, Numbers make patterns too
Unit 6: ShapesFour flat shapes, Sides and corners, Turn it, it stays itself, One rule at a time, Solids are held, Faces you can trace, Roll, stack or slide, Two make one, Above, below, between
Unit 7: MeasurementLonger or shorter, Line up the ends, How many cubes long, The same unit, both times, Taller and shorter, The heavy side goes down, Holds more, holds less, Put three in order, The measure hunt
Unit 8: Time and CalendarMorning, afternoon, evening, night, First, next, last, Seven days, said as a loop, Twelve months, then again, Four seasons, four changes, A row is one week, Short hand, long hand, Minute hand on 12, A time for each thing I do
Unit 9: Sharing and DataFair means the same, One for you, one for me, Two equal parts, Equal groups of three, One rule at a time, Count in fives, One picture, one child, One square, one thing, Ask, count, show
Unit 10: ReviewRevisits Units 1 to 9

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Grade 1 · Science

Grade 1 Science

A first year of science: looking carefully, and saying what you noticed.

7 units24 documents120 pages25 lessons

Being a scientist: looking, sorting, measuring and recording
What living things need, and how they are alike and different
Materials, objects and the structures built from them
Energy in our lives, and the changes that come with the day and the seasons

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Every one of the 25 lessons, by unit

Unit 1: Being a ScientistWhat is a scientist?, Our five senses, Science tools, Staying safe, Ask, Try, Tell
Unit 2: Needs and Characteristics of Living ThingsWhat is a living thing?, Living or non-living?, The five needs, Parts of a plant, Caring for living things
Unit 3: Materials, Objects and StructuresWhat are things made of?, Sorting by properties, Choosing the right material, Objects and structures, Build it strong
Unit 4: Energy in Our LivesWhat is energy?, Where energy comes from, Energy in our homes, Staying safe with electricity, Saving energy
Unit 5: Daily and Seasonal ChangesDay and night, From morning to night, The four seasons, How we change with the seasons, How plants and animals change
Unit 6: Review and Celebration of LearningReview and Celebration of Learning
Unit 7: Term and Year-End TestsTerm and Year-End Tests

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Grade 2 · English

Grade 2 English

A full year of Grade 2 English: phonics, reading and the first real sentences.

10 units50 documents854 pages90 lessons

Phonics and spelling patterns, taught as patterns rather than word lists
Reading fluency and comprehension, with the passages included
Grammar basics and sentence writing
A first narrative, nonfiction reading, and speaking out loud

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Every one of the 90 lessons, by unit

Unit 1: Phonics and Spelling PatternsSounds and Letters, Vowel Teams, More Vowel Teams, Blends at the Front, Two Letters, One Sound, Endings, Words We Just Know, Breaking a Long Word, Spelling What You Hear
Unit 2: Reading FluencyReading Smoothly, Where to Stop, Your Voice Goes Up, Your Voice Gets Bigger, Reading the Talking Bits, Which Word to Lean On, Getting Faster Without Rushing, Reading It Again, Reading to Somebody
Unit 3: ComprehensionWhat Happened, in Order, Who, Where, When, Saying It Back, Asking While You Read, Working It Out, Which Words Told You, What the Picture Tells You, What Might Happen Next, Telling Somebody
Unit 4: Grammar BasicsWhat a Sentence Is, Capitals, Full Stops, Question Marks, Naming Words, Doing Words, Describing Words, Is or Are, Was or Were, Checking Your Own
Unit 5: Sentence WritingA Sentence That Works, Adding Who and What Kind, Adding Where, Adding When, Adding How, Joining With And, Joining With But and So, Sentences of Different Lengths, Four Sentences That Belong Together
Unit 6: Narrative WritingWhat a Story Needs, The Beginning, The Problem, What They Tried, The Ending, Talking in Stories, Describing Words, Planning First, Reading It Out
Unit 7: Nonfiction ReadingTrue Books Are Different, Headings, Labels and Diagrams, Captions, Fact Boxes, Finding One Fact Fast, Steps in Order, True or Not True, Telling Somebody Three Facts
Unit 8: Vocabulary BuildingUsing the Sentence Around It, Looking at the Picture, Words That Mean Nearly the Same, Words That Mean the Opposite, Compound Words, Word Families, One Word, Two Meanings, Choosing a Better Word, Keeping Your Own Words
Unit 9: Speaking and PresentingSpeaking in Whole Sentences, Loud Enough, Slow Enough, Looking at People, One Thing at a Time, Starting Well, Showing While You Talk, Listening Properly, Asking a Good Question, Saying Something Kind and Useful
Unit 10: ReviewSounds and Spelling, Reading Aloud, Understanding, Sentences and Grammar, Writing a Story, True Books, Words, Speaking, Being a Reader and a Writer

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Grade 2 · Math

Grade 2 Mathematics

A full year of Grade 2 maths, from place value to the first fractions.

10 units40 documents736 pages90 lessons

Place value to 1000, and why regrouping works
Addition and subtraction strategies, one strategy at a time
Early multiplication as equal groups, and halves, thirds and quarters
Money, measurement, time and reading a simple graph

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Every one of the 90 lessons, by unit

Unit 1: Place ValueThe 4 in 47 means four tens, Ten tens make one hundred, Three digits, three jobs, Say the hundreds first, Expanded form shows the value, One place on the line, Compare the hundreds first, Five or more rounds up, The step does not change
Unit 2: Addition StrategiesAdd whole hundreds and whole tens, Jump to the next ten first, Ones under ones, tens under tens, Ten ones become one ten, Ten tens become one hundred, Two carries in one sum, The equal sign balances, Round first, then check, Two steps, said out loud
Unit 3: Subtraction StrategiesTake the hundreds, leave the rest, Hop back in easy steps, Ones under ones, tens under tens, Break a ten into ten ones, Break a hundred into ten tens, A zero sends you next door twice, Three numbers, four sentences, Estimate first, then check, Two steps, say the first one
Unit 4: Early MultiplicationFour equal groups of three, The same number, added again, Four groups of three, Three rows of five, Turn it, same answer, The two times table, The ten times table, The five times table, Twelve shared into three
Unit 5: FractionsEqual parts, or it is not a fraction, One half of a shape and of a group, One quarter is two halves halved, One third is three equal parts, The bottom names, the top counts, One third of twelve is four, Three quarters is three of the four, The wall shows which is bigger, Half an hour, half a set
Unit 6: PatternsOne little piece, again and again, Each step bigger by the same amount, Say the rule in words, Continue it, and fill the gaps, Shrinking takes the same amount away, Stripes down the hundred chart, In and out, with one rule, Odd and even, who is left over?, Steps in order make a route
Unit 7: Shapes and GeometryName it by counting, One rule at a time, A cuboid is not a cube, Faces, edges, vertices, Two make one, The fold that works, Slide, flip, turn, Column, then row, Chosen for the job
Unit 8: Measurement and TimeMeasuring starts at the 0, Estimate, measure, compare, Centimetres or metres, Grams and kilograms, Millilitres and litres, Half past and the quarters, Minutes counted in fives, Days, weeks and months, The right tool, the right unit
Unit 9: Money and DataThe bigger coin is not the bigger amount, One kind of coin, one skip count, Biggest coin first, then count on, More than one way to make 65c, The dot is a wall, Four upright, the fifth across, Read the key before the pictures, The scale steps in 2s, Impossible, unlikely, likely, certain
Unit 10: ReviewUnit 1 · 462 is 4 hundreds, 6 tens and 2 ones, Unit 2 · Ten ones become one ten, Unit 3 · Break a ten to get more ones, Unit 4 · 4 groups of 3, and 3 rows of 5, Unit 5 · Equal parts, named and counted, Unit 6 · The rule is add 3 each time, Unit 7 · Count faces, edges and vertices, Unit 8 · Start at zero; read the whole face, Unit 9 · Big coins first; a graph is counting you can see

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Grade 2 · Science

Grade 2 Science

A full year of Grade 2 science: animals, materials, machines and the air and water around us.

7 units27 documents138 pages25 lessons

Scientific thinking: a question, a test, and what the result actually showed
Growth and changes in animals, and the life cycles behind them
Properties of liquids and solids, and what makes them behave differently
Simple machines and movement, and air and water in the environment

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Every one of the 25 lessons, by unit

Unit 1: Scientific ThinkingObserving closely, Predicting with a reason, Recording what happened, Comparing and measuring, A fair test
Unit 2: Growth and Changes in AnimalsWhat animals are covered in, How animals move, Animals that change shape, Animals that just grow bigger, Staying alive, and our part in it
Unit 3: Properties of Liquids and SolidsSolid or liquid?, Water can be three things, Float or sink, Soaks up or keeps out, Mixing things together
Unit 4: Simple Machines and MovementPushes and pulls, Wheels make it easy, Levers, Ramps and pulleys, Machines all around me
Unit 5: Air and Water in the EnvironmentAir is really there, What air does for us, Where water lives, When air and water get dirty, What I can actually do
Unit 6: Review and Annual AssessmentReview and Annual Assessment
Unit 7: Term and Year-End TestsTerm and Year-End Tests

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Grade 3 · English

Grade 3 English

A full year of Grade 3 English: paragraphs, word parts, and reading a story that runs for pages.

10 units50 documents840 pages80 lessons

Reading closely and asking questions of a text, and finding facts to write from
Sentences and punctuation, and word parts that unlock a word nobody taught
Writing a paragraph that holds together, and telling a story with a beginning and an end
Poems and the sounds of words, a longer story read across several sittings, and speaking to be understood

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Every one of the 80 lessons, by unit

Unit 1: Reading and Asking QuestionsBefore You Read, Asking Questions, The Answer Right There, The Answer You Work Out, Evidence, Not a Story, Pictures and Maps, Putting It Together
Unit 2: Sentences and PunctuationWhat Makes a Sentence, The Four Kinds, The Three End Marks, Capital Letters, Commas in a List, Joining Words, Fixing a Run-On, Choosing the Shape
Unit 3: Word Parts and Word MeaningA Long Word Is a Train, Four Prefixes, Two More Prefixes, Suffixes That Describe, Suffixes That Compare, The Base Word Underneath, Working It Out, Using a Dictionary
Unit 4: Writing a ParagraphWhat a Paragraph Is, The Topic Sentence, Three Details That Belong, Staying on One Idea, Putting Them in Order, The Closing Line, Joining Words, Writing One Good Paragraph
Unit 5: Telling a StoryThe Shape of a Story, A Character Who Wants, Show It, Do Not Tell It, The Opening, The Build-Up, The Climax, The Ending, Writing the Whole Thing
Unit 6: Writing to Inform and Finding FactsWhat Information Is For, Finding the Fact, In Your Own Words, Naming Where It Came From, When Sources Disagree, Is It Worth Trusting?, The Informing Paragraph, Writing a Short Report
Unit 7: Poems and the Sounds of WordsWhat a Poem Is For, The Beat, Rhyme, A Line That Comes Back, The Sounds of Words, Similes, When There Is No Rhyme, Writing and Saying Your Own
Unit 8: Reading a Longer StoryCarrying It a Week, Character, Setting, The Problem, Predict, Then Check, Evidence Across Chapters, What Changed, Writing Chapter Five
Unit 9: Speaking Listening and MediaTalking Is Not Writing, The Shape of Two Minutes, Saying It Out Loud, Listening Is Saying It Back, Asking a Better Question, Who Made It, and What Do They Want?, What Is Left Out, Your Two Minutes
Unit 10: Review of the YearThe Six Forms, Finding It, and Proving It, Sentences and Punctuation, Working Out a Word, Paragraph and Report, Want, Problem, Change, How Do You Know?, Sitting the Paper

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Grade 3 · Science

Grade 3 Science

A full year of Grade 3 science: plants, forces, structures and soil.

7 units27 documents179 pages25 lessons

Scientific methods: a fair test, and why only one thing changes
Growth and changes in plants, from seed to seed
Forces causing movement, and strong and stable structures
Soils in the environment, and what depends on them

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Every one of the 25 lessons, by unit

Unit 1: Scientific MethodsWhat a scientist actually does, Asking a testable question, Variables and the one-thing rule, Measuring and recording, Reading your results
Unit 2: Growth and Changes in PlantsThe parts of a plant, What plants need to grow, How plants make their own food, The life cycle of a flowering plant, Seed dispersal and plants we use
Unit 3: Forces Causing MovementWhat a force does, Gravity, Friction, Forces without touching, Resistance and balance
Unit 4: Strong and Stable StructuresWhat a structure has to do, Strong shapes, Stability, Choosing materials, Making weak things strong
Unit 5: Soils in the EnvironmentWhat soil is made of, Types of soil, What lives in soil, Why soil matters, Looking after soil
Unit 6: Review and Annual AssessmentReview and Annual Assessment
Unit 7: Term and Year-End TestsTerm and Year-End Tests

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Grade 4 · English

Grade 4 English

A full year of Grade 4 English, with every reading passage included.

10 units50 documents985 pages90 lessons

Comprehension strategies, practised on texts that are printed in the pack
Grammar, sentence types, vocabulary and word study
Multi-paragraph writing, narrative writing, and a report with research
Poetry, a novel study, and presenting to a room

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Every one of the 90 lessons, by unit

Unit 1: Comprehension StrategiesWhat Good Readers Do, Predicting from Evidence, Asking Questions, Making Pictures, Inference, Making Connections, Summarising, Reading Non-Fiction, All Five Together
Unit 2: Grammar and Sentence TypesWhat Makes a Sentence, The Four Sentence Types, Simple, Compound, Complex, The Four Word Jobs, Tenses That Stay Put, Subject and Verb Agree, Marks That Change Meaning, Variety on Purpose, Editing Your Own Writing
Unit 3: Vocabulary and Word StudyWords in Context, The Four Kinds of Clue, Prefixes, Suffixes, Roots, Shades of Meaning, Two Words, One Sound, Using a Dictionary, Your Own Word Bank
Unit 4: Multi-Paragraph WritingWhat a Paragraph Is, The Topic Sentence, Supporting Sentences, The Closing Sentence, Planning Before Writing, Linking Paragraphs, Openings That Work, Endings That Land, Revising, Not Correcting
Unit 5: Narrative WritingWhat Makes a Story, Characters Who Feel Real, Setting That Does a Job, Planning a Plot, Openings That Hook, Writing Dialogue, Show, Do Not Tell, Tension, Endings That Are Earned
Unit 6: Informational Writing and ResearchWhat Information Writing Does, A Good Research Question, Facts and Notes, In Your Own Words, Organising with Headings, Text Features, Is This Source Any Good?, Words That Persuade, Writing the Report
Unit 7: Poetry and Figurative LanguageWhat a Poem Does, Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Imagery, Sound, Shape on the Page, Reading a Poem Aloud, Writing Your Own
Unit 8: Novel StudyGetting Into a Long Book, Character at the Start, Setting Across Chapters, Want and Obstacle, Tracking Change, Theme, Personal Response, Book Talk, Writing a Book Response
Unit 9: Presentations and MediaWhat Makes a Good Talk, Cue Cards, Voice and Body, Listening Properly, What Media Is, How Adverts Work, Fact, Opinion, Framing, Making Your Own, Feedback
Unit 10: ReviewComprehension, Grammar and Sentences, Vocabulary and Word Study, Paragraphs, Narrative Writing, Information and Research, Poetry, The Novel, Speaking and Media

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Grade 4 · Science

Grade 4 Science

A full year of Grade 4 science: habitats, light and sound, pulleys and gears, rocks and minerals.

7 units27 documents191 pages25 lessons

Scientific methods, variables, and reading your own results
Habitats and communities, and what happens when one part changes
Light and sound, as things that travel and can be measured
Pulleys and gears, and rocks and minerals and how they formed

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Every one of the 25 lessons, by unit

Unit 1: Scientific MethodsQuestions you can test, Variables, Measuring properly, Tables and graphs, Evidence and conclusions
Unit 2: Habitats and CommunitiesWhat a habitat provides, Adaptations, Food chains and food webs, Populations and communities, Human impact
Unit 3: Light and SoundLight and how it travels, Shadows, Reflection, How sound is made, Pitch and volume
Unit 4: Pulleys and GearsWhat a pulley is, Pulley systems, How gears work, Gear size and speed, Machines around you
Unit 5: Rocks and MineralsRocks and minerals, Testing a rock, Three kinds of rock, Choosing the right rock, Taking it responsibly
Unit 6: Review and Annual AssessmentReview and Annual Assessment
Unit 7: Term and Year-End TestsTerm and Year-End Tests

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Grade 5 · English

Grade 5 English

A full year of Grade 5 English, built on paired texts.

10 units50 documents1,006 pages90 lessons

Advanced comprehension across two texts on the same subject
Grammar, conventions, vocabulary and word roots
Multi-paragraph writing, narrative craft, and a research report
Poetry, a novel study, and functional writing such as letters and instructions

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Every one of the 90 lessons, by unit

Unit 1: Advanced ComprehensionReading Twice, Inference That Is Anchored, Summarising Without Retelling, What the Writer Chose, Two Texts, One Subject, Fact, Opinion and Between, Reading Non-Fiction Hard, Questions Worth Asking, Putting It Together
Unit 2: Grammar and ConventionsClauses, Phrases Are Not Clauses, Moving the Clause, Joining Well, Punctuation at Clause Level, Holding Tense and Person, Formal and Informal, Editing Somebody Else, Editing Your Own
Unit 3: Vocabulary and MorphologyWords Carry Feeling, Choosing the Precise Word, Greek and Latin Roots, Prefixes That Point, Suffixes and Word Families, Register, Figurative and Literal, Dictionary and Thesaurus, A Working Word Bank
Unit 4: Multi-Paragraph WritingWhat a Paragraph Does, The Topic Sentence, Evidence and Explanation, Ordering Your Reasons, Introductions, Joining Paragraphs, Conclusions That Do Work, Planning First, Revising, Not Correcting
Unit 5: Narrative CraftCharacter Wanting Something, Revealed by Choice, Dialogue With Two Jobs, Setting as Pressure, Structure, Show, Do Not Tell, Pace, Revising for Effect, Finishing
Unit 6: Reports and ResearchWhat a Report Does, A Question You Can Answer, Finding and Choosing Sources, Judging a Source, When Two Sources Disagree, Notes in Key Words, Your Own Words, and Where It Came From, Headings and Features, Writing the Report
Unit 7: Poetry and Figurative LanguageWhat Verse Does, Metaphor Sustained, Personification With a Purpose, Imagery, Precisely, Sound, Line, Stanza, White Space, One Subject, Two Forms, Reading Aloud, Writing With Intent
Unit 8: Novel StudyReading a Long Book Well, Character at the Start, Change Traced to Moments, A Character Who Speaks Little, Setting as Meaning, Theme, Two Letters, One Writer, Personal Response, Argued, Writing a Book Response
Unit 9: Functional Writing and PresentationsWho Is This For?, What Is It For?, Letters and Emails That Work, Instructions Somebody Can Follow, A Proposal, The Same Message, Two Readers, Planning a Talk From Notes, Delivering It, Feedback You Can Actually Use
Unit 10: ReviewComprehension, Grammar, Vocabulary, Paragraphs, Narrative, Research, Poetry, The Novel, Real-Purpose Writing

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Grade 5 · Science

Grade 5 Science

A full year of Grade 5 science: the human body, matter, forces on structures and conserving energy.

7 units27 documents194 pages25 lessons

Scientific methods, and designing a test that answers the question asked
Human organ systems, and how one system depends on another
Properties and changes in matter, physical against chemical
Forces acting on structures, and conservation of energy and resources

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Every one of the 25 lessons, by unit

Unit 1: Scientific MethodsHypothesis and prediction, Designing the investigation, Measuring you can trust, Working with your data, Concluding and evaluating
Unit 2: Human Organ SystemsFrom cells to systems, The digestive system, The respiratory system, The circulatory system, Moving, sensing and working together
Unit 3: Properties and Changes in MatterDescribing matter, Changes of state, Physical changes, Chemical changes, Separating mixtures
Unit 4: Forces Acting on StructuresForces on a structure, Kinds of load, Shapes that are strong, Stability, Why structures fail
Unit 5: Conservation of Energy and ResourcesForms of energy, Energy transformations, Wasted energy, Where our energy comes from, Conserving energy and resources
Unit 6: Review and Annual AssessmentReview and Annual Assessment
Unit 7: Term and Year-End TestsTerm and Year-End Tests

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Grade 6 · English

Grade 6 English

A full year of Grade 6 English: argument, sources and point of view.

10 units50 documents1,121 pages81 lessons

Critical reading and inference, and the difference between a fact, a topic and a claim
Grammar, sentence craft, punctuation, roots and word history
Argument and essay writing, narrative craft, point of view
Research and synthesis, poetry, a novel study, and media

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Every one of the 81 lessons, by unit

Unit 1: Critical Reading and InferenceWhat Is Actually There, Inference in Three Steps, What Has Been Left Out, Whose Eyes, Tone, Fact, Opinion and Both, A Table and a Story, Three Sources at Once, Judging a Text
Unit 2: Grammar, Sentence Craft and PunctuationPhrase or Clause, Where the Clause Sits, The Two Commas, Openers, Variety On Purpose, Active and Passive, Colon, Semicolon, Dash, Parenthesis, Proofreading Your Own
Unit 3: Vocabulary, Roots and Word HistoryMorphemes, Greek Roots, Latin Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes, Denotation and Connotation, Choosing, and Defending It, Figurative Language, The Words That Carry the Task, Dictionary and Thesaurus
Unit 4: Argument and Essay WritingWhat an Argument Is, The Thesis Statement, Reasons, and Their Order, Evidence, and Who Counted It, Explanation, The Counter-Argument, The Rebuttal, Openings, Endings, Joins, Planning, Revising, Tone
Unit 5: Narrative Craft and Point of ViewWho Is Telling It, The Narrator Who Does Not Know, Character, Shown by a Cost, Dialogue, and What Is Under It, Setting as Pressure, Where to Begin, What to Cut, Pace, Revising, and Recording It, Endings That Do Not Explain
Unit 6: Research, Sources and SynthesisA Question You Can Answer, Who Made It, and What They Do, Five Questions for a Source, Fact, Claim and the Step, Notes in Your Own Words, When Sources Disagree, Saying Where It Came From, Organising a Report, Writing It, and Checking It
Unit 7: Poetry and Figurative LanguageThe Line, and the Break, Stanza and Shape, Imagery, Metaphor, Carried, Sound, Tone and Mood, Shifting, The Speaker Is Not the Poet, Comparing Two Poems, Writing and Revising
Unit 8: Novel StudyWhat a First Chapter Does, The Narrator You Cannot Trust, Character, Relationships, Setting as Pressure, Turning Points, Theme, Not Topic, Arguing a Theme, Personal and Critical
Unit 9: Media, Audience and PresentationPurpose, Audience, Form, How a Message Is Built, Technique, and What It Does, Who Is Missing, Register, Chosen, Writing That Has to Work, Instructions, Planning a Talk, Speaking and Listening
Unit 10: The Year in Nine TextsRevisits Units 1 to 9

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Grade 6 · Science

Grade 6 Science

A full year of Grade 6 science: biodiversity, electricity, flight and space.

7 units27 documents285 pages40 lessons

Scientific methods, and evidence that is strong enough to use
Biodiversity, and why losing one species matters
Electricity, circuits, and what a circuit diagram is really saying
Flight, the four forces, and space beyond what can be seen

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Every one of the 40 lessons, by unit

Unit 1: Scientific MethodsTurn a vague question into one that can be tested, Tell an observation apart from an inference, Measure accurately and choose the right unit and the..., Design a fair test, Record results in a table and show them on a graph, Write a conclusion that is supported by the evidence -..., Work safely and assess the risk before starting, Explain why scientific knowledge changes
Unit 2: BiodiversityExplain what biodiversity means at three levels -..., Sort living things into groups using distinguishing..., Say why variety inside one species is what keeps that..., Explain resilience: why a community with many kinds of..., Describe interrelationships - predator and prey, Explain how invasive species and climate change each..., Describe why biodiversity matters to agriculture, Assess the benefits of biodiversity and the...
Unit 3: ElectricityExplain the difference between static electricity and..., Build a working circuit and explain why it only works..., Draw a circuit properly using standard symbols, Test materials and sort them into conductors and..., Describe how a series circuit and a parallel circuit..., Explain what an electrical device really does - it..., Describe how electricity is generated, Use electricity safely
Unit 4: FlightGive evidence that air is a real substance that takes..., Explain air resistance, Name and describe the four forces of flight and say..., Explain how the shape of a wing produces lift, Compare lighter-than-air flight with heavier-than-air..., Explain how thrust is produced by a propeller, Describe how living things and even seeds use the same..., Design a fair test
Unit 5: SpaceExplain day and night using the Earth’s rotation, Explain the seasons using the Earth’s tilt - not its..., Describe and order the phases of the Moon and explain..., Explain eclipses and tides, Describe the solar system and compare the inner and..., Explain what a star is, Explain how telescopes and space technology extend..., Assess the benefits and costs of space exploration
Unit 6: Annual ReviewAnnual Review
Unit 7: Term and Year-End TestsTerm and Year-End Tests

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Grade 7 · English

Grade 7 English

A full year of Grade 7 English, taught as a series of choices a writer made.

10 units50 documents1,174 pages90 lessons

What the writer did: technique named, found in the text, then used in the student's own writing
The paragraph that holds, word choice, and what a word carries
Taking a position, who is telling it, and where it came from
Poetry as a set of decisions, a longer story, and the same event told for different reasons

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Unit 1: What the Writer DidOn the Page, or Supplied, The Five Choices, What Was Left Out, What Goes First, What Things Are Called, How Much Room, Who May Speak, An Accurate False Document, Write the Same Ten Minutes Twice
Unit 2: The Paragraph That HoldsName the Job in Six Words, The First Sentence Is a Promise, The Order Inside a Paragraph, The Seven Small Words, The Close That Is Not a Repeat, What Bullets Cannot Do, Where a New Paragraph Starts, Two Paragraphs, Two Jobs, Four Paragraphs With Jobs
Unit 3: Word Choice and What It CarriesWhat a Word Carries, The Four Pairs, Cold, Warm, Hot, Taking a Long Word Apart, The Suffix With No Person In It, Where a Word Came From, What a Word Costs, What Cooling It Did, One Paragraph, Three Ways
Unit 4: Taking a PositionA Claim, Not a Subject, Reasons That Are Not the Claim, Where the Number Came From, Naming the Objection, Four Named Faults, What the Form Took Out, Reading a Source With a Footer, Which Reason Goes First, The Whole Piece on One Page
Unit 5: Who Is Telling ItFirst Person, Third Person, Saw, or Concluded, At the Time, and Nine Years On, Five Things a Narrator Cannot Do, The Gap, A Guess Wearing a Fact's Coat, A Document With No Narrator, Character Out of What People Do, One Scene, Two Points of View
Unit 6: Where It Came FromA Fact, and an Account of One, How Do They Know?, What Makes a Source Primary, The Source That Limits Itself, The One You Reject, A Number With No Origin, What a Chart Decides for You, What Taking the Doubt Out Did, Judge Four Sources of Your Own
Unit 7: Poetry - The Line as a ChoiceWhere the Break Went, The Poem and Its Paragraph, Metre on Your Hand, Rhyme Is a Promise, A Shape That Means Something, The Thing, Not the Feeling, The Working Page, Form and Protocol, Break Your Own, Twice
Unit 8: A Longer StoryWhat a Chapter Is For, A Theme Is Arguable, Character Out of Action, The Small Thing, What the Summary Loses, A Document Inside a Story, Setting Doing Work, The Chapter That Changes One, Write a Chapter With a Job
Unit 9: The Same Thing, Told for a ReasonThe Four Questions, at Speed, Who Is Each One For, What a Poster Cannot Say, What a Table Decides, One Fact, Four Jobs, What the Plain Account Is For, The One Who Read All Three, Writing for a Named Reader, One True Thing, Three Ways
Unit 10: ReviewWhat a Form Cannot Hold, Shape Is Not Decoration, What a Word Decides, Naming What Is Against You, What a Narrator Can Reach, How Do They Know, A Quarter of a Second, What a Chapter Is For, Who Is It For

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Grade 7 Science

A full year of Grade 7 science: ecosystems, pure substances and mixtures, form and function, and heat.

7 units27 documents464 pages45 lessons

Science skills and safety, and writing a method somebody else could follow
Interactions in the environment, and the effect of a change further down the chain
Pure substances and mixtures, separation, and solubility
Form and function in structures, and heat in the environment

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Unit 1: Science Skills and SafetyCarry out a risk assessment, Name the standard laboratory equipment, Measure in the correct SI unit, Find a volume by displacement and calculate density, Write a hypothesis with a reason, Record and process data - means, Draw a line graph properly, Tell reliability from validity and random error from..., Answer to the command word
Unit 2: Interactions in the EnvironmentSeparate the biotic and abiotic parts of an ecosystem, Use a quadrat to sample an area and estimate a..., Classify organisms as producers, Read and build a food web, Explain why energy runs out up a food chain, Describe the water, Explain limiting factors and carrying capacity, Analyse human impact - habitat loss, Evaluate a proposal for stewardship and sustainability
Unit 3: Pure Substances and MixturesTell a pure substance from a mixture, Use the particle theory to explain solids, Explain every change of state, Use solute, Explain solubility, Calculate a concentration in g/l and compare two solutions, Separate mixtures by filtration, Choose the right separation method for a given mixture, Explain how drinking water is treated
Unit 4: Form and FunctionClassify a structure as solid, Name the external forces on a structure and tell a..., Measure a force in newtons with a spring balance, Identify tension, Explain why the triangle is rigid, Use centre of gravity and base area to explain and..., Choose a material for a job using strength, Name the five ways structures fail, Run a fair load test with repeats
Unit 5: Heat in the EnvironmentUse temperature, Explain heating and cooling with the particle theory..., Explain expansion and contraction, Explain conduction with particles, Explain convection using density, Explain radiation, Plot and read a cooling curve, Explain how a vacuum flask defeats all three transfers..., Explain the greenhouse effect properly
Unit 6: Review and Annual ExamReview and Annual Exam
Unit 7: Term and Year-End TestsTerm and Year-End Tests

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Grade 8 · English

Grade 8 English

A full year of Grade 8 English: tone, irony, argument and judging a source.

10 units50 documents1,224 pages90 lessons

Inference, tone, irony and satire
The controlled paragraph, registers, and loaded language
Concession and refutation, voice, reliability and point of view
Finding and judging your own sources, poetry as form, a novel study with a second text, and how media reached you

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Unit 1: Inference, Tone, Irony and SatireWhat the Words Say, Tone, Irony, Satire, Allusion, The Sincere One, A Document That Is Selling, The Source You Reject, Two Texts in Dialogue
Unit 2: The Controlled ParagraphWhat a Paragraph Is For, The First Sentence, What a Transition Claims, Where the Weight Sits, Narrative Against Argument, Cohesion, Hard on Purpose, Order, Rebuilding
Unit 3: Words, Registers and Loaded LanguageDenotation and Connotation, The Three Defences, Register, Loaded Language, Roots, A Word That Changed, Cultural Elements, Two Texts in Dialogue, Three Registers
Unit 4: Concession and RefutationA Claim, Not a Topic, The Objection, in Its Own Best Words, Concession, Refutation, Five Named Faults, Where the Evidence Came From, The Source You Reject, Where the Objection Sits, The Whole Essay on One Page
Unit 5: Voice, Reliability and Point of ViewWho Is Telling This, Accurate and Wrong, Dramatic Irony, The Signals, The Second Text, A Document About a Person, The Chain, Two Texts in Dialogue, One Event, Two Voices
Unit 6: Finding and Judging Your Own SourcesPrimary, Secondary, Interested, How Do They Know?, The Four Things, Rejecting a Source, Two Readings, Attribution Inside, The Source List, A Source Against Itself, Your Own Set
Unit 7: Poetry - Form as ArgumentWhat a Form Claims, The Line Break, Sound as Meaning, The Turn, Free Verse, Across Time and Place, A Told Story, The Poems and the Note, One Poem, Two Forms
Unit 8: Novel Study and a Second TextThe Opening, Character, Structure, Theme, The Question It Refuses, Reading the Ledger, The Second Text, The Comparative Paragraph, The Comparative Essay
Unit 9: Media, Attention and How It Reached YouThe Four Questions, How It Reached You, What Changed at Each Step, Framing, The Headline, Attention, The Publicist, Read Fairly, Two Texts in Dialogue, Writing With a Job to Do
Unit 10: Review of the Whole CourseWhat Is It Doing?, Shape Is the Argument, The Temperature of a Word, Concede It Properly, Saw, or Concluded?, How Do They Know?, What the Form Did, A Theme Is Disputable, How Did It Reach Me?

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Grade 8 · Science

Grade 8 Science

A full year of Grade 8 science: cells, fluids, systems in action and water systems, with a Grade 9 readiness check.

7 units28 documents516 pages46 lessons

Science skills, variables, and handling real measurements
Cells, their parts, and what each part is for
Fluids, density, viscosity and pressure, with the calculations worked through
Systems in action and water systems, plus a Grade 9 readiness assessment with a roadmap of what to fix

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Unit 1: Science SkillsExplain why the method decides the answer, Tell a control group from a controlled variable - the..., Record a reading as ± half the smallest division and..., Keep accuracy, Design a results table with repeats in their own columns, Choose between a bar chart, Calculate a gradient as rise ÷ run, Separate random from systematic error, Write a conclusion and a separate evaluation
Unit 2: CellsName every part of a compound light microscope, Calculate total magnification as eyepiece × objective, Use actual size = image size ÷ magnification, State the three parts of cell theory and give the..., Name every organelle in a plant and an animal cell..., Explain diffusion and osmosis as movement down a..., Calculate a surface area to volume ratio, Tie the shape of five specialised cells to the job..., Answer to the command word - analyse
Unit 3: FluidsExplain, Define viscosity as internal friction, Calculate density from ρ = m ÷ V, and rearrange it to..., Find the volume of an irregular solid by displacement, State Archimedes’ principle - the buoyant force equals..., Explain how a submarine, Calculate pressure from p = F ÷ A in pascals, Explain the hydraulic multiplier, Evaluate a real decision about moving fluids - a...
Unit 4: Systems in ActionDescribe any system as input, Calculate work from W = F × d in joules, Name the six simple machines and say which force each..., Identify a first, Calculate mechanical advantage two ways - from forces..., Work out a gear ratio from the teeth, Calculate efficiency as a percentage, Explain how hydraulic and pneumatic systems do work, Evaluate a decision to replace a human task with a machine
Unit 5: Water SystemsState how Earth’s water is divided - 97.5% salt, Name every stage of the water cycle and say which of..., Use watershed, Describe an aquifer, Explain how differences in temperature and salinity..., Explain how a glacier forms and moves, Interpret dissolved oxygen, Calculate a flow rate from a volume and a time, Put the five treatment stages in order and say what..., Evaluate a real water decision
Unit 6: Review and Grade 9 ReadinessReview and Grade 9 Readiness
Unit 7: Term and Year-End TestsTerm and Year-End Tests

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