‘10/’11 Fourth Grade Pacing Guide (draft)
UNIT
Unit 1
week 1
DATE
Sept 7-10
Story
Because of Winn…
Comprehension
Skill
Sequence
Strategy
Summarize
Use BASAL story only with Differention lessons behind the DI tab in the teacher guide. Teach routines, and expectations. Incorporate Active Reading
Strategies of Text Highlighting and Two Column Notes from Step Up.
week 2
Sept 13-17
Lewis and Clark
Author’s Purpose
Answer Questions
Use BASAL story only with Differenation lessons behind the DI tab in the teacher guide. Teach routines, and expectations. Incorporate Active Reading
Strategies of Text Highlighting and Two Column Notes from Step Up. Assess with baseline assessment, begin Basal/leveled reader groups in Week 3.
week 3
week 4
week 5
week 6
Unit 2
week 1
week 2
week 3
week 4
week 5
week 6
Unit 3
week 1
week 2
week 3
week 4
week 5
week 6
Unit 4
week 1
week 2
week 3
week 4
week 5
Week 6
Unit 5
week 1
week 2
week 3
week 4
Sept 20-24
Sept 27-Oct 1
Oct 4-12
Oct 13-15
Oct 18-22
Oct 25-29
Nov 1-5
Nov 8-12
Nov 15-19
Nov 22-23
Grandfather’s…
The Horned Toad
Letter Home from…
Sequence
Author’s Purpose
Main Idea
Graphic Organizers
Story Structure
Graphic Organizers
Flex week, Assess and Reteach - See suggestions
What Jo Did
Coyote School
Grace and the Time…
Marvin of the…
So, You Want…
Cause and Effect
Draw Conclusions
Draw Conclusions
Fact and Opinion
Main Idea
Prior Knowledge
Prior Knowledge
Answer Questions
Monitor and Fix Up
Summarize
Flex week, Assess and Reteach
Nov 29-Dec 3
Dec 6-10
Dec 13-17
Jan 3-7
Jan 10-14
Jan 19-21
The Stranger
Andelina’s Whales
How Night Came…
Eye of the Storm
The Great Kapok…
Jan 31-Feb 4
Feb 7-11
Feb 14-17
Feb 22-25
Feb 28-Mar 4
Mar 7-11
The Houdini Box
Encantando
The King in the…
Seeker of Knowledge
Encyclopedia Brown
Mar 14-18
Mar 21-25
Apr 4-8
Apr 11-15
Sailing Home
Lost City
Amelia and Eleanor…
Antarctic Journal
Cause and Effect
Fact and Opinion
Generalize
Graphic Sources
Generalize
Ask Questions
Graphic Organizers
Visualize
Prediction
Story Structure
Flex week, Assess and Reteach
Compare and Contrast
Compare and Contrast
Character and Setting
Graphic Sources
Plot
Prediction
Visualize
Monitor and Fix Up
Ask Questions
Prior Knowledge
Flex week, Assess and Reteach
Authors Purpose
Compare and Contrast
Sequence
Main Idea
Predict
Visualize
Story Structure
Text Structure
week 5
week 6
Unit 6
week 1
week 2
week 3
week 4
week 5
week 6
Apr 18-22
Apr 25-27
Moonwalk
Apr 28-May 4
May 5-11
May 12-18
May 19-25
May 26-June 3
June 6-8
My Brother Martin
Jim Thorpe…
How Tia Lola…
To Fly…
The Man Who…
Draw Conclusions
Cause and Effect
Fact and Opinion
Character and Theme
Generalize
Graphic Sources
Monitor and Fix Up
Flex week, Assess and Reteach
Answer Questions
Text Structure
Summarize
Ask Questions
Monitor and Fix Up
Flex week, Assess and Reteach