Fifth Grade Harcourt Journeys SCOPE AND SEQUENCE
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Topic:
Essential
Question
How can an
experiment
clarify an
idea?
How can art
and
performance
help people
understand a
text?
Why is
determinatio
n a good
quality for a
politician to
have?
How can
being active
in sports
improve
someone’s
attitude?
How can
overcoming a
challenge
change
someone’s
life?
Skill/Strategy
* Point of View
* Irony
* Summarize
* Theme
* Elements of
Drama
* Characterization
* Question
* Compare and
Contrast
* Idioms
* Formal and
Informal Language
* Infer/Predict
* Sequence of
Events
* Narrative Pacing
* Rhythm
* Monitor/Clarify
* Theme
* Dialogue
* Sequence of
Events
* Visualization
Anchor
Text/Genre
A Package for
Mrs. Jewls
(Humorous
Fiction)
A Royal
Mystery (Play)
Paired
Selection/
Genre
Questioning
Gravity
(Readers’
Theater)
The Princess
and the Pea
(Fairy Tale)
Vocab skills
Decoding
skill
Spelling
Grammar
Read
Aloud
Ideas
Writing
Using Context
VCV
Syllable
Pattern
Short
Vowels
Complete
Sentences
Narrative Writing: Short
Stories; Focus Traits: Ideas
Prefixes non-,
un-, dis-, mis-
Vowel
Sounds in
VCV
Syllable
Patterns
Long a
and
Long e
Kinds of
Sentences
Narrative Writing:
Description; Focus Trait:
Voice
Off and
Running
(Realistic
Fiction)
Vote for Me! Using Context
(Persuasive
Text)
VCCV
Pattern
Long i
and
Long o
Compound
Sentences
Narrative Writing: Dialogue;
Focus Trait: Word Choice
Double Dutch:
A Celebration
of Jump Rope,
Rhythm, and
Sisterhood
(Narrative
Nonfiction)
Elisa’s Diary
(Realistic
Fiction)
Score!
(Poetry)
Digraphs
in
Vowel
Sounds
/ōō/,
/yōō/
Common
Narrative Writing: Prewrite a
Fictional Narrative; Focus
Trait: Ideas
Vowels
Souns
/ou/,
/ô/, /oi/
Singular
and
Plural
Nouns
Suffixes –ion, tion
Multisyllable
Words
Word Free
as Confetti
(Poetry)
Suffixes –ly, ful
Stressed
and
Unstressed
Syllables
and
Proper
Nouns
Narrative Writing: Write a
Fictional Narrative; Focus
Trait: Voice
Fifth Grade Harcourt Journeys SCOPE AND SEQUENCE
Topic:
Anchor
W
Essential
Skill/Strategy
k
Text/Genre
Question
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Why is it
* Cause and Effect Quest for the
important to * Quotes and
Tree Kangaroo
research and Description
(Information)
protect
* Domain-Specific
endangered
Vocabulary
animals?
* Question
7
How can
* Understanding
Old Yeller
dangerous
Characters
(Historical
situations
* Author’s Word
Fiction)
bring people
Choice
closer
*Dialect
together?
*Visualization
8
9
What reasons
do people
have for
protecting
the
environment
?
How can an
act of
courage
reveal a
person’s true
nature?
10 What can a
scientist learn
by observing
the behaviors
of a
particular
animal?
Paired
Selection/
Genre
Why Koala
Has No Tail
(Myth)
Vocab skills
Decoding
skill
Spelling
Grammar
Read
Aloud
Ideas
Writing
Synonyms and
Antonyms
Common
Beginning
Syllables
Vowel +
/r/
Sounds
Verbs
Informative Writing:
Procedural Composition;
Focus Trait: Organization
What Makes
It Good?
(Persuasive
Text)
Adages and
Proverbs
Vowel +
/r/
sounds
More
Vowel +
/r/
Sounds
Direct
and
Indirect
Objects
Informative Writing:
Compare-Contrast Essay;
Focus Trait: Word Choice
* Author’s
Purpose
* Explain Scientific
Ideas
* Domain-Specific
Vocabulary
*
Analyze/Evaluate
* Conclusions and
Generalizations
* Point of View
* Characterization
* Infer/Predict
Everglades
Forever:
Restoring
America’s
Great
Wetland
(Narrative
Nonfiction)
Storm
Warriors
(Historical
Fiction)
Wonderful
Weather
(Poetry)
Prefixes en-,
re-, pre-, pro-
Homophones
Homophones
Conjunctions
Pea Island’s
Forgotten
Heroes
(Information
al Text)
Greek and
Latin Roots
Compound
Words
Compound
Words
Complex
* Main Ideas and
Details
* Explain Scientific
Ideas
* Domain-Specific
Vocabulary
* Monitor/Clarify
Cougars
(Informational
Text)
Purr-fection
(Poetry)
Shades of
Meaning
Recognizing
Final
Schwa +
/r/
Sounds
Direct
Schwa +
/r/
Sounds
Sentences
Quotations
and
Interjections
Informative Writing: Causeand-Effect Essay; Focus Trait:
Ideas
Informative Writing:
Prewrite a Research Report;
Focus Trait: Ideas
Informative Writing: Write a
research report; Focus Trait:
Sentence Fluency
Fifth Grade Harcourt Journeys SCOPE AND SEQUENCE
Topic:
Anchor
W
Essential
Skill/Strategy
k
Text/Genre
Question
11 What can
* Cause and Effect Dangerous
individuals do * Visual Elements Crossing
to help shape * Primary Sources (Historical
a new
* Visualize
Fiction)
government?
12 How can
* Fact and
Can’t You
people’s
Opinion
Make Them
differences of * Tone
Behave, King
opinion lead
* Similes
George
to a
* Question
(Narrative
revolution?
Nonfiction)
13 What events * Sequence of
James Forten
or feelings
Events
(Biography)
would lead
* Explain
someone to
Historical Events
fight for
* Main Ideas and
freedom?
Details
* Summarize
14 How do
* Conclusions and They Call Her
individual
Generalizations
Molly Pitcher
acts of
* Domain-Specific (Narrative
bravery
Vocabulary
Nonfiction)
shape
* Text Structure
history?
*
Analyze/Evaluate
15 How are
*Compare and
We Were
patriotism
Contrast Actions
There, Too!
and courage
* Text and
(Biography)
related?
Graphic Features
* Text Structure
* Monitor/Clarify
Paired
Selection/
Genre
Revolution
and Rights
(Information
al Text)
Vocab skills
Reference
Materials
Spelling
Grammar
Vowel
Sounds in
Stressed
Syllables
VCCV
Pattern
Subject
and
Object
Decoding
skill
Read
Aloud
Ideas
Writing
Opinion Writing: Opinion
Essay; Focus Trait: Voice
Pronouns
Tea Time!
(Narrative
Nonfiction)
Figurative
Language
Open and
Closed
Syllables:
VCV
Pattern
VCV
Pattern
Verb
Tenses
Opinion Writing: ProblemSolution Composition; Focus
Trait: Organization
Modern
Minute Men
(Information
al Text)
Greek and
Latin Roots
VV
Syllable
Pattern
VV
Pattern
Commas
Opinion Writing: Prewrite a
Persuasive Essay; Focus
Trait: Organization
A Spy for
Freedom
(Play)
Reference
Materials
Recognizing
VCCCV
Patterns
Patriotic
Poetry
(Poetry)
Prefixes in-,
im-, il-, ir-
Initial and
Medial
Digraphs
Vowel +
/l/
sounds in
Unstressed
Final
Syllable
and
Semicolons
Regular
and
Opinion Writing: Persuasive
Letter; Focus Trait: Ideas
Irregular
Verbs
Final
Schwa
+/l/
Sounds
Transitions
Opinion Writing: Write a
Persuasive Essay; Focus
Trait: Word Choice
Fifth Grade Harcourt Journeys SCOPE AND SEQUENCE
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Topic:
Essential
Question
Skill/Strategy
Anchor
Text/Genre
Grammar
Decoding
skill
Read
Alou
d
Ideas
Writing
Word
Parts and
Inflection
al
Endings
Words
with –ed
or – ing
Adjectives
Narrative Writing: Friendly
Letter; Focus Trait: Voice
LAFFF (Science From Dreams
Fiction)
to Reality
(Informational
Text)
Reference
Materials
Recognizing
More
Words
with –ed
or –ing
Adverbs
Narrative Writing: Character
Description: Focus Trait:
Word Choice
* Fact and
Opinion
* Main Ideas and
Details
* Narrative Pacing
*
Analyze/Evaluate
* Author’s
Purpose
* Dialogue
* Characterization
* Summarize
The Dog
Newspaper
Using
Context
Recognizing
Changin
g Final y
to i
Prepositions
Narrative Writing:
Autobiography; Focus Trait:
Voice
Darnell Rock
Reporting
(Realistic
Fiction)
Volunteer!
(Persuasive
Text)
Greek and
Latin
Suffixes –
ism, -ist, able, and ible
More
Common
Suffixes
Suffixes
–ful, -ly,
-ness, less, ment
More
Kinds of
* Story Structure
* Characterization
* Theme
* Question
The Black
Stallion
(Adventure)
Horse Power
(Informational
Text)
Figurative
Language
Stress in
ThreeSyllable
Words
Words
from
Other
Proper
* Author’s
Purpose
* Voice
* Visual Elements
* Monitor/Clarify
Lunch Money
(Realistic
Fiction)
* Story Structure
* Literary Devices
* Point of View:
First Person
* Infer/Predict
18 What do facts
and opinions
contribute to
a story?
20 What can a
person learn
by building a
relationship
with an
animal?
Vocab skills
Spelling
Word
Origins
16 In what ways
can
illustrations
enhance a
reader’s
experience?
17 What role
does
imagination
play in the
invention
process?
19 Why is it
important to
be aware of
your
community’s
needs?
Paired
Selection/
Genre
Zap! Pow! A
History of the
Comics
(Informational
Text)
Poetry about
Poetry (Poetry)
Common
Word
Parts
Suffixes
(Autobiography)
Languages
and
Prepositional
Phrases
Pronouns
Mechanics
in
Writing
Titles
Narrative Writing: Prewrite a
personal narrative; Focus
Trait: Ideas
Narrative Writing: Write a
Personal Narrative; Focus
Trait: Voice
Fifth Grade Harcourt Journeys SCOPE AND SEQUENCE
Topic:
Anchor
W
Essential
Skill/Strategy
k
Text/Genre
Question
21 What does it * Sequence of
Tucket’s
mean to have Events
Travels
good
* Figurative
(Historical
instincts?
Language
Fiction)
* Author’s Word
Choice
* Visualize
22 How can
* Theme
The Birchbark
traditions
* Author’s Word
House
influence a
Choice
(Historical
person’s
* Visual Elements Fiction)
thoughts and * Infer/Predict
feelings?
23 What kinds of * Text and
Vaqueros:
lessons were Graphic Features
America’s
learned by
* Main Ideas and
First Cowboys
people who
Details
(Informational
lived in the
*Adages
Text)
old West?
*Summarize
24 Why would a * Cause and Effect Rachel’s
pioneer
* Figurative
Journal: The
traveler
Language
Story of a
record events * Point of View
Pioneer Girl
in a journal?
*
(Historical
Analyze/Evaluate
Fiction)
25 How did
* Main Idea and
Lewis and
explorers
Details
Clark
help America * Primary Sources (Narrative
become the
* Explain
Nonfiction)
country it is
Historical Events
today?
* Monitor/Clarify
Paired
Selection/
Genre
Wild
Weather
(Technical
Text)
Vocab skills
Shades of
Meaning
Spelling
Grammar
Common
Final
Syllables
Final
/n/,
The
Verbs
Be and
Have
Opinion Writing: Editorial;
Focus Trait: Voice
Decoding
skill
/ən/,
/chər/,
/zhər/
Read
Aloud
Ideas
Writing
Four
Seasons of
Food
(Information
al Text)
Reference
Materials
More
Final
Syllables
Final /ĭj/,
/ĭv/, /ĭs/
Perfect
Tenses
Opinion Writing: Response
to Literature; Focus Trait:
Organization
Rhyme on
the Range
(Poetry)
Adages and
Proverbs
Unstressed
Unstressed
Syllables
Syllables
Easily
Opinion Writing: Persuasive
Argument; Focus Trait:
Organization
Westward
to Freedom
(Information
al Text)
Using Context
Simple
Prefixes
Prefixes:
in-, un-,
dis-, mis-
Making
A Surprise
Reunion
(Play)
Analogies
Consonant
Suffix: ion
Contractions
Confused
Verbs
Alliterations
Comparisons
Opinion Writing: Prewrite a
Response Essay; Focus Trait:
Organization
Opinion Writing: Write a
Response Essay; Focus Trait:
Word Choice
Fifth Grade Harcourt Journeys SCOPE AND SEQUENCE
Topic:
Skill/
Anchor
Paired Selection/
W
Essential
k
Strategy
Text/Genre
Genre
Question
26 What can
* Text and Animals on
Skywoman’s Rescue
people learn
Graphic
the Move
(Play); The Whale
by reading
Features
(Information (Poetry); Wild Geese
about how
* Visualize al Text)
(Poetry)
Spelling
Grammar
Prefixes
and Word
Roots
Word Parts
com-, con-,
pre-, pro-
Possessive
Suffixes –
ness, less, ment
More
Familiar
Suffixes
Sufixes –
ant, -ent, able, -ible, ism, -ist
Idioms
Greek
Word
Roots
Greek Word
Parts
Commas
Greek and
Latin
Roots
Latin
Word
Roots
Latin Word
Parts
More
Word
Origins
Identifying
Words from
Other
Languages
Other
Vocab
skills
Decoding
skill
MultipleMeaning
Words
Nouns
Read
Aloud
Ideas
Writing
Informative Writing:
Definition Paragraph; Focus
Trait: Word Choice
different
animals adapt
and survive?
27 What lessons
can we learn
from other
cultures?
*Theme
* Analyze/
Evaluate
Mysteries at
Cliff Palace
(Reader’s
Theater)
28 How does the
study of
fossils relate
to our
everyday
lives?
29 Why are
people
fascinated by
nature?
*Fact and
Opinion
* Question
Fossils: A
Peek Into the
Past
(Information
al Text)
*Conclusions
30 What traits
help make a
person good
at solving
problems?
* Main
Ideas and
Details
*
The Case of
the Missing
Deer
(Realistic
Fiction)
Get Lost! The
Puzzle of
Mazes
(Information
al Text)
and
Generalizations
*Infer/
Predict
Summarization
Cave of the Crystals
(Informational Text);
Places and Names: A
Traveler’s Guide
(Poetry); Los
libros/Books
(Poetry)
Trapped in Tar!
(Informational Text);
Journey of the
Wooly Mammoth
(Poetry); Fossils
(Poetry)
Fossil Fish Found!
(Informational Text);
Encounter (Poetry);
Deep in the Forest
(Poetry)
Journey to Cuzco
(Myth); The Best
Paths (Poetry);
Compass (Poetry)
VCV,
VCCV, and
VCCCV
Syllable
Patterns
Abbreviations
in
Sentences
Commas
Punctuation
Informative Writing: Journal
Entry; Focus Trait: Voice
Informative Writing:
Summary; Focus Trait: Ideas
Informative Writing:
Informational Essay; Focus
Trait: Organization
Informative Writing:
Informational Essay; Focus
Trait: Ideas