Program Grid

	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8
Module 1
Theme	Introducing Power (Primary) Depth and Complexity Frame Intro: Power (Primary)	Introducing Systems Depth and Complexity Frame Intro: Systems	Introducing Order and Chaos Depth and Complexity Frame Intro: Order	Introducing Universal Theme of Change Depth and Complexity Frame Intro: Change	Introducing Universal Theme of Power Depth and Complexity Frame Intro: Power	Introducing Universal Theme of Systems Depth and Complexity Frame Intro: Systems	Depth and Complexity Frame Intro: Order Introducing Order and Chaos
ELA	Story Starter: Amusement Park Creating A Classroom Motto	Back to School: Rewriting The Beatles’ “Help!” Story Starter: A Day At School	Creating A Classroom Motto Story Starter: Somewhere In Space	Back to School: Rewriting The Beatles’ “Help!” Story Starter: Out To Eat	Creating A Classroom Motto Story Starter: A Magical School	Back to School: Rewriting The Beatles’ “Help!” Story Starter: Out To Eat	Creating A Classroom Motto Story Starter: A Magical School
Math	How Many Ways: Add to 50	How Many Ways: Add to 170	How Many Ways: Times Equals Minus	How Many Ways: Divide to 5	How Many Ways: Multiply, Then Add to 22	How Many Ways: Divide to 5	How Many Ways: Multiply, Then Add to 22
Enrich	Chomp What’s In My Brain: H vs Arrow	Dots and Boxes What’s In My Brain: Crocodile vs Tree Frog	Game: Gomoku What’s In My Brain: Austin vs Los Angeles	Ultimate (or Inception) Tic Tac Toe What’s In My Brain: Trapezoids or Not?	Game: Notakto What’s In My Brain: Guinea Pig vs Potbelly	Ultimate (or Inception) Tic Tac Toe What’s In My Brain: Trapezoids or Not?	Game: Notakto What’s In My Brain: Guinea Pig vs Potbelly
Module 2
Theme	Power Can Be Visible or Invisible (Primary)	Generalization: Systems Are Made up of Other Systems	Order Can Be Natural or Constructed	Change Leads to More Change	Power can be Visible or Invisible	Generalization: Systems Are Made up of Other Systems	Order Can Be Natural or Constructed
ELA	A Character’s Challenges and Changes Word Ladder: Fast to Race (4 step)	Word Ladder: Kid to Old (5-steps) Analyze Character Change	Multiple Meaning Matcher – Introduction Showing A Character’s Trait Lipogram: Rewrite “Twinkle, Twinkle” Too Much or Too Little of a Character Trait	Word Ladder: Arm to Leg (6-steps) Analyze Character Change with Depth and Complexity	Jabberwocky and Context Clues Multiple Meaning Matcher – Zeta Virtue or Vice?	Word Ladder: Arm to Leg (6-steps) Analyze Character Change with Depth and Complexity	Jabberwocky and Context Clues Multiple Meaning Matcher – Zeta Virtue or Vice?
Math	How Many Will There Be? The Fence	How Many Will There Be? Crosses	How Many Will There Be? Checkerboard	How Many Will There Be? Chip Off The Block	How Many Will There Be? Xs and Os	How Many Will There Be? Chip Off The Block	How Many Will There Be? Xs and Os
Enrich	Game: Snakes Not Like The Others: Birds of the Desert	Ghost Not Like The Others: Types of Rocks	Chomp Not Like The Others: Natural Disasters	Bulls and Cows Not Like The Others: Cephalopods	Ghost Not Like The Others: Stars	Bulls and Cows Not Like The Others: Cephalopods	Ghost Not Like The Others: Stars
Module 3
Theme	Power activity	Systems: The Thermostat	Chaos Can Be Positive or Negative	Change: One Domino	Invisible Power Can Have Visible Effects	Systems: Pull One Thread	Chaos Can Be Positive or Negative
ELA	Parts of Speech Party: Introduction (Check) Idioms About Hands	Idiom Tasks Idioms About Bugs	Idioms About Eggs	What’s In My Brain: Cute Baby vs Fast Cheetah Idioms About Salt	Idioms About Numbers 1	What’s In My Brain: Cute Baby vs Fast Cheetah Idioms About Salt	Idioms About Numbers 1
Math	Cut the Square				Deducing the Area of Triangles		Deducing the Area of Triangles
Enrich	Sprouts What’s In My Brain!? Walnut vs Clouds	Bulls and Cows What’s In My Brain: Paperclip vs Straw What’s In My Brain: Pentagon vs Pentagon	Game: Order and Chaos What’s In My Brain!? Japan vs Jamaica	Cram	What’s In My Brain: Spain vs Germany game pick	Cram	What’s In My Brain: Spain vs Germany
Module 4
Theme	Power activity	Systems: The Traffic Jam	O&C lesson Order and Chaos: The Snowflake	Change: Canyon vs. Earthquake	Power Can Be Fast, Slow, Loud, or Quiet	Systems: The Thermostat	Order and Chaos: The Snowflake
ELA	Story Starter: A Magical School	Story Starter: Amusement Park Robot Writing	Story Starter: A Day At School	Better Stories Part 1: The Big Idea Story Starter: Somewhere In Space Word Pyramid: T to Patch	Story Starter: Out To Eat Word Ladder: Fly to Bee (6-steps) Word Ladders (G6 set)	Better Stories Part 1: The Big Idea Story Starter: Somewhere In Space Word Pyramid: T to Patch	Story Starter: Out To Eat Word Ladder: Fly to Bee (6-steps)
Math	Broken Calculator: 2-Digit Addition Donuts: Sugar Cubes	Broken Calculator: 2-Digit Subtraction The Milk Carton Investigation	Broken Calculator: Multiplication Cross Product Donuts: Five Times the Sugar	An Olympic Sized Pool and 2 Liter Bottles (Episode 1) Broken Calculator: Comparing Decimals	A Donut Investigation Broken Calculator: Simplifying Fractions	An Olympic Sized Pool and 2 Liter Bottles (Episode 1) Broken Calculator: Comparing Decimals	A Donut Investigation Broken Calculator: Simplifying Fractions
Enrich	Random Emoji Prompt Generator New Uses For A Pencil game pick	New Uses For A Cardboard Tube game pick	Random Emoji Prompt Generator Sprouts New Uses for a Paperclip	New Uses For A Chair Racetrack – Race Around A Graph	New Uses For An Aluminum Can game pick	New Uses For A Chair Racetrack – Race Around A Graph	New Uses For An Aluminum Can
🎃 Halloween	A Halloween Costume Gone Wrong (Primary) Halloween Emoji Story 🕷️ Words Within Words: COBWEB	Bobbing for Apples (Primary) Characters Dressed as Other Characters The Heaviest Pumpkin (Primary) Words Within Words: SCARECROW	A Halloween Costume Gone Wrong Halloween Emoji Story 🌕 Words Within Words: CORNMAZE	Characters Dressed as Other Characters for Halloween The Heaviest Pumpkin Writing About Art: The Scream	Bobbing for Apples Halloween Problems and Solutions Studying and Remixing “The Raven”	Characters Dressed as Other Characters for Halloween The Heaviest Pumpkin Writing About Art: The Scream	Bobbing for Apples Halloween Problems and Solutions Studying and Remixing “The Raven”
Module 5
Theme	Power activity + questions 9–10	Systems: Watch vs. Forest	O&C lesson Order and Chaos: The Shuffle	Change lesson	Power and Symbols	Systems: The Traffic Jam	Order and Chaos: The Shuffle
ELA	Describe Your Monster Word Ladder: Band to Sing (4 Steps)	Similes Simple or Compound Sentences – What’s In My Brain? Word Pyramid: D to ASIDE	Fancier Figurative Language: Move the Simile Run On or Not? – What’s In My Brain Word Ladder: Sky to Red (5-steps)	Better Stories Part 2: Types of Conflict Changing A Plot’s Order Idioms about Weather	Improving Shakespeare’s Repetition Fancier Figurative Language: Use the Opposite Idioms About Numbers 2	Better Stories Part 2: Types of Conflict Changing A Plot’s Order Idioms about Weather	Improving Shakespeare’s Repetition Fancier Figurative Language: Use the Opposite Idioms About Numbers 2
Math		How Many Ways: Times Equals Times Math Curiosity: Magic Squares	How Many Ways: Two Hundredths Apart Factors and Codes (Episode 1) Contig	How Many Ways: Multiply to 9 An Olympic Sized Pool and Lots of Pasta (Episode 2)	How Many Ways: Divide Fractions Equal 1/4 Four Fours	How Many Ways: Multiply to 9 An Olympic Sized Pool and Lots of Pasta (Episode 2)	How Many Ways: Divide Fractions Equal 1/4
Enrich	Domesticated Animals Tournament game pick Game: Number Scrabble	Microchess (Chess Variant) Tournament of Mythological Creatures	The Resiliency Tournament	Four Player Chess Types of Energy Tournament	Habitable Planets and Moons Tournament chess-variant pick	Four Player Chess Types of Energy Tournament	Habitable Planets and Moons Tournament
🦃 Thanksgiving	Holiday Shuffle – Day vs Date Holiday vs Holiday (from a Mascot’s Perspective) Parts of Speech Party – Thanks Remixing A Holiday Poem Thanksgiving Photo Writing Writing A Thanksgiving Letter	Holiday Shuffle – Day vs Date Holiday vs Holiday (from a Mascot’s Perspective) Parts of Speech Party – Thanks Remixing A Holiday Poem Thanksgiving Photo Writing Words Within Words: STUFFING Writing A Thanksgiving Letter	Holiday Shuffle – Day vs Date Holiday vs Holiday (from a Mascot’s Perspective) Parts of Speech Party – Thanks Remixing A Holiday Poem Thanksgiving Photo Writing Writing A Thanksgiving Letter	Holiday Shuffle – Day vs Date Holiday vs Holiday (from a Mascot’s Perspective) Parts of Speech Party – Thanks Remixing A Holiday Poem Thanksgiving Photo Writing Words Within Words: CRANBERRY Writing A Thanksgiving Letter	Holiday Shuffle – Day vs Date Holiday vs Holiday (from a Mascot’s Perspective) Parts of Speech Party – Thanks Remixing A Holiday Poem Thanksgiving Photo Writing Writing A Thanksgiving Letter	Holiday Shuffle – Day vs Date Holiday vs Holiday (from a Mascot’s Perspective) Parts of Speech Party – Thanks Remixing A Holiday Poem Thanksgiving Photo Writing Words Within Words: CRANBERRY Writing A Thanksgiving Letter	Holiday Shuffle – Day vs Date Holiday vs Holiday (from a Mascot’s Perspective) Parts of Speech Party – Thanks Remixing A Holiday Poem Thanksgiving Photo Writing Writing A Thanksgiving Letter
Module 6
Theme	Power activity	Systems: Pull One Thread	O&C lesson	Change lesson	Power and Traditions	Systems: Watch vs. Forest
ELA	Idioms About Noses Word Ladders	Word Ladder: Wild to Tame (5-steps) Word Ladder – Sun to Hot (5-steps) Author’s Voice: Rudyard Kipling Super Specific Similes	Author’s Voice: Jack London Multiple Meaning Matcher – Alpha Multiple Meaning Matchers	Better Stories Part 3: Literary Themes Lipogram: Rewrite “Mary Had A Little Lamb” Multiple Meaning Matcher – Gamma	Multiple Meaning Matcher – Eta Multiple Meaning Matchers (G6 set)	Better Stories Part 3: Literary Themes Lipogram: Rewrite “Mary Had A Little Lamb” Multiple Meaning Matcher – Gamma	Multiple Meaning Matcher – Eta
Math	Odd Plus Odd	The Nines Secret	Math Curiosity	An Olympic Sized Pool and Jet Fuel (Episode 3) How Many Will There Be? Stairs	Create Your Own Operation How Many Will There Be? Flowers	An Olympic Sized Pool and Jet Fuel (Episode 3) How Many Will There Be? Stairs	Create Your Own Operation How Many Will There Be? Flowers
Enrich	Not Like The Others: Penguins The Game of 100	Anti-Checkers Not Like The Others: Countries	Jotto Not Like The Others: US National Parks	Not Like The Others: US Presidents game pick	Not Like The Others: Microstates of Europe game pick	Not Like The Others: US Presidents	Not Like The Others: Microstates of Europe
❄️ Winter	Holiday Emoji Story 🚚 Holiday Worksheets Investigating Christmas Trees Order, Chaos, and the Holiday Season Parts of Speech Party – Gift Precipitation Tournament Special Gifts with Special Requirements Words Within Words: WREATH Writing Sample: A Christmas Carol (Cold)	Holiday Emoji Story 🎅 Holiday Worksheets Investigating Christmas Trees Order, Chaos, and the Holiday Season Parts of Speech Party – Gift Precipitation Tournament Special Gifts with Special Requirements Words Within Words: LATKES Writing Sample: A Christmas Carol (Cold)	Holiday Emoji Story ☃️ Holiday Worksheets Investigating Christmas Trees Order, Chaos, and the Holiday Season Parts of Speech Party – Gift Precipitation Tournament Special Gifts with Special Requirements Words Within Words: MENORAH Writing Sample: A Christmas Carol (Cold)	Holiday Emoji Story 🍪 Holiday Worksheets Investigating Christmas Trees Order, Chaos, and the Holiday Season Parts of Speech Party – Gift Precipitation Tournament Special Gifts with Special Requirements Words Within Words: ORNAMENT Writing Sample: A Christmas Carol (Cold)	Holiday Emoji Story ⛷️ Holiday Worksheets Investigating Christmas Trees Order, Chaos, and the Holiday Season Parts of Speech Party – Gift Precipitation Tournament Special Gifts with Special Requirements Words Within Words: NUTCRACKER Writing Sample: A Christmas Carol (Cold)	Holiday Emoji Story 🍪 Holiday Worksheets Investigating Christmas Trees Order, Chaos, and the Holiday Season Parts of Speech Party – Gift Precipitation Tournament Special Gifts with Special Requirements Words Within Words: ORNAMENT Writing Sample: A Christmas Carol (Cold)	Holiday Emoji Story ⛷️ Holiday Worksheets Investigating Christmas Trees Order, Chaos, and the Holiday Season Parts of Speech Party – Gift Precipitation Tournament Special Gifts with Special Requirements Words Within Words: NUTCRACKER Writing Sample: A Christmas Carol (Cold)
Module 7
Theme	Power activity + question 11	Systems lesson 7	O&C lesson	Change lesson 7	Who has more power: the Queen Bee or the Hive?
ELA	Story Starter: Out To Eat Word Ladder: Foot to Shoe (4 Steps)	Robot Writing: Volcano Story Starter: A Magical School Idioms About Hands and Fingers	Story Starter: Amusement Park Idioms About Birds 1 Spice Up Writing	Better Stories Part 4: Character Archetypes Story Starter: A Day At School What’s In My Brain: Primary Sources Idioms About Red Personification: A River	Writing Clear Directions Story Starter: Somewhere In Space What’s In My Brain: Painting vs Painting Idioms About Names	Better Stories Part 4: Character Archetypes Story Starter: A Day At School What’s In My Brain: Primary Sources Idioms About Red Personification: A River	Writing Clear Directions Story Starter: Somewhere In Space What’s In My Brain: Painting vs Painting Idioms About Names
Math	How Many Ways: second digits-once episode	math pick	math pick	math pick	math pick
Enrich	Random Emoji Prompt Generator What’s In My Brain: Lion vs Bear game pick	What’s In My Brain: Grass vs Mold game pick	What’s In My Brain: Ball vs Book game pick	game pick	game pick
💌 Valentine's & Presidents	Academic Love Letters Educational Valentines Tournament of Presidents Valentine’s Day Codes Why Is Our Calendar So Weird!?	Academic Love Letters Educational Valentines Tournament of Presidents Valentine’s Day Codes Why Is Our Calendar So Weird!?	Academic Love Letters Educational Valentines Tournament of Presidents Valentine’s Day Codes Why Is Our Calendar So Weird!? Words Within Words: February	Academic Love Letters Educational Valentines Tournament of Presidents Valentine’s Day Codes Why Is Our Calendar So Weird!?	Academic Love Letters Educational Valentines Tournament of Presidents Valentine’s Day Codes Why Is Our Calendar So Weird!? Words Within Words: Chocolate	Academic Love Letters Educational Valentines Tournament of Presidents Valentine’s Day Codes Why Is Our Calendar So Weird!?	Academic Love Letters Educational Valentines Tournament of Presidents Valentine’s Day Codes Why Is Our Calendar So Weird!? Words Within Words: Chocolate
Module 8
Theme	Power activity		O&C lesson	theme lesson	Indirect Power – Lighthouse vs Magnetism
ELA	Idioms About Feet Mixed Up Paragraphs	Shrinking A Summary Word Pyramid: H to CRASH	Mixed Up Paragraphs Word Pyramid: I to LIONS	Better Stories Part 5: Plot Structure Word Pyramid: U to Brush	Word Pyramid: M to CAMPUS	Better Stories Part 5: Plot Structure Word Pyramid: U to Brush	Word Pyramid: M to CAMPUS
Math	Bad Graphs	Bad Graphs: Teacher Votes	Bad Graphs: Boulder Throwing	Bad Graphs: Mr. Boid’s Fair Share	What Do Mean and Median Mean?	Bad Graphs: Mr. Boid’s Fair Share	What Do Mean and Median Mean?
Enrich	Math Game: Heaps What If… Long Life?	What If… No Sleep? game pick	Chess Variant: Monster Chess Paradox: The Liar’s Paradox	Charge of the Light Brigade – Chess Variant Paradox: Crocodile Dilemma	Paradox: Rebuilding A Ship game pick	Charge of the Light Brigade – Chess Variant Paradox: Crocodile Dilemma	Paradox: Rebuilding A Ship
Module 9
Theme	Power activity	theme lesson	O&C lesson	theme lesson	Power Big Idea Worksheets
ELA	PoS Party 2 + 3 Word Pyramids	Idioms About Food 1	Idioms About Water Summarize In Haiku	Ambiguous Sentences Multiple Meaning Matcher – Delta	Passive to Active Voice Multiple Meaning Matcher – Theta Summarize In Haiku: Power	Ambiguous Sentences Multiple Meaning Matcher – Delta	Passive to Active Voice Multiple Meaning Matcher – Theta Summarize In Haiku: Power
Math	How Tall Is Our Class?	How Many Ways: 2 Digits ÷ 1 Digit = 1 Digit Playground Perimeter	How Many Ways: The Stubborn Ones Digit GoPro Stock Investigation	How Many Ways: A Remainder of 5	How Many Ways: Ratios of 1 to 3 A Caffeine Investigation – Part 1 A Caffeine Investigation – Part 2	How Many Ways: A Remainder of 5	How Many Ways: Ratios of 1 to 3 A Caffeine Investigation – Part 1 A Caffeine Investigation – Part 2
Enrich	Not Like The Others: Creatures of the Tundra game pick	Not Like The Others: Flowers game pick	Horde Chess Variant Not Like The Others: US States	Not Like The Others: States of Matter game pick	Not Like The Others: 19th Century Presidents game pick	Not Like The Others: States of Matter	Not Like The Others: 19th Century Presidents
Module 10
Theme	Power activity + question review game	theme lesson	O&C lesson	theme lesson	Power – Blue Whale vs Krill
ELA	Story Starter: Somewhere In Space Pixel Art symbolism Word Ladder: Work to Hard (4 Steps)	Story Starter: Out To Eat Inferring With Art Word Ladder: Fire to Warm (4 Steps)	Story Starter: A Magical School Multiple Meaning Matcher – Beta Writing About Art	Story Starter: Amusement Park Idioms About Birds 2 Writing About Art	Story Starter: A Day At School Idioms About the Greeks and Romans Writing About Art	Story Starter: Amusement Park Idioms About Birds 2	Story Starter: A Day At School Idioms About the Greeks and Romans
Math	Pattern Block Hexagons	How Many Will There Be? Squares in Squares	How Many Will There Be? Pyramids	How Many Will There Be? Sliced Circles	How Many Will There Be? Triangles Within Triangles	How Many Will There Be? Sliced Circles	How Many Will There Be? Triangles Within Triangles
Enrich	What’s In My Brain: Owl vs Eagle game pick	Ultimate (or Inception) Tic Tac Toe What’s In My Brain: Tree vs Tree	What’s In My Brain!? Gold vs Wood game pick	Inferring With Art: A Couple game pick WIMB pick	What’s In My Brain: Italy vs Normandy game pick	Inferring With Art: A Couple	What’s In My Brain: Italy vs Normandy
Module 11
Theme	Power activity	theme lesson	O&C lesson	theme lesson	Power theme pick
ELA	Idioms About Ducks Teach a Game	Idioms About Food 2 One-Minute Expert Talk	Propaganda and Logical Fallacies Idioms About Mouths	Improving Presentations 1: Watching The Greats Improving Presentations 2: Planning The Outline Antonym Paths	Persuasion and Packaging: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos Word Pyramid: T to PLANET	Improving Presentations 1: Watching The Greats Improving Presentations 2: Planning The Outline Antonym Paths	Persuasion and Packaging: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos Word Pyramid: T to PLANET
Math	Coin Combinations		Factors and Codes: First Names (Episode 2)	math pick
Enrich	game pick NLTO pick	Not Like The Others: Snakes of the Rainforest Fizz Buzz: A Counting and Divisibility Game game pick	Not Like The Others: Birds of the Tropical Rainforest game pick	Not Like The Others: Planets game pick	game pick NLTO pick	Not Like The Others: Planets
Module 12
Theme	Power finale + all-questions task + game gauntlet	Systems finale	O&C wrap	Change finale	Power finale + generalization
ELA	Portfolio Compare Words Within Words: SATURN	Portfolio Compare Word Ladder: East to West (4 Steps)	Portfolio Compare Word Ladder – Cold to Cool (5-Steps)	Improving Presentations 3: The Storyboard and Slides Improving Presentations 4: The Big Day Multiple Meaning Matcher – Epsilon Portfolio Compare	Antagonyms: Dust, Clip, and Left Idioms (G6 set) Portfolio Compare	Improving Presentations 3: The Storyboard and Slides Improving Presentations 4: The Big Day Multiple Meaning Matcher – Epsilon	Antagonyms: Dust, Clip, and Left
Math	HMWTB: Party Tables	math pick	math pick	math pick	math pick
Enrich	Col – A Strategy Game year-end tournament pick	game pick year-end tournament pick	Random Emoji Prompt Generator Exploration Technology Tournament game pick	How to Play Go Tournament of Not-So-Famous Inventors	finale game pick year-end tournament pick	How to Play Go Tournament of Not-So-Famous Inventors