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THIRD GRADE CHALLENGEFOURTH GRADE CHALLENGEFIFTH GRADE CHALLENGE
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QuarterWilliam
Shakespeare		Figure It OutHands On
Equations		ExplorationsFigure It OutHands On
Equations		ViewpointsFigure It OutHands On
Equations
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FIRSTElizabethan Times, Shakespeare's Bio, Shakespeare's Globe TheatreDraw a Picture
Use a Pattern
Work Backward
Make a Table		US Regions, National Parks
Act It Out
Guess & Check		Review X, Evaluating Expressions, Introduce *, Learn to distinguish an expression
from an equation		Viewpoints & Iconic America, Gateway Arch National Park, Frederic Remington, Statue of LibertyLook For Patterns
Experiment		Review Solving With * and x, Introduce the green cubes, Recognize that red and green cubes are opposites. Solve simple equations with negative and positive numbers.
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SECONDLanguage & Poetry, Romeo and JulietAct It Out
Use a Model
Guess and Check
Make a List, Strategy Review		STEM Structures & the Engineering Process and Design Challenge ExplorationsDraw A Picture
Make A List		Solving with * and x, Solve While Removing Pawns, Working with Convenient ZerosArchitectural Footprints & The Rise of Skyscrapers, The Harlem Renaissance, Grant Wood, The Hoover Dam, Dorothea LangeMake A List
Work Backward
 Solve With Adding and Subtracting Positive and Negative Whole Numbers Using the Red and Green Cubes. Form convenient zeros with number cubes.
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THIRDA Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Twelfth NightIntroducing X, Evaluating ExpressionsBridge History and Types, Bridge Building and ResearchLook For A Pattern
Solve A Simpler Problem		Simplifying the Setup, Solve Equations By Adding Pawns to both sides and using sets of zeros.Mount Rushmore, Norman Rockwell, Stepping Into History With Ruby BridgesUse A Model
Use Logical Reasoning
Solve equations using red and green cubes and blue and
white pawns, Subtracting a multiple of a parenthetical expression.
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FOURTHCharacter Analysis, Alternative EndingsStudents learn how to solve for X by removing pawns and cubes.Coding, Rube GoldbergWork Backward
Use Logical Reasoning
Strategy Review		Recognizing that (-x) is the same as * and beginning to solve equations without manipulativesModern Art (Warhol, Calder, Johns, Pollock), Frank Lloyd Wright, Communicating Through Invention, Extra: War Memorials PBLSolve A Simpler Problem
Guess & Check
Strategy Review		Solve equations with blue and white pawns and the red and green cubes with the notation of “(-x)”. Solving equations without manipulatives.
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