Grades K–5 | Modes & Traits Pacing Guide

GRADE K

UNIT 1: NARRATIVE WRITING Week Days 1 and 2

Days 3 and 4

Day 5

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• Mode Lesson: Plot • MIF Teaching Guide, pages 4–7 • Mentor Text: Bunny’s Staycation • Mode Lesson: Characters • MIF Teaching Guide, pages 8–11 • Mentor Text: Bunny’s Staycation • Mode Lesson: Setting • MIF Teaching Guide, pages 12–15 • Mentor Text: Bunny’s Staycation

• Trait Lesson: Finding the Right Topic (Ideas) • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 4–5 • Mentor Text: Worms for Lunch? • Trait Lesson: Starting With a Bold Beginning (Organization) • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 4–5 • Mentor Text: Mouse at Nigh t • Trait Lesson: Discovering New Voices (Voice) • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 4–5 • Mentor Text: Hiding Phil Invite students to choose a favorite piece of writing from the unit and share it with the class.

Conventions: Teach a grade-level standard for conventions and have students apply it by editing a piece of their writing from this week.

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SIX 4-WEEK UNITS ON NARRATIVE, INFORMATIONAL, AND OPINION WRITING

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• Trait Lesson: Capitalizing Correctly (Conventions)

Mentor Texts in Modes in Focus (MIF) You’ll Use

• TCP Teaching Guide, pages 4–5 • Mentor Text: Monday Is One Day

UNIT 2: INFORMATIONAL WRITING Week Days 1 and 2

Days 3 and 4

Day 5

1

• Mode Lesson: Facts and Details • MIF Teaching Guide, pages 4–7 • Mentor Text: S quirrel’s Family Tree • Mode Lesson: Structure and Features • MIF Teaching Guide, pages 8–11 • Mentor Text: S quirrel’s Family Tree

• Trait Lesson: Using Words to Paint a Picture (Word Choice) • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 4–5 • Mentor Text: The Great Gracie Chase • Trait Lesson: Beginning Sentences in Different Ways (Sentence Fluency) • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 4–5 • Mentor Text: The Deep Blue Sea • Trait Lesson: Making the Content Clear (Ideas) • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 6–7 • Mentor Text: Worms for Lunch?

Conventions: Teach a grade-level standard for conventions and have students apply it by editing a piece of their writing from this week.

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Mentor Texts in Trait Crate Plus (TCP) You’ll Use

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• Mode Lesson:

Clarity and Focus • MIF Teaching Guide, pages 12–15 • Mentor Text: Squirrel’s Family Tree • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 6–7 • Trait Lesson: Spelling Well (Conventions) • Mentor Text: Monday Is One Day

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Invite students to choose a favorite piece of writing from the unit and share it with the class.

4 • Modes & Traits: Writing Lessons Across the Year

How to Combine Your Crates and Sequence the Lessons, Grade K • 5

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