Fourth Grade Harcourt Journeys SCOPE AND SEQUENCE
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Topic
Essential
Question
Skill/Strategy
Anchor
Text/Genre
Paired
Selection/
Vocab skills
Genre
Because of
Prefixes
Bookends/
re, un, dis
informational
/magazine
VCV
Short &
long A
Decoding
skill
Spelling
Grammar
1
Helping
others
How do
friends help
each other?
Story Structure/
Summarize
Because of
Winn Dixie/
Realistic Fiction
2
Civil Rights
What might
lead a person
to change
the world?
Author’s
Purpose/Monito
r/Clarify
My Brother
Martin/
Biography
Langston
Hughes/
poetry
Prefixes
In, im, il
Open/
closed
syllables
Short &
long E
Kinds of
Sentences
3
Media
Cause &
Effect/Visualize
My Librarian is a
Camel /
Informational
geography
From Idea to
Book/
InformProcedures
Context
clues
VCCV
Short &
long I
Quotations
4
Raising
Money
How are
books and
libraries
important to
people and
communities
?
Why might
people raise
money for a
cause?
Theme/analyze
and Evaluate
The Power of
W.O. W/
Play
The Kid’s
Guide to
Money/
Prefixes
Non, mis
VCV &
VCCV
Short &
long O
Fragments
Why do
people pass
down stories
over the
years?
Understanding
Characters
Reference
materials
Homoph
ones
Homopho
nes
Proper
Nouns
5
Traditional
Tales
Inform- charts
and steps in a
process
Stormalong/
Tall Tale
Hoderi the
Fisherman/
Play
What is a
Sentence?
and Runon
Sentences
Read Aloud
Ideas
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6
Topic
Performance
Arts
Essential
Question
How are
performances
similar and
different
from written
stories?
Skill/Strategy
Anchor
Text/Genre
Story
Structure/Infer
and Predict
Invasion from
Mars/
Play
Paired
Selection/
Genre
The History
of Radio/
Inform- text
& using a
timeline
Vocab skills
Decoding
skill
Suffixes
-y, -ous
Common
consonan
t
patternsdigraphs
Spelling
short u
/yoo/,
/oo/, ue,
ew, ui
Grammar
Verbs
7
Media
How are
movies a
form of
communicati
on?
Fact and
Opinion/Summa
rize
Coming
Distractions:
Questioning
Movies/
Informational
How do they
Do that? /
Inform
Greek/Lati
n root&
word partsphon,
photo, ,
auto,
graphs,
tele
common vowel
consonan sounds for
t
/oo/
patterns:
clusters
Verb
Tenses
8
Visual Arts
How do an
artist’s
experiences
affect his or
her arts?
Understanding
Characters/Visu
alize
Me and Uncle
Romie/
Realistic Fiction
Sidewalk
Artists/
Reader’s
Theater
Figurative
language
stressed
and
vowel
sounds
/ou/ and
/o/
Progressive
Verb
Tenses
What are
some
different
ways to do
research?
conclusions &
Generalizations/
Question
Dr. Mr.
Winston/
Realistic Fiction
Field Guide
Antonyms
to Snakes of
the SW/
Informational
- charts
Common
beginning
vowel +
/r/ sounds
Compound
and
Complex
Sentences
What does it
take to be a
great
performer?
Author’s
Jose! Born to
Purpose/analyze Dance/
& Evaluate
Biography
Dance to the
Beat/
Poetry
vowel + r
sound in
multisyllable
words
more
vowel +
/r/ sounds
Pronouns
9
10
Research
Performanc
e Arts
unstressed
syllables
Shades of
meaning
syllables
Read Aloud
Ideas
Essential
Question
Skill/Strategy
Paired
Selection/
Genre
Hurricanes:
Recovering
Earth’s
from Katrina/
Mightiest
Inform/
Storms/
Events in
inform/ Science Historical
text
The Earth
Twisters/
Dragon Awakes/ informHistorical Fiction diagrams
Anchor
Text/Genre
Wk
Topic
11
Hurricanes
What are the
benefits of
studying
weather?
Test & Graphic
Features/Infer &
Predict
12
Forces of
Nature
How do
natural
disasters
affect
people?
Sequence of
Events/Visualize
13
Interdepen
dence
How are the
different
parts of the
ecosystem
connected?
Sequence of
Events/
Summarize
Antarctic
Journal…/
Narrative
Nonfictionfirsthand
account
14
Insects
How do living
things each
have an
important
role in the
world?
Text and
Graphic
Features
15
Environment
Why it is
important to
be informed
about what is
happening in
our world?
Main Idea &
Details/ Monitor
& Clarify
Vocab skills
Decoding
skill
Spelling
Grammar
Suffixes
compoun
-ful,-less, - d words
ness, -ment
compoun
d words
Frequently
Confused
Words
Synonyms
base
words
and
endings
words
with –ed
or -ing
Possessive
nouns
cold, Cold
Science/
informsecond hand
account
Greek/Lati
n root&
word partsSpect,
struct, tele,
vis
recognizi
ng
common
word
parts
more
words
with –ed
or -ing
Modal
The Life and
Times of the
Ant/
Inform
The Dove
and the Ant/
Fable
Suffixes
able, ible
Recognizi
ng
suffixes
final long
e
Participles
Ecology for
Kids/
inform/science
Wonderful
Weather/
Poetry
Using
Context
threesyllable
words
changing
final y to i
Irregular
Verbs
Auxiliaries
Read Aloud
Ideas
Wk
Topic
16
Individual
Contributions
Essential
Question
Skill/Strategy
What traits
do successful
people have?
Compare &
Contrast
Paired
Selection/
Vocab skills
Genre
Riding Freedom/ Spindletop/
Figurative
Historical Fiction Inform/
language
digital mediainternet
Anchor
Text/Genre
Decoding
skill
Spelling
Grammar
sound/sp
elling
changes
(optical
to
optician)
words
with /k/,
/ng/ and
/kw/
Adjectives
17
Service
Animals
How do
people and
animals
benefit each
other?
Sequence of
Events/
Summarize
The Right Dog
for the Job…/
Narrative
Nonfiction
Knowing
noses: Search
and Rescue
Dogs/ Inform
Suffixes
ion
ation
ition
More
sound/sp
elling
changes
words
with final
/j/ and /s/
Adverbs
18
Traditional
Tales
What makes
a character
memorable?
Story Structure/
Question
Hercules’
Quest/
Myth
Zomo’s
Friends/
Folktale
Adages,
proverbs
Recognizi
ng
prefixes
re-, un-,
dis-
prefixes
re-, undis
Prepositions
and
Prepositional
Phrases
19
Agriculture
Why is
Farming
important?
Conclusions&
Generalizations/
Infer & Predict
Harvesting
Hope: Cesar
Chavez/
Biography
The Edible
Schoolyard/
Inform
Reference
Materials
more
common
suffixes
suffixes –
ful, -less, ness, ment
Relative
How do
people from
different
cultures
contribute to
American
history?
Main ideas &
Details/Visualize
Sacagawea/
Biography
Native
American
Nature
Poetry/
Poetry
Shades of
Meaning
VCCV
pattern
and word
parts
words
with VCCV
pattern
Abbreviations
20
Native
American
History
Pronouns
and
Adverbs
Read Aloud
Ideas
Wk
21
Topic
Media
Essential
Question
Skill/Strategy
How can
media be a
distraction?
Theme/
Summarize
Anchor
Text/Genre
The World
According to
Humphrey/
Fantasy
Paired
Selection/
Genre
Make the
Switch/
Vocab skills
Using
Context
Advertisements
Decoding
skill
Spelling
Grammar
VCV
pattern
and word
parts
words
with VCV
pattern
Comparative
and
Superlative
Adjectives
and Adverbs
22
Citizen’s
Rights
What causes
change in a
community?
Cause &
Effect/Infer &
Predict
I Could Do That!
Esther Morris
Gets Women
the Vote/
Biography
The Role of
the
Constitution/
Inform/ SS
Adages/pro syllable
verbs
patterns
and word
parts
VCCV and
VCV
patterns
Negatives
23
Life Cycles
How do
forest and
trees show
change?
The Ever-Living
Tree: … life of a
Coast Redwood/
Inform
Towering
Trees/
Poetry
Pre-, inter-,
ex-
Difficult
VCCV
patterns
Words
with VCCV
pattern
Punctuation
24
Animal
Behavior
How can
animal
behavior be
like human
behavior?
Text and
Graphic
Features/
Monitor &
Clarify
Compare &
Contrast/Analyz
e & Evaluate
Sea
Sanctuary/
Inform/ food
chain
-ed
-ly
VCCCV
pattern
words
with
VCCCV
pattern
Commas
25
Inventions
How do
inventions
change the
way we do
things?
Owen and
Mzee: The True
Story of a
Remarkable
Friendship/
Narrative
nonfiction
The Fun They
Had/
Science Fiction
Toys!
Amazing
Stories
Behind Some
Great
Inventions/
Informational
Greek/Lati VV
n root&
pattern
word partsmeter,
therm,
aud,
fac
words
with VV
pattern
Proper
Mechanics
Wk
Topic
Anchor
Text/Genre
Paired
Selection/
Essential
Question
Author’s
Purpose/
Question
Skill/Strategy
Vocab skills
Decoding
skill
Spelling
Grammar
Read Aloud
Ideas
Read Aloud
Ideas
Genre
26
Spiders
27
Amphibian
s
28
Museums
& Recycling
29
Persuasion
30
Habitats
How does
exploring
nature help
our
understandin
g of the
world?
Why is it
important to
learn about
amphibians?
Story Structure/
visualize
The Girl Who
Loved Spiders/
Narrative
Web Wise
Poetry Place/
Inform
Poetry
Greek/Latin
root& word
parts-
common
final
syllables
Final
Schwa +
/r/ sounds
Making
Comparisons
Main ideas and
details/question
The Frog in the
Milk Pail/
Narrative
Analogies
More
common
final
syllables
The final
schwa +
/l/ sound
More
Comparisons
How do
museums
teach us
about our
world?
What can
people learn
by working
for a cause?
fact and
Museums:
opinion/monitor Worlds of
and clarify
Wonder/
Inform/
geography
understanding
Save Timber
characters/infer Woods!/
/predict
Play
Prefixes
Con-, com-,
in-, im
stress in
multiples
yllable
words
Three
syllable
words
Possessives
Pronouns
Word
Origins
Correct
Pronouns
conclusions and
generalizations/
accuracy and
self-correction
Words
with
silent
consonan
ts
Unusual
spellings
Words
with silent
consonant
s
What can we
do to protect
the
Amphibian
Alert!
Poetry Place/
Inform/sc
Poetry
Making the
Most from
Trash
Inform/
Poetry Place
Following
Muir: /A
Persuasive
Essay
Poetry Place
The Big
Python
Problem
Poetry Place
Unusual
spellings
Pronoun
Contractions
environment?
Mystery at
Reed’s Pond/
Narrative
Suffixes
-er, -or, -ist