Reading Pacing Guide 2015-2016

Date/Less
on

Word
Knowled
ge

Text /Comp
Strategy/
Skill

Writing

Gramma
r

Inquiry

Benchmark
(s):

Aug 17-28
Rules and Procedures
Dignostic Testing
Start Smart
Aug 31Sept 4
Unit 1
Week1
"The
Dragon
Problem"
and "The
Princess
and the
Pizza"
Sept 8-11
Unit 1
Week 2
"The Talent
Show" and
"Experts,
Incorporate
d"
Sept 14-18
Unit 1
Week 3 "A
World of
Change"
and
"Earthquak
es"
Sept 21-25
Unit 1 Week
4 "The Big
Race" and
"A Crash
Course in
Forces and
Motion with
Max Axiom,

Synonyms;
Short
Vowels;
Inflectional
Endings

Make
Predictions /
Sequence

Friendly
Letter
Ideas/
Descriptive
Details

Sentence
and
mechanic
s and
usage

Interview
a
classmate

LACC.4.RL.1.
3
LACC.4.l.3.5.c
LACC.4.RL.1.
3
LACC.4.W.3.9.
a

Figurativ
e
language;
Long a

Realistic
Fiction

Friendly
Letter
Ideas;
Focus

Subjects
and
Predicates
;
Mechanic
s and
usage

Research
the
effects of
human
actions

LACC.4.RL.1.
3
LACC.4.L.3.5.
b
LACC.4.RL.1.
3
LACC.4.w.3.9.
a

Make
predictions;
problem and
solution

Multiplemeaning
words;
long e

Expository
text
Reread;
compare and
contrast

Friendly
Letter
Ideas;
Supporting
details

Compoun
d
sentences
;
mechanic
s and
usage

Make a
poster

LACC.4.RI.2.5
LACC.4.L.3.4.
a
:ACC.4.RI.2.5
LACC.4.w.3.9.
b

Words in
Context;
long i

Narrative
Non-fiction
Reread and
cause and
effect

Personal
Narrative
Organizatio
n/
Sequence

Clauses
and
complex
sentences

Research
a Topic

LACC.4.RI.2.6
LACC.4.L.3.4
LACC.RI.2.6
LACC.4.w.3.9.
b

Super

Sept 28Oct 2
Unit 1
Week 5 "
Dollars and
Sense" and
"Kids in
Business"

Suffixes;
Long o

Oct 5-Oct 9
Unit 1
Week 6
Unit
Assessmen
t

Oct 12 - 16
Unit 2
Week 1
"The
Fisherman
and the
Kaha Bird"
and "'The
Secret
Message"

Oct20-23
Unit 2 Week
2
"The
Ant and the
grasshopper
" and
"Ranita, The
Frog
Princess"
Oct 26-Oct

Root words
and
prefixes

Digraphs

Persuasive
Article
Reread and
main idea
and details

Personal
Narrative
Sentence
fluence/
sentence
length

Reader's
Theater
"Whodunit?
Woo knows"

Publish
Personal
Narrative

Folktale
Ask and
answer
questions
Theme

Explanator
y Essay
Organizatio
ns/ strong
openings

Drama / Ask
and answer
questions /
Theme

Voice/ Informal
Voice

Run on
sentences

Common
and
proper
nouns

Singular
and
Plural
Nouns

Research
a famous
business
owner

LACC.4.RI.1.2
LACC.3.L.3.4.
b
LACC.4.rl.1.2
LACC.4.w.3.9.
b

Inquiry
Project
and
Presentati
on

LACC.4.RL.1.
3
LACC.4.RL.1.
3
LACC.4.L.3.5.
c
LACC.4.L.1.1.f
LACC.4.w.3.9.
b

Create an
outline

LACC.4.RL.1.
2
LACC.4.L.3.4.
c
LACC.4.RL.1.
2
LACC.4.w.3.9.
a

Animals in
Fiction

LACC.4.L.3.5.c
LACC.4.RL.1.2
LACC.4.W.3.9.
a

30
Unit 2 Week
3 "Rescuing
Our Reefs"
and "The
Buffalo Are
Back"
Nov 2-6
Unit 2 Week
4 "Animal
Adaptations"
and
"Spiders"

Nov 9-13
(11th-NS)
Unit 2 Week
5
Poetry

Three
letter
blends

Narrative
Non Fiction /
Summarize/
Main Idea
and key
details

r
controlle
d
vowels/ar
/ and /or/

Expository
Text
Summarize
Main idea
and key
details

Suffixes

Nov 16-20
Unit 2 Week
6
Unit
Assessment

Nov 23-27
Nov 30-Dec
4
Unit 3
Week1
"Samson's
Advice" and
"The Cricket
in Times
Square"

Irregular
Plural
Nouns

Create a
food web

How-To
Organization/
Logical Order

Posessiv
e nouns

Write an
Outline

Haiku
Point of View

How-To
Word Choice/
Precise
language

Combinin
g
Sentence
s

Research
local
animals

LACC.4.L.3.4.
b
LACC.4.RL.2.6
LACC.4.W.3.9.
a
LACC.4.L.3.5.
a

Reader's
Theater
"The
Nightingale"

Publish How-To

Inquiry
Project and
Presentatio
n

LACC.4.RL.1.2
LACC.4.L.3.5.c
LACC.4.W.3.9.
a
LACC.3.L.1.1.
b

Ideas/Supportin
g Details

LACC.4.RI.1.2
LACC.4.W.3.9.
b
LACC.4.L.3.4a
.LA

LACC.4.RI.1.2
LACC.4.W.3.9.
b
LACC.4.L.3.4.
b

Thanksgiving Holiday-No School

rControlle
d Vowels

Fantasy
Visualize
Point of view

Book Review
Sentence
Fluency/transitio
ns

Action
Verbs

Describe a
place

LACC.4.RL.2.6
LACC.4.W.3.9.
a
LACC.4.L.3.4.
a

Dec 7-11
Unit 3 Week
2
"Rememberi
ng Hurricane
Katrina" and
"Aguinaldo"

Silent
Letters

Realistic
Fiction
Visualize/Poi
nt of view

Dec 14-18
Dec 16-18

Catch-up
Early Release

Dec 21-Jan 5

Winter Holidays

Date/Lesson

1/5 - 1/08
Unit 3 Week 3
Delivering Justice
and Keeping Freedom
in the Family
1/11 1/15
Unit 3 Week 4
Abes Honest Words:
The Life of Abraham
Lincoln and A New
Birth of Freedom

1/19 1/22
Unit 3 Week 5
A New Kind of Corn
and The Pick of the
Patch

Word
Knowledg
e

Text,
Comprehensio
n Strategy, &
Skill

Soft c and
g and
Final e
Syllables

Biography
Reread
Authors Point
of View

Book
Review
Ideas

Plurals
Suffixes
-ment,
-ness,
-age,
-ance,
-ence

Biography
Reread
Authors Point
of View

Compound
Words,
Roots and
Related
Words

1/25 1/29
Unit 3 Week 6
Unit Assessment

2/1 2/05
Unit 4 Week 1

Book review
Word
Choice/Strong
Words

Inflectiona

Writing

Verb
tenses

Research
Communit
y Service
Projects

Grammar

LACC.4.RL.2.6
LACC.4.W.3.9.
a
LACC.4.L.3.4.
a

Inquiry

Benchmark(s
)

Main and
Helping
Verbs

Research
People
Who Have
Made a
Difference

LACC.4.RI.3.8
LACC.4.L.3.5.c
LACC.4.L.3.6
LACC.4.W.1.1.b
LACC.4.RI.1.3
LACC.4.L.1.2.d

Opinion
Essay
Organizati
on

Linking
Verbs

Give
Directions
for Writing
a Formal
Letter

LACC.4.L.3.4.b
LACC.4.RI.3.8
LACC.4.RI.1.3
LACC.4.RF.3.3.
a
LACC.4.L.3.6
LACC.4.W.1.3.e

Persuasive
Article
Reread
Authors Point
of View

Opinion
Essay
Voice

Irregular
Verbs

Research
an
Innovation

LACC.4.L.3.4.b
LACC.4.RI.3.8
LACC.4.L.3.6
LACC.4.RF.3.3.
a
LACC.4.RI.1.1
LACC.4.RI.1.3
LACC.4.W.2.4

Readers
Theater
Nat Love,
Western Hero

Publishing
Celebratio
ns
Portfolio
Choice

Inquiry
Project
and
Presentati
on

LACC4.RI.4.10
LACC.4.SL.2.4
LACC.4.W.2.6
LACC.4.W.3.7
LACC.4.RF.4.4.
a
LACC.4.RF.4.4.
b

Narrative

Fictional

Create a

LACC.4.L.3.4.b

Pronouns

See How They Run

and The Birth of
American Democracy

2-8-2/12
Unit 4 Week 2
LaRue for Mayor and
Bringing Government
Home

2/16-2/19
Unit 4 Week 3
The Moon Over Star
and 321We
Have Spin-Off!

2/22-2/2/26
Unit 4 Week 4
Why Does the Moon
Change Shape? and
How It Came to Be?

2/29-3/4
Unit 4 Week 5
Swimming to the
Rock, The Moondust
Footprint, Genius,
and Winner"

l Endings,
Vowel
Team
Syllables

Nonfiction
Ask and
Answer
Questions
Cause and
Effect

Narrative
Organizati
on

and
Anteceden
ts

Flow Chart

LACC.4.RF.3.3.
a
LACC.4.RI.2.5
LACC.4.L.3.4.a
LACC.4.W.1.2.a
LACC.4.L.1.1.a

Inflectiona
l Endings:
Changing
y to i, rcontrolled
Vowel
Syllables

Fantasy
Make
Predictions
Point of View

Fictional
Narrative
Ideas

Types of
Pronouns

Write a
Political
Campaign
Plan

LACC.4.L.3.5.b
LACC.4.RF.3.3.
a
LACC.4.RL.2.6
LACC.4.RL.1.1
LACC.4.L.3.4.a
LACC.4.W.1.3.b

Words
with /u/,
/u/, and
/u/,
Consonant
+ le
Syllables

Historical
Fiction
Make
Predictions
Point of View

Fictional
Narrative
Ideas

PronounVerb
Agreement

Write a
Paragraph
about
Plastics in
Medicine

LACC.4.L.3.5.c
LACC.4.RF.3.3.
a
LACC.4.RL.1.1
LACC.4.RL.2.6
LACC.4.W.1.3.a
LACC.4.L.3.4.a

Diphthong
s /oi/
and /ou/,
Greek and
Latin
Roots

Expository
Texts
Ask and
Answer
Questions
Cause and
Effect

Poetry
Word
Choice

Possessive
Pronouns

Research
Eclipses

LACC.4.L.3.4.a
LACC.4.RI.2.5
LACC.4.RI.1.3
LACC.4.RF.3.3.
a
LACC.4.W.1.3.d
LACC.4.L.3.6

Varient
Vowel /o/,
Frequently
Confused
Words

Narrative
Poetry
Literary
Elements:
Stanzas and
Repetition
Theme

Poetry
Word
Choice

Pronouns
and
Homophon
es

Research
Narrative
Poetry

LACC.4.RL.1.2
LACC.4.L.1.1.g
LACC.4.W.1.3.d
LACC.4.L.3.4.a
LACC.4.L.3.6
LACC.4.L.1.2.d

Readers
Theater
All the money
in the World

Publishing
Celebratio
ns
Portfolio
Choice

Inquiry
Project
and
Presentati
on

LACC4.RI.4.10
LACC.4.SL.2.4
LACC.4.W.2.6
LACC.4.W.3.7
LACC.4.RF.4.4.
a
LACC.4.RF.4.4.
b

Text,
Comprehensio
n Strategy, &

Writing

Inquiry

Benchmark(s
)

3/7-3/10
Unit 4 Week 6
Unit Assessment

Date/Lesson

Word
Knowledg
e

Grammar

Skill
3/21-3/24
Unit 5 Week 1
Sadies Game,
Mama Ill Give You the
World, and What if it
Happened to You?

3/28-4/1 FSA Testing

4/4-4/8 FSA testing
4/11-4/15
Unit 5 Week 2

4/18-4/22
Unit 5 Week 3

4/25-4/29
Unit 5 Week 4

5/2-5/6
Unit 5 Week 5

5/9-5/13
Unit 5 Week 6

Closed
syllables/
Latin
prefixes

Realistic
Fiction,
visualize,
problem and
solution

Expository
letter
organizati
on

Adjectives

Research
an Aid
Organizati
on

LACC.4.L.6
LACC.4.RL.1.3
LACC.4.RF.3.3a
LACC.4.RF.4.4b
LACC.4.W.4.10
LACC.4.L.1.1d
LACC.4.3.5a

Open
syllables/
Irregular
plurals

Tall tale/
Visualize/
Cause & Effect

Expository
letter
Sentence
fluency

Articles

Map the
Oregon
Trail

LACC.4.L.6
LACC.4.RL.1.3
LACC.4.RF.3.3a
LACC.4.RF.4.4a
LACC.4.W.4.10
LACC.4.L.1.1a
LACC.4.3.5a

Vowel
teams/
Greek and
Latin roots

Biography/
Summarize/
Problem and
Solution

Expository
Letter
Sentence
Fluency

Adjectives
that
compare

Research
an
Inventor

LACC.4.L.6
LACC.4.RL.1.3
LACC.4.RI.2.5
LACC.4.RF.4.4b
LACC.4.W.4.10
LACC.4.L.1.1.g
LACC.4.3.4b

Rcontrolled
vowel
syllables/
frequently
misspelled
words

Expository
Text/Summariz
e/ Sequence

Research
report
Voice

Comparing
with
more
and
most

Research
the
Hubble
Space
Telescope

LACC.4.L.6
LACC.4.RI.2.5
LACC.4.RF.3.3a
LACC.4.W.4.10
LACC.4.L.1.2.c
LACC.4.3.5c

Consonant
+ le
syllables/
Latin
Suffixes

Informational
article/
Summarize/
Sequence

Research
report
Organizati
on

Comparing
with
good
and bad

Research
the job of
an
Archeologi
st

LACC.4.L.6
LACC.4.RI.2.5
LACC.4.RF.3.3a
LACC.4.W.4.10
LACC.4.L.1.2.c
LACC.4.3.5b

Readers
Theater
All the money
in the World

Publishing
Celebratio
ns
Portfolio
Choice

Inquiry
project
and
presentati
on

LACC.4.RF.4.4b
LACC.4.SL.1.2
LACC.4.W.3.8
LACC.SL.2.4

5/16-5/20
Unit 6 Week 1

Homograp
hs

Historical
Fiction
Theme/Reread

Connotatio
n&
Denotatio
n strong
words

Adverbs

Research
a
traditional
festival

LACC.4.W.3.7,
LACC.4.SL.2.4,
LACC.4.SL.2.5