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Pacing Guide 2012-2013 Grade 4
Selection
The Gardener
Sept. 10-14
Donovan’s Word
Jar
Focus Skill
Focus Strategy
Writing Craft /
Grammar
Writing Form
Theme 1 – You Can Do It! (Self-Discovery)
Narrative
Use Context to
Voice
Sentences
Elements
Confirm Meaning
Descriptive
Paragraph
Prefixes, Suffixes, Use Decoding /
Voice
Declarative and
and Roots
Phonics
Character Sketch Interrogative
Sentences
Spelling
Words with Long
a and Long e
Words with Long
and Short e
Sept. 17-21
My Name is María
Isabel
Narrative
Elements
Make and Confirm Voice
Predictions
Personal
Narrative
Imperative and
Exclamatory
Sentences
Words with Long
and Short I
Sept. 24-28
Lou Gehrig: The
Luckiest Man
Prefixes, Suffixes,
and Roots
Summarize
Voice
Story
Subjects and
Predicates
Words with Long
and Short o and u
Locate
Information
Read Ahead
Personal
Narrative
Complete and
Simple Subjects
Words with /oo/
Complete and
Simple Predicates
Words with /är/
Compound
Subjects and
Predicates
Words with /ôr/
Oct. 1-5
Amelia and
Eleanor Go for a
Ride
Oct. 8-12* 4 day
week
Review week Oct. 15-19
Theme 2 – Side by Side (Working Together)
The Baker’s
Cause and Effect Use Decoding /
Effective
Neighbor
Phonics
Paragraphs
Paragraph of
Oct. 22-26
Information
The Emperor and Narrative
Self-Question
Effective
the Kite
Elements
Paragraphs
Written Directions
Oct.29 – Nov.2
1
Nights of the
Pufflings
Nov.5--9* 4 day
week (election)
The Garden of
Happiness
Summarize
Adjust Reading
Rate
Cause and Effect
Summarize
Effective
Paragraphs
Summary
Simple and
Compound
Sentences
Words with /âr/
Make and Confirm Effective
Predictions
Paragraphs
How-to-Essay
Independent and
Dependent
Clauses
Words with /ûr/
Use Text
Structure and
Format
Complex
Sentences
Words with /ou/
Nov. 13-16* 4 day
week
Skip 11/19-23
Thanksgiving
Summary
How to Babysit
and Orangutan
Nov. 26- 30
Selection
Focus Skill
Focus Strategy
Writing Craft /
Grammar
Writing Form
Review Week Dec. 3-7 Theme 3 – Make Yourself at Home (Growth and Change)
Sarah, Plain and
Draw Conclusions Read Ahead
Effective
Common and
Tall
Sentences
Proper Nouns
Cause-and-Effect
Dec. 10 - 14
Paragraph
Stealing Home
Compare and
Use Context to
Effective
Singular and
Dec. 17 - 21
Contrast
Confirm Meaning
Sentences
Plural Nouns
Explain a Process
Christmas
Vacation
Spelling
Words with /oi/
Unusual Plurals
2
The Cricket in
Times Square
Draw Conclusions
Create Mental
Images
Effective
Sentences
Explanatory
Essay
Possessive Nouns Possessive Nouns
Two Lands, One
Heart
Compare and
Contrast
Reread to Clarify
Effective
Sentences
Definition Essay
Abbreviations
Words with
Abbreviations
Jan. 14-18
Look to the North:
A Wolf Pup Diary
Summarize
Use Text
Structure and
Format
Explanatory
Essay
Pronouns and
Antecedents
Words with ei, ie,
and eigh
Review Week Jan.26 – Feb 1 Theme 4 – Creative Minds (Creativity)
The Kids’
Main Idea and
Adjust Reading
Focus/Ideas
Invention Book
Details
Rate
Paragraph that
Contrasts
Feb. 4 - 8
Subject and
Object Pronouns
Words that End
with -y or -ey
The Case of
Pablo’s Nose
Possessive
Pronouns
Prefixes -un and dis
Jan. 7-11
Jan. 21-25* 4 day
week
Sequence
Read Ahead
Development
Persuasive Letter
Feb. 11-15
3
I February
Vacation
Main Idea and
Details
Reread to Clarify
Development
Literary Response
Adjectives and
Articles
Prefixes non-, in-,
and re-
Sequence
Create Mental
Images
Development
Compare and
Contrast Essay
Comparing with
Adjectives
Changing y to I
Compare and
Contrast
Make and Confirm Compare and
Predictions
Contrast Essay
Verbs
Suffixes -ion, ness, -able, -less,
and -ful
In the Days of
King Adobe
Feb. 25- Mar 1* 4
day week ( Long
Comp. MCAS)
Red Writing Hood
Mar 4- 8
One Grain of
Rice: A
Mathematical
Folktale
Mar. 11-15
Selection
No review week
Focus Skill
Focus Strategy
Writing Craft /
Grammar
Writing Form
Theme 5 – Community Ties (Communities)
Spelling
4
Elements of
Nonfiction: Text
Structure
Summarize
Organization
Note Taking
Main and Helping
Verbs
Author’s Purpose
Use Decoding /
Phonics
Organization
Outline
Action and Linking Words with /l/
Verbs
Elements of
Nonfiction: Text
Structure
Adjust Reading
Rate
Organization
Research Report
Draft
Present Tense
Words with /n/
Blue Willow
Apr. 29 – May 3
Author’s Purpose
Summarize
Consolidating
Editing Research
Report
Past and Future
Tenses
Adding -ed and ing
In My Family
Sequence
Use Context to
Confirm Meaning
Publishing a
Research Report
Irregular Verbs
Words with Silent
Letters
MCAS ELA NO
TROPHIES
Mar.18 - 29
Words with /r/
Fire !
Apr 1-5
A Very Important
Day
Apr 8 - 12
April Vacation
Saguaro Cactus
Apr. 22- 26
May 6-10
Theme 6 – New Lands (Explorations)
5
The Gold Rush
Fact and Opinion
Use Text
Structure and
Format
Word Choice
Descriptive
Paragraph
Contractions and
Negatives
Contractions
Word
Relationships
Self-Question
Vivid Words
Poem
Adverbs
Homophones
Fact and Opinion
Create Mental
Images
Word Choice
Persuasive Essay
Comparing with
Adverbs
VCCV Words
Word
Relationships
Reread to Clarify
Word Choice
Descriptive Essay
Prepositions
VCV Words
Author’s Purpose
Self-Question
Word Choice
Story
Prepositional
Phrases
Words with Three
Syllables
May 13-17
I Have Heard of a
Land
May 20 – 24
Paul Bunyan and
Babe the Blue Ox
May 27 – 31*4
day week
Fly Traps! Plants
That Bite Back
June 3 – 7
The Down and Up
Fall
June 10 – 14
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