Houghton Mifflin Pacing Guide and Scope and Sequence 2012
Grade 3 – Theme 1
Theme
Back
to
School
Unit
Theme
Dates
8/29/12 9/7/12
9/10/12
Main
Selection(s)
Genre
Predict/Infer,
Decoding,
Monitor/Clarify,
Question,
Evaluate,
Summarize
The Rule
Cliff
Hanger
Strategy; Skill
Realistic
Fiction
Cause and
Effect (T)
Practice
Book
Structural
Analysis &
Spelling
Practice
Book
Vocabulary
Practice
Book
Grammar
Skills
Practice
Book
Pgs. 1-7
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Base Words
(T)
16
20
21- 23
Short
Vowels (T)
17, 18,
19
What is a
Sentence
(T)
Capitalizing
days and
months (T)
Syllabication
(T)
36
More Short
Vowels
37,38,39
Inflected
Endings –ed
and –ing
52
12, 14, 15
THEME 1: Off To Adventure
Predict/Infer
9/17/12
9/24/12
10/1/12 to
10/5/12
Ballad of
Mulan
Folktale
(What is
a
folktale?)
The Lost
and Found
Fantasy
(What is
a
fantasy?)
Making
Inferences (T)
32, 34,35
Monitor and
Clarify
Sequence of
Events (T)
48, 50,51
Summarizing
53,54,55
ABC Order
in a
Dictionary
Multiple
Meaning
Words
40
Kinds of
sentences
(T)
41-43
Parts of the
Dictionary
56
Subjects
and
Predicates
(T)
57-59
V/C/- e
Theme 1 Skills Test
Reader’s Workshop or
Theme 1 Wrap-Up
MONTHLY WRITING FOCUS: Changing question into a statement, Writing a Response Journal Entry, Writing a Personal Narrative
WRITING PROMPT – SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
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Theme 2
2012
Theme
Theme
Dates
THEME 2: Celebrating Traditions
10/10/12 –
10/19/12
Main
Selection(s)
Grandma’s
Records
Genre
Strategy; Skill
Categorizing
and
Classifying
Realistic
Fiction
Practice
Book
Structural
Analysis &
Spelling
Practice
Book
Vocabulary
Practice
Book
Grammar
Skills
Practice
Book
116,118,119
Plurals (T)
120
Dictionary
Guide
Words
124
Proper
Nouns
(T)
125,126,127
Rhyming
Words
139
Singular
and
Plural
Nouns
(T)
140,141,142
Dictionary
Definition
154
Special
Plural
Nouns
(T)
155,156,157
Word
Families
(T)
104
Common
Nouns
(T)
105,106,107
Long O Sound
121,122,123
Questioning
(T)
10/22/1210/26/12
10/29/1211/2/12
The
Talking
Cloth
Dancing
Rainbows
Noting Details
(T)
Realistic
Fiction
131,133,134
Consonant
Clusters/
Patterns
Summarizing
(T)
Nonfiction
Topic, Main
Idea,
Supporting
Details (T)
Contractions(T)
146,
148,149
Plurals with
words ending in
-ch-sh-x-s (T)
135
136,137,138
150
Long I sound
151,152,153
11/5/12 and
11/16/12
11/19/1211/30/12
The
Keeping
Quilt
Personal
Narrative
Author’s
Viewpoint (T)
Evaluate (T)
96,98,99
Compound
Words
Long Vowels
100
101,102,103
THEME ONE/TWO Benchmark
READER’S WORKSHOP
THEME WRAP-UP OR GENRE STUDY Folktales/Myths(optional)
MONTHLY WRITING FOCUS – Writing a character sketch (Theme 2),
Writing a paragraph that explains ( Theme 1),
Correcting run-on sentences (Theme 2) (T)
Grade 3 Houghton Mifflin Pacing Guide and Scope and Sequence
Theme 3 2012-2013
Theme
Theme
Dates
Main
Selection(s)
Genre
THEME 3: Incredible Stories
12/3/1212/14/12
Writing
Prompt
this
Week
12/13
Dogzilla
12/17/1212/21/12
The
Mysterious
Giant of
Barletta
Fantasy
Strategy;
Skill
Practice
Book
Fantasy and
Realism (T)
196,198,199
Evaluate
Following
Directions
Folktale
Structural
Analysis &
Spelling
Plurals with
Words Ending
in f fe (T)
Vowel sounds
ow, aw
216,218,219
Questions
(T)
Word endings
er est
/r/ Controlled
Vowels
Practice
Book
Vocabulary
Practice
Book
Grammar
Skills
Practice
Book
200
Using
Context (T)
204
Possessive
Nouns
205,206,207
Choosing a
Dictionary
Meaning
224
What is a
verb?
(T)
225,226,227
Pronunciation
Key in the
Dictionary
239
201,202,203
220
221,222,223
Antonyms
1/2/131/11/13
1/14/131/18/13
1/22/13 1/25/13
Raising
Dragons
The Garden
of Abdul
Gasazi
Fantasy
Fantasy
Drawing
Conclusions
(T)
Predict and
Infer
231, 233,
234
Story
Structure
(T)
246,248,249
Monitor
and Clarify
(T)
Suffixes –y
and –ly (T)
235
/j/, /k/, and
/kw/
236,237,238
Prefixes (T)
Un, bi, dis,
mis, non
250
Homophones
(T)
251, 252,
253
Using a
Thesaurus
Present
Time (T)
Subject
Verb
Agreement
(T)
254
Past /
Future
Tense (T)
240,241
242
256-257
THEME 3 SKILLS TEST
READER’S WORKSHOP
THEME WRAP-UP (optional)
MONTHLY WRITING FOCUS – WRITING A FICTIONAL NARRATIVE (See Theme 3 RWW);
Capitalizing and punctuating quotes (Theme 2 pgs. M419K,L)
Grade 3 Houghton Mifflin Pacing Guide and Scope and Sequence
Theme 4 2013
Theme
Theme
Dates
Main
Selection(s)
Genre
Strategy; Skill
THEME 4: Animal Habitats
Nights of
the
Pufflings
Fact and
Opinion (T)
4,6,7
Practice
Book
Seal Surfer
Syllabication
and Review
8
Nonfiction
Evaluate
Vowel + -r
Sounds
Compare and
Contrast (T)
2/4/132/8/13
Structural
Analysis &
Spelling
Vocabulary
Practice
Book
Grammar
Skills
Practice
Book
12
Verb be
(T)
13,14,15
32
Helping
Verbs (T)
33,34,35
47
Irregular
Verbs
48,49,50
DRA Testing
READER’S WORKSHOP
1/28/132/1/13
1/28/132/1/13
Practice
Book
24,26,27
Realistic
Fiction
Summarization
Word endings
-ed -ing
Changing the
final y to i
Parts of
Speech in a
Dictionary
9,10,11
28
More
Multiple
Meaning
Words
Added Endings
29,30,31
2/11/132/15/13
2/20/12
to March
Two Days
in May
Making
Judgments (T)
Realistic
Fiction
Monitor and
Clarifying (T)
39,41,42
Prefixes/Suffixes
un- re--fuL -ly
-er (T)
43,44,45,46
Base
Words and
Inflected
Forms in a
Dictionary
Theme Three and Four Benchmark
CMT Practice
MONTHLY WRITING FOCUS – Writing a fictional narrative including a description
MARCH 4-22 Connecticut Mastery Test and Practice
Research Reports (Animals/Biographies)
Grade 3 Houghton Mifflin Pacing Guide and Scope and Sequence
Theme 5 2012
Theme
Theme
Dates
Main
Selection(s)
Genre
Strategy; Skill
Practice
Book
86,88,89
Theme 5: Voyagers
4/2/124/8/12
4/9/124/13/12
4/23/124/27/12
Across the
Wide Dark
Sea
Yunmi and
Halmoni’s
Trip
Trapped by
the Ice
Historical
Fiction
Realistic
Fiction
Making
Inferences (T)
Questions
Predicting
Outcomes (T)
106,108,109
Predict and
Infer (T)
Narrative
Nonfiction
Text
Organization
(T)
121,123,124
Structural
Analysis &
Spelling
Practice
Book
Suffixes
less, ness
(T)
90
Sounds of
/oo/
91,92,93
Possessives
110
Vowel
Sounds in
bought (T)
111,112,113
VCCV
Pattern (T)
125,
126,127,128
Vocabulary
Practice
Book
Grammar
Skills
Practice
Book
Syllables in
the
Dictionary
94
Subject
Pronouns
(T)
95,96,97
Analogies
114
Object
Pronouns
(T)
115,116,117
Homophones
(T)
129
Possessive
Pronouns
130,131,132
Monitor and
Clarify
4/30-5/4/12
THEME SKILLS TEST
FAIRY TALES GENRE STUDY – READ AND INTERPRET
WRITE FAIRY TALES
Grade 3 Houghton Mifflin Pacing Guide and Scope and Sequence
Theme 6 2013
Them
e
Theme
Dates
THEME 6: Smart Solutions
4/29/135/3/13
5/6/135/10/13
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Main
Selection(s
)
Pepita
Talks
Twice
Poppa’s
New Pants
Genre
Realistic
Fiction
Realistic
Fiction
Practice
Book
Problem
Solving (T)
168,170,171
Ramona
Quimby
Realistic
Fiction
5/20/135/24/13
Writing
Prompt this
Week
Helen
Keller
Nonfictio
n
Structural
Analysis &
Spelling
Practice Book
Vocabulary
Practice
Book
Grammar
Skills
Practice
Book
Synonyms
(T)
176
Adjectives
(T)
177-179
Antonyms
(T)
196
Comparing
with
Adjectives
(T)
197,198
VCCCV
Pattern (T)
172-175
Evaluate
Drawing
Conclusions
(T)
Words
Ending with
er ,le
188,190,191
Making
Generalization
s (T)
Summarizing
(T)
Summarizing
VCV
Pattern (T)
Words
beginning
with a- or
be-
192-195
203,205,206
Contractions
(T)
207-210
Spelling
Table in a
Dictionary
211
Adverbs
(T)
223
Review
225, 227-229
Review
226
Review
Predict and
Infer
5/13/135/17/13
DRA
TESTING
STARTS
5/28//135/31/13
Strategy; Skill
ASSESSMENTS THIS MONTH
BENCHMARK 5/6
DRA
WRITING PROMPT
212,213,21
4
230-231