Instructional Calendar for:

 

Reading

2007-2008

Christa McAuliffe Elementary School

1st Quarter (44)

2nd Quarter (47)

3rd Quarter (48)

4th Quarter (43)

SEPTEMBER 3-7

 

NOVEMBER 5-9

NOVEMBER 12-16

JANUARY 28 – FEB 1

 

APRIL 14-18

 

(Sept 3 Labor Day)

Discuss what good readers do

Explain class room routines/stations

 

R - 4.5 Using text features for predicting and categorizing

W - 4.7 write effective narratives

(Nov 5 Teacher Workday)

(Nov 6 Conference Day)

 

R - 4.4 author’s purpose

W - 4.8A Use subject verb agreement

W - Compose Friendly letter

 

R - 4.6c Evaluate and combine related information

W - Write a report

 (April 14 Teacher In-service / Workday)

 

 

SEPTEMBER 10-14

NOVEMBER 12-16

 

FEBRUARY 4-8

APRIL 21-25

 

R - 4.3 Clarifying meanings of unfamiliar words

R - 4.4 Supporting details

W - 4.7 Compose fiction and poetry

 

R - 4.5 Formulate questions that might be answered in the selection

W - 4.7 write effective narratives

(Nov 12 – Veterans Day)

 

R - 4.3 Context clues

W - 4.8D Use nouns

W - Compose Friendly letter

 

 

R - 4.3 Context clues

R - 4.3 Explain words with multiple meanings

W - Write a report

 

SEPTEMBER 17-21

NOVEMBER 19-23

FEBRUARY 11-15

APRIL 28- MAY 2

 

R - 4.3 Clarifying meanings of unfamiliar words

R - 4.4 author’s purpose

W - 4.7 Compose fiction and poetry

 

R - 4.5 Explain author’s purpose

W - 4.7 write effective narratives

 

(Nov 22-23 Thanksgiving break)

R – 4.3 Antonyms

W - 4.8D Use pronouns

W - 4.8C Eliminate double negatives

W - Compose Friendly letter

R - 4.3 Explain words with multiple

meanings

 

W - Write a report

CFA Research

SEPTEMBER 24-28

NOVEMBER 26-30

 

FEBRUARY 18-22

MAY 5-9

 

R - 4.3 Clarifying meanings of unfamiliar words

R - 4.4 Sensory words

R - 4.5 Make simple inferences using information from text

W - 4.7 write effective narratives

 

W - 4.8D Use noun pronoun agreement

W - Compose Friendly letter

(Feb 18 President’s Day Holiday)

 

 

R - 4.3 Homonyms

W - Write a report

 

CFA Word Analysis

OCTOBER 1-5

DECEMBER 3-7

FEB 25-29

MAY 12-16

R - 4.4 Author’s purpose

R - 4.4 Compare fact and fantasy in historical fiction

W - 4.7 Focus on a topic

R - 4.5 Draw conclusions using information from text

W - 4.7 write effective narratives

 

R - 4.3 Homonyms

W - 4.8F Adjectives

W - 4.8E Use commas in series, dates and addresses

Review Spring SOL

 

OCTOBER 8-12

DECEMBER 10-14

MARCH 3-7

MAY 19-23

R - 4.4 Compare fact and fantasy in historical fiction

Writing Process Use NCS Mentor

W - 4.7 Focus on a topic

(Oct.9 – Interims)

 

R - 4.5 Summarize selection identifying main ideas and supporting details for each important idea

W - 4.7 Persuasive Writing

 

R - 4.3 Thesaurus

W - 4.8F adverbs

 

 

Review Spring SOL

OCTOBER 15-19

DECEMBER 17-21

 

MARCH 10-14

MAY 26-30

 

R - 4.4 Compare fact and fantasy in historical fiction

Writing Process Use NCS Mentor

W - 4.7 Focus on a topic

R - 4.5 Distinguish between cause and effect and fact versus opinion

 

(Dec 24-Jan 1 Winter Break)

 

CFA Non-Fiction

R - 4.3 Thesaurus

W - 4.8B Include prepositional phrases

 

(Mar 17-21 Spring Break)

 

Review Spring SOL

 

(May 26 Memorial Day Holiday)

OCTOBER 22-26

DEC 31-JAN 4

MARCH 24-28

JUNE 2-6

 

 

R - 4.3  Use glossary

R - 4.4 Utilize setting to determine author’s purpose

W - 4.7 Focus on a topic

R - 4.3 Context clues

W - Focus on a topic

W - 4.7 Persuasive Writing

 

(Jan 1 New Year’s Day Observed)

 

R - 4.3 Dictionaries

W - 4.8G Use articles a, and, the

W - 4.8 H Correct spelling of common homophone

CFA Writing

 

 

 

 

Review Spring SOL

OCT 29 – NOV 2

JANUARY 7-11

MAR 31- APR 4

JUNE 9-13

R - 4.3  Use glossary

W - 4.7 Writing/composing (central idea) fiction

 

CFA Fiction

End of grading period – Nov 2)

R - 4.3 Homonyms

W - 4.7 Persuasive Writing

 

R - 4.3 Synonyms, antonym, homonym and explain words with multiple meanings

W - 4.6 Construct research questions about a topic

 

 

 

 

 

(Last day of school – June 13)

 

JANUARY 14-18

 

APR 7-11

 

 

 

R - 4.3 Use glossary

R - 4.3 Explain words with multiple meanings and homonym

 

R - 4.3 Homonyms

W - 4.6 Select and use appropriate reference materials

 

 

 

 

(End of grading period – Apr 11)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOVEMBER 5-9

JANUARY 21-25

 

 

 

 

R - 4.3 Synonyms, antonym, homonym and explain words with multiple meanings

W - 4.7 Persuasive Writing

(Jan 21 – Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Observed)

(Jan 22 –Parent/Teacher Conf. Day ½ day)

(End of grading period – Jan 25)