MCS READ 180 Stage B rbook Pacing Guide

READ 180 Workshop Year At A Glance

Rationale: Because of the focus skills in each workshop, it is important that certain workshops be taught before the TCAP. Additionally, certain workshops should be taught in a specific order as they build upon each other. Also, in order to maintain continuity for transient students, all Memphis City Schools READ 180 teachers must teach the rbook workshops in the following order:

1st nine weeks- 1st three weeks of school and workshop 9 (rskills test #5)

2nd nine weeks- workshops 1 and 2 (rskills test # 1)

3rd nine weeks- workshops 7 and 8 (rskills test #4)

4th nine weeks- workshops 3 and 4 (rskills test #3)

READ 180 rBook Skills Taught

Nine Weeks / Workshop # / Comprehension Skill / Vocabulary/Word Study / Writing/Grammar
1st / Welcome Unit / What is Reading?
Making Predictions
Skim and Scan
Self-Monitoring Strategies / Compound Words
Contractions / Nouns Review-Common, Proper, Singular, Plural, possessive and contractions
Verbs Review- action, main and helping
Subjects, predicates, writing sentences
Subject – Verb Agreement
1st / 9 / Making Inferences
The Streets of Harlem / Multiple-Meaning Words
Greek Roots / Personal Narrative
Using Adverbs
Correcting Sentence Fragments
2nd / 1 / Main Idea and Details
The New Americans / Synonyms/Antonyms/ Homophones / Expository Paragraph
Identifying Sentences and Fragments
Using End Punctuation
Using Irregular Verbs
2nd / 2 / Sequence of Events
When Disaster Strikes / Prefixes/Suffixes/ Word Families / Narrative Paragraph
Correcting Sentence Fragments
Using Capitals
Using Commas with Intro Words
3rd / 7 / Cause and Effect
Alien Invaders / Idioms
Using a Dictionary / Descriptive Paragraph
Using Subject and Object Pronouns
Avoiding Double Negatives
3rd / 8 / Compare and Contrast
Turning Points / Context Clues
Noun Endings / Persuasive Paragraph
Using Adjectives That Compare
Using Quotation Marks
4th / 3 / Character/Theme/ Setting/Plot
Identity Crisis / Verb Endings
Word Families / Literature Response/ Literature Review
Correcting Run-on Sentences
Using Correct Word Order
4th / 4 / Summarize
Fact/Opinion
Stolen Childhoods / Using a Dictionary
Multiple-Meaning Words / Expository Summary
Using Correct Verb Tense
Using Commas in a Series