First Grade Pacing Guide First Marking Period (August 25-Oct. 29) Less on 1 2 3 Phonemic Awareness Phonics/ Spelling Words in a sentence Short vowel /a/ a Making Predictions Answer questions Help, now, let’s Sentences Labels Conventions Inflection –s Short vowel /a/ a Making predictions Use graphic organizers It, too, no Word order Sentences Conventions Phonograms –and, -ap, -at, -ag Short vowel /i/ i Classify and Categorize Monitor Comp: Make inferences So, hold, get, home, soon Naming parts of sentences Sentences about me Voice Story elementsBeginning, Middle and End Story elements: Characters Summarize Late, oh, yes Telling parts of sentences Caption sentences Ideas Recognize story structure Find, much, thank Telling sentences Sentences about things Word Choice Classify and Categorize Monitor Comp: Adjust reading rate How, make, of, some Questions Sentences about places Word choice Syllable blending and segmentation Rhyme recognition and production 4 Phoneme isolation 5 Phoneme categorization 6 Review isolation, identification and categorization Contraction ‘s Digraph /k/ ck Phonograms –ick, -ink, -ill, -it Short vowel /o/ o Inflections –ed, -ing (No spelling change) Variant vowel /^o/ a (all) Contraction n’t Reading Skill Reading Strategy HFW Grammar Writing Form Writing Trait 7 Phoneme blending 8 Phoneme blending Short vowel /e/ e Initial blends with l Digraph /th/ th Initial blends with s Compare and contrast Answer questions Day, eat, first, said, time, was Exclamations Sentences about events Ideas Details Use graphic organizers Don’t, her, line, Mr., new, says, water Nouns: people or places Questions Conventions Second Marking Period (Oct. 30-January 15) Lesson Phonemic Awareness Phonics/ Spelling Reading Skill 9 Phoneme segmentation Details 10 Phoneme segmentation 11 Review blending and segmentation 12 Review blending and segmentation Short vowel /u/ u Initial blends with r Diphthong /ng/ ng Contraction ‘ll r-controlled vowel /^or/ or, ore Compound words Digraph /sh/ sh Initial blends with l, s, r 13 Phoneme deletion (initial and Digraphs /ch/ ch, tch Inflection Reading Strategy HFW Grammar Writing Form Writing Trait Monitor Comp: Adjust reading rate Recognize story structure Be, does, food, grow, live, many Nouns: Animals or things Lists Organization Arms, every, feet, head, school, use, way, your One and more than one Dialogue Voice Setting Monitor Comp: Make inferences Animals, cold, fish, from, their, under, very Special names and titles for people Interview questions Organization Compare and contrast Ask questions Came, could, gold, happy, made, night, saw, were Special names of places Riddles Conventions Sequence Use graphic organizers Air, fly, friends, grew, need, play, rain, watch Names of days and months Sequence story Organization Plot 14 medial) Review blending and deletion 15 Review segmentation and deletion 16 Review blending, deletion, and segmentation –es r-controlled vowel /ar/ ar (Need an umlaut over the a) Inflections – s, -ed, -ing (No spelling changes) Digraphs /kw/ qu /hw/ wh Inflections –ed, -ing (Double final consonant) r-controlled vowel /^ur/ er, ur, ir Inflections – er, -est Author’s purpose and point of view Summarize Again, feel, house, know, loud, Mrs., put, say Names of holidays Email Conventions Sequence Ask questions About, books, family, name, read, work, writing, people Using I and me Personal narrative Voice Main idea Summarize Always, by, cow’s, join, nice, please, room Using he, she, it and they Invitation Ideas Third Marking Period (January 18-March 25) Lesson Phonemic Awareness Phonics/ Spelling 17 Phoneme substitution (initial and medial) 18 Review blending and substitution Syllable /schwa l/ -le Inflections – ed, -ing (Double final consonants) Long vowel /o/ ow, oa Phonograms – ow, -oat, Reading Skill Reading Strategy HFW Grammar Writing Form Writing Trait Main idea Monitor comp: Reread Buy, carry, money, other, paint, paper, would Possessives (‘s and pronouns) Friendly letter Voice Author’s purpose and point of view Monitor comp: Make inferences Mouse, our, over, pretty, surprise, three Troublesome words: homophones Thank you letter Word choice 19 20 21 22 Review segmentation and substitution Review deletion and substitution Review blending, segmentation, deletion and substitution Phnoeme addition 23 Review belnding and addition 24 Review segmentation and addition -own, -oast Long vowel /e/ e, ee, ea Contractions ‘ve, ‘re Long vowel /a/ ai, ay Phonograms – ay, -ain, -all, -aid Long vowel /a/ a_e Phonograms – ake, -ate, -ane, -ade Long vowel /i/ i_e Inflections –ed, -ing (Drop e) Long vowel /o/ o_e Phonograms –ose, -one, -oke, -ole Consonants /j/ g, dge /s/ c Contractions ‘s, n’t, ‘ll Cause and effect Recognize story structure Hurry, mother, should, sky, told, door, dear Description of things Ideas Description of a place Sentence fluency Around, found, near, tired, might, open, gone, hears Describing words: Color, size and shape Describing words: Taste, smell, sound and feel Describing words: How many Cause and effect Use graphic organizers Cool, dry, four, holes, move, place, warm Problem and solution Summarize Play Conventions Problem and solution Ask questions Right, those, walked, because, light Describing words: Feelings Description of a memory Word choice Draw conclusions Answer questions Brown, hello, loudly, city, loved, pulled Describing words: -er and -est Descriptive poem Voice Draw conclusions Monitor Comp: Make inferences Eyes, listen, visitor, remembered, become, talk, busy, high Troublesome words: Multiple meaning words Rhyming Poem Organization Fourth Marking Period (March 26-June 3) Lesson Phonemic Awareness Phonics/ Spelling 25 Review deletion and addition Long vowel /(y)oo/ u_e Reading Skill Alphabetize Reading Strategy Use graphic organizers HFW Clear, color, kinds, goodbye, hair, only, toes Grammar Verbs Writing Form Research report Writing Trait Sentence fluency 26 Review substitution and addition 27 Review blending, segmentation, deletion, substitution, and addition 28 Review blending, segmentation, deletion, substitution, and addition 29 Review blending, segmentation, deletion, substitution, and addition Review blending, segmentation, deletion, substitution, and addition 30 Inflections –ed, -ing (Drop e) Long vowel /i/, y, igh, Ie Contraction ‘d Vowel diphthong /ou/ ow, ou Phonograms –out, -ow, -own, -ound Long vowel /i/ y, ie Inflections –ed, -er, -est, -es (Change y to an i) Vowel diphthong /oo/ oo, ew Phonograms –ool, -ew Long vowel /o/ o Long vowel /i/ i Phonograms –ind, -lid, -old Story elements Monitor Comp: Adjust reading rate Climbed, earth, fooling, thought, table Verbs that tell about now Research report Conventions Story elements Monitor Comp: Make inferences Answered, baby, heard, pools, done, pushed, together Using am, is and are Book review Word choice Details Monitor Comp: Reread Great, took, poured, almost, traveled, blue, able Verbs that tell about the past How to Organization Details Recognize story structure Boy, building, tomorrow, toward, welcoming Using was and were Story Voice Alphabetize Summarize Any, front, nothing, ready, sorry Using go and went Story Ideas