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Grades K–2 · Semester 6 · 46 readings

Look deeper into the wider world

Begin with repeated pictures and different notes. Follow the connected explanations through small parts behind a visible result, keeping each small group together and taking time to understand its illustrations.

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One possible pace is 2–3 explanations a week over 16 weeks. Keep each small unit together, revisit its pictures and allow more time whenever an idea needs it.

Unit 1Repeated pictures and different notes2 readings ⌄

Stencil openings guide paint; tuned wooden bars make a musical instrument.

  1. How does a stencil help repeat the same picture?Arts & Music
  2. Why do a marimba’s wooden bars play different notes?Arts & Music
Unit 2Animal shelters and disguises4 readings ⌄

Different structures help animals stay supported, hidden or protected.

  1. How can an oriole make a hanging nest?Organisms
  2. How can a stick insect hide in plain sight?Organisms
  3. Why does a hedgehog curl into a spiky ball?Organisms
  4. How does a beaver dam make a pond?Organisms
Unit 3Small places full of life4 readings ⌄

A log, hedge, rocky hollow and seasonal pond show how shelter and water shape a home.

  1. How can a fallen tree become a busy neighborhood?Organisms
  2. Why does a little pool stay when the sea pulls away?Organisms
  3. How can a row of bushes become a home for wildlife?Organisms
  4. How can a pond that dries up help young frogs?Organisms
Unit 4Growing into a place4 readings ⌄

Bodies change, openings appear and attachments carry or hold living things.

  1. How does a tadpole become a frog?Organisms
  2. How can a chick open its eggshell from inside?Organisms
  3. How can kelp stay attached while the sea moves?Organisms
  4. How can a burr travel on an animal’s fur?Organisms
Unit 5Useful edges and fibers4 readings ⌄

Hooks, a shell, a broom and a brush each use small parts to do a larger job.

  1. How can a caterpillar hold onto a twig?Organisms
  2. How can a snail’s shell grow with the snail?Organisms
  3. How do broom bristles move dust across a floor?Everyday Life
  4. How does a paintbrush carry paint onto paper?Arts & Music
Unit 6Small connections that hold4 readings ⌄

Clips, springs, thread and narrow points explain everyday joining and support.

  1. How do the two halves of a snap stay together?Everyday Life
  2. How does a backpack buckle click shut?Everyday Life
  3. How can one thread hold two pieces of cloth together?Everyday Life
  4. Why does a fork have several narrow points?Everyday Life
Unit 7Openings and changing shapes4 readings ⌄

A basket, a pin, a folding fan and a mesh show how shape affects a job.

  1. How can tea color leave a little mesh basket?Everyday Life
  2. How does a rolling pin make dough thinner?Everyday Life
  3. How can a wide folding fan close into a narrow bundle?Arts & Music
  4. How can a window screen let air in but keep many insects out?Everyday Life
Unit 8Marks, water and light4 readings ⌄

Powder, drying, wet fibers and moving air change what we see.

  1. How does chalk leave a pale line on a board?Arts & Music
  2. Why can wet clay shrink and crack as it dries?Materials & Matter
  3. Why can a wet patch of cloth look darker?Materials & Matter
  4. Why do stars seem to twinkle?Earth & Space
Unit 9Small pieces at shore and in winter4 readings ⌄

Grains, bubbles, packed snow and frozen drops build familiar surfaces.

  1. Why are some sandy beaches white and others dark?Earth & Space
  2. How do waves make sea foam?Earth & Space
  3. Why does a boot leave a dent in fresh snow?Earth & Space
  4. How can dripping water make an icicle longer?Earth & Space
Unit 10Messages that help people work together4 readings ⌄

Payment, labels, orders and shared signals connect people with a service.

  1. What does a postage stamp do on a letter?Societies
  2. How does a museum label help explain an object?History & Evidence
  3. How does a restaurant kitchen know which meal to make?Societies
  4. How does a crossing guard help a group cross a road?Societies
Unit 11Pieces, pictures and moving figures4 readings ⌄

Arranged pieces make art while attached parts pass a pull or follow a path.

  1. How can tiny colored pieces make a big mosaic picture?Arts & Music
  2. How does a collage make a picture from other pieces?Arts & Music
  3. How do strings make a puppet’s arm move?Arts & Music
  4. Why does a swing come back down after going up?Machines
Unit 12Small parts behind a visible result4 readings ⌄

Ink, folds, ear passages and tiny muscles explain visible everyday changes.

  1. How does an ink pad help a rubber stamp make a mark?Arts & Music
  2. How can an accordion book open into one long picture?Arts & Music
  3. What does the outside part of an ear do with sound?Organisms
  4. Why does skin sometimes get little goosebumps?Organisms