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Open Court Pacing
Guide for 2008 - 2009 |
| August 18-22 Getting Started | September 26- November 7 | November 17 - January 16 | |||||||||
| Unit 1: Friendship Aug. 25 - Sept.26 | Unit 2: City Wildlife | Unit 3: Imagination | |||||||||
| Lessons | Selection | Days | Lessons | Selection | Days | Lessons | Selection | Days | |||
| 1 | Gloria . . . | 5 | 1 | Boy Who . . . | 5 | 1 | Through Grandpa's . . . | 5 | |||
| 2 | Angel Child Dragon … | 5 | 2 | City Critters | 5 | 2 | Cat Who Became . . . | 5 | |||
| 3 | Tree House | 4 | 3 | Make Way for Ducklings | 5 | 3 | A Cloak for . . . | 5 | |||
| 4 | Rugby . . . | 5 | 4 | Urban Roasts | 5 | 4 | Picasso | 4 | |||
| 5 | Teamsters | 5 | 5 | Two Days in May | 5 | 5 | Emperor's New . . . | 5 | |||
| 6 | Legend . . . | 5 | 6 | Secret Place | 5 | 6 | Roxaboxen | 5 | |||
| Flex Days | 2 | Flex Days | 3 | Flex Days | 0 | ||||||
| Reading Lions due 10/13/08 | Reading Lions due 11/14/08 | Reading Lions due 1/23/09 | |||||||||
| Number of Lessons | 6 | Number of Lessons | 6 | Number of Lessons | 6 | ||||||
| Number of Instructional Days | 29 | Number of Instructional Days | 30 | Number of Instructional Days | 29 | ||||||
| Extra Instructional Days | 2 | Extra Instructional Days | 3 | Extra Instructional Days | 0 | ||||||
| January 20 - March 13 | March 16-May 22 | Not Applicable | |||||||||
| Unit 4: Money | Unit 6: Country Life | Unit 5: Storytelling | |||||||||
| Lessons | Selection | Days | Lessons | Selection | Days | Lessons | Selection | Days | |||
| 1 | New Coat . . . | 4 | 1 | Country/City Mouse | 5 | 1 | A Story | 5 | |||
| 2 | Alexander, who . . . | 5 | 2 | Heartland | 5 | 2 | Oral History | 4 | |||
| 3 | Kids Did . . . | 5 | 3 | Leah's Pony | 5 | 3 | Storm in the Night | 5 | |||
| 4 | Cobbler's . . . | 5 | 4 | Cows in the Parlor | 4 | 4 | Carving the Pole | 5 | |||
| 5 | Four . . . | 5 | 5 | Just Plain Fancy | 5 | 5 | Keeping Quilt | 5 | |||
| 6 | Go-Around | 5 | 6 | What Ever Happened . . . | 5 | 6 | Johnny Appleseed | 5 | |||
| 7 | Uncle's Jed's | 5 | 7 | If Your're Not From . . . | 5 | 7 | Aunt Flossie's Hat/Crab . . . | 5 | |||
| Flex Days | 0 | Flex Days | 10 | Flex Days | 5 | ||||||
| Reading Lions due 3/20/09 | Reading Lions due 06/01/09 | ||||||||||
| Number of Lessons | 7 | Number of Lessons | 7 | Number of Lessons | 7 | ||||||
| Number of Instructional Days | 34 | Number of Instructional Days | 34 | Number of Instructional Days | 0 | ||||||
| Extra Instructional Days | 0 | Extra Instructional Days | 10 | Extra Instructional Days | 0 | ||||||
Getting Started August 18-22
OARS due one week after the completion of each unit.
All third grade teachers at each site must follow same pacing calendar. Decide as a team how to use "flex" days.