Collaborative Classroom Weekly Pacing Guide (Grades K–6) +7th - Mr. Taylor

School Year: August 22 – May 11

Main Materials:

K-2 – SIPPS, Being a Reader, Being a Writer, Book Club

3-4 – Making Meaning, Being a Writer, Vocabulary, Book Club

5-6 – Collaborative Lit, Book Club, Being a Writer, Making Meaning

(7th Grade is also finishing their 6th Grade practice books from last year, they are 30+ pages ahead of the 6th Graders)

(*7th Grade works on one story per week in their Pierson Literature Books + 5 Grammar Q’s per day; in addition to finishing their 6th grade work that was left over from last year)

Weeks 1–2 (Aug. 22–Sept. 2)

Focus

Establish classroom routines
Community building
Read-aloud expectations
Baseline reading assessments
Writing stamina introduction

K–2

Letter/sound review
Oral language routines
Concepts of print

3–6

Reading workshop expectations
Narrative writing launch
Discussion norms

SD Standards

K.RF.1
1.RL.1
3.SL.1
5.W.3

Weeks 3–4 (Sept. 5–16)

Focus

Phonemic awareness
Beginning comprehension strategies
Personal narratives
Vocabulary routines

K–2

Blending/segmenting
High-frequency words

3–6

Theme and main idea
Paragraph structure

SD Standards

K.RF.2
2.RF.3
4.RI.2
6.W.4

Weeks 5–6 (Sept. 19–30)

Focus

Small-group instruction begins
Independent reading stamina
Opinion writing

K–2

Decodable readers
Sentence expansion

3–6

Text evidence
Constructed responses

SD Standards

1.RF.4
2.W.1
5.RI.1
6.SL.1

Weeks 7–8 (Oct. 3–14)

Focus

Fiction comprehension
Story elements
Writing organization

K–2

Retelling stories
Beginning punctuation

3–6

Character analysis
Multi-paragraph writing

SD Standards

K.RL.2
1.L.2
4.RL.3
6.W.2

Weeks 9–10 (Oct. 17–28)

Focus

Informational text features
Research skills
Vocabulary development

K–2

Nonfiction text structures
Labels/captions

3–6

Note-taking
Summarizing

SD Standards

2.RI.5
3.W.7
5.RI.7
6.L.4

Weeks 11–12 (Oct. 31–Nov. 11)

Focus

Mid-quarter assessments
Fluency checks
Revising writing

K–2

Fluency phrasing
Editing basics

3–6

Revision strategies
Peer conferencing

SD Standards

1.RF.4
2.L.2
4.W.5
5.SL.4

Weeks 13–14 (Nov. 14–25)

Focus

Comparing texts
Author’s purpose
Grammar mini-lessons

K–2

Compare/contrast stories
Nouns/verbs

3–6

Perspective
Evidence-based discussion

SD Standards

2.RL.9
3.L.1
4.RI.6
6.RL.6

Weeks 15–16 (Nov. 28–Dec. 9)

Focus

Research projects
Informative writing
Academic vocabulary

SD Standards

1.W.2
3.W.2
5.RI.9
6.W.7

Weeks 17–18 (Dec. 12–22)

Focus

Semester review
Reading celebrations
Publishing writing

SD Standards

K.SL.6
2.W.6
4.SL.6
5.W.10

January–May Overview

Weeks 19–20 (Jan. 3–13)

Focus

Reset routines
Goal setting
Informational reading

SD Standards

1.RI.1
3.RI.2
5.W.1
6.L.1

Weeks 21–22 (Jan. 16–27)

Focus

Text-dependent questions
Narrative revision
Fluency practice

SD Standards

2.RL.1
3.RF.4
4.W.3
6.RI.1

Weeks 23–24 (Jan. 30–Feb. 10)

Focus

Poetry unit
Figurative language
Oral reading fluency

SD Standards

2.RL.4
4.L.5
5.RL.5
6.SL.5

Weeks 25–26 (Feb. 13–24)

Focus

Argument writing
Text evidence
Discussion protocols

SD Standards

3.W.1
4.RI.8
5.SL.1
6.W.1

Weeks 27–28 (Feb. 27–Mar. 10)

Focus

Test preparation
Constructed responses
Reading comprehension review

SD Standards

2.RI.1
3.RI.10
5.RF.4
6.RL.2

Weeks 29–30 (Mar. 20–31)

Focus

State assessment window
Independent projects
Reading conferences

SD Standards

1.W.8
3.SL.4
4.RL.1
5.W.4

Weeks 31–32 (Apr. 3–14)

Focus

Research and presentation
Multimedia literacy
Cross-curricular reading

SD Standards

2.SL.5
4.W.7
5.RI.7
6.SL.2

Weeks 33–34 (Apr. 17–28)

Focus

End-of-year writing
Literature circles
Reflection journals

SD Standards

1.W.5
3.RL.3
5.W.9
6.RL.10

Weeks 35–36 (May 1–11)

Focus

Final assessments
Portfolio presentations
Reading celebrations
Summer reading launch

SD Standards

K.SL.4
2.RF.4
4.W.10
6.SL.6