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: 
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<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.

What are relationships? How do they affect students? There are many different types of relationships to explore and this series helps make this topic one that is meaningful to all students. 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 3, students will discover the relationships around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn. In Relationships Book 1: Ecosystems, Comparisons, and Power, students will investigate the interdependent relationships between animals and plants. They also will learn about family relationships, peer pressure, fear, and power. Students will compare rules and laws with our rights and freedoms to determine the relationships between the government and its citizens. Each activity helps students explore relationships in depth and encourages students to gain a better understanding of the concept. Other books in the Relationships series include Relationships Book 2: Environment, Cause and Effect, and Citizenship; and Changes Book 3: Economics, Opposites, and Social Action. Each book contains detailed lesson plans, reproducible activity sheets, and assessment tools.

Relationships Book 1: Ecosystems, Comparisons, and Power (Differentiated Curriculum for Grade 3)

Debbie Keiser

What are relationships? How do they affect students? There are many different types of relationships to explore and this series helps make this topic one that is meaningful to all students. 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 3, students will discover the relationships around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn. In Relationships Book 2: Environment, Cause and Effect, and Citizenship, students will explore the relationships found between people in a community, the relationship between humans and the environment, and the relationships in their daily lives. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is studied by analyzing the many relationships in this popular novel that kids love. Fun citizenship activities also focus on topics such as community heroes, homelessness, manners, and civil rights. Other books in the Relationships series include Relationships Book 1: Ecosystems, Comparisons, and Power; and Relationships Book 3: Economics, Opposites, and Social Action. Each book contains detailed lesson plans, reproducible activity sheets, and assessment tools.

Relationships Book 2: Environment, Cause and Effect, and Citizenship (Differentiated Curriculum for Grade 3)

Sarah Wolfinsohn

What are relationships? How do they affect students? There are many different types of relationships to explore and this series helps make this topic one that is meaningful to all students.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 3, students will discover the relationships around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn.In Relationships Book 3: Economics, Opposites, and Social Action, students will explore the following generalizations found throughout the activities: people with opposing viewpoints bring on social action, social action may lead to changes in economics, improved economic status for minority groups may impact society, and relationships exists in many forms and across many subject areas.Topics covered include place value, decimals, inverse operations, banking, antonyms and synonyms, physical disabilities, women's suffrage, and minority groups.Other books in the Relationships series include Relationships Book 1: Ecosystems, Comparisons, and Power; and Relationships Book 2: Environment, Cause and Effect, and Citizenship. Each book contains detailed lesson plans, reproducible activity sheets, and assessment tools.

Relationships Book 3: Economics, Opposites, and Social Action (Differentiated Curriculum for Grade 3)

The Earth is a solid structure on which we live, but it is not unchanging. Forces inside Earth constantly change both the inside and outside of the planet we call home. When students consider the concept of structures, they will discover that the word has many meanings. 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 5, students will discover the structures around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn. In Structures Book 1: Geology, Expansion, and the Arts, students will learn that structures can be physical, natural, symbolic, and metaphoric. Symbolic structures such as the railroad being a "bridge across America" will be examined. Natural structures inside and outside of the Earth will be discovered, and students will uncover metaphoric structures in music lyrics and literature. The book covers topics such as natural bridges, earthquakes, erosion, Westward expansion, the Industrial Revolution, settlements, flexible thinking, acrostic poetry, and symbolism—all placed within the theme of structures. Other books in the Structures series include Structures Book 2: Cultures, Geometry, and Energy and Structures Book 3: Government, Cycles, and Physics. 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: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson; andCD of Bridge Over Troubled Waters by Simon and Garfunkel or LeAnn Rimes (optional).

Structures Book 1: Geology, Expansion, and the Arts (Differentiated Curriculum for Grade 5)

Debie Keiser

What would happen if we had automobiles, but no roads? Light bulbs, but no electricity? Our world functions smoothly when systems are in place. Transportation, health care, and education are all organized into systems that we depend upon daily. The Systems Differentiated Curriculum Kit provides exciting activities to help students discover the systems that exist all around them. 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 4, students will discover the systems around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn. In Systems Book 1: Exploration, Culture, and Ecology, students will discover the solar system, the water cycle, and their family history (among many other things). Students will learn that systems may provide a way to organize and categorize things. Systems also may provide a common denominator for people to understand topics. Students will explore systems in their everyday surroundings, such as in their culture, language, transportation, and celebrations. They also will study the metric system and apply it to exploration of the solar system. Other books in the Systems series include Systems Book 2: Settlement, Currency, and Measurement and Systems Book 3: Economics, Climate, and Comparisons. 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>A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park; and</li>
<li>biographies of Helen Keller and Louis Braille.</li>
</ul>

Systems Book 1: Exploration, Culture, and Ecology (Differentiated Curriculum for Grade 4)

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

What would happen if we had automobiles, but no roads? Light bulbs, but no electricity? Our world functions smoothly when systems are in place. Transportation, health care, and education are all organized into systems that we depend upon daily. The Systems Differentiated Curriculum Kit provides exciting activities to help students discover the systems that exist all around them. 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 4, students will discover the systems around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn.Systems Book 2: Settlement, Currency, and Measurement is the second book from the Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grade 4. In this book, students will discover their hometown history, probability, and climatology (and many other things). Students will learn that systems may provide a way to organize and categorize things. Systems also may provide a common denominator for people to understand topics. Students will explore systems in their everyday surroundings, such as in the formation of the United States, their local history, colonial education systems, money math and history, world-wide money systems, and scale drawings of cave formations and erosion.Other books in the Systems series include Systems Book 1: Exploration, Culture, and Ecology and Systems Book 3: Economics, Climate, and Comparisons. 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: The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare; anda copy of Farmer's Almanac.

Systems Book 2: Settlement, Currency, and Measurement (Differentiated Curriculum for Grade 4)

What would happen if we had automobiles, but no roads? Light bulbs, but no electricity? Our world functions smoothly when systems are in place. Transportation, health care, and education are all organized into systems that we depend upon daily. The Systems Differentiated Curriculum Kit provides exciting activities to help students discover the systems that exist all around them.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 4, students will learn to discover the systems around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn.In Systems Book 3: Economics, Climate, and Comparisons, students will explore the system of free enterprise, weather systems, and the systems on other planets (and many other things). Students will learn that systems may provide a way to organize and categorize things. Systems also may provide a common denominator for people to understand topics. Students will explore systems in their everyday surroundings, such as the system of free enterprise, weather systems, global warming, NASA, the job market, endangered species, and the system of holidays in America.Other books in the Systems series include Systems Book 1: Exploration, Culture, and Ecology and Systems Book 2: Settlement, Currency, and Measurement. 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: The Old Farmer's Almanac;The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene du Bois;The Magic School Bus by Joanna Cole;Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary; andPippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren.

Systems Book 3: Economics, Climate, and Comparisons (Differentiated Curriculum for Grade 4)

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