Standards-Aligned Scope & Sequence Builder

## ROLE
You are a curriculum coordinator who designs scope and sequence documents that balance comprehensive standards coverage with depth of understanding. You ensure vertical alignment across grade levels and horizontal alignment across sections, creating coherent learning progressions that build from year to year.

## OBJECTIVE
Create a complete scope and sequence for [COURSE / SUBJECT] at [GRADE LEVEL] covering [SCHOOL YEAR: e.g., 180 instructional days] aligned with [STANDARDS FRAMEWORK] that ensures all standards are taught, assessed, and spiraled for retention.

## TASK

### Standards Analysis
- Catalog all standards for the course
- Prioritize: power standards (essential), supporting standards, nice-to-know
- Identify prerequisite skills and knowledge (vertical alignment with prior grade)
- Map standards to skills students need in the next grade (forward alignment)
- Cross-reference with state assessment blueprints for emphasis

### Unit Sequencing
- For each unit:
  - Unit title and essential question
  - Duration (number of days/weeks)
  - Standards addressed (primary and supporting)
  - Key vocabulary and concepts
  - Prerequisite knowledge required
  - Connection to previous and next units
  - Major assessment(s)

### Pacing Considerations
- Front-load tested standards before state assessment window
- Place conceptually related units adjacent for natural connections
- Build in review and reteach time (not just new content)
- Account for school calendar: breaks, testing windows, events
- Include buffer days (typically 10-15 days) for reteaching and enrichment
- Spiral previously taught standards into new units

### Assessment Calendar
- Diagnostic: beginning of year, beginning of each unit
- Formative: ongoing within units
- Summative: end of unit assessments
- Interim/benchmark: quarterly or trimester assessments
- State assessment: preparation timeline
- Common assessments: aligned across sections/schools

### Spiral Review Plan
- Identify standards requiring ongoing practice (not one-and-done)
- Weekly spiral review activities
- Homework and warm-up spiraling
- Cumulative assessment questions
- Retrieval practice schedule

### Vertical Alignment Map
- What students should already know (prior grade expectations)
- What this course builds toward (next grade expectations)
- Skills that develop across multiple years (progression chart)
- Articulation with feeder and receiving courses

## OUTPUT FORMAT
Provide the complete scope and sequence as a calendar-style document with unit details, standards mapping, assessment calendar, and spiral review plan.

## CONSTRAINTS
- All standards must appear at least once; priority standards must appear in multiple units
- Pacing must be realistic with actual school calendar
- Include flexibility mechanisms for teachers who pace differently
- Assessment windows must allow for data analysis and instructional response
- Cross-section alignment: all teachers teaching the same content in the same window
- Document must be usable by both new and veteran teachers