Changes are constantly occurring in life. The increase of technology and the needs of mankind continuously force change. The Changes curriculum asks students three main questions: Can people control changes? Can using past information help you predict change? Are changes positive or negative?
In Changes Book 2: Progress, Reactions, and History, students focus on three main questions: Is progress good or bad? What would happen if progress stopped? How would this affect the field of technology, medicine, or education? The second book in the Changes series will lead your students on a journey of understanding the nature of change.
Students will also investigate the universal concept of change. Students learn about chemical changes by examining the effects of salt on buoyancy, water on pasta, and heat on popcorn kernels. Students' investigation continues with the story and examination of a young character's life as she and her father go into the wilderness and live with Native Americans.
Other books in the Changes series include Changes Book 1: Rights, Resources, and Weather; and Changes Book 3: Communication, Honesty, and Inventions. Each book contains detailed lesson plans, reproducible activity sheets, and assessment tools. This curriculum unit makes use of the following great children's literature books: 
<ul>
<li>
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton;</li>
<li>
Homer Price by Robert McCloskey;</li>
<li>
I Wonder Why Zippers Have Teeth: And Other Questions About Inventions by Barbara Taylor;</li>
<li>
It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw;</li>
<li>
Encounter by Jane Yolen;</li>
<li>
The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh;</li>
<li>
Willie's Not the Hugging Kinds by Joyce Durham Barrett; and</li>
<li>
Barn by Debby Atwell.</li>
</ul>

Changes Book 2: Progress, Reactions, and History (Differentiated Curriculum for Grade 2)

Education & Teaching

Brenda McGee

Angie Harrelson

Schools & Teaching

Prufrock Press, Inc.

Patterns help organize our lives. Students participating in the Patterns Differentiated Curriculum Kit will experience activities that will help organize their thought processes throughout life. Students will become pattern detectives, pattern creators, and pattern solvers in this three-part series. The books in Prufrock's new Differentiated Curriculum Kits employ a differentiated, integrated curriculum based on broad themes. This all-in-one curriculum helps teachers save planning time, ensure compliance with national standards, and most importantly, pique their students' natural excitement and interest in discovery. By participating in the wide variety of activities in the Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grade 1, students will discover the patterns around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn. In Patterns Book 2: Body, Cycles, and Graphs, students will identify patterns in their environment. They will find patterns in their bodies, in cycles, and in graphs. Each book contains detailed lesson plans, reproducible activity sheets, and assessment tools

Patterns Book 1: Literature, Arts, and Science (Differentiated Curriculum for Grade 1)

Patterns help organize our lives. Students participating in the Patterns Differentiated Curriculum Kit will experience activities that will help organize their thought processes throughout life. Students will become pattern detectives, pattern creators, and pattern solvers in this three-part series. The books in Prufrock's new Differentiated Curriculum Kits employ a differentiated, integrated curriculum based on broad themes. This all-in-one curriculum helps teachers save planning time, ensure compliance with national standards, and most importantly, pique their students' natural excitement and interest in discovery. By participating in the wide variety of activities in the Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grade 1, students will discover the patterns around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn. In Patterns Book 2: Body, Cycles, and Graphs, students will identify patterns in their environment. They will find patterns in their bodies, in cycles, and in graphs. This book contains detailed lesson plans, reproducible activity sheets, and assessment tools. This curriculum unit makes use of the following great children's literature books: 
<ul>
<li>The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss; and</li>
<li>Curious George Goes To a Chocolate Factory by Margaret and H.A. Rey.</li>
</ul>

Patterns Book 2: Body, Cycles, and Graphs (Differentiated Curriculum for Grade 1)

Patterns help organize our lives. The activities in the Patterns Differentiated Curriculum Kit will help participating students organize their thought processes throughout life. Students will become pattern detectives, pattern creators, and pattern solvers in this three-part series.The books in Prufrock's new Differentiated Curriculum Kits employ a differentiated, integrated curriculum based on broad themes. This all-in-one curriculum helps teachers save planning time, ensure compliance with national standards, and most importantly, pique their students' natural excitement and interest in discovery. By participating in the wide variety of activities in the Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grade 1, students will discover the patterns around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn.In Patterns Book 3: Economics, Biographies, and Citizenship, students will use keys to unlock patterns. They will discover patterns in business as they are exposed to a basic lesson on economics. Setting personal goals and examining citizenship characteristics of well-known role models are also tasks that students will enjoy in this book. Students will unlock patterns relevant to pride in our country, our national flag, and the United States Constitution.Other books in the Patterns series include Patterns Book 1: Literature, Arts, and Science and Patterns Book 2: Body, Cycles, and Graphs. Each book contains detailed lesson plans, reproducible activity sheets, and assessment tools.This curriculum unit makes use of the following great children's literature books: Young George Washington: America's First President by Andrew Woods;Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride by Pam Munoz Ryan;Martin's Big Words by Doreen Rappaport;The Flag We Love by Pam Munoz Ryan;We the Kids by David Catrow;Presidents—Fandex Family Field Guides/Workman Publishing Company (optional); andIf You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King by Ellen Levine.

Patterns Book 3: Economics, Biographies, and Citizenship (Differentiated Curriculum for Grade 1)

Childhood is full of wonders. The Wonders curriculum builds on the questions children ask, creating more opportunities for learning. The books in Prufrock's new Differentiated Curriculum Kits employ a differentiated, integrated curriculum based on broad themes. This all-in-one curriculum helps teachers save planning time, ensure compliance with national standards, and most importantly, pique their students' natural excitement and interest in discovery. By participating in the wide variety of activities in the Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Kindergarten, students will learn to discover the wonders around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn.In Wonders Book 3: Machines, My Body, and Physical Fitness, students are challenged with questions such as What is a machine? and How does it work? Students will learn about machines with hands-on exploration. Students will compare and contrast simple and complex machines to their own bodies. They explore the benefits of using machines and taking care of them.The importance of healthy eating and exercise is compared to maintenance on machines we use every day. Physical fitness, nutrition, and the need for rest are explained as students learn how they can better care for the complex machine they call their body.Other books in the Wonders series include Wonders Book 1: Nature, Space, and Community; and Wonders Book 2: Plants, Insects, and Dinosaurs.This curriculum unit makes use of the following great children's literature books:Me and My Amazing Body by Joyan Sweeney; andEat Health, Feel Great by William Sears, M.D.

Wonders Book 3: Machines, My Body, and Physical Fitness (Differentiated Curriculum for Kindergarten)

Debbie Keiser

Lyrcia Sqyres