First Grade Language Arts Pacing Guide
Quarter 3
Week
Standard
Unpacked
Essential Questions
Essential Vocabulary
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RF 1.3d Use knowledge that every syllable
must have a vowel sound to determine the
number of syllables in a printed word. (O)
*I will understand that every
syllable must have a vowel
sound to decode.
*How do I determine the
number of syllables in a
printed word?
syllable
vowel sound
RI 1.8 Identify the reasons an author gives
to support points in a text.
*How do I identify the
reasons and author gives to
support points in a text?
*What phonics skills and
strategies can I use to help
me spell words?
interpretation
L1.2e Spell untaught words phonetically,
drawing on phonemic awareness and
spelling conventions.
*I will use what I read in the
story to prove my
interpretation of the story.
*I will spell words by
implementing previously
taught phonics skills.
RF 1.3e Decode two-syllable words
following basic patterns by breaking the
words into syllables. (O)
*I will decode two-syllable
words by breaking the words
into syllables.
*What strategies help me
decode two-syllable words?
syllables
decode
illustrate
RF 1.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics
and word analysis skills in decoding
words.(Long vowel digraphs/ vowel teams)
*I will demonstrate knowledge
of vowel teams
*I will use vowel teams to help
me decode words.
*I will retell stories and include
key details.
*I will verbalize and illustrate
my understanding of the
central message or lesson.
*I will identify who is telling the
story at various points in a text.
*What are vowel teams?
*How do I use vowel teams
to help me decode words?
Decode
Vowel teams
*How do I use story elements
(character, setting, and main
events) to retell a story?
retell
details
verbalize
*How do I identify who is
telling a story at various
points in a text?
identify
text
2
RL 1.2 Retell stories, including key details,
and demonstrate understanding of their
central message or lesson.
RL 1.6 Identify who is telling the story at
various points in a text.
Phonics
Spelling
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RF 1.3f Read words with inflectional
endings. (O)
*I will read words with
inflectional endings (‘s, -en, -er,
-est).
Ex: The frog’s spots were
brown.
*How do I decode words with inflectional endings
inflectional endings?
RF 1.4c Use context to confirm or selfcorrect word recognition and
understanding, rereading as necessary.
*I will use context clues, selfcorrection, and reread to
confirm word understanding.
*What strategies should I use
when I do not understand
what I have read?
Context clues
Self-correction
understanding
L1.5c Identify real-life connections between
words and their use. (Ex: Note places at
home that are cozy.)
*I will make real-life
connections between words
and their use.
*How do I identify real-life
connections between words
and their use?
real-life
connections
W1.3 Write narratives in which they
recount two or more appropriately
sequenced events, include some details
Regarding what happened, Use sequence
order words to signal event order, and
provide some sense of order.
*I will write a narrative that
includes sequenced events and
details.
Narrative
Sequence
Events
Details
RF 1.4a Read grade-level texts with purpose
and understanding.
*I will read accurately and
fluently to comprehend.
RF 1.3g Recognize and read grade
appropriate irregularly spelled words. (O)
*I will recognize irregularly
spelled words.
*I will read irregularly spelled
words.
*I will read the HFW in list B(by
May)
*I will read informational text
with purpose and
*How do I write a narrative
piece that: includes 2 or
more appropriately
sequenced events, includes
details regarding what
happened, uses temporal
words to signal event order,
and provides some sense of
closure?
*What strategies should I use
when I do not understand
what I have read?
*How do I identify and read
irregular words?
RI 1.10 With prompting and support read
informational texts of appropriate
Text
Strategies
Comprehend
recognize
irregularly
*Can I read and listen to a
variety of grade-level texts for informational text
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complexity for grade 1.
understanding.
information?
L1.1d Use personal, possessive, and
indefinite pronouns
(Ex: I, me, my, they, them, their, anyone,
anything).
*I will use the right pronoun(s)
while I speak and/or write.
*What are personal,
possessive, and indefinite
pronouns?
pronouns
RF 1.4 Read with sufficient fluency to
support comprehension. (O)
*I will read accurately and
fluently to comprehend.
Accurately
Fluently
comprehend
RI 1.6 Distinguish between information
provided by pictures or other illustrations
and information provided by words in a
text.
*I will distinguish between the
information provided by
pictures and information
provided by words.
L1.1j Produce and expand complete simple
and compound declarative, interrogative,
imperative, exclamatory sentences to
prompts
*I will write compound
declarative sentences.
*I will write compound
interrogative sentences.
*I will write compound
imperative sentences.
*I will write compound
exclamatory sentences.
RF 1.2b Orally produce single-syllable words
by blending sounds (phonemes), including
consonant blends. (O)
*I will speak single-syllable
words.
*I will decode words with
consonant blends.
*Which strategies can I use
to read grade-level text with
purpose and understanding?
*What is the difference
between information
provided by pictures and
information provided by
words in a text?
*What is a declarative
sentence?
*What is an interrogative
sentence?
*What is an imperative
sentence?
*What is an exclamatory
sentence?
*What is a compound
sentence?
*How do I decode words with
consonant blends?
W 1.7 Participate in shared research and
writing projects (Ex. Explore a number of
“how-to” books on a given topic and use
*I will research and write a
sequence of instructions.
*How do I sequence
instructions in a meaningful
way?
research
sequence
instructions
Declarative sentence
Interrogative sentence
Imperative sentence
Exclamatory sentence
Compound sentence
Syllable
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them to write a sequence of instructions.)
L1.6 Use words and phrases acquired
through conversations, reading and being
read to, and responding to texts, including
using frequently occurring conjunctions to
signal simple relationships (Ex: because).
SL1.1 Participate in collaborative
conversations with diverse partners about
grade 1 topics and texts with peers and
adults in small and larger groups.
*I will use new words and
phrases when I speak or write.
RI 1.5 Know and use various text features
(Ex: headings, tables of contents, glossaries,
etc.) to locate key facts or information in a
text.
*I will locate information by
using headings, tables of
contents, glossaries, etc.
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SL1.4 Describe people, places, things, and
events with relevant details, expressing
ideas and feelings clearly.
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I will participate in
conversations with peers and
adults about grade one topics
and texts.
*What strategies and tools
can I use to research a topic?
*What strategies do I use to
learn new words and
understand what I hear and
read?
Words
Phrases
vocabulary
*How do I take part in a
discussion?
*How do I listen so I can
learn?
*How do I ask a good
question?
*How do text features
(headings, tables of content,
electronic menus, and icons)
help me locate key facts or
information?
Participate
Topics
Conversation
Peers
*I will describe people, places,
things, and events by using
relevant details.
*I will express my ideas and
feelings clearly.
*How do I use details to
describe people, places,
things, and events?
Details
Express
RI1.1 Ask and answer questions about key
details in a text. (O)
*I will ask and answer
questions about key details in a
text.
*How do I ask and answer
questions about key details in
informational text?
key details
text
L1.2c Use commas in dates and to separate
single words in a series.
*I will use commas while
writing the date or separating
words in a series.
*How do I use commas in
dates and to separate single
words in a series?
Commas
Series
Text Features
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SL1.3 Ask and answer questions about what
a speaker says in order to gather additional
information or clarify something that is not
understood.
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*I will ask and answer
questions to gather
information in something I do
not understand.
Assessments and review
*How do I listen so I can
learn?
*how do I ask a good
question?
Gather
Information