ELA Pacing Guide 2015/2016
** The following skills are taught/revisited each week: character, setting, problem/solution, reading for details, intonation, text to self, text to text, text to world, rhyming words, letter formation, awareness of print, use of font (bold, italics, underline, etc) to place emphasis on important words, comprehension and poetry**
8/17/15Week #1Back To School – Readiness Review
Letter sounds and recognition, colors/color words, readiness words, beginning and ending sounds
Individual readiness screenings
8/24/15 Week #2
Back To School – Readiness Review
Letter sounds and recognition, colors/color words, readiness words, beginning and ending sounds
Individual readiness screenings
* Color Word Test
8/31/15Week #3 – Unit 1
Title:What Is A Pal?
Word List: and, be, help, play, with, you
Listening Story:The Lion and The Mouse
Phonics Skill: short a and short e
Reading Skill: main idea, story elements (title, author, illustrator, text,)
Decodable Readers: Dan and Nan, Nat Cat Nan and Dan Fan, Fan, Fan
Graphic Organizer: circle map - Pals
9/7/15Week #4
Title: The Storm
Word List: for, what, have, he, look, too
Listening Story:Susie and The Bandits
Phonics Skill: short i and short o
Reading Skill: understanding characters, read and draw comprehension
Decodable Readers: Can It Fit? I Ran Sid Pig Pam
Graphic Organizer: circle map – Weather
Science Connection: “Storms” student books pg. 50-53
9/14/15Week #5
Title: Curious George At School
Word List: do, find, funny, sing, no, they
Listening Story: Stone Stew
Phonics Skill: short u and cumulative short vowel review
Reading Skill: sequence, sentence/picture match comprehension
Decodable Readers: Lil and Max Did Dix Dog Do It? Max Fox and Lon Ox Is It Funny?
Graphic Organizer: Flow Chart - sequence
Social Studies Connection: School Long Ago – students books pg. 74-77
9/21/15Week #6
Title: Lucia’s Neighborhood
Word List: all, does, here, me, my, who
Listening Story: Painting Word Pictures
Phonics Skill: cumulative short vowel review,
Reading Skill: question words, yes/no comprehension
Decodable Readers: Pals Ned Ken and Vic My Pets
Graphic Organizer: circle map – Neighborhoods
T-chart – Things you see and don’t see in a neighborhood
Social Studies Connection: class map of Lucia’s neighborhood (poster)
A Play: City Mouse, Country Mouse – students books pg. 100-103
9/28/15Week #7
Title: Gus Takes The Train
Word List: friend, full, good, hold, many, pull
Listening Story: Training Around The Town
Phonics Skill: long a and long e
Reading Skill: question words, environmental print, 1 sentence comprehension
Decodable Readers: Fun In The Sun Yams! Yum! Fun, Fun, Fun Bud
Graphic Organizer: story map – 5.2, 5.3
Social Studies Connection: “City Zoo” maps – student books pg. 126-128
10/5/15Week #8 – Unit 2 Title: Jack and The Wolf
Word List: away, call, come, every, hear, said
Listening Story: Night of The Wolf
Phonics Skill: long i and long o
Reading Skill: classification, syllables, short story comprehension
Decodable Readers: Ann Packs Tess and Jack A Duck In Mud Duck’s Quack
Graphic Organizer: circle map – wolves
10/12/15Week #9
Title: How Animals Communicate
Word List: animals, how, make, of, some, why
Listening Story: Prairie Dogs
Phonics Skill: long u, cumulative long vowel review
Reading Skill: introduce verbs
Decodable Readers: Brad and Chris What Did Dad Get? Crabs The Big Job
Graphic Organizer: circle map - animals
Science Connection: Insect Messages – student books pg. 58-61
10/19/15Week #10
Title: A Musical Day
Word List: her, now, our, she, today, would
Listening Story:The Neighbors
Phonics Skill:distinguishing long and short vowels
Reading Skill: Common and Proper Nouns
Decodable Readers: Our Flag The Plan Our Sled Club The Pet Club
Graphic Organizer: Flow Chart – sequence with transition words (first, next, last)
Science Connection: Drums
10/26/15Week #11
Title: Dr. Seuss
Word List: after, draw, pictures, read, was, write
Listening Story:The Little Red Hen
Phonics Skill:r blends (gr, tr, br, cr, fr, pr, dr)
Reading Skill:review nouns, opposites
Decodable Readers: Step Up Splat! Splat! Nuts For Ben and Jen Miss Tess Was StillGraphic Organizer: circle map – Dr. Seuss, Cat In The Hat
Poetry Connection: “Two Poems By Dr. Seuss” student books pg. 114-117
11/2/15Week #12
Title: A Cupcake Party
Word List: eat, give, one, put, small, take
Listening Story: Chipper Chips In
Phonics Skill: s blends (sk, sl, sn, st, sw, sn)
Reading Skill: compound words, verbs
Decodable Readers: Who Likes To Jump? The Lost Cat Flint and Scamp The List
Graphic Organizer: Story Map #1 – character, setting, problem and solution
Math Connection: At The Bakery – student books pg. 142-145
11/9/15Week #13 – Unit 3
Title: Sea Animals
Word List: blue, cold, far, little, live, their, water, where
Listening Story:The Piano Lessons
Phonics Skill: l-blends (cl, -pl, -gl, -fl, -sl, -bl)
Reading Skill:ABC order
Decodable Readers: Seth and Beth Zeb Yak The Duck Nest Animal Moms
Graphic Organizer: circle map – sea animals
Social Studies/Science Connection: Water pg. 32-35
11/16/15Week #14
Title: How Leopard Got His Spots
Word List: been, brown, know, never, off, out, own, very
Listening Story:Turtle, Frog and Pat
Phonics Skill:3 letter blends (str, spl, spr, thr, scr)
Reading Skill: synonyms
Decodable Readers: Scratch, Chomp Rich Gets A Dog Champs Kits, Chicks and Pups
Graphic Organizer: Flow Chart –story sequence
Science Connection: The Rain Forest – pg. 62-65
11/23/15 Week #15-Thanksgiving Week
Title: THB (leveled reader) The First Thanksgiving
Word List: Thanksgiving, pilgrim, Native Americans, feast
11/30/15 Week #16
Title: Seasons
Word List: down, fall, goes, green, grow, new, open, yellow
Listening Story:The Prickly Pride of Texas
Phonics Skill:digraphs - ch, sh, wh, th
Reading Skill: comprehension, compare and contrast (seasons) (focus on nonfiction stories/details)
Decodable Readers: Phil’s New Bat In A Rush Ralph Goes To Camp Trish’s Gift
Graphic Organizer: T-chart – What Happened? Why?
Poetry Connection: “The Four Seasons” student books pg. 94-97
12/7/15Week #17
Title: The Big Race
Word List: four, five, into, over, start, three, two, watch
Listening Story: The Tortoise and the Hare
Phonics Skill:Singular and Plural Nouns
Reading Skill: Cumulative review (nouns, verbs, syllables)
Decodable Readers: Tate’s Cakes Dave and the Whales A Safe Lodge The Race
Graphic Organizer: Inference map
Social Studies Connection: “The Olympic Games” pg. 126-129
12/14/15Week #18-Christmas Week
Listening Story:Various Christmas Books
Phonics Skill: making words (Christmas)
Reading Skill: comprehension
Graphic Organizer: circle map – Christmas
1/4/16Week #19–Unit 4
Title: Animal Groups
Word List: bird, both, eyes, fly, long, or, those, walk
Listening Story:The Dancing Wolves
Phonics Skill:Cumulative review (vowels, blends digraphs)
Reading Skill:Cumulative review (nouns, verbs, syllables) abc order review
Decodable Readers: Mike’s Bike The Nest The Nice Vet Kite Time
Graphic Organizer: Venn Diagram – cat/dog, people/animals
A Play: “Animal Picnic” student books pg. 158-161
1/11/16 Week #20
Title: Let’s Go To The Moon
Word List: around, because, before, bring, carry, light, show, think
Listening Story: One Giant Leap
Phonics Skill: Cumulative Review (Benchmark)
Reading Skill: Cumulative Review (Benchmark)
Decodable Readers: Go, Jones! So Much Fun June’s Pictures My Mule, Duke
Graphic Organizer: KWL chart – The Moon
Science Connection: Mae Jemison pg. 36-39
Word Family: -uck
1/18/16Week #21
Title: The Big Trip
Word List: about, could, sure, by, don’t, there, car, maybe
Listening Story:The Rainy Trip
Phonics Skill: Benchmark Test cumulative review
Reading Skill: Benchmark Test cumulative review
Decodable Readers: At The Beach Who Will Teach Us? Plunk, Plunk The King’s Cone
Graphic Organizer: Venn diagram – Mole/Rabbit
Social Studies Connection: Lewis and Clark’s Big Trip pg 70-73
Word Family: -et
1/25/16Week #22
Title: Where Does Food Come From?
Word List: first, food, ground, right, sometimes, these, under, your
Listening Story:The Three Wishes
Phonics Skill:Base Words and endings (s, es, ed, ing)
Reading Skill: Table of Contents
Decodable Readers: Ray Trains Dex Sweet Treats What Will We Do? Let’s Eat
Graphic Organizer: Inference Map – author’s purpose
Connect To Traditional Tales: Jack and the Beanstalk pg. 104-107
Word Family: -ed
2/1/16Week #23
Title: Tomas Rivera
Word List: done, paper, were, great, soon, work, laugh, talk
Listening Story: Christina’s Work
Phonics Skill: Base Words and endings (er, est)
Reading Skill: inference/drawing conclusions
Decodable Readers: It Was Snow Fun Boat Rides Fun With Gram Rex Knows
Graphic Organizer: circle map – the library
Social Studies Connection: Life Then and Now pg. 132-135
2/8/16Week #24 - Unit 5
Title: Little Rabbit’s Tale
Word List: door, old, want, more, try, wash, mother, use
Listening Story:Chicken Little
Phonics Skill: Homophones
Reading Skill: cause and effect, repetition
Decodable Readers: Bedtime For Ray Pancake Ran A Springtime Rain Rosebud
Graphic Organizer: T-map – What Happened? Why? and cause/effect
Poetry Connection: Silly Poems pg. 164-167
2/15/16Week #25
Title: Poppleton Forever (The Tree)
Word List: better, saw, turned, night, thought, window, pretty, told
Listening Story: Grandpa’s Tree
Phonics Skill: Prefixes (un, re, pre)
Reading Skill: adjectives
Decodable Readers: Mark’s Shark Clark’s Part At The Shore More Fun For Jake
Graphic Organizer: story map
Social Studies/Science Connection: It Comes From Trees pg. 32-35
2/22/16Week #26
Title: Amazing Animals
Word List: baby, follow, years, begins, learning, young, eight, until
Listening Story:How Bat Learned To Fly
Phonics Skill: affixes (ful, less)
Reading Skill: onomatopoeia
Decodable Readers: See The Birds A Bath For Mert Fox and Crow Meet Gert
Graphic Organizer: circle map – animal homes
Connect To Traditional Tales: The Ugly Duckling pg. 64-67
Word Family: -short i words
2/29/16Week #27
Title: Whistle For Willie
Word List: again, boy, nothing, along, father, together, began, house
Listening Story: Around The World In A Day
Phonics Skill: r controlled vowels (ar, or)
Reading Skill: cause/effect review, compare and contrast Ezra Jack Keats
Decodable Readers: Look At This Two Good Cooks Good Home Big Problems
Graphic Organizer: T-map – cause/effect
Poetry Connection: Pet Poems pg. 98-101
3/7/16Week #28
Title: A Butterfly Grows
Word List:also, kind, upon, anything, warm, flower, ready, places
Listening Story:Visiting Butterflies
Phonics Skill: r controlled vowels (ir, er, ur)
Reading Skill: nouns/verbs review, sentence/story sequence
Decodable Readers: Moose’s Tooth Moon News Boot’s Clues Red Zed and Blue Stu
Graphic Organizer: Flow Chart – sequence of events
Social Studies Connection: Best Friends pg. 128-131
3/14/16Week #29 - Unit 6
Title: The New Friend
Word List: buy, myself, school, city, party, seven, family, please
Listening Story: Senor Coyote, The Judge
Phonics Skill: Adjective review
Reading Skill:Figurative language
Decodable Readers: Down On The Farm Scout and Count Dawn’s Voice Shawn’s Toys
Graphic Organizer: column chart (says, does, feels)
Social Studies Connection: Neighborhoods/Maps pg. 159-161
3/21/16 Week #30
Benchmark Testing/Spring Fling
3/25/16-4/1/16 Spring Break
4/4/16 Week #31
Title: The Dot
Word List: above, pushed, teacher, bear, studied, toward, even, surprised
Listening Story: The Art Contest
Phonics Skill: Benchmark Review
Reading Skill: Benchmark Review
Decodable Readers: Bears Hiding and Seeking Henry and Dad Go Camping Speedy and Chase
Graphic Organizer: Venn diagram
Social Studies Connection: Artists Create Art! Pg. 34-37
4/11/16Week #32
Title: What Can You Do?
Word List: always, different, enough, happy, high, near, once, stories
Listening Story:The Shoemaker and the Elves
Phonics Skill: Benchmark Testing
Reading Skill: Fact & Opinion
Decodable Readers:The Three RacesSeed Sisters The Fox and The Grapes Jingle, Jangle, Jiggle
Graphic Organizer: T-map – Pictures/What I Understand
Connect To Traditional Tales: The Wind and The Sun pg 66-69
4/18/16Week #33
Title: Days With Frog and Toad (The Kite)
Word List: across, ball, cried,, hear, heard, large, second, should
Listening Story:A Hopeful Song
Phonics Skill: Dipthongs (oi, oy)
Reading Skill: Multiple Meaning Words
Decodable Readers: Sally, Jane and Beth Ty and Big Gilly Bird Watching Benches
Graphic Organizer: Venn diagram – Frogs/Toads
Science Connection: Measuring Weather pg. 94-97
4/25/16Week #34
Title: A Boat Disappears (from Inspector Hopper)
Word List: almost, any, behind, gone, happened, hello, idea, leaves
Listening Story: A Stone Goes To Court
Phonics Skill: Dipthongs (ou, ow)
Reading Skill: Alliteration
Decodable Readers: Quiz Games Jack and The Beans Ruth’s Day Stew for Peg
Graphic Organizer: T-map – What Happened?/Why?
Poetry Connection: Busy Bugs pg. 126-129
5/2/16Week #35
Title: Winners Never Quit
Word List: brothers, everyone, field, loved, most, only, people, sorry
Listening Story:The Parts Of The House Have A Fight
Phonics Skill: Cumulative Review
Reading Skill:Possessive Nouns
Decodable Readers: Amy Ant Julie and Jason Home At Last Soccer
Graphic Organizer: column chart (says, does, feels) – Mia Hamm and Lance Armstrong
Social Studies Connection: Be A Team Player pg. 158-161
5/9/16 Week #36 Beach Week Book Study/Cumulative Yearly Review
5/16/16 Week #37 Benchmark/End of Year Testing
5/23/16 Week # 38 End of year activities (journal etc)