SCIENCE CURRICULUM PACER

Second Term SY 2025-2026

Grades 1, 2, and 3

Program: Savvas Science (Elevate)

Academic Supervisor: Ms. Rola Alterri

⚠️ This document contains ONLY verified information provided by curriculum materials

GRADE 1 - SCIENCE (Savvas Science)
Week 1: January 18-22, 2026 Topic 4: Weather and Seasons - Lesson 1 (Part 1)
Learning Objectives: Identify how parts of plants and animals help them survive
Topic/Unit: Topic 4: Weather and Seasons - Lesson 1
Student Book: pp. 110-111, 114-123
Activities: Day 1: Topic Opener, uConnect Lab: What is it like outside today?, Literacy Connection - Sequence, Game (Website) (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)
Week 2: January 25-29, 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
Week 3: February 1-5, 2026 Topic 5: Living Things - Lesson 1
Learning Objectives: Identify the major parts of plants and explain how plant parts help plants
Topic/Unit: Topic 5: Living Things - Lesson 1 (Plant Parts)
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 (Website) (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
Week 4: February 8-12, 2026 Topic 5: Living Things - Lesson 2
Ramadan Event this week - 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
Week 5: February 15-19, 2026 Topic 5: Living Things - Lesson 3
Ramadan begins February 18th
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
Week 6: February 22-26, 2026 Topic 5: Living Things - Lesson 4
Foundation Day - February 22
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
Week 7: March 1-5, 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 (Website) (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
EID AL FITR VACATION: March 6-28, 2026
Week 8: March 29 - April 2, 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
Week 9: April 5-9, 2026 Topic 6: Parents and Offspring - Lesson 3
📝 Mid-Term Quiz Week
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
⚠️ WEEKS 10-16: INFORMATION NOT PROVIDED IN SOURCE DOCUMENTS
ACTION REQUIRED: Teacher must develop detailed weekly plans for remaining weeks using Savvas Science curriculum guide
EID AL ADHA VACATION: May 15 - June 1, 2026
Week 16: June 7-11, 2026 FINAL EXAMINATIONS
📝 SECOND TERM EXAMINATION WEEK
Assessment: Comprehensive Grade 1 Science Final Exam
GRADE 2 - SCIENCE (Savvas Science)
Week 1: January 18-22, 2026 Topic 4: Earth's Processes - Lesson 1
Learning Objectives: Understand how Earth changes quickly
Topic/Unit: Topic 4: Earth's Processes - Lesson 1: Earth Changes Quickly
Student Book: p. 118
Activities: Jumpstart Discovery Activity; Quest Activities - Save a Town; uConnect Lab; Introduce Vocabulary; uInvestigate Lab: How do volcanoes change Earth?; Read and discuss lessons in textbook; Complete questions, drawings, diagrams, and charts in textbook; Watch lesson videos; Complete digital activities
Week 2: January 25-29, 2026 Topic 4: Earth's Processes - Lesson 2
Learning Objectives: Understand how Earth changes slowly
Topic/Unit: Topic 4: Earth's Processes - Lesson 2: Earth Changes Slowly
Student Book: pp. 124, 129 (Activity: Solve it with Science)
Activities: uInvestigate Lab: How do mountains change?; Read and discuss lessons in textbook; Complete questions, drawings, diagrams, and charts in textbook; Watch lesson videos; Complete digital activities
Week 3: February 1-5, 2026 Topic 4: Earth's Processes - Lesson 3
Learning Objectives: Understand how people can change Earth
Topic/Unit: Topic 4: Earth's Processes - Lesson 3: People Can Change Earth
Student Book: pp. 130, 138 (STEM uEngineer It)
Activities: uInvestigate Lab: How do plants protect fields from wind?; Read and discuss lessons in textbook; Complete questions, drawings, diagrams, and charts in textbook; Watch lesson videos; Complete digital activities; STEM uEngineer It
Week 4: February 8-12, 2026 Topic 4: Review & Assessment
Ramadan Event this week
Student Book: pp. 142, 144 (Evidence-Based Assessment)
Assessment: Topic 4 Review & Assessment; Evidence-Based Assessment
Week 5: February 15-19, 2026 Topic 5: Plants and Animals - Lesson 1
Ramadan begins February 18th
Learning Objectives: Describe some plant and animal life cycles
Topic/Unit: Topic 5: Plants and Animals - Lesson 1: Animal and Plant Cycles
Student Book: p. 154
Activities: Jumpstart Discovery Activity; Quest Activities - Help Save the Giant Flower; uConnect Lab; Introduce Vocabulary; uInvestigate Lab: What is inside a seed or a bulb?; Read and discuss lessons in textbook; Complete questions, drawings, diagrams, and charts in textbook; Watch lesson videos; Complete digital activities
Week 6: February 22-26, 2026 Topic 5: Plants and Animals - Lesson 2
Foundation Day - February 22
Learning Objectives: Explain that plants need sunlight, air, water, space, and nutrients
Topic/Unit: Topic 5: Plants and Animals - Lesson 2: Plant Needs
Student Book: p. 162
Activities: uInvestigate Lab: What do plants need to grow?; Read and discuss lessons in textbook; Complete questions, drawings, diagrams, and charts in textbook; Watch lesson videos; Complete digital activities
Week 7: March 1-5, 2026 Topic 5: Plants and Animals - Lesson 3
Learning Objectives: Explain that animals need food, oxygen, water, and shelter
Topic/Unit: Topic 5: Plants and Animals - Lesson 3: Animal Needs
Student Book: pp. 168, 173 (Extreme Science)
Activities: uInvestigate Lab: What do animals need?; Read and discuss lessons in textbook; Complete questions, drawings, diagrams, and charts in textbook; Watch lesson videos; Complete digital activities; Extreme Science
EID AL FITR VACATION: March 6-28, 2026
Week 8: March 29 - April 2, 2026 Topic 5: Plants and Animals - Lesson 4 & Assessment
📚 Post-Break Review
Learning Objectives: Identify ways some animals can help plants reproduce
Topic/Unit: Topic 5: Plants and Animals - Lesson 4: Animals Can Help Plants Reproduce
Student Book: pp. 174, 180 (STEM uEngineer It), 184-186 (Review and Assessment)
Activities: uInvestigate Lab: How can you model how animals spread seeds?; Read and discuss lessons in textbook; Complete questions, drawings, diagrams, and charts in textbook; Watch lesson videos; Complete digital activities; STEM uEngineer It
Assessment: Topic 5 Review and Assessment (pp. 184-186)
Week 9: April 5-9, 2026 Topic 6: Habitats - Lesson 1
📝 Mid-Term Quiz Week
Learning Objectives: Explain that plants and animals get what they need from their habitats; identify different habitats
Topic/Unit: Topic 6: Habitats - Lesson 1: Identify Habitats
Student Book: pp. 196, 202 (STEM uEngineer It!)
Activities: Jumpstart Discovery Activity; Quest Activities - Protect a Habitat; uConnect Lab; Introduce Vocabulary; uInvestigate Lab: Who lives in a grassland?; Read and discuss lessons in textbook; Complete questions, drawings, diagrams, and charts in textbook; Watch lesson videos; Complete digital activities
Week 10: April 12-16, 2026 Topic 6: Habitats - Lesson 2
Learning Objectives: Identify where plants and animals live on land
Topic/Unit: Topic 6: Habitats - Lesson 2: Living Things in Land Habitats
Student Book: p. 204
Activities: uInvestigate Lab: What do land plants need?; Read and discuss lessons in textbook; Complete questions, drawings, diagrams, and charts in textbook; Watch lesson videos; Complete digital activities
Week 11: April 19-23, 2026 Topic 6: Habitats - Lesson 3 & Assessment
Learning Objectives: Identify where plants and animals live in water
Topic/Unit: Topic 6: Habitats - Lesson 3: Living Things in Water Habitats
Student Book: pp. 210, 217 (STEM Math Connection), 220, 222 (Evidence Based Assessment)
Activities: uInvestigate Lab: How do plants survive in water?; Read and discuss lessons in textbook; Complete questions, drawings, diagrams, and charts in textbook; Watch lesson videos; Complete digital activities; STEM Math Connection
Assessment: Topic 6 Review and Assessment (pp. 220, 222)
⚠️ WEEKS 12-16: INFORMATION NOT PROVIDED IN SOURCE DOCUMENTS
ACTION REQUIRED: Teacher must develop detailed weekly plans for remaining weeks using Savvas Science curriculum guide
EID AL ADHA VACATION: May 15 - June 1, 2026
Week 16: June 7-11, 2026 FINAL EXAMINATIONS
📝 SECOND TERM EXAMINATION WEEK
Assessment: Comprehensive Grade 2 Science Final Exam
GRADE 3 - SCIENCE (Savvas Science - Elevate)
Week 1: January 18-22, 2026 Topic 5: Life Cycles and Traits - Lesson 1
Learning Objectives: Describe how all life cycles follow the same pattern
Topic/Unit: Topic 5: Life Cycles and Traits - Lesson 1: Life Cycles
Student Book: p. 174
Activities: uConnect Lab: Which seeds are from which plant?; Quest activities: Design a Mystery Creature; Read and discuss lessons in textbook; Complete questions, drawings, diagrams, and charts in textbook; Watch lesson videos; Complete digital activities
Week 2: January 25-29, 2026 Topic 5: Life Cycles and Traits - Lesson 2
Learning Objectives: Explain that living things inherit many characteristics from their parents
Topic/Unit: Topic 5: Life Cycles and Traits - Lesson 2: Inherited Traits
Student Book: pp. 184, 191 (Extreme Science), 192-193 (STEM uEngineer It)
Activities: Read and discuss lessons in textbook; Complete questions, drawings, diagrams, and charts in textbook; Watch lesson videos; Complete digital activities; Extreme Science; STEM uEngineer It
Week 3: February 1-5, 2026 Topic 5: Life Cycles and Traits - Lesson 3 & Assessment
Learning Objectives: Provide evidence showing that traits vary in a group of similar organisms
Topic/Unit: Topic 5: Life Cycles and Traits - Lesson 3: Traits Influenced by Environment
Student Book: pp. 194, 204-205 (Assessment)
Activities: Read and discuss lessons in textbook; Complete questions, drawings, diagrams, and charts in textbook; Watch lesson videos; Complete digital activities
Assessment: Topic 5 Assessment (pp. 204-205)
Week 4: February 8-12, 2026 Topic 6: Adaptations and Survival - Lesson 1
Ramadan Event this week
Learning Objectives: Relate the characteristics of a plant or animal to how well it can survive
Topic/Unit: Topic 6: Adaptations and Survival - Lesson 1: Survival of Individuals
Student Book: p. 216
Activities: uConnect Lab: What clues do beak shapes give about birds?; Quest activities: Help the Pond Organisms Survive; Read and discuss lessons in textbook; Complete questions, drawings, diagrams, and charts in textbook; Watch lesson videos; Complete digital activities
Week 5: February 15-19, 2026 Topic 6: Adaptations and Survival - Lesson 2
Ramadan begins February 18th
Learning Objectives: List some animals that form groups to help them survive
Topic/Unit: Topic 6: Adaptations and Survival - Lesson 2: Survival of Groups
Student Book: pp. 224, 231 (Solve it with Science)
Activities: Read and discuss lessons in textbook; Complete questions, drawings, diagrams, and charts in textbook; Watch lesson videos; Complete digital activities; Solve it with Science
Week 6: February 22-26, 2026 Topic 6: Adaptations and Survival - Lesson 3 & Assessment
Foundation Day - February 22
Learning Objectives: Explain how plants and animals respond to changes in the environment
Topic/Unit: Topic 6: Adaptations and Survival - Lesson 3: Survival When Environments Change
Student Book: pp. 232, 242-243 (STEM uEngineer It)
Activities: Read and discuss lessons in textbook; Complete questions, drawings, diagrams, and charts in textbook; Watch lesson videos; Complete digital activities; STEM uEngineer It
Assessment: Topic 6 Assessment
Week 7: March 1-5, 2026 Topic 7: Fossil Evidence - Lesson 1
Learning Objectives: Describe what a fossil is and some ways that fossils form
Topic/Unit: Topic 7: Fossil Evidence - Lesson 1: Fossils
Student Book: pp. 258, 267 (STEM Math Connection)
Activities: uConnect Lab: What can a fossil tell you?; Quest activities: Written in Stone; Read and discuss lessons in textbook; Complete questions, drawings, diagrams, and charts in textbook; Watch lesson videos; Complete digital activities; STEM Math Connection
EID AL FITR VACATION: March 6-28, 2026
Week 8: March 29 - April 2, 2026 Topic 7: Fossil Evidence - Lesson 2
📚 Post-Break Review
Learning Objectives: Use fossil data to give evidence of organisms and environments that existed long ago
Topic/Unit: Topic 7: Fossil Evidence - Lesson 2: Fossils as a Record
Student Book: pp. 268, 276-277 (STEM)
Activities: Read and discuss lessons in textbook; Complete questions, drawings, diagrams, and charts in textbook; Watch lesson videos; Complete digital activities; STEM activities
Week 9: April 5-9, 2026 Topic 7: Fossil Evidence - Lesson 3 & Assessment
📝 Mid-Term Quiz Week
Learning Objectives: Use fossil data to argue how some living things have responded to climate changes
Topic/Unit: Topic 7: Fossil Evidence - Lesson 3: Living Things and Climate Change
Student Book: pp. 278, 290-291 (Assessment)
Activities: Read and discuss lessons in textbook; Complete questions, drawings, diagrams, and charts in textbook; Watch lesson videos; Complete digital activities
Assessment: Topic 7 Assessment (pp. 290-291)
⚠️ WEEKS 10-16: INFORMATION NOT PROVIDED IN SOURCE DOCUMENTS
ACTION REQUIRED: Teacher must develop detailed weekly plans for remaining weeks using Savvas Science Elevate curriculum guide
EID AL ADHA VACATION: May 15 - June 1, 2026
Week 16: June 7-11, 2026 FINAL EXAMINATIONS
📝 SECOND TERM EXAMINATION WEEK
Assessment: Comprehensive Grade 3 Science Final Exam

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Prepared by: Ms. Rola Alterri, Academic Supervisor
Date: January 2026