First Grade Pacing Guides

Year-at-a-Glance in Language Arts

2011-2012

1st  Six Weeks: Reading

Activities

Common Core Standard

Correlation with Previous TN Standards

 

Reading Standards for Literature

 

·         Questioning during read alouds and Guided Reading

·         Accelerated Reader

·         Story Assessments

RL1. Key Ideas and Details: Ask and answer question about key details in a text.

 

·         Five “Wh” questions

·         Main idea & supporting details

·         Questioning to clarify meaning

 

·         Retelling Center

·         Tri-fold

RL2. Key Ideas and Details: Retell stories including key details and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.

    

 

·         Retell using plot, characters, and setting

 

·         Read Aloud in whole and small group

·         Discussion during and after reading aloud

·         Beginning/Middle/End-Shapes

·         Thinking Maps

·         Plays/Finger puppets

 

RL3.  Key Ideas and Details: Describe characters, settings and major events in a story, using key details.

 

·         Identify plot, characters, and setting

·         Brain Pop Jr

·         Education City – “Story Time”

 

 

RL 7.  Integration of Knowledge and Ideas:  Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.

 

·         Shared Reading-Poems

·         Brain Pop Jr.

·         “Nursery Rhymes” flip chart on user docs 

·         Scholastic Word Family Poems

·         MCGraw-Hill Basal Poems (yellow books)

 

RL 10. Range of Reading and Level of Complexity: With prompting and support, read prose and poetry of appropriate complexity for grade 1.

 

·         Picture books

·         Alphabet and number books

·         Rhyming books

·         Story books

·         Fairy tales

·         Poetry

·         Nonfiction text

·         Shared reading

·         Guided reading

·         (Not seen in snapshot)

 

 

 

 

 

Reading Standards for Informational Text

 

·         Questioning during read alouds and Guided Reading

·         Accelerated Reader

·         Story Assessments

RI.1. Key Ideas and Details: Ask and answer questions about key details in informational text.

 

·         Main idea/supporting details

Productive group discussions for a purpose

 

 

 

 

 

Reading Standards: Foundational Skills

 

·         Brain Pop Jr.

·         United Streaming

·         Education City

·         Activity: “Sentence People”-acting out upper and lower case letters in  a name

·         Capital letters flip chart in Userdocs

·         “Punctuation takes a Vacation” (Pulver-library)

·         “Peter Period”, “Emma Excalmation” (Cooper)-library

RF.1. Print Concepts: Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.

   

 

 

·         front and back cover

·         title page

·         author

·         illustrator

·         use upper/lowercase letters

·         use correct spacing

·         move left to right and top to bottom

·         trace and reproduce letters and words correctly

 

 

RF.1.a. Print Concepts: Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence (e.g., first word, capitalization, ending punctuation).    

    

 

·         Groups of words make sentences

·         A sentence must be a complete thought.

·         Capitals for: names, pronoun I, proper nouns

·         Use periods, question marks, and exclamation marks

·         Word order determines the meaning of a sentence

·         “Syllables” flipchart in userdocs

·         Wilson Strategies

·         Nursery Rhymes flipchart

·         “School-Yard Rhymes” (Sierra) –library

·         Phomenic Awareness sections of old basal

·         Tongue Twisters

·         Word Building/Making Words

·         Shared Reading

   RF.2.b Phonological Awareness: Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes) including consonant blends.

 

·         Phoneme is one sound

·         Recognize and produce rhyming words.

·         Rearrange letter sounds to make new words (pan-nap)

·         The sequence of letters in a word represents the sequence of sounds.

·         Decode words using letter sound match.

·         Use long and short vowel rules.

 

·         Wilson-tap and zip

·         Kim-push and pull with manipulatives

·         Morning Message

·         Rigby and leveled readers

 

RF.2.c Phonological Awareness: Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words.

 

·         Phoneme is one sound

·         Sound stretching of one syllable words to identify each phoneme

·         Segment one syllable words

·         Recognize and produce rhyming words

·         Recognize words that have the same beginning, middle, and ending sounds.

·         Rearrange letter sounds to make new words (pan-nap)

 

·         Wilson Strategies

·         Phomenic Awareness sections of old basal

·         Tongue Twisters

·         Word Building/Making Words

·         Shared Reading

·         Guided Reading

RF.2.d Phonological Awareness: Segment spoken single-syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds (phonemes).

 

·         Phoneme is one sound

·         Sound stretching of one syllable words to identify each phoneme

·         A word is made of one or more syllables.

 

·         United Streaming

·         Making Words (flip chart-userdocs)

·         Morning Message

·         Education City

 

RF.3.b. Phonics and Word Recognition: Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

 

·         The sequence of letters in a word represents the sequence of sounds.

·         Use the CVC, VC rule.

·         Short Vowel Rule-  When a word has only one vowel either at the beginning or in the middle, the vowel sound is usually short.

Use sounding, blends, word families to decode.

·         Education City

·         Mix-it Fix-It

 

RF.3.g. Phonics and Word Recognition: Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words (word wall words)

   

 

·         Read text with high frequency words and decodable words in context.

·         Rigby and leveled readers

·         Story Assessments

·         Running Records

 

 

RF.4.Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension

 

    

    

·         Predict

·         Create mental images

·         Use illustrations

·         Five “Wh” questions

·         Participating in discussions

·         Decode words and expand vocabulary.

·         Build vocabulary through reading, listening, and discussing literature.

·         High frequency words in context

·         Text to self/ text to text

 

 

RF.4.a Read on-level text with purpose and understanding

 

 

·         Rigby and leveled readers

·         Running Records

RF.4.b. Read on-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive reading.

 

·         CAFÉ Strategies, Prompts to Support Use of Strategies during Read-Alouds, Guided Reading, and Independent Reading

 

RF.4.c. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.  (Use context clues)

 

 

 

Writing Standards

 

·         Language Experience stories (Share the pen, Interactive writing)

·         Personal narrative

W.8  Research to Build and Present Knowledge: With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

    

  • Use graphic organizers
  • Draw pictures to generate ideas.
  • Brainstorm with teachers and peers.
  • Use a variety of sources to gather information.

 

 

Speaking and Listening Standards

 

 

SL.1 Comprehension and Collaboration: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

   

 

 

·         Develop critical listening skills for comprehension, problem solving, and task completion.

Develop critical speaking skills for effective communication

 

SL.1.a Comprehension and Collaboration: Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).

 

·         Do not interrupt

·         Face speaker

·         Ask questions

·         Take turns

·         Focus attention on the speaker

 

SL.1.b Comprehension and Collaboration: Build upon others’ talk in conversations by responding to the comments of others through multiple exchanges.

    

·         Ask and respond to questions from the teacher and other group members.

 

SL.1.c Comprehension and Collaboration: Ask questions to clear up any confusion about the topics and texts under discussion.

·         Ask the five “wh” questions

 

SL.2. Comprehension and Collaboration: Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

 

 

SL.5. Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas: Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.

 

 

SL.6. Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas: Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation.

·         Speak clearly, properly, and politely

 

 

Language Standards

 

 

L.1. Conventions of Standard English: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

 

 

L.1.a. Conventions of Standard English: Print all upper- and lowercase letters

 

 

L.1.c. Conventions of Standard English: Use singular and plural nouns with matching verbs in basic sentences (e.g.; The boy hops, The boys hop).

  

 

·         A sentence is a group of words that make sense and express a complete thought.

·         Identify and use nouns.

 

 

L.1.d. Conventions of Standard English: Use personal, possessive, and indefinite pronouns ( e.g., I, me, my, they, them, their; anyone, everything)      

 

 

·         Identify and use pronouns.

 

 

L.2. Conventions of Standard English: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

 

 

 

 

L.2.a. Conventions of Standard English: Capitalize dates and names of people.

 

 

L.2.b. Conventions of Standard English: Use end punctuation for sentences.

 

 

L.2.d. Conventions of Standard English: Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.

    

 

·         Spell one syllable words using CVC

·         Spell high frequency words correctly. (Dolch list)

·         Alphabetize words to the first letter.

 

L.2.e. Conventions of Standard English: Spell untaught words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling conventions.

    

 

·         Spell one syllable words using CVC

·         Spell high frequency words correctly.(Dolch List)

 

L.4. Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 1 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.

 

 

·         Positional words

·         Multiple meaning words-(ex. Three meanings for the word pop….soda pop….pop the balloon, pop…..grandpa.)

 

 

L.4.a. Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. (context clues)

 

 

L.5. Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: With guidance and support from adults, demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

    

·         Build vocabulary by listening to and discussing a variety of literature. (text talk)

 

 

 

L.5.c. Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at home that are cozy).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2nd  Six Weeks: Reading

              Activities

Common Core Standard

Correlation with Previous TN Standards

 

Reading Standards for Literature

 

·         Poems-

-If You’re Happy and You Know It

·         Songs-

-I am Special

-Skin em a Rinky Dink

 

 

RL4. Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

 

·         Brain Pop Jr.

·         Double Bubble Map

·         Guided Reading

RL5. Craft and Structure: Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types.

 

·         Fiction/nonfiction

·         Fantasy/reality

·         Realistic fiction

  • Double Bubble Map
  • Compare and Contrast Flip Chart

RL 9 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories. (text to text)

 

 

Reading Standards for Informational Text

 

·         Read Alouds

·         Guided Reading

·         TumbleBooks

·         United Streaming

RI. 2. Key Ideas and Details: Identify the main topic and retell key details of informational text. 

    

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·         Productive group discussions for a purpose:

·         Ask and respond to questions from teacher and other group members

·         Double Bubble Map

·         Read-Alouds

·         Venn Diagram

·         Bridge Map

RI.3. Key Ideas and Details: Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in an informational text.

 

·         Picture Walks

RI.7 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas:  Use the illustrations and details in an informational text to describe its key ideas.

    

·         Questioning to clarify meaning

·         Participating in discussions

 

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·         Guided Reading or Read Alouds-comparing texts

·         Venn Diagrams

·         Double Bubble

RI.9.Integration of Knowledge and Ideas:  Identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures). Text to text.

 

 

Reading Standards: Foundational Skills

 

 

RF 2. Phonological Awareness: Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes)

 

 

 

 

·         Substitute targeted sounds to change words. (bed-bad)

 

·         United Streaming

·         Brain Pop Jr.

·         Starfall

·         Scrabble Flip Chart

·         ABC Ocean Animals Flip Chart

·         Education City

·         Shark Attack Game Flip Char on Userdocs

·         Tree Maps

·         Long Vowel patterns flip chart

·         Becky’s Powerpoints on Userdocs

·         Beginning and Ending sounds flipchart

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RF2.a. Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words.

  

 

 

RF2.f. Phonological Awareness: Read words with inflectional endings (er, est, ing, ed, …)

 

 

RF3a. Phonics and Word Recognition: Know the spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant diagraphs. (sh, ch, th)

Review: CCVC, CVCC

·         Short Vowel Rule-  When a word has only one vowel either at the beginning or in the middle, the vowel sound is usually short.

 

 

 

Writing

 

 

W. 5 Production and Distribution of Writing: With guidance and support from adults, focus on a topic, respond to questions and suggestions from peers, and add details to strengthen writing as needed.

    

·         Add descriptive words and details to writing.

·         Draw pictures to generate ideas.

·         Use graphic organizers.

·         Brainstorm with teachers and peers for ideas

·         Incorporate suggestions

 

 

 

Speaking and Listening

 

 

SL.3. Comprehension and Collaboration: Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood.

    

 

Work productively in group discussions.

 

SL.4. Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas: Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.

    

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·         Retell a story describing plot, characters, and setting

·         Develop critical speaking skills

·         Express reactions, personal experiences and opinions orally

 

Language Standards

 

 

L.1. Conventions of Standard English: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

 

 

·         Spelling

·         Capitalizations

·         Punctuation

·         Sentence structure

 

 

L.1.b Use common, proper, and possessive nouns.

 

·         Singular and plural nouns

 

L.1.c. Conventions of Standard English: Use singular and plural nouns with matching verbs in basic sentences (e.g.; The boy hops, The boys hop).

    

·         A sentence is a group of words that make sense and express a complete thought.

·         Identify and use nouns and verbs.

 

 

L.1.e. Conventions of Standard English: Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future (e.g., Yesterday I walked home; Today I walk home; Tomorrow I will walk home).

    

 

 

L.1.f. Conventions of Standard English: Use frequently occurring adjectives.

 

 

L.1.g. Conventions of Standard English: Use frequently occurring conjunctions (e.g., and, but, or, so , because)

 

 

L.1. h. Conventions of Standard English: Use determiners (e.g., articles, demonstratives).

(articles-a, an, the. Demonstratives-this these those that)

 

 

L.4.c. Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Identify frequently occurring root words (e.g. look) and their inflectional forms (e.g., looks, looked, looking)

 

 

L.5. Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: With guidance and support from adults, demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances (slight difference) in word meanings.

     *Vocabulary building-Text Talk

    

 

 

 

L.5.a Sort words into categories (e.g. colors, clothing) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.

 

 

L.5.b. Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).

 

 

L.5.d. Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs differing in manner (e.g., look, peek, glance, stare, glare, scowl) and adjectives differing in intensity (e.g., large, gigantic) by defining or choosing them or by acting out the meanings.

     *Vocabulary building-Text Talk

 

 

L.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 (e.g., because)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3rd  Six Weeks:

Activities

Common Core Standard

Correlation with Previous TN Standards

 

Reading Standards for Literature

 

 

RL 6 Craft and Structure: Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.

 

 

Reading Standards for Informational Text

 

·         Context Clues-Read Alouds & Guided Reading

 

 

RI.4 Craft and Structure: Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in an informational text.

 

     Correlation with Previous TN Standards

·         Use illustrations

·         Five “Wh” questions

·         Participating in discussions

·         Build vocabulary through reading, listening, and discussing literature.

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RI. 6 Craft and Structure: Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.

 

 

RI.10. Range of Reading and Level of Complexity: With prompting and support, read information texts appropriately complex for grade 1. (Including charts, newspapers, magazines, books)

 

 

Reading Standards: Foundational Skills

 

 

RF.3. Phonics and Word Recognition: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

 

    

 

 

RF.3.a. Know the spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant digraphs. (th, sh, ch, wh)

·         Review  Closed Vowel Rule (short) CCVC, CVCC When a word has only one vowel either at the beginning or in the middle, the vowel sound is usually short.

·         Use sounding, chunking, blends, diagraphs, and word families to decode.

 

 

 

RF.3.c. Phonics and Word Recognition: Know final-e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds.

 

 

·         Apply long and short vowel rules

·         Teach Open Vowel Rule(Long vowel): CV-When a word has one vowel and it comes at the end of the word, the vowel sound is usually long.(go)

·         Teach Long Vowel Rule: VCe, CVCe

(Magic e)

·         Teach Long Vowel Rule: CVVC-When a word has two vowels, usually the first vowel is long and the next vowel is silent.

 

 

Writing

 

 

W.7 Research to Build and Present Knowledge: Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., explore a number of “how to” books on a given topic and use them to write a sequence of instructions.)

 

·         Brainstorm ideas with teachers and peers

·         Use graphic organizers

·         Use a variety of resources to gather information

·         Work productively in group discussions

Ask and respond to questions from teachers and peers

 

Language Standards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4th  Six Weeks

Activities

Common Core Standard

Correlation with Previous TN Standards

 

Reading for Informational Text

 

 

RI.5. Craft and Structure: Know and use various text features (e.g., headings, tables of contents, glossaries, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text

 

 

RI.8.  Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text

 

·         Main idea

·         Supporting details

 

Reading Standards:  Foundational Skills

 

 

RF3.d. Phonics and Word Recognition: Use knowledge that every syllable must have a vowel sound to determine the number of syllables in a printed word.

    

    

·         Understand that words are made up of one or more syllables.

*Clap syllables

 

 

Writing

 

·         Research paper

W.2. Text Types and Purposes: Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.

 

 

Language

 

 

L.2. Conventions of Standard English: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

 

 

 

 

L.2.a. Conventions of Standard English: Capitalize dates and names of people.

 

 

 

 

L.2.c. Use commas in dates and to separate single words in a series.

 

5th  Six Weeks

Activities

Common Core Standard

Correlation with Previous TN Standards

 

Writing

 

·         Writing descriptive narratives

W.3 Text Types and Purposes: Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal ( time words) words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.

    

·         Compose simple stories with a beginning, middle, and end.

·         Add descriptive words and details to writing.

·         Arrange events in a logical and sequential order.

·         Temporal words:  first, next, last. then, after that, today, yesterday, tomorrow

·         Temporal prepositions: after, during, on, until, before, between, by, for, from, following, since, until, while, to.

 

 

W. 6 Production and Distribution of Writing: With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including collaboration with peers.

 

 

Language Standard

 

 

L.4.b. Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Use frequently occurring affixes as a clue to the meaning of a word.

     *Text talk

     *Affixes= suffixes and prefixes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6th  Six Weeks

Activities

Common Core Standard

Correlation with Previous TN Standards

 

Writing Standards

 

·         Persuasive writing

 

W.1.1 Text Types and Purposes: Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.