Kindergarten Pacing Calendar

2010-11 School Year

Theme / Date / Skill / Story / Comprehension
8/3
8/9 / CHILD orientation
8/16 / CHILD orientation
8/23 / Back to School
8/30 / Back to School
Theme 1: Look at Us! / 9/6 (4 days) / Rhyming words / Theme 1Week1 / Compare/Contrast
9/13 / Beginning sounds / Theme 1 Week2 / Noting Details
9/20 / Review skills / Theme 1 Week 3 (review week) / Review skills
Theme 2: Colors All Around / 9/27 / Alpha friend S / Theme 2 Week 1 / Sequence of Events
10/4(Fall Break)
10/11 (3 days) / Review all alphabet/S / Review stories / Sequence of Events
10/18 / Alpha friend M / Theme2 Week2 / Making Predictions
10/25 / Alpha friend R / Theme 2 Week 3 / Review skills
Theme 3: We’re a Family / 11/1 (4 days) / Alpha friend T
Short a / Theme 3 Week 1 / Story Structure
11/8 / Alpha friend B
Short a / Theme 3 Week 2 / Drawing Conclusions
11/15 / Alpha friend N
Short a / Theme 3 Week 3 / Review
11/22 (2 days) / Continue Review
Theme 4: Friends Together / 11/29 / Alpha friend H
Short a / Theme 4 Week 1 / Summarizing
12/6 / Alpha friend V
Short a / Theme 4 Week2 / Cause and effect
12/13 / Alpha friend C
Review / Polar Express/Theme 4 Week 3 / Review
Theme 5: Let’s Count / 1/3 / Alpha friend P
Short i / Theme 5 Week 1 / Categorize/classify
1/10 / Alpha friend G
Short i / Theme 5 Week 2 / Beginning, middle, end
1/17 (4 days) / Alpha friend F
Short i / Theme 5 Week 3 / Review
Theme 6: Sunshine and Raindrops / 1/24 / Alpha friend l
Short i / Theme 6 week 1 / Fantasy/realism
1/31 / Alpha friend k
Short i / Theme 6 week 2 / Story structure/plot
2/7 / Alpha friend q
Short i / Theme 6 week 3 / Review
Theme 7: Wheels Go Around / 2/14 / Alpha friend d
Short e / Theme 7 week 1 / Text organization
summarize
2/21 (4 days) / Alpha friend z
Short e / Theme 7 week 2 / Cause and effect
2/28 / Rhyming Words / Dr. Seuss Week
3/7 (3 days) / Alpha friend w
Short e / Theme 7 week 3 / Making predictions
Theme 8: Down on the Farm / 3/14 / Alpha friend y
Short e / Theme 8 week 1 / Fantasy/realism
3/21 / Alpha friend final x
Short e / Theme 8 week 2 / Noting details
3/28 (4 days) / Alpha friend j
Short e / Theme 8 week 3 / Drawing conclusion
4/4(spring break)
Theme 9: Spring is Here / 4/11 / Review m,s,c,t (ending sound)
Short o / Theme 9 week 1 / Sequence of events
4/18 (4 days) / Review n,f,p (ending sound)
Short o / Theme 9 week 2 / Character, setting
4/25 / Review b,r,h,g (ending sound)
Short o / Theme 9 week 3 / review
Theme 10: A World of Animals / 5/2 / Review d,l,x (ending sound)
Short u / Theme 10 week 1 / Beginning, middle, end
5/9 / Review q,j,z (ending sound)
Short u / Theme 10 week 2 / Compare and contrast
5/16 (4 days) / Double consonants at the end
Short u / Theme 10 week 3 / Story Structure/Plot
5/23 (3 days) / End of the Year Activities

First Grade Pacing Calendar

2010-11 School Year

Theme / Date / Skill / Story / Comprehension
8/3
8/9 / Orientation
m, s, c ,t
Short a / The Cat Sat / Sequencing
8/16 / Orientation
n, f, p
Short a / Nan and Fran / Compare/contrast
8/23 / b, r, h, g
Short i / The Big Hit / Cause and effect
8/30 / d, w, l, x
Short o / The Box / Noting details
Theme 1: All Together Now / 9/6 (4 days) / y, k, v
Short u / What Can a Vet Do? / Fantasy realism
9/13 / q, j, z
Short u / A Hut for Zig Bug / Story structure
9/20 / Double final consonants
Short a / Seasons / Topic, main idea, details
summarize
Theme 2: Surprise! / 9/27 / Verb endings
Short i / Mr. C’s Dinner / Making predictions
10/4(Fall Break)
10/11 (3 days) / r-blends
Short i / What a Trip! / Categorize/classify
10/18 / Contraction ‘s / What a Trip! / Categorize/classify
Theme 3: Let’s Look Around! / 10/25 / l-blends
Short o / Who’s in the Family / Drawing conclusion
11/1 (4 days) / s-blends / The Best Pet / Compare/contrast
11/8 / Silent kn, wr, gn / The Best Pet / Compare/contrast
Theme 4: Family and Friends / 11/15 / triple clusters / Bud’s Day Out / Sequence of events
11/22 (2 days) / triple clusters / Bud’s Day Out / Sequence of events
12/6 / Digraphs / Moving Day / Compare and contrast
12/13 / Contractions or review any skill needed / Polar express
1/3 / Long a and i / Me On the Map / Making generalization
Theme 5: Home Sweet Home / 1/10 / Soft sound of c and g
Final consonant (nk, ng, and nd) / The Kite / Cause and effect
1/17 (4 days) / Long o, u (open/close syllable)
Final blends (ft, lk, nt) / The Sleeping Pig / Story structure
1/24 / Long e (cvce), ee, ea / Eek! There’s a Mouse…House / Noting details
Theme 6: Animal Adventures / 1/31 / ai, ay / Red-Eyed Tree Frog / Making predictions
2/7 / oa, ow / That Toad is Mine! / Problem solving
2/14 / oo / Lost! / Sequence of Events
Theme 7: We Can Work It Out / 2/21 (4 days) / Compound Words / Lost! / Sequence of Events
2/28 / Dr. Seuss Week
3/7 (3 days) / oo, ew, ue, ou / If You Give a Pig a Pancake / Fantasy/Realism
3/14 / ie, igh / If You Give a Pig a Pancake / Fantasy/Realism
Theme 8: Our Earth / 3/21 / -s, -ed, -ing / The Forest / Categorize/classify
3/28 (4 days) / ow, ou / Butterfly / Topic, main idea, details
4/4 (spring break)
Theme 9: Special Friends / 4/11 / cvce w/endings
Double consonants / Johnny Appleseed / Drawing conclusions
4/18 (4 days) / Sounds of y / When I am Old With You / Noting Details
4/25 / Prefix un, re
Suffix –ful, -ly, -y / The New Friend / Story Structure
Theme 10: We Can Do It! / 5/2 / oi, oy
aw, au / The Surprise Family / Compare and Contrast
5/9 / r-controlled (er, ir, ur) / Two Greedy Bears / Making predictions
5/16 (4 days) / r-controlled (ar) (or, ore) / Fireflies for Nathan / Sequence of Events
5/23 (3 days) / End of the Year Activities

Second Grade Pacing Calendar

2010-11 School Year

Theme / Date / Skill / Story / Comprehension
8/3
8/9 / Orientation
8/16 / Orientation
8/23 / Back to School
Theme 1: Silly Stories / 8/30 / Short a,i
Base words -s.-ed.-ing / Dragon Gets By / Summarize
Story structure
9/6 (4 days) / Short o, u, e
vccv patterns / Julius / Fantasy/realism
Monitor/clarify
9/13 / Long a,i / Mrs. Brown Went to Town / Inference
Predicting outcomes
9/20 / Review week / Theme 1 week 4
Theme 2: Nature Walk / 9/27 / Long o, u, e
Two sounds of g / Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night / Compare/contrast
10/4 (Fall Break)
10/11 (3 days) / Review week / Poetry / Understanding poetry
10/18 / Consonant clusters
Two sounds of c / Exploring the Park With Ranger Dockett / Fact/opinion
10/25 / Double consonant
vcv pattern / Around the Pond: Who’s Been There / Categorize and classify
11/1 (4 days) / Theme 2 Week 4 / Review week
11/8 / Review final words with ck, k / Fables / Understanding fables
Theme 3: Around Town: Neighborhood and Communities / 11/15 / Base words
Consonant digraphs / Chinatown / Summarize
Making judgments
11/22 (2 days) / ai, ay / Same story / Topic, main idea, details
11/29 / Compound words / A Trip to the Firehouse / Topic, main idea, Details
12/6 / ow, ou
suffix -ful, -ly / Big Bushy Mustache / Inference
Problem solving
12/13 / Polar Express
1/3 / ee, ea
-tion, -ture / Jamaica Louise James / Evaluate
inferences
1/10 / review / Theme 3 week 5
Theme 4: Amazing Animals / 1/17 (4 days) / ar, or, ore / Officer Buckle and Gloria / Drawing conclusions
1/24 / Endings(nd, nt, mp, ng, nk)
Endings (–es,-ies, -s) / Ant / Text organization
1/31 / oa,ow / The Great Ball Game / Cause and effect
2/7 / Review / Theme 4 week 4
2/14 / Biography / Understanding biography
Theme 5: Family Time / 2/21 (4 days) / -er ending in 2-syllable words / Brothers and Sisters / Making generalization
2/28 / Dr. Seuss
3/7 (3 days) / Contractions
-le / Jalapeno Bagles / Following directions
3/14 / Contractions / Same story
3/21 / Sounds of y
Prefix un / Carousel / Making judgments
3/28 (4 days) / Base words -ed, -ing
Silent letters (kn, b, gh, wr, gn) / Thunder Cake / Sequence of events
4/4 (spring break)
4/11 / review / Theme 5 Week 5
4/18 (4 days) / Chapter books / Understanding chapters
Theme 6: Talent Show / 4/25 / oo, ew, ue, ou / The Art Lesson / viewpoint
5/2 / igh, ie / Moses Goes to a Concert / Noting details
5/9 / Endings –ed, ing / The School Mural / Problem solving
5/16 (4 days) / Curious George
5/23 (3 days) / End of the Year Activities