Decatur City Schools
Pacing Guide
Second: Reading
Projected Pacing  (Jan. 15 - Feb. 16)
 
AL COS Standards Vocabulary Prerequisite Skills from State Suggested Materials/Resources Documentation Date(s) Taught Comments
    Curriculum Guide      
Phonemic Awareness High Frequency Words        
Demonstrate phonological skills by fat Objective 2.1.1: Open Court    
manipulating the sounds and words of third Demonstrate phonemic  Rigby    
the English language and identifying same awareness by isolating, deleting,      
syllables in two-and three- syllable love and adding phonemes      
words. (AL COS #1) hear Objective 2.1.2:      
A.  Manipulate phonemes orally yesterday Distinguish between one- and       
      1.  rhyme eyes two-syllable words      
      2. blend door        
      3. substitute clothes        
      4. omit though        
      5. delete o'clock        
      6. segment second        
B. Count, segment, and identify syllalbles in  water        
spoken words town        
Phonics took        
Apply phonetic strategies to decode pair Objective 2.2.1:      
unfamiliar and multi-syllable words, now Produce sounds to match      
using grapho-phonemic clues and letter keep common and uncommon letter      
sound correspondences, including head combinations      
diphthongs and digraphs. (AL COS #2)  food Objective 2.2.2:      
(SAT10)   Decode words with consonant      
A.  Recognize and use onsets and rimes   blends and letter combinations      
and letter groups to read and spell known   Objective 2.2.3:      
and unknown words   Read regular one-syllable words      
B.  Analyze, read and spell words using   and words with common word      
consonants, consonants blends, short   parts      
and long vowels, digraph,diphthongs, prefixes          
and suffixes, (AL COS)          
C.  Read phonetically regular two-syllable          
words. (AL COS)          
D.  Correct word recognition errors (AL COS)          
E.  Spell sight words correctly, spell unfamiliar          
AL COS Standards Vocabulary Prerequisite Skills from State Suggested Materials/Resources Documentation Date(s) Taught Comments
words by using phonetic strategies, and use   Curriculum Guide      
a dictionary to check spellings (AL COS) High Frequency Words   Open Court    
Lesson 4 fat   Rigby    
/ī/ spelled I, i_e, igh; /ō/ spelled _ow, o_e, third        
diphtongs same        
Lesson 5 love        
/ow/ spelled ow, ou_; /k/ spelled ■ck; hear        
contractions, diphthongs yesterday        
Lesson 6 eyes        
compound words, words indicating seasons; door        
plurals-regular and irregular; prefix mis-and clothes        
pre-; suffixes -ing and -er though        
Unit 4 o'clock        
Lesson 1 second        
compound words, -ed endings; /ĕ/ spelled water        
e_e, ea, ee town        
Lesson 2 took        
compound words; contractions; /ow/ pair        
spelled ou_, ow now        
Fluency keep        
Read with fluency passages containing head Objective 2.5.1:      
complex sentences. ( AL COS #5) (SAT10) food Recognize 100 percent of Dolch      
A.  Read 90-100 words per minute (AL COS)   sight words for second grade      
B.  Recognize second grade high frequency   Objective 2.5.2:      
words automatically (AL COS) (SAT10)   Read 70-90 words of connected,      
Develop automaticity with high frequency    decodable text per minute with      
vocabulary in oral and written language   100 percent accuracy    
C.  Use punctuation to help phrase (AL COS)   Objective 2.5.3:      
D.  Read with appropriate phrasing and intonation   Read and reread for familiarity      
E.  Read appropriate material orally with accuracy   Objective 2.5.4:      
fluency, and comprehension   Read complex sentences with      
F.  Read with expression (AL COS)   phrasing and expression      
G.  Make self-corrections quickly and    Objective 2.5.5:      
efficiently (AL COS)   Use phrasing, attending to       
Group 4a   ending punctuation      
told, Miss, father, children, land, interest,    Objective 2.5.6:      
government, feet, garden, done, country,  Read and self-correct while     
different, bad, across, yard, winter, table,story reading    
sometimes, I'm, tried, horse, something, brought           
shoes          
Group 4b          
AL COS Standards Vocabulary Prerequisite Skills from State Suggested Materials/Resources Documentation Date(s) Taught Comments
time, yet, true, above, still, meet, since, number, Curriculum Guide      
state, matter, line, rememver, large, few, bit High Frequency Words        
Vocabulary fat        
Exhibit vocabulary skills by explaining third Objective 2.3.1: Open Court    
simple common antonyms and synonyms same Identify common antonyms and Rigby    
and using descriptive words (AL COS #3) love synonyms      
(SAT10) hear Objective 2.3.2:      
A.  Learn and use new words from  yesterday Use words that describe      
independent reading of stories and texts eyes        
(AL COS) door        
B.  Recognize words in the environment (AL COS) clothes        
C. Develop new vocabulary for listening, speaking though        
reading, and writing through word study o'clock        
   1.  explain synonyms/antonyms/homonyms second        
(AL COS) (SAT10) water        
  2.  identify multi-meaning words town        
(AL COS) (SAT10) took      
  3.  use semantic cues (content clues) pair        
(AL COS) (SAT10) now      
  4.  recognize possessive forms (AL COS) keep      
  5.  recognize prefixes and suffixes head      
(morphemes) (SAT10) food      
  6.  recognize and use compound words        
(SAT10)        
  7.  recognize and use contractions (SAT10)        
  8.  recognize and apply inflectional endings        
Comprehension          
Demonstrate comprehension of    Objective 2.4.1:      
second-grade reading materials    Read with comprehension      
across the curriculum, drawing simple   a variety of first-grade      
conclusions, classifying ideas and    narrative and informational      
things, identifying sequence, and    texts recalling information      
retelling directions and information   Objective 2.4.2:      
from textual/informational and   Identify correct sequence of      
fuctional materials. (AL COS #4)   events after reading a story      
(SAT10)   or listening to the reading      
A. Use 4 cueing systems at current independent of a story    
and instructional levels   Objective 2.4.3:      
  1.  schema-relate events and ideas to specific   Draw conclusions about       
life experiences (AL COS) (SAT10), other    information or stories read      
texts, and world events (text to self, text to    Objective 2.4.4:      
AL COS Standards Vocabulary Prerequisite Skills from State Suggested Materials/Resources Documentation Date(s) Taught Comments
text, and text to world) (SAT10)   Curriculum Guide      
  2.  syntactic-use the structure of language High Frequency Words Classify words and things, with Open Court    
  3.  semantic-use context and prior knowledge fat or without pictures, into  Rigby    
  4.  graphophonic-recognize cues provided third categories    
by print same Objective 2.4.5:      
B.  Listen to, read and comprehend textual, love Tell the main idea or topic of      
functional, and recreational materials (SAT10) hear an informational passage      
  1.  summarize yesterday        
  2.  classify information (AL COS) eyes        
  3.  retell information in sequence (AL COS) door        
  4.  identify main idea, provide supporting clothes        
details (SAT10) though        
  5.  identify characteristics of genre (fiction o'clock        
and non-fiction) second        
  6.  make predictions water        
  7.  draw simple conclusions (AL COS) (SAT10) town        
  8.  determine cause and effect took        
  9.  make inferences pair        
C.  Respond appropriately to oral and written now        
questions from all levels of Bloom's Taxomony keep        
(AL COS) (SAT10) head        
  1.  compare and contrast ideas of a story food        
  2.  answer questions (what if, why, and how)          
(AL COS)           
  3.  ask questions to gain understanding (what          
if, why, and how)          
D.  Identify and use story literary elements to          
comprehend text           
  1.  plot          
  2.  setting          
  3.  charactes (AL COS)          
  4.  problems/solution          
E.  Read reference materials, textual and          
fuctional, such as classroom texts, maps,          
simple tables, atlases, dictionary, encyclopedias          
diagrams, graphs, thesaurus (AL COS)          
Reading Behaviors        
A.  Read appropriate materials for a substantial          
period of time daily          
  1.  functional (menu, catalog, schedule,           
directions)          
AL COS Standards Vocabulary Prerequisite Skills from State Suggested Materials/Resources Documentation Date(s) Taught Comments
  2.  textual/informational (classroom texts,    Curriculum Guide      
magazines, diagrams, tables, charts)          
  3.  recreational/literary (student-authored High Frequency Words        
work, trafe books, self selection, multicultural, fat        
author/illistrator studies) third        
B.  React and respond to print same        
C.  Use books and materials responsibly love        
D.  Use study strategies hear        
  1.  alphabetize to the second letter yesterday        
  2.  identify text features (parts of a book) eyes      
  3.  use dictionary skills door        
  4.  create and use graphic organizers clothes        
E.  Monitor own reading, search for cues, and though        
self correct (looks right/sound right/makes o'clock        
sense) second        
F.  Use available technology to reinforce and water        
support the reading process town        
Oral Language Development took        
A.  Use appropriate listening behaviors (11) pair        
   1.  focus on the speaker now        
  2.  ask appropriate questions to gain and keep        
clarify information head        
  3.  retell information in a sequence food        
B.  Use appropriate communication behaviors (11)          
  1.  articulate using proper volum and speed          
  2.  maintain eye contact          
  3.  speak in grammatically correct, complete           
sentences          
  4.  use proper grammar          
  5.  incorporate appropriate vocabulary          
C.  Make clear and logical oral presentions (11,21)          
(Numbers in parentheses for Oral Language           
Development are from the Alabama Course      
of Study;  English Language Arts, Bulletin 1999      
No. 17 and represent the correlation of the state       
content standards.)