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4th Grade Reading, Writing, & Integrated Social Studies Pacing Guide for 2014-2015

Updated 7.30.14

1ST NINE WEEKS

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Launching Reading Workshop with Fiction / Writing Workshop / Citizenship

Wee

k 1

Au

gu

st 2

5 -

29

Reading

Workshop

L1: Reflecting on Our

Reading Lives

L2: Reading

Resolutions & L3:

Library Routines

L4: Well-balanced

Reading & Reader’s

Notebook &

S5: Fluency (IRL)

L8 & 9: Read Aloud

with Accountable

Talk

TL1: Characteristics

of Traditional

Literature

Writing

Workshop

L1: Personalizing

Writer’s Notebook

L2: Introducing

Writer’s Notebook

L3: Discovering

Environment of

Writing Community

L4: Creating Strong

Writing Partnerships

L5: Writer’s Role in a

Conference & L6:

6 Traits Overview

Revising

& Editing

Capitalize &

Punctuate Sentences

Capitalize &

Punctuate Sentences

Capitalize &

Punctuate Sentences

Capitalize &

Punctuate Sentences

Capitalize &

Punctuate Sentences

Integrated

Social

Studies

Citizenship Citizenship Citizenship Citizenship Citizenship

Wee

k 2

Sep

tem

ber

1 -

5

Reading

Workshop

Student &

Staff Holiday

TL 2&3: Envisioning

to Understand

Setting & Characters

S8: Check

Understanding

When You Read

L10: Sticky Notes & S7: Retelling

Important Ideas (IRL)

TL4: Understanding

Lesson in a Fable

Writing

Workshop

L7, L8, or L9: Neighborhood Maps,

People & Places, or Adding to Notebook

L7, L8, or L9: Neighborhood Maps,

People & Places, or Adding to Notebook

L10: Selecting Seed

from Idea Garden

L11: Writers Have

Project Deadlines

Revising

& Editing

Complete Sentence

with Subject &

Predicate

Complete Sentence with Subject &

Predicate

Complete Sentence

with Subject &

Predicate


Predicate

Integrated

Social

Studies

Citizenship Citizenship Citizenship Citizenship

Wee

k 3

Sep

tem

ber

8 -

12

Reading

Workshop

Begin IRL Assessment

TL6: “Hooked In” Story’s Problem & TL7: Revisiting Exposition

TL16: Story Elements

Test Talk

TL14: Investigating

Parts of a Summary -

CPR

TL15: Construct

Well-Crafted

Summary

TL18: Summary

Test Talk

Writing

Workshop

L12: Crafting a Story

Moment by Moment L13: Let’s Draft!

L14: Digging Deeper

in Our Drafts

L15: Revising with Eye on Colorful

Thoughts & Feelings

L16: Rearranging, Adding, & Deleting

Parts of Text

Revising

& Editing

Complete Sentence

with Subject &

Predicate


Predicate

Complete Sentence

with Subject &

Predicate


Predicate

Complete Sentence

with Subject &

Predicate

Integrated

Social

Studies

Citizenship Citizenship Citizenship Citizenship Citizenship


Updated 7.30.14

1ST NINE WEEKS


Drama & Realistic Fiction / Personal Narrative / Celebrate Freedom & Regions of Texas & U.S.

Wee

k 4

Sep

tem

ber

15

- 1

9

Reading

Workshop

DPM Begins D1: Recognizing Characteristics of

Plays

D2: Building the

Backdrop, Take 1

D3: Building the

Backdrop, Take 2

D4: Determining

Reader’s Role

D5: Getting into

Character

Writing

Workshop

L17: Editing

Our Stories

L18: Publishing &

Celebrate BOY Writing DPM BOY Writing DPM

PN1: Introduction to Personal Narratives or

PN2: Elements of

Personal Narratives

Revising

& Editing

Edit Sentence

Fragments

Edit Sentence

Fragments

Edit Sentence

Fragments

Edit Sentence

Fragments

Edit Sentence

Fragments

Integrated

Social

Studies

Celebrate Freedom

Week

Celebrate Freedom

Week

Celebrate Freedom

Week

Celebrate Freedom

Week

Celebrate Freedom

Week

Wee

k 5

Sep

tem

ber

22

- 2

6

Reading

Workshop

D6: Performing a

Play

D7: Reading Plays

for an Audience

BOY Reading

DPM

BOY Reading

DPM

DPM Ends

F1: Characteristics of

Realistic Fiction

Writing

Workshop

PN3: Reading

Mentor Texts

PN4: Rereading the Notebook –

Small Moments

PN5: Generating Ideas through

Quicklist

PN6: Weaving Experience & Beliefs

Together

PN7: Story Behind the Picture

Revising

& Editing

Singular & Plural

Nouns

BOY Revising &

Editing DPM Singular & Plural

Nouns Singular & Plural

Nouns Singular & Plural

Nouns

Integrated

Social

Studies

Regions of Texas &

the U.S.

Regions of Texas &

the U.S.

Regions of Texas &

the U.S.

Regions of Texas &

the U.S.

Regions of Texas &

the U.S.

Wee

k 6

S

epte

mb

er 2

9 -

Oct

ob

er 3

Reading

Workshop

F2: Igniting Our

Imaginations as We

Read

F3: Igniting Our

Imaginations to

Make Predictions

F4: Adding It Up

Equals Solid

Inference

F5: Incorporating

New Ideas

F30a: Author’s Craft

Overview

Writing

Workshop

PN9: Reflecting on

Levels of Personal

Experience

PN10: Getting

Acquainted with

Truisms

PN12: Writing a

Kernel Essay –

Pre-write Plan

PN13: Getting Right

to Story - Draft

PN14: Telling the

Story & Asking the

Questions

Revising

& Editing

Irregular Plural

Nouns

Irregular Plural

Nouns

Irregular Plural

Nouns

Irregular Plural

Nouns

Irregular Plural

Nouns

Integrated

Social

Studies

Regions of Texas &

the U.S.

Regions of Texas &

the U.S.

Regions of Texas &

the U.S.

Regions of Texas &

the U.S.

Regions of Texas &

the U.S.


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1ST NINE WEEKS


Realistic Fiction & Nonfiction / P. Narrative & Prompt-based PN / Region of Texas & U.S. & Tech.

Wee

k 7

Oct

ob

er 6

- 1

0

Reading

Workshop

F30b: Author’s Craft

in Fiction

F26: Inference

Test Talk

F9/10/11: Narrator’s

Point of View

F7: Envisioning to

Understand

Characters

F8: Growing Ideas

about Characters

Writing

Workshop

PN15: Hooking Readers with Leads or PN16: Beginnings

– Draw a Picture

PN22: Strengthening

Leads & Endings

with Truisms

PN18: Getting Our

Writing F.I.T.

PN19: Add Revision Sensory Bling - or

PN20: Exploding the Moment

PN21: Golden Line or PN23: Ba-da-bing

Sentences

Revising

& Editing

Subject-Verb

Agreement

Subject-Verb

Agreement

Subject-Verb

Agreement

Subject-Verb

Agreement

Subject-Verb

Agreement

Integrated

Social

Studies

Regions of Texas &

the U.S.

Regions of Texas &

the U.S.

Regions of Texas &

the U.S.

Regions of Texas &

the U.S.

Regions of Texas &

the U.S.

Wee

k 8

Oct

ob

er 1

3 -

17

Reading

Workshop

Professional

Day

&

Parent

Conferences

F12: Recognizing

Characters’ Internal

Tension

F27: Character

Analysis Test Talk

Checkpoint

F21 or 22:

Author’s Message

F29: Author’s

Message Test Talk

Writing

Workshop

PN24: Introduction

to Punctuation

Dialogue

PN25: Using an

Editing Checklist

PN26: Publishing

Decisions: Final

Copy

PN27: Celebrate &

Reflect on Good

Times

Revising

& Editing Verb Tense Verb Tense Verb Tense Verb Tense

Integrated

Social

Studies

Regions of Texas &

the U.S.

Regions of Texas &

the U.S.

Regions of Texas &

the U.S.

Regions of Texas &

the U.S.

Wee

k 9

Oct

ob

er 2

0 -

24

Reading

Workshop

NF1: Characteristics

of Nonfiction

NF2: Nonfiction Text

Features

NF3: Using Titles to

Activate Schema &

Make Predictions

NF4: Noticing

Visuals

NF5: Noticing

Changes in Print

Writing

Workshop

NP1: STAAR

Personal Narrative

Rubric of 3s & 4s

NP2: STAAR

Personal Narrative

Rubric of 1s & 2s

NP3: Connecting Life

Experiences to a

Narrative Prompt

NP4: Planning Well-

Crafted Composition

Focused on Prompt

NP5: Moving from Pre-Writing Plan to

First Draft

Revising

& Editing

Apostrophes in

Contractions &

Possessives

Apostrophes in

Contractions &

Possessives

Apostrophes in

Contractions &

Possessives

Checkpoint

Apostrophes in

Contractions &

Possessives

Apostrophes in

Contractions &

Possessives

Integrated

Social

Studies

Technology Project Technology Project Technology Project Technology Project Technology Project


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2ND NINE WEEKS


Nonfiction & Thinking Across Genres / Essay & PB Essay Writing / Native American Groups

Wee

k 1

Oct

ob

er 2

7 -

31

Reading

Workshop

NF37: Media

Literacy

NF36: Media

Literacy Test Talk

NF6: Asking

Questions to Expand

Thinking

NF7: Reading Deeply

to Teach Others

NF8: Share Time for

Nonfiction Texts

Writing

Workshop

NP6: Revising First

Draft with Eye on

the 6 Traits

NP7: “On the Spot”

Editing

Celebrate & Evaluate

Prompt-based

Personal Narratives

* STAAR Editing

Minilesson

* STAAR Editing Minilesson

Revising

& Editing

Quotation Marks in

Dialogue

Quotation Marks in

Dialogue

Quotation Marks in

Dialogue

Quotation Marks in

Dialogue

Quotation Marks in

Dialogue

Integrated

Social

Studies

Native American

Groups

Native American

Groups

Native American

Groups

Native American

Groups

Native American

Groups

Wee

k 2

No

vem

ber

3 -

7

Reading

Workshop

NF10: Text Structures

– Sequence and

Cause & Effect


– Problem & Solution

and Question &

Answer


– Compare &

Contrast and

Description

Checkpoint

NF14: Using Text

Structures to Predict


Test Talk

Writing

Workshop

SE*: Comparing &

Contrasting

Narratives & Essays

SE1: Essay

Structure

Boot Camp

SE2: Collecting

Ideas as Essayists

SE3: Writing to

Discover New

Ways of Thinking

SE4: Using Elaboration Prompts

to Grow Ideas

Revising

& Editing Capitalization Capitalization Capitalization Capitalization Capitalization

Integrated

Social

Studies

Native American

Groups Native American




Groups

Wee

k 3

No

vem

ber

10

- 1

4

Reading

Workshop

TG1: Inner

Conversations with

Author

TG2: Using What

You Know to Make

Connections

TG3: Examining

Details from the Text

TG3: Examining

Details from the Text

TG4: Making

Inferences about

Details

Writing

Workshop

SE5a & b: Mining Our

Writing… & Crafting

Central Ideas

SE6: Boxes-and-

Bullets – Framing

Essays

SE7: Return to Boot

Camp – A Shared

Writing Experience

SE8: Composing &

Sorting Mini-

Stories

SE9: Building a Case of Evidence

Revising

& Editing

Insert Central Idea &

Closing Sentence


Closing Sentence


Closing Sentence


Closing Sentence


Closing Sentence

Integrated

Social

Studies

Native American





Groups


Updated 7.30.14

2ND NINE WEEKS


Thinking across Genres / Essay & Prompt-based Essay Writing / Native Americans & Texas

Wee

k 4

No

vem

ber

17

- 21

Reading

Workshop

TG4: Making Inferences about

Details

TG5: Making Connections about the Big Ideas in a

Text

TG5: Making Connections about the Big Ideas in a

Text

TG6: Making Connections about

the Author’s Craft & Purpose

TG6: Making Connections about

the Author’s Craft & Purpose

Writing

Workshop

SE9: Building a

Case of Evidence

SE10: Organizing

for Drafting

SE11: Creating a

Cohesive Draft

SE12: Becoming Our Own Job Captains

SE12: Becoming Our Own Job Captains

Revising

& Editing Revise Transitions Revise Transitions Revise Transitions

Checkpoint

Revise Transitions Revise Transitions

Integrated

Social

Studies

Native American

Groups

Native American

Groups

Native American

Groups

Native American

Groups

Native American

Groups

Wee

k 5

Dec

emb

er 1

- 5

Reading

Workshop

TG7: Connections between Traditional Literature & Drama

TG7: Connections between Traditional Literature & Drama

TG8: Connections between Fiction &

Nonfiction

Checkpoint


Nonfiction

Needs-based Minilesson

Writing

Workshop

SE13a: Boot Camp –

Framing Essay with

Leads & Conclusions

SE13b: Revising an

Essay’s Leads &

Conclusions

SE14: Edit Checklist

& Run-On/Fragment

Sentences

SE15: Publishing

with Our Goals in

Mind

SE16: Celebrating Journeys of Thought

Revising

& Editing Commas in a Series Commas in a Series Commas in a Series Commas in a Series Commas in a Series

Integrated

Social

Studies


Wee

k 6

Dec

emb

er 8

- 1

2

Reading

Workshop

Characteristics of

Literary Nonfiction

LN 2

Determining

Importance

LN 5

Impact of Time &

Place Related to

Issues

LN 9

LN 10: Determining

Order of Events

Needs-based

Minilesson

Writing

Workshop

EP2: STAAR Expository Writing

Rubric – 3s & 4s

EP3: STAAR Expository Writing

Rubric – 2s & 1s

EP4: Determine Purpose of

Expository Prompt

EP5: Plan Organized,

Focused Essay

EP6: Moving from Boxes & Bullets to First Draft

Revising

& Editing

Insert Details &

Topic Sentence

Insert Details &

Topic Sentence

Insert Details &

Topic Sentence

Insert Details &

Topic Sentence

Insert Details &

Topic Sentence

Integrated

Social

Studies

Exploration &

Colonization of

Texas

Exploration &

Colonization of

Texas

Exploration &

Colonization of

Texas

Exploration &

Colonization of

Texas

Exploration &

Colonization of

Texas


Updated 7.30.14

2ND NINE WEEKS


Literary Nonfiction & Poetry / Prompt-based Essay & Poetry / Exploration & Colonization of Texas

Wee

k 7

Dec

emb

er 1

5 -

19

Reading

Workshop

LN 11: Growing

Ideas about People

LN 12: Seeking

Underlying Ideas

Present in Literary

Nonfiction

LN 13b: Author’s

Craft

LN 16: Inference

Test Talk LN 14: Summary

Writing

Workshop

EP7: Revising

First Draft

EP8: Getting Writing

Conventions Fit

for Readers

EP9: A “Toast” to Essay Journey of

Thought & * STAAR Revision Minilesson

* STAAR Revision

Minilesson

* STAAR Revision

Minilesson

Revising

& Editing Pronouns Pronouns Pronouns Pronouns Pronouns

Integrated

Social

Studies

Exploration &

Colonization of

Texas

Exploration &

Colonization of

Texas

Exploration &

Colonization of

Texas

Exploration &

Colonization of

Texas

Exploration &

Colonization of

Texas

Wee

k 8

Jan

uar

y 5

- 9

Reading

Workshop

Professional

Day

&

Student

Holiday

LN 14: Summary LN 17: Summary

Test Talk

LN 15: Media

Literacy

LN 18: Media

Literacy

Test Talk

Writing

Workshop

* STAAR Editing

Minilesson

* STAAR Revision

Minilesson

* STAAR Prompt-

based Personal

Narratives

* STAAR Prompt-

based Expository

Writing

Revising

& Editing

Revise Word Choice

& Sentences

Revise Word Choice

& Sentences

Checkpoint

Revise Word Choice

& Sentences

Revise Word Choice

& Sentences

Integrated

Social

Studies

Exploration &

Colonization of

Texas

Exploration &

Colonization of

Texas

Exploration &

Colonization of

Texas

Exploration &

Colonization of

Texas

Wee

k 9

Jan

uar

y 1

2 -

16

Reading

Workshop

P1: Poetry

Characteristics

P8: Structural

Elements Review

P9: Relating Struct. Elements to Form & TT1: Genre Features

of Reading Tests

Checkpoint

P12: Making Inferences abt. Poetry

& TT2: Vocabulary of Test Talk

P16b: Author’s Craft in Poetry & TT3:

Activate Schema & Read for Fun

Writing

Workshop

P1: Craft & Attributes of Poetry

P2: Unpacking Seed Ideas from

Everyday Objects

P3: Poets Paint Word Pictures Using

5 Senses

P4: Poets Study Well-Crafted Poems

P5a or P5b: Growing Poems from Seed Ideas

Revising

& Editing Adjective Use Adjective Use Adjective Use Adjective Use Adjective Use

Integrated

Social

Studies

Exploration &

Colonization of

Texas

Exploration &

Colonization of

Texas

Exploration &

Colonization of

Texas

Exploration &

Colonization of

Texas

Exploration &

Colonization of

Texas


Updated 7.30.14

3RD NINE WEEKS


Thinking Across Genres / Poetry & Literary Essay / Texas Revolution, Independence, & Statehood

Wee

k 1

Jan

uar

y 1

9 -

23

Reading

Workshop

Student &

Staff Holiday

P19: Poetry Test Talk

& TT4: Chunk,

Picture, &

Summarize

Writing

Benchmark

Writing

Benchmark

TG9: Connections

bet. LNF & Poetry &

TT5: Identify Key

Phrases/Text

Evidence

Writing

Workshop

P6, P7, P8:

Teacher Choice

P12: Publish &

Celebrate Poetry

Revising

& Editing

Needs-based

Minilesson

Needs-based

Minilesson

Integrated

Social

Studies

Getting Ready for

the Benchmark Current Events

Wee

k 2

Jan

uar

y 2

6 -

30

Reading

Workshop

TG9: Connections

bet. LNF & Poetry &

TT6: Predict &

Eliminate Answer

Choices Reading

Benchmark


Poetry


Poetry

TG11: Connections between

Nonfiction Texts

Writing

Workshop

LE1: Close Reading

to Generate Ideas

about Text

LE2: Generating

Writing by Studying

Characters

LE3: Elaborating

Ideas by Using

Prompts

LE4: Finding &

Testing Central Idea

Revising

& Editing

Irregular Verbs &

Adverbs

Irregular Verbs &

Adverbs

Irregular Verbs &

Adverbs

Irregular Verbs &

Adverbs

Integrated

Social

Studies

Getting Ready for the

Benchmark

Texas Revolution, Independence, &

Statehood


Statehood


Statehood

Wee

k 3

Feb

ruar

y 2

- 6

Reading

Workshop

TG11: Connections between Nonfiction

Texts


& Poetry


& Poetry

TG13: Connections across Poetry

TG13: Connections across Poetry

Writing

Workshop

LE5: Using Stories

from Text as

Evidence

LE6: Citing Textual

Evidence to Support

Big Idea

LE7: Using Author’s

Craft as Text

Evidence

LE8: Put Altogether:

Constructing

Literary Essays

LE9: Framing Literary

Essays w/Beginnings &

Endings

Revising

& Editing

Complex Sentences

with Prepositions &

Prepositional Phrases

Complex Sentences

with Prepositions &


Complex Sentences

with Prepositions &


Complex Sentences

with Prepositions &


Complex Sentences

with Prepositions &


Integrated

Social

Studies


Statehood


Statehood


Statehood


Statehood


Statehood


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3RD NINE WEEKS


Nonfiction / Lit. Essay & Prompt-based Essay & PN / Texas and Civil War & Reconstruction

Wee

k 4

Feb

ruar

y 9

- 1

3

Reading

Workshop

NF17: Sifting Through Facts &

Details

NF18: Distinguishing Between Important & Unimportant Details

NF19: Pausing & Paraphrasing

NF20: Moving from Facts & Details to

Larger Ideas

NF33: Main Idea Test Talk

Writing

Workshop

Revising Literary

Essay

LE10: Editing –

Preparing Literary

Essay for Readers

LE11: Publishing –

Celebrating Our

Literary Essays

SCE1: Constructing Central Idea for

Expository Writing

SCE2: Planning Prompt-based Essay

Revising

& Editing

Compound

Sentences with

Conjunctions

Compound

Sentences with

Conjunctions

Compound

Sentences with

Conjunctions

Checkpoint

Compound

Sentences with

Conjunctions

Compound

Sentences with

Conjunctions

Integrated

Social

Studies

Texas Revolution,

Independence, &

Statehood

Texas Revolution,

Independence, &

Statehood

Texas Revolution,

Independence, &

Statehood

Texas Revolution,

Independence, &

Statehood

Texas Revolution,

Independence, &

Statehood

Wee

k 5

Feb

ruar

y 1

6 -

20

Reading

Workshop

Professional

Day

&

Student

Holiday

NF26:

Understanding the

Purpose of Facts &

Opinions

NF28: What Is the

Author Making

You Feel and How?

Checkpoint

NF29:

Understanding

Author’s Motivations

NF35: Author’s

Purpose Test Talk

Writing

Workshop SCE3: Crafting First

Draft of Essay SCE4: Revising First

Draft Essay SCE4: Revising First

Draft Essay

SCE5: Editing Draft

Using Proofreading

Strategies

Revising

& Editing

Review Grade-level

Spelling Concepts

Review Grade-level

Spelling Concepts

Review Grade-level

Spelling Concepts

Review Grade-level

Spelling Concepts

Integrated

Social

Studies

Texas Revolution,

Independence, &

Statehood

Texas Revolution,

Independence, &

Statehood

Texas Revolution,

Independence, &

Statehood

Texas Revolution,

Independence, &

Statehood

Wee

k 6

Feb

ruar

y 2

3 -

27

Reading

Workshop

NF21:

Understanding

How Effective NF

Summaries are

Constructed

NF22: Evaluating

Effectiveness of a

Summary

Math

Benchmark

NF22: Evaluating

Effectiveness of a

Summary

NF32: Summary Test

Talk

Writing

Workshop

SCE6: Evaluating

Our Prompt-based

Essays

New Prompt

SCE1: Constructing

Central Idea for

Expository Writing

SCE2: Planning Prompt-based Essay

SCE3: Crafting First Draft of Essay

Revising

& Editing

Revise for Central

Idea

Revise for Topic

Sentence &

Conclusion

Revise to Insert

Detail

Revise to Insert

Detail

Integrated

Social

Studies

Civil War &

Reconstruction

Civil War &

Reconstruction Civil War &

Reconstruction

Civil War &

Reconstruction


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3RD NINE WEEKS


Historical Fiction / STAAR Expository & PN / Civil War & Reconstruction

Wee

k 7

Mar

ch 2

- 6

Reading

Workshop

HF1: Historical

Fiction Genre

HF2: Envision Life

During Different

Time & Place

HF3: Impact of

Setting on

Character

HF5: Impact of

Historical Events

on Plot

HF6: Tracking

Characters &

Developing Theories

Writing

Workshop SCE4: Revising First

Draft Essay

SCE5: Editing Draft

Using Proofreading

Strategies

SCE6: Evaluating Our Prompt-based

Essays

SCPN1: Planning a

Prompt-based

Personal Narrative

SCPN2: Crafting

First Draft of

Personal Narrative

Revising

& Editing

Sentence Structure:

Complex Sentences

Edit for Comma

Use & Correctness

– Run-ons &

Fragments

Spell Possessives &

Singular/Plural

Verbs

Punctuation –

Commas in a Series

& Compound

Sentences

Editing

Independent

Practice

Integrated

Social

Studies

Civil War &

Reconstruction

Civil War &


Reconstruction

Civil War &


Reconstruction

Wee

k 8

Mar

ch 1

6 -

20

Reading

Workshop

HF7: Recognizing

How Behaviors are

Influenced by

Historical Context

HF10: Cause & Effect

Relationships

HF13: Predictions

about Characters’

Future Actions

Checkpoint

HF14: Character Test

Talk

HF8: Developing &

Revising Our

Thinking About a

Story

Writing

Workshop

SCPN3a & b:

Revising Personal

Narrative

SCPN4: Editing

Personal Narrative

SCPN5: Evaluating

Personal Narrative

New Prompt

SCPN1: Planning a

Prompt-based

Personal Narrative

SCPN2: Crafting

First Draft of

Personal Narrative

Revising

& Editing

Capitalization of

Proper Nouns

Grammar - Pts. of

Speech (good/well -

Adjective vs.

Adverb, etc.

Spelling Review

Checkpoint

Revise Word

Choice & Insert

Transition

Revision & Editing

Independent

Practice

Integrated

Social

Studies

Civil War &

Reconstruction

Civil War &


Reconstruction

Civil War &


Reconstruction

Wee

k 9

Mar

ch 2

3 -

27

Reading

Workshop

HF9: Considering

How Individual

Parts Communicate

a Big Idea

HF11: Uncovering

Universal Truths

About People, Life,

and the World

HF15: Theme/Main

Message Test Talk

HF12: Pondering

the Author’s

Purpose

HF16: Author’s Purpose Test Talk

Writing

Workshop

SCPN3a & b:

Revising Personal

Narrative

SCPN4: Editing

Personal Narrative

SCPN5: Evaluating

Personal Narrative Needs-based Needs-based

Revising

& Editing

Revision Review:

Sentence Structure

Editing Review:

CUPS (Dialogue,

Double Negatives,

etc.)

Revision Review:

Central Idea, Topic

Sentence, &

Conclusion

Editing Review:

CUPS

Revision & Editing

Independent

Practice

Integrated

Social

Studies



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4TH NINE WEEKS


STAAR Connect… Genres / Letter Writing & PSA / Economics

Wee

k 1

Mar

ch 3

0 –

Ap

ril

3

Reading

Workshop

Writing Day 1

Writing Day 2

Connections

between Literary

Texts

Connections

between Literary

Texts

Student &

Staff Holiday

Writing

Workshop Letter Writing Letter Writing

Revising

& Editing Apply Conventions Apply Conventions

Integrated

Social

Studies

Economics Economics

Wee

k 2

Ap

ril

6 -

10

Reading

Workshop

Connections between Literary

Texts


Texts


Texts

Checkpoint

Connections between

Literary Texts

Connections between

Literary &

Expository Texts

Writing

Workshop Letter Writing Letter Writing Letter Writing Letter Writing Letter Writing

Revising

& Editing

Conventions in

Business Letters

Conventions in

Business Letters

Conventions in

Business Letters

Conventions in

Business Letters

Conventions in

Business Letters

Integrated

Social

Studies

Economics Economics Economics Economics Economics

Wee

k 3

Ap

ril

13 -

17

Reading

Workshop

Connections between

Literary &

Expository Texts

Connections between

Literary &

Expository Texts

Connections between

Literary & Expository

Texts

Connections between

Literary &

Expository Texts

Connections between

Literary &

Expository Texts

Writing

Workshop

PSA1: Discovering

Genre of

Persuasive Writing

PSA2: Examining

Purpose of PSAs

PSA3: Examining the

Craft of PSAs

PSA4: Searching the World for Issues

that Matter

PSA5: Choosing a Meaningful Topic –

Take a Stand!

Revising

& Editing

Cite Sources in

Bibliography

Cite Sources in

Bibliography

Cite Sources in

Bibliography

Cite Sources in

Bibliography

Cite Sources in

Bibliography

Integrated

Social

Studies

Economics Economics Economics Economics Economics


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STAAR Connect… Genres & Persuasive / PSA / Economics & 20th Century

Wee

k 4

Ap

ril

20 -

24

Reading

Workshop

Connections between

Literary &

Expository Texts

Math

Reading

Needs-based

Minilesson

Needs-based

Minilesson

Writing

Workshop

PSA6: Asking

Questions &

Organizing Research

PSA7: Using Opinions to Assist

in PSAs

PSA8: Trash-and-

Treasure Note

Taking

Revising

& Editing

Apply Conventions

in Writing

Apply Conventions

in Writing

Apply Conventions

in Writing

Integrated

Social

Studies

Getting Ready to

Shine Economics Economics

Wee

k 5

Ap

ril

27 -

May

1

Reading

Workshop

Begin IRL

PV1: Purpose &

Types

PV2: Techniques of

Persuasion

PV3: Identifying

Facts

PV4: Words that

Signal Opinions`

PV5: Distinguishing

Facts & Opinions

Writing

Workshop

PSA9: Exploring Resources: Wading Through the Web

PSA10: Research

Process

PSA10: Research

Process

PSA11: Hooking Reader

PSA12: Creating an

Outline & Attention-

Getting Script

Revising

& Editing

Complex Sentences

w/ Subordinating

Conjunctions

Complex Sentences

w/ Subordinating

Conjunctions

Complex Sentences

w/ Subordinating

Conjunctions

Checkpoint

Complex Sentences

w/ Subordinating

Conjunctions

Complex Sentences

w/ Subordinating

Conjunctions

Integrated

Social

Studies

20th Century- Texas in

a Changing World

20th Century- Texas

in a Changing

World

20th Century- Texas

in a Changing

World

20th Century- Texas

in a Changing

World

20th Century- Texas

in a Changing

World

Wee

k 6

May

4 -

8

Reading

Workshop

DPM Begins

PV6: Using Strong

Words

PV7: Text

Organization of

Letters, Editorials,

Essays, & Speeches

PV8: More

Persuasive

Techniques

PV9: Persuasive

Genre Test Talk

Needs-based

Minilesson

Writing

Workshop

PSA13: Storyboard

Organizer

PSA14: Creating

Compelling

Conclusions

PSA15: Using

Technology to

Publish a PSA

PSA15: Using

Technology to

Publish a PSA

PSA16: Raising

Awareness on

Issues that Matter

Revising

& Editing Complex Sentences Complex Sentences Complex Sentences Complex Sentences Complex Sentences

Integrated

Social

Studies

20th Century-Events 20th Century-Events 20th Century-Events 20th Century-Events 20th Century-Events


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Social Issues Book Clubs / Fiction / 20th Century

Wee

k 7

May

11

- 15

Reading

Workshop

Social Issues

Book Clubs

Social Issues

Book Clubs

Social Issues

Book Clubs

Social Issues

Book Clubs

DPM Ends

Social Issues

Book Clubs

Writing

Workshop

F1: Imaging Stories

from Ordinary

Moments

F2: Imagining Stories

We Wished Existed

F3: Developing

Believable Characters

F4: Giving

Characters Struggles

& Motivations

F5: Plotting with a

Story Mountain

Revising

& Editing Complex Sentences Complex Sentences Complex Sentences Complex Sentences Complex Sentences

Integrated

Social

Studies

20th Century-Texas

Industry

20th Century-Texas

Industry 20th Century-Texas



Industry

Wee

k 8

May

18

- 22

Reading

Workshop

Social Issues

Book Clubs Social Issues

Book Clubs

Social Issues

Book Clubs

Checkpoint

Social Issues

Book Clubs

Social Issues

Book Clubs

Writing

Workshop

F6: Show, Don’t Tell:

Planning & Writing

Scenes

F7: Feeling &

Drafting the Heart

of Your Story

F8: Studying

Published Leads to

Make Leads

F9: Orienting

Readers

with Setting

F10: Writing

Powerful Endings

Revising

& Editing Apply Conventions Apply Conventions Apply Conventions Apply Conventions Apply Conventions

Integrated

Social

Studies

20th Century-

Celebrate Texans 20th Century-




Celebrate Texans

Wee

k 9

May

25

- 29

Reading

Workshop

Student &

Staff Holiday

Social Issues

Book Clubs

Social Issues

Book Clubs

Social Issues

Book Clubs

Social Issues

Book Clubs

Writing

Workshop

F11: ReVision:

Rereading

with a Lens

F12: Making a Space

for Writing

F13: Using Mentor

Texts to Flesh Out

Characters

F14: Editing with

Various Lenses

Revising

& Editing Apply Conventions Apply Conventions Apply Conventions Apply Conventions

Integrated

Social

Studies

Texas Today &

Tomorrow Texas Today &



Tomorrow


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Social Issues Book Clubs / Fiction / 20th Century

Wee

k 1

0

Jun

e 1

- 5

Reading

Workshop

Social Issues

Book Clubs

Social Issues

Book Clubs Celebrate Reading Celebrate Reading

Professional

Day

Writing

Workshop

F15: Publishing

Anthologies:

A Celebration

F15: Publishing

Anthologies:

A Celebration

Celebrate Writing Celebrate Writing

Revising

& Editing Apply Conventions Apply Conventions Apply Conventions Apply Conventions

Integrated

Social

Studies

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