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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 6