First Grade ELA Pacing Guide 2015-2016

Date/Lesson

Word

Knowledge

Text /Comp Strat/ Skill

Writing

Aug 17-28
Rules and Procedures
Dignostic Testing
Start Smart
Aug 31- Step 4
Identify rhyme, Phoneme
Unit 1 Week1
Strategy: Visualize
Trait: Ideas
isolation/blending/segmentation(short
"Jack Can" and
Skill: Key details
Focus on a
a
"Nat and Sam"
Genre: Realistic Fiction
single event
Consonants reviewed throughout Unit)
Research project : Create a song
about school activities using a
familiar tune. Teams use
previous research and the
entries in the class book of
activities they create to write
words for the song.
Sept 7-11
Unit 1 Week 2
"Six kids." and
"Go, Pip!"

Sept 14-18
Unit 1 Week 3
"Our Pets" and
"A pig for Cliff"

Awareness:
Strategy: Visualize
Alliteration, Phoneme
Skill: Key details
Categorization/ Blending/
Genre: Fantasy
Segmentation
(short i
Consonants reviewed throughout
Unit 1)

Trait: Ideas
Describing Details
Research project :
Create a travel brochure
advertising a specific place in
their community. The poster will
include pictures of the place
described and tell why people
should visit it.

Contrast Vowel Sounds,

Strategy: Visualize
Phoneme Blending/ Substitution/
Skill: Key details
Segmentation (l-blends
Genre: Fantasy
Consonants reviewed throughout Unit
1)

Trait: Ideas
Describing Details
Research
project: Make a diorama to show
a pet at home children use a
small box clay paper and other

Unit 1 Week 3
"Our Pets" and
"A pig for Cliff"

Contrast Vowel Sounds,

Strategy: Visualize
Phoneme Blending/ Substitution/
Skill: Key details
Segmentation (l-blends
Genre: Fantasy
Consonants reviewed throughout Unit
1)

Trait: Ideas
Describing Details
Research
project: Make a diorama to show
a pet at home children use a
small box clay paper and other
materials to show what the
animal looks like where it lives
and what it likes to do.

Sept 21-25
Unit 1 Week 4
"Games Long
Ago" and "Toss!
Kick! Hop!"

Sept 28-Oct 2
Unit 1 Week 5
"Rabbit and
Coyote
Race"and
"Move and
Grin!"

Oct 5-Oct 9
Unit 1 Week 6
Unit
Assessment

Phoneme Categorization/
Segmentation/ Deletion, Rhyme,
Phoneme Blending
(short o Consonants reviewed
throughout Unit 1)

Strategy: Ask and

Answer Question
Skill: Key
details
Genre:
Information Text/
Nonfiction

Phoneme Categorization/
Strategy: Ask and
Segmentation/ Deletion/ Blending Answer Question
Skill: Key
Phonics/ Spelling Skill: Beginning
details
Genre:
consonant blends:
Information Text/
r-blends;
Nonfiction
s-blends

Reader's Theater "Look

at menow"

Trait: Orginization
Compare and
Contrast
Research project: Teams will
write directions for how to play a
game teams draw pictures to
show players playing the game
and items for the game such as
cards token balls or spinners.

Trait: Organization
Order of Events
Reasearch project: Team will
make a list of activities that
require movement children
choose one activity that
illustrate and describe all the
ways that their bodies move
during that activity.

Oct 12- 16
Phoneme Blending/Isolation/
Unit 2 Week 1
Strategy: Make and
Work with a team to research the
Segmentation
"Jobs Around
Confirm preditions
habitat you chose in Week 3. Use
Town" and Good
Skill:Character, Setting,
books and reliable Internet
Phonics/ Spelling Skill: short e spelled Events
Job, Ben!"
resources to conduct your
e and ea
Genre: Fantasy
research. Then add the new
Character, Setting,
animals and plants you found to
Events your collage..Focus on an Idea

Oct 19-Oct 23
Unit 2 Week 2
"The Three
Little Pigs" and
"Cubs in a Hut"

Rhyme, Phoneme
Identity/Blending/ Segmentation
Phonics/ Spelling Skill: short u

Strategy: Make and

Work with a team to research a
Confirm preditions
building in your community. Use
Skill:Character, Setting,
books and reliable Internet
Events
resources to conduct your
Genre:Realisticc Fiction
research, such as government
Character, Setting,
sites or the sites of trusted
Events
organizations. Then create a

diorama of the building. You will

label your diorama with the
building materials used in the
building. Beginning, Middle,
End

Oct 26-30
Unit 2 Week 3 Phoneme Categorization/ Blending/ Strategy: Reread
Work with a team to decide
"The Best Spot"
Substitution/ Segmentation
Skill:Character, Setting, which details about your town or
and "Animals in
Events
neighborhood are important to
the Desert"
(ending consonant blends nd, nk,
Genre:information
you. Use books and reliable
nt, st, sk, mp)
text/nonfiction
Internet resources to find more
Main Topic and Key
information about these details.
Details
Then you will add the details you
researched to the map you
created in Week 5.Main Idea

"The Best Spot"

Substitution/ Segmentation
Skill:Character, Setting, which details about your town or
and "Animals in
Events
neighborhood are important to
the Desert"
(ending consonant blends nd, nk,
Genre:information
you. Use books and reliable
nt, st, sk, mp)
text/nonfiction
Internet resources to find more
Main Topic and Key
information about these details.
Details
Then you will add the details you
researched to the map you
created in Week 5.Main Idea

Nov 2-6
Unit 2 Week 4 Phoneme Isolation/ Categorization/
Strategy: Reread
Work with a team to choose one
"Luis's Library"
Blending/ Segmentation
Skill:Character, Setting,
classroom improvement idea
and "Thump
Events
from your Week 4 list. Use books
Thump Helps
(consonant digraphs th, sh,
Genre: Fantasy
and reliable Internet resources to
Out"

-ng)

Character, Setting,
Events

find more information about your

idea. Then use words and
pictures to create a poster that
shows how to make your
classroom a better place.
Organization: Beginning, Middle,
End

Nov9-13 (11thNS)

Unit 2 Week
Phoneme Segmentation/ Addition/
Strategy: Reread
5 "Map
Blending
Skill:Main topic and key
it!" and "Which
Details.
Way on the
(consonant digraphs ch, -tch, wh,
Genre: Informational
Map?"
ph)
text/ Nonfiction

Nov 16-20
Unit 2 Week 6
Unit
Assessment

Reader's Theater "I

Speak, I Say, I Talk"

SupportingDetails

Work with a team to choose a job

in the community. Then you will
make a list of things you want to
know about the job. Talk to your
team about what you can do to
find the answers to your
questions. Share the questions
and answers with the class.

Unit 2 Week 6
Unit
Assessment

Reader's Theater "I

Speak, I Say, I Talk"

Nov 25-27

Work with a team to choose a job

in the community. Then you will
make a list of things you want to
know about the job. Talk to your
team about what you can do to
find the answers to your
questions. Share the questions
and answers with the class.

Thanksgiving Holiday-No School

Nov 3-Dec 4
Unit 3 Week1
"Nate the Snake
Is Late" and
"Measuring Time"

Phoneme Identity/ Addition/

Substitution/ Blending/
Segmentation

Character, setting, plot

Work with a team to research

different ways people tell time.
Use books and reliable Internet
resources to conduct your
research. Then create a booklet
that shows the ways people tell
time. Use pictures from
magazines or catalogs in your
booklet.
Sensory Details

Plot Sequence

Work with a team to choose a

folktale. You will write a short
scene from the folktale to
present as a play. A play has
dialog and stage directions. You
will make simple puppets for the
characters in the play. Then you
will act out the play using your
puppets.
Use
Specific Words

(long a: a_e)

Dec 7-11
Unit 3 Week 2
"The Great Big,
Gigantic Turnip"
and "Time to
Plant!"

Dec 14- 18
Dec 16-18

Alliteration, Phoneme Deletion/

Segmentation/ Blending
(long i: i_e)

Catch-up
Early Release

Dec 21-Jan 4

Winter Holidays

Jan 4-8 (4th-NS)

Unit 3 Week 3
"The Foolish,
Timid Rabbit"
and "The Nice
Mitten"

Rhyme, Phoneme Blending/

Segmentation

Causeand Effect

Work with a team to research

different objects that we use in
school that were not used long
ago. Use books and reliable
Internet resources to learn more
about these objects. Find out
what was used in the past
instead. Then make a poster
about the objects.
Use Strong Verbs

Compare and Contrast

Work with a team to research

how plants grow and change.
Use books and Internet reliable
resources, such as government
sites or the sites of trusted
organizations. Then create a
poster that shows the parts of a
plant. Label the parts that
change as the plant grows.

(soft c; soft g, dge)

Jan 11-15
Unit 3 Week 4
Phoneme Segmentation/ Isolation/
"Pioneers" and
Blending
"Life at Home"
(long o: o_e; long u: u_e; long e:
e_e)

Give Reasons for an Opinion

Jan 18-22 (18thNS)

Unit 3 Week 5
"The Little Red
Hen" and "A Look
at Breakfast!"

Phoneme Segmentation/
Blending/Deletion
(variant vowel spellings with
digraphs: oo, u)

Sequence

Work with a team to research a

recipe. Use cookbooks and
Internet resources to conduct
your research. You will make a
recipe card that explains how to
make the dish. The recipe card
should list the ingredients for the
dish. It also needs to show the
steps for making the dish.
Give Reasons for an

Unit 3 Week 5
"The Little Red
Hen" and "A Look
at Breakfast!"

Phoneme Segmentation/
Blending/Deletion

Sequence

(variant vowel spellings with

digraphs: oo, u)

Jan 25-29
Unit 3
Week 6 Unit
Assessment

Work with a team to research a

recipe. Use cookbooks and
Internet resources to conduct
your research. You will make a
recipe card that explains how to
make the dish. The recipe card
should list the ingredients for the
dish. It also needs to show the
steps for making the dish.
Give Reasons for an
Opinion

Reader's Theater
"Shadow Dance"

Feb 1-5
Unit 4 Week 1
"The Elephants
Child" and "How
the Beaver Got
Its Flat Tail"

Rhyme, Phoneme Categorization/

Blending/ Segmentation

Sequence

Work with a team to research the

habitat you chose in Week 3. Use
books and reliable Internet
resources to conduct your
research. Find more plants and
animals that live in the habitat.
Then you will add these to your
diorama and label
them.Figurative Language

Main Idea/Key Details

Work with a team to research an

animal you like. Use books and
reliable Internet resources to
conduct your research. Then
create a model of the animal
using clay or dough. You should
try to show the animal
moving.Introduce the Topic

(long a: a, ai, ay)

Feb 8-12
Unit 4 Week 2
Phoneme Identity/ Segmentation,
"Animals Working
Rhyme, Phoneme Blending
Together" and "A
(long e: e, ee, ea, ie)
Team of Fish"

Unit 4 Week 2
Phoneme Identity/ Segmentation,
"Animals Working
Rhyme, Phoneme Blending
Together" and "A
(long e: e, ee, ea, ie)
Team of Fish"

Main Idea/Key Details

Work with a team to research an

animal you like. Use books and
reliable Internet resources to
conduct your research. Then
create a model of the animal
using clay or dough. You should
try to show the animal
moving.Introduce the Topic

Feb 15-19
Unit 4 Week 3
"Animals in
Winter" and "Go
Wild!"

Phoneme Categorization/ Blending,

Contrast Sounds, Phoneme
Segmentation
(long o: o, oa, ow, oe)

Feb 22-26
Unit 4 Week 4
"Insect Hide
and Seek" and
"Creep low, Fly
high"

Phoneme Categorization/ Identity/

Segmentation/ Substitution
(long i: i, y, igh, ie)

Illustrations/Photographs Work with a team to research the

insect you chose in Week 4. Use
books and reliable Internet
resources to conduct your
research. Then you will use clay,
dough, or classroom supplies to
make a model or a diorama that
shows where the insect
lives.Write a Concluding
Sentence

Point of View

Work with a team to research

animal teams. Use books and
reliable Internet resources, such
as government sites or the sites
of trusted organizations. Then
create a dialogue for the
animals. The dialogue should be
a conversation the animals
might have if they could talk. You
will perform your conversation as
a play for the class.Write a
concluding Statement

concluding Statement

Feb 29- Mar4

Unit 4 Week 5 Phoneme Categorization/ Deletion/
"Ming's
Blending/ Addition
Teacher" and
"Time for Kids:
(long e: y, ey)
From Puppy to
Guide Dog"

Mar 7-11
Unit 4 Week 6
Unit
Assessment

Captions

Reader's Theater
"Fooba Wooba John"

Mar 14-18

Spring Break

Mar 21-25

FSA Prep

Mar 28-Apr 2

FSA Prep

Apr 4-8

Work with a team to write

questions you would like to ask
someone who works with
animals. You can interview a
person from your community or
have an imaginary interview
with a classmate. You will write
down important information you
learn from the interview.Words
that tell Order

FSA Testing

Apr 11-15
Unit 5 Week 1 Root Words
Compound Words
"Goldilocks" and
Consonant + le Syllables
"A Barn Full of
Hats"

Point of View

Work with a team to test the

bridges you made in Week 5. You
will add weight until the bridges
can no longer hold it. Then you
will compare the amounts of
weight the bridges held. You will
make a chart to show the
results.Use CompleteSentences

Unit 5 Week 1 Root Words

Compound Words
"Goldilocks" and
Consonant + le Syllables
"A Barn Full of
Hats"

April 18-22
Unit 5 Week 2
"Why the Sun
and Moon Are
in the Sky" and
"A Bird Named
Fern"

Homographs
Inflectional
Endings
Suffixes -ful, -less,
-able

Apr 25-29
Unit 5 Week 3 Phoneme Categorization/ Substitution/
Blending/Addition
"Great
Inventions" and
(r-controlled vowels or, ore, oar)
"The Story of a
Robot Inventor"

Point of View

Work with a team to test the

bridges you made in Week 5. You
will add weight until the bridges
can no longer hold it. Then you
will compare the amounts of
weight the bridges held. You will
make a chart to show the
results.Use CompleteSentences

Cause and Effect

Work with a team to research

constellations. Use books and
reliable Internet resources to
conduct your research. Then
create a new constellation. You
can use sticky stars or make a
drawing. You will make up a
name for your new
constellation.Describing
Adjectives

Problem and solution

Work with a team to find new

categories for the objects you
sorted in Week 1. Look back at
the different types of graphs you
found. Then you will create a
new graph. Your graph will show
how you sorted the objects. It
will show how many objects were
in each group.Time Order Words

Problem and Solution

Work with a team to choose a

story to act out as a play.
Research how to create sound
effects that you can add to your
play. Perform your play for the
class. Explain what you learned

May 16-20
Unit 5 Week 4
"The Squeaky
Bed" and "Now,
Whats That
Sound?"

Phoneme Substitution/
Isolation/Blending
Phonics/ Spelling Skill: diphthongs ou,
ow

Unit 5 Week 4
"The Squeaky
Bed" and "Now,
Whats That
Sound?"

Phoneme Substitution/
Isolation/Blending

Problem and Solution

Work with a team to choose a

story to act out as a play.
Research how to create sound
effects that you can add to your
play. Perform your play for the
class. Explain what you learned
about sounds from your
research. Write Complete
Sentences

Authors Purpose

Work with a team to research a

child inventor. Use books and
reliable Internet resources to
conduct your research. You will
find out about the inventor and
what he or she invented. Then
you will write a report about the
inventor. Include pictures that
you draw or cut out.Main Idea
and Details

Phonics/ Spelling Skill: diphthongs ou,

ow

May 16-20
Unit 5Week 5
"Celebrate the
Flag" and "Time
for Kids: Share
the Harvest and
Give Thanks"

May 23-27
Unit 5 Week 6
Unit
Assessment

May 30- june 2

Phoneme Reversal/ Blending/

Deletion/Addition, Syllable
Deletion/Addition
Phonics/ Spelling Skill: r-controlled
vowels air, are, ear

Reader's Theater
"Supper with the Queen"

Clean-Up / Early Release

Grammar

Inquiry

Sentences
What kinds of
andSentenc activities do we do
e
at school?
Capitalizatio
n

Benchmark(s):

LACC.1.SL.1.1.c
LACC.1.RL.1.2

LACC.1.RI.2.5
LACC.1.RI.3.9
LACC.1.RF.3.3.b
LACC.1.RF.3.3.g

Word Order, How are places in

Sentence
our community
Punctuation
similar to, or
s
different from,
places in other
communities?

LACC.1.SL.1.1.a

LACC.1.SL.1.1.c

LACC.1.RL.1.2
LACC.1.RI.2.
5
LACC.1.RL.3.9

LACC.1.RF.2.2.d

Statements, What are the ways

Capitlization to care for pets?
and
Puncuation

LACC.1.SL.1.1.c
LACC.1.SL.
1.1.cLACC.
1.RF.4.4.bL
ACC.1.RF.2.2.b
LACC.1.RL.3.
9

Statements, What are the ways

Capitlization to care for pets?
and
Puncuation

LACC.1.SL.1.1.c
LACC.1.SL.
1.1.cLACC.
1.RF.4.4.bL
ACC.1.RF.2.2.b
LACC.1.RL.3.
9
LACC.1.L.1.2.d

Question What can we learn LACC.1.L.1.2.b

and
about our favorite

Exclamation games or sports? LACC.1.RI.1.2

Marks

LACC.1.RI.3.7

LACC.1.W.1.3
LACC.1.RF.3.
3.bLACC.1.RF.
Writing
Sentences,
Capitalizatio
n and
Punctuation

How does the

human body
move?

LACC.1.RI.2.4
LACC.1.RI.1.1
LACC.1.RI.1.2
LACC.1.W.1.1.a
LACC.1.L.1.1.i
LACC.1.L.1.2.f

Inquiry Project
Complete and
Present

LACC.1.RF.4.4.a
LACC.1.RI.2.5
LACC.1.W.3.8
LACC.1.SL.2.4

Nouns

What can we learn

about jobs that
help the
community?

LACC.1.SL.1.2
LACC.1.RL.1.2
LACC.1.RI.3.7
LACC.1.RI.3.9
LACC.1.RF.2.2.b

LACC.1.L.1.2.d

Singular and What can we learn

Plural Nouns about the buildings
in our community?
Punctuate
What are they
Four Types
made of?

LACC.1.SL.1.1.a
LACC.1.SL.1.2
LACC.1.RF.4.4.b
LACC.1.RL.1.2
LACC.1.L.3.6
LACC.1.RL.3.9
LACC.1.RF.3.3.b

Possessive What can we learn

Nouns
about a habitat?
What kinds of
creatures live
there?

LACC.1.SL.1.1.a
LACC.1.SL.1.2
LACC.1.SL.1.2
LACC.1.RL.2.4
LACC.1.RI.3.9
LACC.1.RF.3.3.f

Nouns

Common
and Proper
Nouns

about a habitat?
What kinds of
creatures live
there?

How can we make

our classroom a
better place?

Irregular What can we learn

Plural Nouns
about maps?

Inquiry
Complete and
Present

LACC.1.SL.1.2
LACC.1.RL.2.4
LACC.1.RI.3.9
LACC.1.RF.3.3.f

LACC.1.L.1.1.b
LACC.1.RI.2.5
LACC.1.RI.3.9
LACC.1.W.1.3
LACC.1.L.3.5.c
LACC.1.RF.1.1

LACC.1.L.1.2.d
LACC.1.RI.1.1
LACC.1.RI.2.5
LACC.1.W.1.2
LACC.1.RF.1.1.a
LACC.1.SL.1.1

LACC.1.RF.3.3.b

LACC.1.RI.1.1
LACC.1.W.1.1
LACC.1.SL.2.5

Inquiry
Complete and
Present

LACC.1.RF.3.3.b

LACC.1.RI.1.1
LACC.1.W.1.1
LACC.1.SL.2.5

Verbs

What are the

different ways to
measure time?

LACC.1.L.1.1
LACC.1.RI.2.5
LACC.1.RF.1.1.a
LACC.1.W.2.5
LACC.1.SL.1.1
LACC.1.L.3.4.a

PresentTense Verbs

How do plants
change as they
grow?

LACC.1.L.1.1.c

LACC.1.RF.1.1.a

LACC.1.RI.2.5

LACC.1.SL.1.1

LACC.1.W.1.1
LACC.1.L.3.5

Past- and What can we learn LACC.1.L.1.1.e

Futureabout folktales?
LACC.1.RF.1.1.a
Tense Verbs
LACC.1.RL.1
.2
LACC.1.SL.1.1

LACC.1.W.2.5

Is and Are

How has our way LACC.1.L.1.1.c

of life changed
LACC.1.RF.2.2.b
over time?

LACC.1.RI.1.1

LACC.1.SL.1.1
LACC.1.W.1.
1

Contractions Where does food LACC.1.L.1.1

with not come from? How is LACC.1.RF.1.1

food produced?
LACC.1.RI.1.1

LACC.1.SL.1.1

LACC.1.W.1.1

LACC.1.RF.4.4.

Contractions Where does food LACC.1.L.1.1

with not come from? How is LACC.1.RF.1.1

food produced?
LACC.1.RI.1.1

LACC.1.SL.1.1

LACC.1.W.1.1

LACC.1.RF.4.4.

LACC.1.RF.3.3.b

LACC.1.RI.1.3

LACC.1.SL.1.1

LACC.1.W.3.7

What can we learn LACC.1.L.1.1

LACC.1.RF.2.2.a
about animal

features
LACC.1.RI.2.5

LACC.1.SL.1.1

LACC.1.W.1.3

LACC.1.RF.3.3.c

Inquiry
Complete and
Present

Was and
Were

Has and
Have

How can animals LACC.1.L.1.1

help one another? LACC.1.L.1.1
LACC.1.RI.1.1

LACC.1.SL.1.1.a

LACC.1.W.1.2

Has and
Have

How can animals LACC.1.L.1.1

help one another? LACC.1.L.1.1
LACC.1.RI.1.1

LACC.1.SL.1.1.a

LACC.1.W.1.2

Go and Do

How do animals LACC.1.L.1.1.e

survive in their
LACC.1.RF.2.2.b
habitats?

LACC.1.RI.1.1

LACC.1.SL.1.1.a
LACC.1.W.1.2

See and
Saw

What can we learn LACC.1.L.1.1

about insects? LACC.1.RF.2.2.a

LACC.1.RI.2.5

LACC.1.SL.1.1
LACC.1.W.1.1

Adverbs
that tell
when

Words that
Join

How do people and

animals work
together?

LACC.1.L.1.1
LACC.1.RI.1.2
LACC.1.RF.2.2.
a
LACC.1.SL.1.2
LACC.1.W.2.5

Inquiry
Complete and
Present

LACC.1.RF.3.3.b

LACC.1.RI.1.2

LACC.1.SL.1.1.a

LACC.1.W.3.8

LACC.1.L.1.2.d
How do we

classify and
LACC.1.RF.2.2.c
categorize objects?

LACC.1.RI.3.7

LACC.1.SL.1.1.c
LACC.1.W.1.2

Words that
Join

LACC.1.L.1.2.d
How do we

classify and
LACC.1.RF.2.2.c
categorize objects?

LACC.1.RI.3.7

LACC.1.SL.1.1.c
LACC.1.W.1.2

Adjectives What can we see in LACC.1.L.3.4

LACC.1.RF.3.3.b
the sky?

LACC.1.RI.2.5

LACC.1.SL.1.1.a

LACC.1.W.2.5

Adjectives
That
Compare
(-er and
-est)

What can we learn

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