Decatur City Schools
Pacing Guide
First: Reading
Projected Pacing  (Nov. 27 - Jan. 12)
 
AL COS Standards Vocabulary Prerequisite Skills from State Suggested Materials/Resources Documentation Date(s) Taught Comments                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
    Curriculum Guide      
Phonemic Awareness High Frequency Words        
Demonstrate phonemic awareness by eating Objective 1.1.1:      
isolating, deleting, and adding phonemes together Exhibit phonemic awareness by      
by using onsets and rimes, and by  being identifying phonemes      
identifying initial, medial, and final give Objective 1.1.2:      
sounds in one-syllable words (AL COS#1) use Tell whether words and sounds      
A.  Exhibit phonological awareness please are the same or different      
  1.  count the number of words in spoken once Objective 1.1.3:      
sentences read Blend orally onsets and rimes      
  2.  identify and supply rhyming words goes Objective 1.1.4:      
  3.  count the numbers of syllables in spoken again Identify initial sound of a word      
words gives Objective 1.1.5:      
  4.  segment onsets and rimes in spoken looks Identify final sound of a word      
syllables and words today Objective 1.1.6:      
B.  Orally manipulate phonemes plays Identify medial sound of a word      
  1.  identify initial, medial and final sounds lives        
through phoneme isolation done        
  2.  blend phonemes into words carry        
  3.  segment words into individual phonemes about        
  4.  add, delete, and substitute phonemes every        
to make new words comes        
Phonics pretty        
Utilize predictable letter-sound  comes Objective 1.2.1:      
relationships to decode printed words know Identify letter matched to sound      
including words with consonant    Objective 1.2.2:      
blends that require blending 3-4   Pronounce the most common      
phonemes into a whole word.    sound associated with individual      
(AL COS #2)   letters      
A. Identify sound spelling relationships   Objective 1.2.3:      
of consonants and vowels (AL COS)   Blend letter sounds in words      
  1.  recognize letters   Objective 1.2.4:      
   a. identify name of letter   Blend 2-3 phonemes into a word      
   b.  Produce sound of letter   Objective 1.2.5:      
   c.  Supply a word that has the same    Segment individual words into sounds      
AL COS Standards Vocabulary Prerequisite Skills from State Suggested Materials/Resources Documentation Date(s) Taught Comments
initial sound (SAT10) High Frequency Words Curriculum Guide      
  2.  use most consonants and some vowels eating Objective 1.2.6:      
in approximate spelling of unknown words together Recognize the most common    
  3.  use first, last, and some medial sounds in being sound associated with 2-3      
spelling (SAT10) give letter blends      
  4.  substitute, delete, and add sounds/ use      
letters to form new words (SAT10) please      
  5.  recognize and use patterns to form new once      
words (SAT10) read    
  6.  use syllabication to spell words goes        
  7.  recognize and apply inflectional endings again        
(s, ed, ing) (SAT10) gives        
B.   Blend sounds to form words (AL COS) looks        
C.  Segment printed words into phonemes today        
(AL COS) plays        
  1.  segment by onset and rime using  lives        
manipulatives done        
examples: magnetic letters, letter tiles, etc. carry        
  2.  segment by individual phoneme using about        
manipulatives  every        
examples: magnetic letters or letter tiles comes        
D. Spell correctly sight words and single- pretty        
syllable, phonetically regular words comes        
Unit 6 know        
Lesson 6: Review: /ōō/ spelled oo;          
 /00/ spelled oo; /ow/ spelled ow, ou_          
Book 99: Our Town Garden          
Lesson 7: /aw/spelled au_          
Book 100: Paul and the Crab          
 /aw/ spelled aw          
Book 101: Gramps Likes to Draw          
Lesson 8: Review /ow/ spelled ou_, ow; /aw/          
spelled au_, aw          
Lesson 9: /n/ spelled kn_          
Book 102: The Knight Who Did Not Know          
Lesson 10: Review: /oo/, /ōō/, /n/ spelled kn_          
Lesson 11:           
Lesson 12: /oi/ spelled oi          
Book 103: The Choice          
 /oi/ spelled _oy          
Book 104: Roy and Big Boy          
Lesson 13: /r/ spelled wr_          
AL COS Standards Vocabulary Prerequisite Skills from State Suggested Materials/Resources Documentation Date(s) Taught Comments
Book: 105: little Wren's Surprise High Frequency Words Curriculum Guide      
 /er/ spelled or eating        
Book 106: Bookworm together        
 /er/spelled ar being        
Book 107: Oscar the Bear give        
Lesson 14: /f/ spelled ph use      
Book 108: A Photo for Fred please      
Lesson 15: Review: /aw/ spelled au_, aw, once        
 /oi/ spelled oi, _oy, /r/ spelled wr_, /f/ spelled  read      
ph goes        
Book 109: The Secret Sauce again        
Unit 7 gives        
Lesson 9:  looks        
General Review today        
Book 110: The Everybody Club plays        
Fluency lives        
Read with fluency simple passages done Objective 1.5.1:      
containing simple sentences (AL COS#5) carry Establish letter-naming fluency      
A.  Read 50-60 wpm (AL COS)  about at rate of 40-plus letters per       
B.  Recognize first grade high frequency  every minute      
words by sight (AL COS) comes Objective 1.5.2:      
examples; Dolch list, lists provided with basis pretty Recognize 100 percent of the      
(AL COS) comes Dolch sight word list for first       
C.  Attend to end punctuation in phrasing (AL COS) know grade      
  1.  Recognize, locate and use periods,    Objective 1.5.3:      
question marks and commas in shared reading Read 40-50 words of connected,    
experiences decodable text per minute       
  2.  Apply knowledge of proper usage of with 100 percent accuracy    
periods, question marks, and commas to develop        
phrasing and fluency in guided and independent          
reading          
D. Read appropriate material with          
phrasing , inotation, and expression          
Vocabulary          
Demonstrate vocabulary skills   Objective 1.3.1:      
by sorting words into categories   Identify and sort pictures of       
and by deriving word meaning   common words into basic      
from context within sentences and   categories      
paragraphs.  (AL COS #3)   Objective 1.3.2:      
A.  Use new words from reading when   Use words to describe location,      
writing and speaking (AL COS)   size, color and shape      
B. Recognize words in the environment          
AL COS Standards Vocabulary Prerequisite Skills from State Suggested Materials/Resources Documentation Date(s) Taught Comments
(AL COS) High Frequency Words Curriculum Guide      
C.  Ask questions for clarification (AL COS) eating Objective 1.3.3:      
D.  Develop new vocabulary for listening, together Describe elements represented      
speaking, reading, and writing, through being in picture form      
word study give Objective 1.3.4:      
  1.  categorize/classify pictures and words; use Demonstrate knowledge of new      
colors, numbers, thematic study words please words introduced through      
  2.  identify and supply: once explicit instruction and stories      
compound words (SAT10) read Objective 1.3.5:      
antonyms goes Use newly learned vocabulary in      
synonyms again multiple contexts to reinforce      
homophones gives learning      
contractions (SAT10) looks        
  3.  recognize and apply inflectional endings today        
(s, ed, ing) (SAT10) plays        
Comprehension lives        
Read with comprehension a variety of done Objective 1.4.1:      
first grade narrative and informational carry Demonstrate comprehension      
texts, recalling information, including about of passages heard by retelling      
the beginning middle and end while  every stories and by answering      
retelling a story (AL COS #4) (SAT10) comes questions      
A.  Listen to and comprehend grade  pretty Objective 1.4.2:      
appropriate material comes Answer who, where, and       
B.   Use the four cueing system at current know what questions after listening      
independent and instructional level   to a story      
  1.  schema - connecting events in a story Objective 1.4.3:    
to specific life experiences (AL COS)    Retell a familiar story with or      
(text-to-text, text-to-self, text-to-world) without a book including     
  2.  syntactic- use the structure of language   beginning, middle, and end      
(sounds right?)   Objective 1.4.4      
  3.  semantic - use context and prior knowledge   Predict meaning of a word from      
(makes sense?)   obvious context clues      
  4.  graphophonic- recognize cues provided          
by print (AL COS) (looks right?)          
C.  Monitor comprehension during reading        
(AL COS)          
  1.  Make predictions (AL COS)          
  a.  Recognize patterns in sentences and          
stories (SAT10)          
  b.  Predict words and phrases in a story          
use pictures and context clues (SAT10)          
  c.  Make predictions about what will happen          
AL COS Standards Vocabulary Prerequisite Skills from State Suggested Materials/Resources Documentation Date(s) Taught Comments
next High Frequency Words Curriculum Guide      
  2.  sequence events in a story (beginning, eating        
middle, end) (AL COS) together        
  3.  draw simple conclusions (AL COS) being        
(SAT10) give        
  4.  determine cause and effect use        
  5.  state main ideas about a topic in please        
informational text (AL COS) once        
  6.  Identify some supporting details (SAT10) read        
  7.  make inferences (SAT10) goes        
D.  Identify characteristics of genre (SAT10) again        
examples:  fiction/nonfiction, narrative/ gives        
informational, etc. looks        
E.  Recognize and discuss elements of a today        
story: plot, setting, characters, problem, plays        
and solution lives        
Reading Behaviors/Habits done        
A.  Exhibit knowledge of concepts of print carry        
  1.  Directionality (front to back, left to right, about        
top to bottom) every        
  2.  book handling skills (print contains  comes        
message, where to begin reading, concept of  pretty        
first and last comes      
  3.  one to one voice print match know        
B.  Use books and materials responsible          
C.  Demonstrate an interest in and enjoyment      
of literature in a variety of forms:          
multicultural, author and illustrator, content       
area, recreational reading (SAT10)          
D.  Read a variety of appropriate material          
for sustained periods of time daily          
E. Use study strategies (SAT10)          
  1.  sequence all upper and lower case          
  2. alphabetize to the first letter          
  3.  identify parts of a book: title page, table        
of contents        
  4.  apply test taking skills        
  5.  begin to use and interpret graphic       
F.  Use available technology to reinforce and          
support the reading process          
Oral Language Development          
A.  Listen to and comprehend grade           
AL COS Standards Vocabulary Prerequisite Skills from State Suggested Materials/Resources Documentation Date(s) Taught Comments
appropriate material (5, 17) Curriculum Guide      
B.  Use appropriate listening and communication          
behaviors (17, 19)          
C.  Participate in oral sharing (10, 17, 19)          
  1.  journals          
  2.  personal message          
  3.  choral reading