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Curriculum map and pacing guide

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Unit 1 · For parents and teachers · Version 1, October 25, 2026

Print a week

One page for the week: each session, what to gather, the cards, what to watch and the safety rows. It follows your dated plan. Change the plan.

Spinozzi's Woodshop · Unit 1Week 4

Mon, Nov 23 to Sun, Nov 29

Track C: a class or co-op block. Dates are suggestions. Sessions keep their order.

Wed, Nov 25Meeting 4

Stop 4: The Defining Skill: Problem-Solving

45 to 60 minutes

The Four Steps card (printable 2). A Fix-It Hunt in the room, in pairs. Ask each family to send in an empty box.

Gather

An empty box for next time

Set up

Print the Four Steps card. Remind families to save a box. Prep: 5 minutes.

Hands-on cards

  • Level 1: Go on a Fix-It Hunt (about 10 minutes)

Print

Printable 2: The Four Steps card; Printable 4: Try It at Home cards; Printable 5: My hunt log

What to watch

  • The kid says the four steps in order: Think, Plan, Build, Test.
  • The kid finds the real problem before talking about a fix.

Safety rows

Tool or materialWho is beside the kidCheck firstThe adult does
A small problem at home (the Fix-It Hunt)A parent or teacherThe kid tells the plan; nobody fixes it aloneListens to the plan and decides what happens next

Notes