The Fullerton School District’s English Language Arts Pacing Guides are documents created by teachers for teachers. Teachers value instructional tools that enable them to effectively utilize their time when planning instruction. When grade level committees of teachers met during the spring of 2007, the task was to develop a pacing guide aligned with our District assessment calendar, addressing the key standards and benchmark blueprints in English Language Arts.   Because of differences in the K-5 (Houghton Mifflin) and the 6-8 (Holt) language arts series, the pacing guides include components that are specific to those grade levels.  However, both act as a reference to support interventions for students.
           
This planning packet includes grade level English Language Arts Pacing Guides and the District Benchmark Blueprints, a companion document to the pacing guides. The intent of this toolkit is to equip teachers with the necessary information to plan instruction on a weekly/monthly basis. Using Data Director to analyze results from common assessments and District Benchmark Assessments, teachers will plan instruction and intervention.