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Month	Existing Content	Future Teacher-Feature
AUGUST	Lesson Plan S#1- (DICT-VENT-DUCT) S#2- (FIN-SED-FER) S#3- (CERN-JUR-LEG) Theme Food-Ice Cream Oceans Olympic Sports Photography Vacations Test Prep 17 Books-FITB puzs Word List/Topic Oceans/Maritime Olympics Sports: General types	Music Appreciation
SEPTEMBER	Lesson Plan S#4- (GRAD-MOT-CAD/CAS) S#5- (NAT-TRACT-SEQU) S#6- (FAC-PLIC-COGN) S#7- (SPECT-STA-VERT) WeeklyRoots: Root-A-Week Theme Back-to-School Constitution Day Elections Football Labor Day Test Prep SAT/ACT #3 SAT/ACT #4 Word List/Topic Benjamin Franklin (history) Constitution/Government Election Fitness George Washington	Native Americans Health & Nutrition Word City #2 - CEPT
OCTOBER	Lesson Plan Greek Mythology Words S#1- (DICT-VENT-DUCT) S#2- (FIN-SED-FER) Theme Ancient Egypt Baseball Columbus Day Fire Safety Geography Gold Rush-California Halloween Math Study Test Prep SAT/ACT #5 SAT/ACT #6 SAT/ACT #7 Word List/Topic Baseball Firefighters and Safety Football Monsters/Creatures Mythology World Series	Explorers & Scientists Fall Stock Market Game Word City #3 - MISS
NOVEMBER	Lesson Plan S#3- (CERN-JUR-LEG) S#4- (GRAD-MOT-CAD/CAS) Specific Prefix Study WeeklyRoots: Root-A-Week Theme Chemistry Elections Geography Rain Forest Veterans' Day Wizard Words Test Prep SAT/ACT #10 SAT/ACT #8 SAT/ACT #9 Word List/Topic Thanksgiving Veterans' Day	History-Famous Scientists History-Entertainment Word City #4 - VERT
DECEMBER	Lesson Plan S#5- (NAT-TRACT-SEQU) S#6- (FAC-PLIC-COGN) S#7- (SPECT-STA-VERT) WeeklyRoots: Root-A-Week Theme Christmas Trivia Christmas/Holiday Traditions Music/Fine Arts Nutrition Physics Winter Weather Wright Brothers Test Prep SAT/ACT #11 SAT/ACT #12 Word List/Topic All Letters A-to-Z Booklist Christmas Christmas Scavenger Hunt December holidays Go Green! Jewish Holidays Music Nutrition	College Bowl Games Word City #5 - STA
JANUARY	Lesson Plan S#1- (DICT-VENT-DUCT) S#2- (FIN-SED-FER) Specific Prefix Study Theme Biology-Insects Geology Holocaust MLKing Jr. Day Monsters New Year's Resolutions Winter Weather Test Prep SAT/ACT #1 SAT/ACT #2 SAT/ACT #3 SAT/ACT #4 Word List/Topic Martin Luther King, Jr. New Years Day/Jan. 1 Skiing Vocational/Technical Ed. Weather	Black History Month Sports: Hockey Water & Oceans Winter Olympics Word City #6 - REG
FEBRUARY	Lesson Plan Greek Mythology Words S#3- (CERN-JUR-LEG) S#4- (GRAD-MOT-CAD/CAS) Theme Basketball Groundhogs Day Lincoln Bicentennial Presidents' Day Valentine's Day Test Prep SAT/ACT #5 SAT/ACT #6 SAT/ACT #7 SAT/ACT #8 Word List/Topic Abraham Lincoln (history) Auto Racing Black History Business/Finance/Economics Curling Explorers: George Washington Groundhogs Day Lincoln Bicentennial Valentine's Day	Explorers & Pioneers Mardi Gras Word City #7 - SENS
MARCH	Lesson Plan Greek Mythology Words S#5- (NAT-TRACT-SEQU) S#6- (FAC-PLIC-COGN) S#7- (SPECT-STA-VERT) Theme Basketball Fine Arts-Oscars* Lewis & Clark-La. Purchase Oceans St. Patrick's Day Women in History Test Prep SAT/ACT #10 SAT/ACT #11 SAT/ACT #12 SAT/ACT #9 Word List/Topic Celebration/Carnivals/Festivals Easter Irish Lewis and Clark, explorers Life Skills/Career Louisiana Purchase March Madness/Basketball Mardi Gras Women in History	Astronomy The Ides of March (15th) More Health & Fitness More Explorers Word CIty #8 - PEND
APRIL	Lesson Plan S#1- (DICT-VENT-DUCT) S#2- (FIN-SED-FER) S#3- (CERN-JUR-LEG) WeeklyRoots: Root-A-Week Theme Ancient Egypt April Fools' Day Baseball Chemistry Earth Day Gardening/Flowers Physics Shakespeare Test Prep SAT/ACT #1 Word List/Topic Civics/Government Earth Easter Golf Horticulture/Flowers/Plants	IRS-Tax Day More Ecology Word City #9 - PORT
MAY	Lesson Plan Greek Mythology Words S#4- (GRAD-MOT-CAD/CAS) S#5- (NAT-TRACT-SEQU) S#6- (FAC-PLIC-COGN) S#7- (SPECT-STA-VERT) WeeklyRoots: Root-A-Week Theme Cinco de Mayo Health and Fitness Kentucky Derby Memorial Day-May 30 Mother's Day Test Prep SAT/ACT #1 Word List/Topic Auto Racing Cinco de Mayo Horses & Ranches Memorial Day Mother's Day Raptors/Hawks/Birds	International Words Inventors & Inventions Teacher Appreciation Week Science Fair Word City #10 - SCRIB
SUMMER	Lesson Plan S#1- (DICT-VENT-DUCT) S#2- (FIN-SED-FER) S#3- (CERN-JUR-LEG) S#4- (GRAD-MOT-CAD/CAS) S#5- (NAT-TRACT-SEQU) S#6- (FAC-PLIC-COGN) S#7- (SPECT-STA-VERT) Theme Biology-Insects Fire Safety July 4th Math Study Pirates Rain Forest Vacations Weddings Test Prep SAT/ACT #1 Word List/Topic Community Gardening Golf Independence Day Insects Photography Weddings/Love	Science History Character Education War & Confrontation Word City #11 - TEN Word City #12 - TRACT
EVERY MONTH	Lesson Plan Specific Prefix Study WeeklyRoots: Root-A-Week Theme Character Education/Leadership Health and Fitness Math Study New Year's Resolutions Test Prep Word List/Topic All Letters A-to-Z Booklist