OCEAN CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
Course / Grade: ELA/4th Teacher: Ward/Juliano/Benfer
Curriculum Pacing Guide - Marking Periods
PACING / UNITS/BIG IDEAS / STANDARDS / STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES (SLO) / ASSESSMENTSCONTENT
What students should KNOW / SKILLS
What students should DO
1ST Marking Period / Helping brings out the best in us. / RL 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10
RI 1, 2, 3, 10
RF 3a, 4a, 4b, 4c
W 3a-d, 4, 5, 10
SL 1a, 2, 4
L 1f, 2d, 4a, 4c / Lesson 1: story structure
Prefixes re-, un-, dis-
Lesson 2: Author’s Purpose
Prefixes in-, im-, il-, ir-
Lesson 3: cause and effect,
Using context
Lesson 4: theme prefixes non-, mis-
Lesson 5: understanding characters, use a dictionary
Novel: Takashi’s Voyage / Lesson : summarize, complete sentences, ideas
Lesson 2: monitor/clarify, subjects and predicates, word choice
Lesson 3: visualize, kinds of sentences, voice
Lesson 4: analyze/evaluate, simple and compound sentences, ideas
Lesson 5: infer/predict, nouns, organization / Anecdotal, Comprehension, Vocabulary, grammar, Spelling , MAP, Collin Writing, Guided Reading, Writing Journals
2nd Marking Period / We express ourselves in many ways. / RL 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10
RI 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10
RF 3a, 4a, 4b, 4c,
W 1a, 1b, 1c, 4, 9a
SL 1a, 1c]
L 1b, 2d, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 5c / Lesson 6: compare and contrast suffixes –y, -ous
Lesson 7: fact and opinion, greek latin word parts phon, photo, graph, auto, tele
Lesson 8: understanding characters, figurative language
Lesson 9: conclusions and generalizations, antonyms and synonyms
Lesson 10: author’s purpose, analogies
Novel: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever / Lesson 6: infer/predict, verbs, organization
Lesson 7: summarize, simple verb tenses, voice
Lesson 8: visualize, conjunctions, word choice
Lesson 9: question, commas, organization
Lesson 10: analyze/evaluate, pronouns, organization / Anecdotal, Comprehension, Vocabulary, grammar, Spelling , MAP, Collin Writing, Guided Reading, Writing Journals
3rd Marking Period / Nature can amaze us. / RL 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10
RI 1, 2, 5, 7, 10
RF 3a, 4a, 4b, 4c
W 1a, 1c, 1d, 4, 5, 8, 10
SL 1a, 1c, 2, 3, 4
L 1f, 2d, 4a, 4b, 5a / Lesson 11: fact and opinion, suffixes –ful, -less, -ness, -meant
Lesson 12: sequence of events, anotinyms and synonyms
Lesson 13: cause and effect, Greek Latin word parts spect, struct, tele, vis
Lesson 14: text and graphic features, suffixes –able, -ible
Lesson 15: main ideas ans details, quotations
Novel: Tall Tale/Folktale Unit / Lesson 11: infer/predict, proper nouns, ideas
Lesson 12: visualize, possessive nouns, ideas
Lesson 13: summarize, regular verbs, voice
Lesson 14: question, participles, organization
Lesson 15: monitor/clarify, irregular verbs, ideas / Anecdotal, Comprehension, Vocabulary, grammar, Spelling , MAP, Collin Writing, Guided Reading, Writing Journals
4th Marking Period / There is more than one secret to success. / RL 1,2,3,5,6,10
RI 1,2,3,5,7,10
RF 3a,4a,4b,4c
W 3a-e, 5,8
SL 1a, 1d, 6
L 1e, 1d, 2d, 4a, 4c, 5a, 5b / Lesson 16: compare and contrast, using context
Lesson 17: sequence of events, suffizes –ion, --ation, -ition
Lesson18: understanding characters, homophones, homonyms, homograph
Lesson 19: persuasion, using a dictionary
Lesson 20: main ideas and details, compound words
Novel: Number the Stars and Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes / Lesson 16: monitor/clarify, adjectives, ideas
Lesson 17: summarize, adverbs, voice
Lesson 18: question, propositions, prepositional phrases, word choice
Lesson 19: infer/predict, transitions, organization
Lesson 20: visualize, abbreviations, ideas / Anecdotal, Comprehension, Vocabulary, grammar, Spelling , MAP, Collin Writing, Guided Reading, Writing Journals