2010-2011 4Th Grade Week-By-Week Pacing Guide

2010-2011 4th Grade Week-by-Week Pacing Guide

(See CCS Curriculum Pacing Guides for more details and suggested instructional resources.)

August 9-13:

Reading – “Theme Launch” – no basal story or focus skill; no test in the grade book

Math –ALCOS 15-17 – Test Friday on bar graphs & table to table (ALCOS 15)

Science – Process Skills

Social Studies – ALCOS 1 – Maps and Globes

*Give & grade Harcourt Beginning of the Year Benchmark Assessment.

*Give and Grade Beginning of the Year Writing Benchmark.

*Give and grade Beginning of the Year Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division

Benchmarks.

For all Beginning of the Year assessments, create a Word or Excel file to record your

students results on each assessment. Email a copy to Mr. Baeza, and keep a printed copy in

your assessment notebook. Place the actual tests in each student’s yellow portfolio.

August 16-20:

Reading – Harcourt Week 1

Math – ALCOS 15-17 – Test Friday on line graphs and line plots (ALCOS 17)

Science – ALCOS 7 – Earth Science

Social Studies – ALCOS 4 – Alabama Geography & Natural Resources

August 23-27:

Reading – Harcourt Week 2

Math – ALCOS 15-17 – Test Friday on Probability (ALCOS 16)

Science –ALCOS 7 – Earth Science

Social Studies –ALCOS 4 – Alabama Geography and Natural Resources

August 30-September 3:

Reading – Harcourt Week 3

Math – ALCOS 1, 2, 5, 6, & 10 – Test Friday on Place Value (ALCOS 1)

Science – ALCOS 7 – Earth Science

Social Studies – ALCOS 4 – Alabama Geography and Natural Resources

September 7-10:

Reading – Harcourt Week 4

Math – ALCOS 1, 2, 5, 6, & 10 – Test Friday on Money (ALCOS 2)

Science – ALCOS 4 – Forces & Motion

Social Studies –ALCOS 4 – Alabama Geography and Natural Resources

September 13-17:

Reading – Harcourt Week 5; Give & Grade Harcourt Theme 1 Assessment

Math – ALCOS 1, 2, 5, 6, & 10 – Test Friday on Rounding (ALCOS 5)

Science – ALCOS 4 – Forces & Motion

Social Studies – ALCOS 2 & 3 – People Arrive in Alabama

September 20-24:

Reading – Re-teach Theme 1 Skills; Pre-teach ARMT Skills

Math – ALCOS 1, 2, 5, 6, & 10 – Test Friday on Addition & Subtraction (ALCOS 6)

Science – ALCOS 4 – Forces & Motion

Social Studies – ALCOS 2-3 – People Arrive in Alabama

September 27-October 1:

Reading – Harcourt Week 6

Math – ALCOS 1, 2, 5, 6, & 10 – Test Friday on Add & Subtract WORD PROBLEMS (ALCOS 6)

Science – ALCOS 4 – Forces & Motion

Social Studies – ALCOS 2-3 – People Arrive in Alabama

October 4-8:

Reading – Harcourt Week 7

Math – ALCOS 1, 2, 5, 6, & 10 – Test Friday on Add & Subtract Number Sentences (ALCOS 10)

Science – ALCOS Health 1 & 10

Social Studies – ALCOS 2-3 – People Arrive in Alabama

October 18-22:

Reading – Harcourt Week 8

Math – ALCOS 7 & 9 –Test Friday on 2-digit x 1-digit Multiplication (ALCOS 7)

Science – ALCOS 5-6 – Life Science

Social Studies – ALCOS 4-6 – Becoming a State

October 25-29:

Reading – Harcourt Week 9

Math – ALCOS 79 – Test Friday on 2-digit x 2-digit Multiplication (ALCOS 7)

Science – ALCOS 5-6 – Life Science

Health – ALCOS 2, 14-16 – Red Ribbon Week

November 1-5:

Reading – Harcourt Week 10; Give & Grade Theme 2 Assessment

Math –ALCOS 7 & 9 – Test Friday on 3-4-Digit x 2-digit Multiplication (ALCOS 7)

Science – ALCOS 5-6 – Life Science

Social Studies – ALCOS 4-5 – Becoming a State

November 8-12 (4-day week):

Reading – Re-teach Theme 2 Skills; Pre-Teach ARMT Skills

Math – ALCOS 7 & 9 – Test Friday on Long Division without Remainders (ALCOS 7)

Science – ALCOS 5-6 – Life Science

Social Studies –ALCOS 7-9 – Civil War & Reconstruction

November 15-19:

Reading – Harcourt Week 11

Math – ALCOS 7 & 9 – Test Friday on Long Division with Remainders (ALCOS 7)

Science –ALCOS 5-6 – Life Science

Social Studies – ALCOS 7-9 – Civil War & Reconstruction

November 22-23 (2-day week):

Reading – Seasonal Literature – teacher’s choice

Math – ALCOS 7 & 9 – Catch up if needed; no test

Science – ALCOS 5-6 – Life Science

Social Studies – ALCOS 7-9 – Civil War & Reconstruction

November 29-December 3:

Reading – Harcourt Week 12

Math – ALCOS 7 & 9 – Test Friday on Multiplication and Division Word Problems (ALCOS 7 & 9)

Science – ALCOS 5-6 – Life Science

Social Studies – ALCOS 7-9 – Civil War & Reconstruction

December 6-10:

Reading – Harcourt Week 13

Math – ALCOS 13 – Test Friday on Time (ALCOS 13)

Science – ALCOS 5-6 – Life Science

Social Studies – ALCOS 7-9 – Civil War & Reconstruction

December 13-17:

Reading – Harcourt Week 14

Math – ALCOS 11, 12, & 14 – Test Friday on Measurement (ALCOS 11)

Science – Health Studies – Health COS 3, 4, 8, & 11

Social Studies – ALCOS 1 – Map & Globe Skills

January 4-7 (4-day week):

Reading – Harcourt Week 15; Give, Grade, & Complete Item Analysis on Midyear Benchmark

Math – ALCOS 11, 12, & 14 – Test Friday on Geometric Figures (ALCOS 12)

Science – ALCOS 1 & 3 – Energy

Social Studies – ALCOS 10 – Turn of the Century Alabama

January 10-14:

Reading – Data Week – Pre-teach Focus Skills from Weeks 23, 26, & 28

Math – ALCOS 11, 12, & 14 – Test Friday on Slides, Flips, & Turns (ALCOS 12)

Science – ALCOS 1 & 3 – Energy

Social Studies – ALCOS 10 – Turn of the Century Alabama

January 18-21 (4-day week):

Reading – Harcourt Week 16

Math – ALCOS 11, 12, & 14 – Test Friday on Symmetry (ALCOS 12)

Science – ALCOS 1 & 3 – Energy

Social Studies – ALCOS 10 – Turn of the Century Alabama

January 24-28:

Reading – Harcourt Week 17

Math – ALCOS 11, 12, & 14 – Test Friday on Ordered Pairs (ALCOS 14)

Science – ALCOS 1 & 3 – Energy

Social Studies – ALCOS 10 – Turn of the Century Alabama

January 31-February 4:

Reading – Harcourt Week 18

Math –ALCOS 3, 4, & 8 – Test Friday on Adding & Subtracting Like Fractions (ALCOS 4)

Science – ALCOS 1 & 3 – Energy

Social Studies – ALCOS 11, 12, & 13 – World War I to World War II

February 7-11:

Reading – Harcourt Week 19

Math – ALCOS 3, 4, & 8 – Test NEXT Friday on Converting Fractions & Decimals (ALCOS 3)

Science – ALCOS 1 & 3 – Energy

Social Studies – ALCOS 11, 12, & 13 – World War I to World War II

February 14-18:

Reading – Harcourt Week 20 – Give & Grade Theme 4 Assessment

Math – ALCOS 3, 4, & 8 – Test Friday on Converting Fractions & Decimals (ALCOS 3)

Science – ALCOS 1 & 3 – Energy

Social Studies – ALCOS 11, 12, & 13 – World War I to World War II

February 22-25 (4-day week):

Reading – Data Week – Pre-teach focus skills from Lessons 24, 27, & 29

Math – ALCOS 3, 4, & 8 – Test NEXT Friday on Equivalent Fractions & Decimals (ALCOS 8)

Science – ALCOS 1 & 3 – Energy

Social Studies – ALCOS 11, 12, & 13 – World War I to World War II

February 28-March 4:

Reading – Harcourt Week 21

Math – ALCOS 3, 4, & 8 – Test Friday on Equivalent Fractions and Decimals (ALCOS 8)

Science – Health Studies – Health COS 6 & 13

Social Studies – ALCOS 11, 12, & 13 – World War I to World War II

March 7-11:

Reading – Harcourt Week 22

Math – Stanford 10/ARMT Review – Mock ARMT on Friday

Science – Health Studies – Health COS 7 & 12 – NO SOCIAL STUDIES THIS WEEK

March 21-25:

Reading – TESTING; Harcourt Week 23; NO FRIDAY TEST

Math, Science, & Social Studies – TESTING

March 28-April 1:

Reading – TESTING; Harcourt Week 23; NO FRIDAY TEST

Math, Science, & Social Studies – TESTING

April 4-8:

Reading – Harcourt Week 24