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First Grade ELA Pacing Guide
Week Unit Text Selections Weekly Learning Target Common Core ELA Standards Covered Reading Street Textbook Location Suggested Lesson Plans Suggested Resources
Week 1 Intro Teacher’s Choice Alphabet Review Identify and print all upper and lowercase letters. Students can follow basic procedures and rules for ELA class. Students can introduce themselves.

Review

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Week 2 My World Sam Rip Van Winkle Students can identify the sounds for m, s, t, and short vowel a. Students can identify and describe the main character in a story. Students can learn how to ask questions and talk about a story. Students can define a sentence and noun. Students can follow basic procedures for ELA class.

RF1.2c   RF1.3
RL1.3   RL1.1
LS1.1a   L2.5a
L1.1c

Unit 1.R pg 12-35 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 3 Snap! Families Students can identify the sounds for c, n, and p. Students can identify and describe the setting in a story. Students can predict what will happen in a story based on patterns. Students can give examples of nouns. Students can follow instructions.

RF1.2b   RF1.2c
RF1.3   RL1.3
RL1.7   LS1.1a
L1.5a   L1.1c

Unit 1.R pg 36-61
pg 32-51
Lesson Plans Resources
Week 4 Tip and Tam Yards Students can identify and produce the sounds for f, b, g, and short vowel i. After reading, students can retell the plot and understand that a story has a beginning, middle, and end. Students can give examples and define a verb. Students can restate instructions.

RF1.2b   RF1.2c
RF1.3b   RF1.3d
RL1.3   RL1.7
LS1.2   L1.5.a
L1.1.e

Unit 1.R pg 62-87 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 5 The Big Top Around the Block Students can identify and produce the sounds for d, l, h, and short vowel o. Students can identify the genre of a story. Students can ask questions about a story. Students can identify parts of a sentence and give simple directions.

RF1.2b   RF1.2c
RF1.3   RL1.5
RL1.1   LS1.1
LS1.1a   LS1.2
L1.1.j   L1.2b

Unit 1.R pg 88-113 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 6 School Day How Do You Get to School? Students can identify and produce the sounds for r, w, j, k, and short vowel e. Students can organize a story into beginning, middle, and end. Students can define and give examples of adjectives. Students can follow and restate directions.

RF1.2   RF1.2b
RF1.3   RF1.3b
RF1.3e   RL1.2
RL1.3   LS1.1.c
LS1.2   L1.1.f

Unit 1.R pg 114-139 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 7 Farmers Market The Maid and the Milk Pail Students can identify and produce the sounds for consonants v, y, z, q, and short vowel u. Students can compare two genres of text. Students can activate prior knowledge before reading a text. Students can use sequencing words to tell or retell a story.

RF1.2b   RF1.2c
RF1.3   RF1.4.a
RL1.5   LS1.1.c
LS1.2   L1.1.j
L1.2   L1.2b

Unit 1.R pg 140-165 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 8 Animals, Tame and Wild Sam, Come Back! Puppy Games Students can blend CVC words with short vowel a. Students can explain the relationship between characters and setting. Students can use context clues to determine the meaning of words. Students can write sentences beginning with a capital letter and ending with a period.

RF1.2a   RF1.2b
RF1.2c   RF1.3
RF1.4   RL1.3
RL1.10   LS1.1c
L1.2   L1.2b
L1.2d   W1.5
W1.8

Unit 1.1 pg 12-37 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 9 Lin’s Fish We are Vets Students can blend CVC words with short vowel i. Students can retell the important events in a story. Students can end a sentence with the correct punctuation. Students can ask and answer questions when a speaker is sharing information.

RF1.2b   RF1.2c
RF1.2d   RF1.3a
RF1.4b   RL1.2
RL1.3   LS1.3
L1.1.j   L1.2

Unit 1.1 pg 38-65 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 10 Ox Helps They Can Help Students can blend CVC words with short vowel o. Students can identify plural nouns and read words with inflectional endings, Students can visualize while reading a text. Students can produce and expand sentences in response to prompts.

RF1.2   RF1.2b
RF1.2c   RF1.3
RF1.3b   RF1.4
RL1.3   RL1.7
LS1.4   L1.1.j
L1.2d   W1.5

Unit 1.1 pg 66-93 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 11 A Fox and a Kit The Fox and the Grapes Students can blend and read words with the inflected ending –s and -ing. Students can recognize main idea, details, and summarize nonfiction selection. Students can use good speaking and listening behaviors. Students can share information and ideas.

RF1.2b   RF1.3f
RF1.4b   RI1.2
RF1.3b   RF1.4
LS1.1b   L1.1.j
L1.2b   L1.2d
W1.3

Unit 1.1 pg 94-119 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 12 Get the Egg! Help the Birds Students can identify short e and initial consonant blends. Students can identify main idea and detail of a story. Students can recognize story structure to retell a narrative. With guidance, students can look at a picture and create sentences describing the pictures.

RF1.2b   RF1.2c
RF1.3   RF1.4b
RL1.1   RL1.3
RI1.2   LS1.4
L1.1.j   L1.2d
W1.3   W1.5

Unit 1.1 pg 120-145 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 13 Animal Park Animal Poetry Students can identify short vowel u and blend and read short vowel u words. Students can establish purpose for reading text and use text features to locate information, and identify author’s purpose. Students can give a short set of directions with the correct sequence of steps.

RF1.2b   RF1.2c
RF1.3   RF1.4b
RI1.7   RI1.8
LS1.1b   L1.1.j
L1.2d   W1.2

Unit 1.1 pg 146-171 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 14 Communities A Big Fish for Max At Home Students can identify and read beginning consonant blends sh and th. Students can make a prediction about a story. Students can use evidence from the story to give an opinion. Students can practice reading with accuracy and fluency.

RF1.2b   RF1.3a
RF1.4   RL1.1
RL1.3   LS1.4
L1.2d   L1.1c
W1.2

Unit 1.2 pg 12-43 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 15 The Farmer in the Hat Helping Hands at 4-H Students can identify and read words with long vowel a and silent e. Students can differentiate between consonant sounds. Students can write a friendly letter using the correct conventions. Students can capitalize proper nouns.

RF1.2a   RF1.2b
RF1.3   RF1.3b
RF1.3c   RF1.4b
RL1.1   RL1.2
LS1.4   L1.1
L1.1.j   L1.2a
L1.2d   W1.2

Unit 1.2 pg 44-77 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 16 Who Works Here?
Neighborhood Map
Students can identify and read words with long vowel i and silent e. Students can summarize the important details of a text. Students can capitalize proper nouns and end sentences with a period. Students can describe people, places, and things with relevant details.

RF1.2a   RF1.2b
RF1.2c   RF1.3a
RF1.3b   RF1.3c
RF1.4b   RI1.8
RI1.2   LS1.1
L1.1   L1.2a
W1.3

Unit 1.2 pg 78-103 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 17 The Big Circle We Are Safe Together Students can identify and read words with long vowel o and silent e. The students can describe the problem and the solution of a story. Students can make inferences about what they read using details from the story. Students can capitalize dates and names of people.

RF1.2a   RF1.2b
RF1.2d   RF1.3
RF1.4b   RL1.1
RL1.3   RL1.5
RI1.3   LS1.1a
L1.2d   L1.5.a
L1.1   L1.2a

Unit 1.2 pg 104-137 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 18 Life In the Forest A Mangrove Forest Students can identify and read words with long vowel u and magic e. Students can recognize inflected ending –ed. Students can restate the main idea in their own words. Students can write informative or explanatory texts.

RF1.2a   RF1.3
RF1.4b   RF1.3a
RI1.7   RI1.8
LS1.1a   L1.1c
L1.2d   W1.2
W1.5

Unit 1.2 pg 138- 169 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 19 Honey Bees Nature Poems Students can identify and read words with long vowel e. Students can decode words that use two vowels to make one sound. Students can ask questions and look for facts and details. Students can write informative or explanatory texts and give some facts.

RF1.2a   RF1.2b
RF1.2c   RF1.3
RF1.3c   RF1.3d
RF1.4   RI1.3
RI1.4   LS1.2
L1.2d   L1.1c
W1.2

Unit 1.2 pg 170-201 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 20 Changes A Place to Play My Neighborhood, Then and Now Students can identify and differentiate the different vowel sounds of y. Students can decode words that have syllables that end in vowels. Students can retell a story’s beginning, middle, and end in the order in which the events happened, Students can use verbs correctly.

RF1.2b   RF1.2d
RF1.3   RF1.3d
RF1.4b   RL1.1
RL1.3   RI1.3
LS1.5   L1.1.e
L1.2.e   W1.3

Unit 1.3 pg 12-43 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 21 Ruby in Her Own Time The Ugly Duckling Students can identify and read consonant patterns ng and nk. Students can decode words that use two or more consonants to stand for one sound. Students can use prior knowledge about base words to read compound words. Students can understand and use verbs in reading, writing, and speaking.

RF1.2b   RF1.3b
RF1.3e   RF1.4b
RL1.1   RL1.4
LS1.1a   L1.1.c
L1.2d   W1.1
W1.5

Unit 1.3 pg 44-83 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 22 The Class Pet Belling the Cat Students can identify and read words ending in –es. Students can read words that have r-controlled vowels. Students can find and state facts from an informational text. Students can read and reply to an informational text.

RF1.2b   RF1.2c
RF1.2d   RF1.3
RF1.3f   RF1.4b
RI1.3   RI1.4
LS1.4   L1.1
L1.1.c   L1.2d
W1.2

Unit 1.3 pg 84-117 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 23 Frog and Toad Together Growing Plants Students can add endings to verbs to convey past, present, and future tenses. Students can use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events. Students can use frequently occurring adjectves.

RF1.2c   RF1.3f
RF1.4b   RL1.1
RL1.3   RL1.7
LS1.4   L1.1.e
L1.1.j   L1.2d
W1.2

Unit 1.3 pg 118-149 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 24 I’m a Caterpillar My Computer Students identify and read r-controlled vowels. Students can identify facts and opinions. Students can use verbs to tell about the past, present, and future. Students can define words by category and by one or more key attributes.

RF1.2c   RF1.3
RF1.4b   RI1.3
LS1.1a   L1.1e
L1.1j   L1.2d
L1.5b   W1.2

Unit 1.3 pg 150-181 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 25 Where Are My Animal Friends? Changes Poetry Students can identify, read, and use words with comparative endings like –er and –est. Students can Students can ask questions to clarify or learn more about a topic. Students can use details from the text to draw conclusions.

RF1.2b   RF1.2c
RF1.2d   RF1.3
RF1.3f   RF1.4b
RL1.1   RL1.3
LS1.1a   L1.1
L1.1j   L1.2d
W1.3   LS1.3

Unit 1.3 pg 182-217 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 26 Treasures Mama’s Birthday Present Limonada Recipe Students can identify and read words with vowel digraphs ai and ay. Students can decode singular and plural possessive nouns. Students can set a purpose for reading and check their understanding. Students can use a variety of adjectives.

RF1.2b   RF1.2c
RF1.3   RF1.3c
RF1.4b   RL1.1
RL1.3   LS1.4
L1.2d   L1.5.d
W1.2   W1.3

Unit 1.4 pg 12-51 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 27 Cinderella Anarosa Students can identify and read words with vowel digraph ea. Students can add and use a variety of endings. Students can respond to questions and suggestions from peers, and add details strengthen writing. Students can decipher the meaning of a compound word.

RF1.2b   RF1.2c
RF1.3   RF1.3c
RF1.3f   RF1.4b
RL1.3   RL1.7
LS1.1a   L1.1f
L1.2d   L1.5c
W1.2   W1.5

Unit 1.4 pg 52-87 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 28 A Trip to Washington, D.C. My 4th of July Students can identify and read words with vowel digraphs oa and ow. Students can identify and read words with three-letter consonant blends. Students can describe the connection between two individuals, events, idea, or pieces of information in a text.

RL1.4   RI1.3
RF1.2b   RF1.2c
RF1.3   RF1.3b
RF1.3c   RL1.7
LS1.4   L1.1f
L1.2d   W1.2
W1.5

Unit 1.4 pg 88-119 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 29 A Southern Ranch On the Way to a Ranch Students can identify and read words with vowel digraphs ie and igh. Students can decode words that use two or more consonants together to stand for one sound. Students can ask questions about what they read. Students can use context clues to decipher a word.

RL1.1   RI1.3
RF1.1   RF1.2
W1.3   LS1.1
L1.1F   L1.1j

Unit 1.4 pg 120-153 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 30 Peter’s Chair
Peter’s Baby Sister
Students can identify and read words with vowel digraphs ue, ew, and ui. Students can retell a story’s beginning, middle, and end. Students can understand the reasons for and use a variety of media, Students can also read fluently.

RL1.2   RL1.3
RI1.7   RF1.2b
RF1.2c   RF1.2d
RF1.3   RF1.4
W1.1   LS1.1a
L1.1   L1.1f
L1.2d

Unit 1.4 pg 154-189 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 31 Henry and Mudge Poetry Selections Students can identify and read words with suffixes –ly and –ful. Students can identify and read words with vowel digraph oo. Students can make predictions about a text. Students can recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

RL1.1   RL1.3
RI1.7   RI1.8
RF 1.2b   RF1.2d
RF1.3   RF1.4b
W1.2   W1.8
LS1.1a   L1.1f
L1.2d   L1.4b

Unit 1.4 pg 190-227 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 32 Great Ideas Tippy-Toe Chick, Go! Little Red Hen Students can identify and read words with vowel digraphs ow and ou. Students can use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas. Students can write an animal fantasy with two or more sequenced events and use sequencing words.

RL1.3   RI1.1
RI1.2   RI1.7
RF1.2b   RF1.2d
RF1.3   W1.3
W1.8   LS1.2
L1.2d   L1.1j

Unit 1.5 pg 12-51 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 33 Mole and the Baby Bird Brave Little Cuckoo Students can identify and read words with vowel digraphs ow and ou. Students can ask and answer questions about key details in a text. Students can also describe the characters, settings, and major events in a story. Students can read with accuracy and fluency.

RL1.1   RL1.3
RL1.4   RI1.3
RI1.6   RF1.2b
RF1.3   RF1.3e
RF1.4b   W1.2
LS1.1a   L1.1d
L1.2d

Unit 1.5 pg 52-89 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 34 Dot & Jabber Water Students can identify and read words with vowel digraphs oo. Students can read words with different endings. Students can listen closely to a speaker and ask questions to better understand the topic. Students can compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in a story.

RL1.1   RL1.9
IL1.3   RI1.7
RF1.2b   RF1.3c
RF1.3   W1.5
LS1.2   L1.1d
L1.1j   L1.2d

Unit 1.5 pg 90-129 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 35 Simple Machines Ray’s Wheelchair Students can identify and read words with diphthongs oi and oy. Students can read words with common suffixes. Students can use illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas. Students can understand and use pronouns in writing and speaking.

RL1.2   RL1.3
RL1.7   RI1.2
RI1.7   RF1.2b
RF1.2d   RF1.3
RF1.4 b  L1.1d
L1.2d   LS1.2
W1.2

Unit 1.5 pg 130-165 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 36 Alexander Graham Bell Inventions Students can identify and read words with vowel digraphs aw and au. Students can distinguish between information provided by pictures and information provided by text. Students can describe an adverb. Students can use different text features to locate key facts.

RL1.2   RL1.3
RL1.7   RI1.3
RI1.6   RF1.2b
RF1.2d   RF1.3
RF1.3e   RF1.4b
L1.1   L1.1j
L1.2d   LS1.2
W1.2   RI 1.5

Unit 1.5 pg 166-201 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 37 The Stone Garden Poetry Selections Students can identify and read words with prefixes un and re. Students can use letter-sound patterns to understand the different sounds vowels make. Students can describe and use rhythm in poetry. Students can use time and order words to tell when things happen.

RL1.1   RL1.3
RI1.7   RF1.2b
RF1.2d   RF1.3
RF1.3c   L1.1i
L1.1j   LS1.1a
W1.2

Unit 1.5 pg 202-241 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 38 Review Review Students can review key concepts from Grade 1 ELA.

Review

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