| Week 1 |
18/01/2026 |
22/01/2026 |
Topic 4: Weather and Seasons - Lesson 1
- Learning Objectives: Identify how parts of plants and animals help them survive
- Student Book: pp. 110-111, 114-123
- Activities:
- Day 1: Topic Opener, uConnect Lab: What is it like outside today?, Literacy Connection - Sequence, Game (p. 110-111, 114-115)
- Day 2: Introduce vocab, uInvestigate Lab: Which way is the wind blowing? (p. 116-117)
- Day 3: Video - Types of Weather, Read Lesson 1 (p. 118-121)
- Day 4: Interactivity- Tools for Measuring the Weather, Quest Kick Off and Video, Quest Check-In: Hot and Cold (p. 112-113, 121-122)
- Day 5: Extreme Science: Winter Storm Jonas, Whole Group Check In (use digital Lesson 1 Quiz) (p. 123)
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| Week 2 |
25/01/2026 |
29/01/2026 |
Topic 4: Weather and Seasons - Lesson 2
- Learning Objectives: Understand weather changes and seasons
- Student Book: pp. 126-134
- Activities:
- Day 1: Introduce Vocab, uInvestigate Lab: How can you make it rain? (p. 126-127)
- Day 2: Read Lesson 2, Video: Weather Changes and Seasons (p. 126, 128-129)
- Day 3: Finish Reading Lesson 2, Interactivity: The Four Seasons (p. 130-131)
- Day 4: Quest Check In Lab: How does the season affect the amount of daylight? (p. 132-133)
- Day 5: Topic 4 Assessment; Quest Findings: Plan a Trip! (p. 134)
- Assessment: Topic 4 Assessment
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| Week 3 |
01/02/2026 |
05/02/2026 |
Topic 5: Living Things - Lesson 1
- Learning Objectives: Identify the major parts of plants and explain how plant parts help plants
- Student Book: pp. 142-153
- Activities:
- Day 1: Topic Opener, uConnect Lab: How can you make a model of a plant?, Literacy Connection - Compare and Contrast, Game (p. 142-143, 146-147)
- Day 2: Introduce vocab, uInvestigate Lab: What do the parts of a plant look like? (p. 148-149)
- Day 3: Read Lesson 1, Video: Plant Parts (p. 148, 150-152)
- Day 4: Quest Kick Off and Video: Nature Copycats, Quest Check In: Roots Help Plants Survive, Interactivity (p. 144-145, 153)
- Day 5: Whole Group Check In (use digital Lesson 1 Quiz)
- Assessment: Digital Lesson 1 Quiz
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| Week 4 |
08/02/2026 |
12/02/2026 |
Ramadan Event
Topic 5: Living Things - Lesson 2
Lighter workload
- Learning Objectives: Identify the major parts of animals and explain how animal parts help animals
- Student Book: pp. 154-159
- Activities:
- Day 1: Introduce Vocab, uInvestigate Lab: How do whiskers help a cat? (p. 154-155)
- Day 2: Video: Animal Parts, Read Lesson 2 (p. 154, 156-158)
- Day 3: Quest Check In: Different Shapes, Different Uses (p. 159)
- Day 4: Interactivity: What are some parts of animals? (p. 157)
- Day 5: Whole Group Check In (use Digital Lesson 2 Quiz)
- Assessment: Digital Lesson 2 Quiz
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| Week 5 |
15/02/2026 |
19/02/2026 |
18th - Ramadan Begins
Topic 5: Living Things - Lesson 3
- Learning Objectives: Demonstrate how people can learn from plant and animal parts
- Student Book: pp. 160-167
- Activities:
- Day 1: Introduce Vocab, uInvestigate Lab: How can people learn from an acorn shell? (p. 162-163)
- Day 2: Video: People Learn From Plant and Animal Parts, Read Lesson 3 (p. 162, 164-165)
- Day 3: Quest Check In: A Sticky Invention, Interactivity: How People Mimic Living Things (p. 165-166)
- Day 4: Math Connection: Order Objects by Length (p. 167)
- Day 5: Whole Group Check In (use Digital Lesson 3 Quiz)
- Extensions: uEngineer It!: Design a Tool (p. 160-161); Interactivity: Plant Parts and Human Objects (p. 160)
- Assessment: Digital Lesson 3 Quiz
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| Week 6 |
22/02/2026 |
26/02/2026 |
22nd - Foundation Day
Topic 5: Living Things - Lesson 4
- Learning Objectives: Use the senses to observe living things in their environments
- Student Book: pp. 168-177, 182-183
- Activities:
- Day 1: Introduce Vocab, uInvestigate Lab: what happens to a water plant out of water? (p. 168-169)
- Day 2: Video: Where Plants and Animals Live, Read Lesson 4 (p. 168, 170-171)
- Day 3: Read Lesson 4 (cont.), Interactivity: Land and Water Environments (p. 172-173)
- Day 4: Quest Check In Lab: How do snowshoe hares stay safe?, Quest Findings: Nature Copycats (p. 174-176)
- Day 5: Topic 5 Assessment
- Extensions: Interactivity: Nature Copycats (p. 176); Career Connection: Bioengineer (p. 177); uDemonstrate Lab: How do the spines of cacti help them? (p. 182-183)
- Assessment: Topic 5 Assessment
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| Week 7 |
01/03/2026 |
05/03/2026 |
Topic 6: Parents and Offspring - Lesson 1
- Learning Objectives: Observe and describe the life cycles of some plants and animals
- Student Book: pp. 184-195
- Activities:
- Day 1: Topic Opener, uConnect Lab: Which mouse is longer?, Literacy Connection - Main Idea and Details, Game (p. 184-185, 188-189)
- Day 2: Introduce vocab, uInvestigate Lab: How do plants grow and change? (p. 190-191)
- Day 3: Read Lesson 1, Interactivity- Digital activity Compare Life Cycles of Animals (p.192-193)
- Day 4: Quest Kick Off, Video, Quest Check-In: How are the life cycles alike and different? (p. 186-187, 194-195)
- Day 5: Whole Group Check In (use digital Lesson 1 Quiz), Finish up Quest Check In if needed
- Assessment: Digital Lesson 1 Quiz
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| 6th – 28th March: Eid Al Fitr Vacation |
| Week 8 |
29/03/2026 |
02/04/2026 |
Topic 6: Parents and Offspring - Lesson 2
Post-break review
- Learning Objectives: Observe and describe that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like their parents
- Student Book: pp. 196-203
- Activities:
- Day 1: Introduce Vocab, uInvestigate Lab: What do young plants look like? (p. 196-197)
- Day 2: Read Lesson 2, Video (p. 198-199)
- Day 3: Continue Reading Lesson 2, Interactivity - Digital activity Alike and Different Living Things (p. 200-201)
- Day 4: Finish Reading Lesson 2, Quest Check In - Alike and Different (Whole Group) (p. 202-203)
- Day 5: Whole Group Check In (use Digital Lesson 2 Quiz)
- Assessment: Digital Lesson 2 Quiz
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| Week 9 |
05/04/2026 |
09/04/2026 |
Mid-Term Quiz Week
Topic 6: Parents and Offspring - Lesson 3
- Learning Objectives: Identify what animals need; explain how the behaviors of parents and their young help the young survive
- Student Book: pp. 206-221
- Activities:
- Day 1: Introduce vocab, uInvestigate Lab: How do nests protect eggs? (p. 206-207)
- Day 2: Read Lesson 3, Video (p. 208-210)
- Day 3: Finish Reading Lesson 3, Interactivity - Digital Activity Animal Behaviors (p. 212-213)
- Day 4: Quest Check-In: Parents Help Young Learn. Math Connection, Quest Findings (p. 214-216)
- Day 5: Topic 6 Assessment, Interactivity - Digital Activity Quest Findings: Find the Parents (p. 216, 218-221)
- Assessment: Topic 6 Assessment
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| Week 10 |
12/04/2026 |
16/04/2026 |
⚠️ Detailed lesson plan to be developed by teacher using Savvas Science curriculum guide |
| Week 11 |
19/04/2026 |
23/04/2026 |
⚠️ Detailed lesson plan to be developed by teacher using Savvas Science curriculum guide |
| Week 12 |
26/04/2026 |
30/04/2026 |
⚠️ Detailed lesson plan to be developed by teacher using Savvas Science curriculum guide |
| Week 13 |
03/05/2026 |
07/05/2026 |
⚠️ Detailed lesson plan to be developed by teacher using Savvas Science curriculum guide |
| Week 14 |
10/05/2026 |
14/05/2026 |
⚠️ Detailed lesson plan to be developed by teacher using Savvas Science curriculum guide |
| 15th May - 1st June: Eid Al Adha Vacation |
| Week 15 |
02/06/2026 |
04/06/2026 |
⚠️ Comprehensive Review & Preparation - Details to be developed by teacher |
| Week 16 |
07/06/2026 |
11/06/2026 |
FINAL EXAMINATIONS
SECOND TERM EXAMINATION WEEK
- Comprehensive Grade 1 Science Final Exam
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