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Sample of Pacing Schedule for Multi-Level High Point Classroom: Carlos Comes to LakesideSchool, Basics, & Level A

**The shaded blocks indicate Direct Instruction time**

Period 1, 8:00 – 8:55 a.m.

GROUP

/ Mon. / Tues. / Wed. / Thurs. / Fri.
Period 1, Dispatch #1, 8:00 - 8:05 a.m. (5 minutes)
Everyone / Learning & Homework
Log w/ word study list / Learning & Homework Log / Learning & Homework Log / Learning & Homework Log / Learning & Homework Log
Period 1, Segment 1, 8:05 - 8:20 a.m. (15 minutes)
Lakeside /
  • Number word search
  • Words & number match
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  • Write out numerals (not from page T11)
  • Flash card work
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  • Paired Reading using student-made books
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  • Lakeside L7 (T15a)
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  • School Tour w/ T.A.

Basics /
  • Unit Overview
  • U5: L1 (T98)
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  • Internet & magazine cut outs to show locations [prepositions] (chart on p.100)
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  • U5: L5 (T103)
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  • U5: L7 (T105)
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  • U5: L10 (T 107) Introduce New Words

Level A /
  • Students re-read Sunny and Moonshine independently
  • Complete a Goal, Events, Outcome Chart
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  • U1:Th1, L1 (T10)
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  • U1, Th1, L2 (T12): Steps 4, 5
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  • U1,Th 1, L3 (T15): Audio Walkthrough
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  • U1, Th1, L7 (T20): Respond to the Poem

Period 1, Segment 2, 8:20 - 8:35 a.m. (15 minutes)
Lakeside /
  • Overview (T10)
  • Lakeside L1 (T11)
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  • Lakeside L3 (T13)
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  • Lakeside L5
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  • Create flashcards for HFW
  • Practice with partners
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  • School Tour w/ T.A.

Basics /
  • Students create a city sign (T98)
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  • Discussion Circle & Fluency with From First to Last [rate/ accuracy]
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  • U5: L5 (103) Apply
  • Word Search
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  • Close and Assess, p. T105
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  • U5: L10 (T107) Practice
  • RPB 54

Level A /
  • Paired Reading & Fluency with Sunny and Moonshine [prosody]
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  • Students complete T10, Step 2
  • Flashcards: HFW
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  • Students write their own poem modeled after Outside and In
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  • U1,Th 1 L4-5 (T16): Read and Think with CD
  • Master 4
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  • LAA #1 (T19, AH p. 1)
  • Review Selection Vocabulary w/ flashcards

Period 1, Segment 3, 8:35 - 8:50 a.m. (15 minutes)
Lakeside /
  • Close & Assess (T11)
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  • Flash cards into oral & written sentences
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  • Pair-Share with Close & Asses (T14)
  • CATCH UP
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  • Sort HFW alphabetically & by number of letters
  • L7 (T15a) “Apply”
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  • School Tour w/ T.A.

Basics /
  • Mind map on (T99)
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  • U5: L3 (T101)
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  • CATCH UP
  • Hangman
  • Read
  • HP CD listen
  • Concentration
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  • LPB p. 66
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  • Catch Up, LPB pp. from Unit 5
  • Independent Reading “More Than a Meal.”

Level A /
  • U1: Intro (T8, M1): Steps 1, begin 2, 4-5
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  • Discussion Circle & Fluency with Meteor Shower [rate/ accuracy]
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  • U1, Th1, L3: Steps 1-3
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  • U1, Th1, L4-5 (T15-18): BYMO questions discussion
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  • LAA #1 / CATCH UP
  • Review Vocabulary

Period 1, Closure, 8:50 - 8:55 a.m. (5 minutes)
Everyone

Period 2, 9:00 – 9:55 a.m.

GROUP

/ Mon. / Tues. / Wed. / Thurs. / Fri.
Period 2, Dispatch #2, 9:00 – 9:05 a.m. (5 minutes)
Everyone
Period 2, Segment 1, 9:05 – 9:20 a.m. (15 minutes)
Lakeside /
  • Lakeside L2 (T12)
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  • Lakeside L4 (T13a)
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  • Create and post labels for classroom objects
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  • Lakeside L8 (T15b)
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  • Lakeside L9 (T16) CD w/ TA

Basics /
  • Students re-read A Year Without Rain independently
  • Complete a Problem, Solution chart
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  • U5: L3: (T101) Express Yourself & Apply
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  • U5: L6 (T104) Introduce
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  • Listen to “More Than a Meal” on CD
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  • Transparencies 31,32

Level A /
  • U1: Intro (T8): Complete Step 2
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  • Flashcards w/ HFW & T8-10 vocabulary words
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  • U1, Th1, L2 (T12): Steps 2, 4, 6
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  • U1, Th1, L6 (T19): Sum it Up, Think it Over
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  • Selection Test 1

Period 2, Segment 2, 9:20 - 9:35 a.m. (15 minutes)
Lakeside /
  • Labeling of school pictures
  • Make word cards: school locations & objects
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  • Lakeside L4 (T13a) Apply – Students make HFW cards & sentences with previous vocabulary
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  • Lakeside L6 (T15)
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  • “Making words” brainstorm with S/M/F/H/T/A.
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  • Lakeside L10 (T17)

Basics /
  • Paired Reading & Fluency with A Year Without Rain [prosody]
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  • U5: L4 (T102)
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  • U5: L6 (T104) Practice and Apply w/ a partner
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  • Create Detail Chart for “More Than a Meal”
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  • Create Word Families (T108a), -ump, -ick and -elll

Level A /
  • U1: Intro (T9), Steps 3 & 6
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  • Theme 1 (T11) Answer Guiding Questions
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  • U1: L3 (T14) Create study cards for vocabulary words
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  • U1, Th1, L6 (T19): Close and Assess
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  • Selection Test 1

Period 1, Segment 3, 9:35 - 9:50 a.m. (15 minutes)
Lakeside /
  • Concentration using word cards
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  • Make pattern book: using HFW & vocabulary
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  • In small groups, practice introductions, make “Hello in Many Languages” posters
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  • Study school map. Locate classroom, cafeteria, library, gym, counselor, nurse, office
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  • Inside/Outside Circle w/ map

Basics /
  • U5: L2 (T100)
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  • U5:L4 (T102): Apply
  • Concentration with Neighborhood Words
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  • U5: L6 (T104) Add verbs from #1-15 to the Past Tense Verb Chart
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  • Close and Assess, p. T106a with a partner.
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  • RPB p. 55

Level A /
  • Students write Mind Map + paragraph
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  • U1, Th1, L2 (T12): Steps 1, 3, 5
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  • U1, Th1, L3 (T14): Prepare to Read
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  • U1, Th1, L 4 (T17) Grammar Minilesson
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  • Selection Test 1

Period 1, Closure, 9:50 - 9:55 a.m. (5 minutes)
Everyone