Third Grade Harcourt Journeys SCOPE AND SEQUENCE
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Education
How is learning at
school different
from learning at
home?
Story
structure
Analyze
illustations
Summarize
A Fine, Fine
School
Humorous
Fiction
Paired
Selection/
Genre
One-Room
Schoolhouses
Informational
Text
2
The Court System
Why are courts an
important part of
our government?
Conclusions
Author’s word
choice
Infer/predict
The Trial of
Cardigan
Jones
Fantasy
3
Volunteers
Why is
volunteering good
for a community
and its people?
Understandin
g characters
Story message
Analyze/evalu
ate
4
Engineering
Why is everyone’s
role on a project
important?
5
Sports
What are the traits
of a hero?
W
k
Topic: Essential
Question
Skill/Strategy
Anchor
Text/Genre
Vocab
Strategies
Spelling
Grammar
Phonics
Context
clues
Short vowels
a, e,i, o, u
Words with
the VCCV
pattern
Short
vowels
Simple
sentences
You Be the
Jury
Informational
Text
Dictionary
/
Glossary
VCe
spellings
Kinds of
sentences
Destiny’s
Gift
Realistic
Fiction
Kids Making a
Difference
Informational
Text
Antonyms
Long vowels
a, e, i, o, u
Words with
the VCe
pattern
Common
vowel pairs
ai, ay, ee, ea
Long a
and
Long e
spellings
Com-pound
sentences
Compare and
contrast
Story
structure
Infer/predict
Pop’s
Bridge
Historical
Fiction
Bridges
Informational
Text
Word
Families
with same
base word
Long o spelled
oa and ow
Long o
spellings
Common
and proper
nouns
Cause and
effect
Literal and
nonliteral
meanings
Visualize
Roberte
Clemente:
Pride of the
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Biography
Baseball
Poems
Poetry
Prefix mis-
Long i spelled
i, ie, igh
Long i
spellings
Plural nouns
with –s and
–es
Read
Aloud
Ideas
Writing
Narrative
Writing:
Descriptive
Paragraph
Trait:
Word Choice
Narrative
Writing:
Dialogue
Trait:
Ideas
Narrative
Writing:
Personal
Paragraph
Trait:
Voice
Narrative
Writing:
Prewrite a
Personal
Narrative
Trait: Ideas
Narrative
Writing:
Draft a
Personal
Narrative
Trait:Sentenc
e
Fluency
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k
Topic: Essential
Question
Skill/Strategy
Anchor
Text/Genre
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Mammals
What makes bats
interesting and
useful?
Sequence of
events
Domain-specific
vocabulary
Asking
questions
Bat Loves
the Night
Narrative
Nonfiction
7
Visual Arts
How do pictures
help to tell a story?
What Do
Illustrators
Do?
Information
al Text
8
Traditions
What do traditional
tales tell readers
about life?
Text and
graphic
features
Sequence of
events
Analyze/Evalu
ate
Conclusions
Literal and
nonliteral
meanings
Infer/Predict
9
Performance Arts
How is a live
performance
different from
other kinds of
entertainment?
Inventions
What important
traits must an
inventor have?
10
Paired
Selection/
Genre
A Bat is Born
Poetry
Phonics
Suffixes
-able, -ible
Words with
the VCV
pattern
Short
What is a
and long verb?
vowel
words
Opinion
Writing:
Response
Paragraph
Traits:Ideas
Jack Draws a
Beanstalk
Traditional
Tale
Synonyms
Three-letter
clusters
(scr, spr, str,
thr)
Threeletter
clusters
Verb tenses
Opinion
Writing:
Opinion
Paragraph
Traits:
Organization
The Harvest
Birds
Folktale
The Treasure
Folktale
Context
clues
Silent letters
kn, wr
Unexpected
consona
nt
spellings
Using
commas
Cause and
effect
Analyze
illustrations
Monitor/
clarify
Kamishibai
Man
Realistic
Fiction
The True
Story of
Kamishibai
Informational
Text
Dictionary
/
Glossary
Vowel
Diphthongs
Vowel
sounds
in town
Abstract
nouns
Opinion
Writing:
Response
Paragraph
Traits: Word
Choice
Opinion
Writing:
Prewrite a
Response to
Literature
Paragraph
Traits:
Organization
Main ideas
and details
Sequence of
events
Summarize
Young
Thomas
Edison
Biography
Moving
Pictures
Informational
Text
Shades of
meaning
ow and ou
Spelling
Grammar
Vocab
Strategies
Words with
Vowel
au, aw, al, and sound in
o
talk
Pronoun
and antecedents
Read
Aloud
Ideas
Writing
Opinion
Writing:
Draft a
Response to
Literature
Paragraph
Traits:
organization
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Topic: Essential
Question
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Inventions
How do inventions
help athletes?
12
Agriculture
Why is it important
to grow food
crops?
13
Skill/Strategy
Anchor
Text/Genre
Paired
Selection/
Genre
Science for
Sports Fans
Informational
Text
Vocab
Strategies
Phonics
Spelling
Grammar
Suffixes –
less, -ful,ous
Vowel diphthongs
oi, oy
Vowel
sound in
joy
More plural
nouns
Sequence of
events
Text and
graphic
features
Asking
questions
Theme
Point of view
Visualize
Technology
Wins the
Game
Information
al Text
Tops and
Bottoms
Trickster
Tale
Goodness
Grows in
Gardens
Informational
Text
Idioms
Homo-phones
Words ending
in
-er and -le
Homophones
Writing
quotations
American Indian
History
Why are stories
from different
cultures
important?
Compare and
contrast
Story message
Analyze/evalu
ate
Yonder
Mountain:
A Cherokee
Legend
Legend
The Trail of
Tears
Informational
Text
Homopho
nes and
homograp
hs
Contrac-tions
with
n’t, ‘d, ‘ve
Contractions
Subject-verb
agree-ment
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People and
Animals
What are some
benefits of dogs
interacting with
people?
Author’s
purpose
Point of view
Summarize
Aero and
Officer
Mike
Information
al Text
Kids and
Critters: A
Nature
Newsletter
Informational
Text
Prefixes
in- and im-
Words with
ar, or, ore
Vowel +
/r/
sounds
Pronoun
verb agreement
15
Cooking
Why are safety
rules important?
Understandin
g characters
Formal and
informal
language
Infer/predict
The ExtraGood
Sunday
Humorous
Fiction
Imagine a
Recipe
Informational
Text
Using a
thesaurus
Words wih er,
ir, ur, or
Vowel +
/r/
sound in
nurse
Verb tenses
Read
Aloud
Ideas
Writing
Informative
Writing:
Cause and
Effect
Paragraph
Trait: Word
Choice
Informative
Writing:
Compare and
Contrast
Paragraph
Trait: Word
Choice
Informative
Writing:
Informative
Paragraph
Trait:
Organization
Informative
Writing:
Prewrite an
Explanatory
Essay
Trait: Ideas
Informative
Writing:
Draft an
Explanatory
Essay
Trait: Voice
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k
Topic: Essential
Question
Skill/Strategy
Anchor
Text/Genre
Paired
Selection/
Genre
My Smelly Pet
Humorous
Fiction
Vocab
Strategies
Phonics
Spelling
Grammar
Context
clues
Words with
air, ear, are
Vowel +
/r/
sounds
in air
and fear
What are
adjec-tives
and
articles?
Read
Aloud
Ideas
Writing
16
Conservation
Why is it important
to take care of our
environment?
Story
structure
Theme
Monitor/
Clarify
Judy Moody
Saves the
World!
Humorous
Fiction
17
Fossils
What can fossils
tell us about the
past?
Conclusions
Point of view
Visualize
The Albertosaurus
Mystery:
Philip
Currie’s Hunt
in the
Badlands
Informational Text
Finding Fossils
for Fun
Informational
Text
Suffix -ly
Words with /j/ Words
and /s/
with /j/
and /s/
Adjec-tives
that compare
18
Trees
What are some
differences among
types of trees
Text and
graphic
features
Domain-specific
vocabulary
Asking
questions
A Tree is
Growing
Information
al Text
Stopping by
Woods on a
Snowy
Evening
Poetry
Word
roots
Words with
/k/and /kw/
Spelling
the /k/
and
/kw/
sounds
Using the
verb be and
helping
verbs
Opinion
Writing:
Problem and
Solution
Paragraph
Trait:
Word Choice
Social
Relationships
How do members
of a community
help each other?
Story
structure
Story message
Summarize
Two Bear
Cubs
Myth/Play
Whose Land
Is It?
Informational
Text
Prefixes
pre-, re-,
bi
Vowel sounds
in spoon and
wood
Vowel
sounds
in spoon
and
wood
More
irregular
verbs
Opinion
Writing:
Prewrite a
persuasive
essay
Trait:
Ideas
Climate
What are the
coldest places on
Earth like?
Main ideas
and details
Literal and
nonliteral
meanings
Infer/predict
Life on the
Ice
Information
al Text
The Raven:
An Inuit Myth
Myth
Dictionary
/
Glossary
Compound
words
Compound
words
What is an
adverb?
Opinion
Writing:
Draft a
Persuasive
Essay
Trait:
Organization
19
20
Opinion
Writing:
Persuasive
Letter
Trait:
Ideas
Opinion
Writing:
Opinion
Paragraph
Trait:
Voice
Third Grade Harcourt Journeys SCOPE AND SEQUENCE
Spelling
Grammar
Words
with –
ed and ing
Adverbs
that compare
Spelling
changes: -s, es -ed, -ing
Changin
g final y
to i
Making
comparisons
Suffixes –
er and -est
Suffixes –ful,
-y, -ous, -ly,
-er
Suffixes
–ful, -y,
-ous, -ly,
-er
Posses-sive
nouns and
pro-nouns
The Land
Volcanoes
Built
Informational
Text
Shades of
meaning
Prefixes un-,
prere-, bi-
Prefixes
un-,re-
Complex
senten-ces
Narrative
Writing:
Prewrite a
Fictional
Narrative
Trait: Ideas
The Big
Cleanup
Play
Analogies
Suffixes
-less,
-ness,
-able
Suffixes
-less,
-ness,
Words that
com-pare
Narrative
Writing:
Draft a
Fictional
Narrative
Trait: Word
Choice
Topic: Essential
Question
21
Pioneer Life
What was life on
the prairie like for
the pioneers?
Story
structure
Point of view
Monitor/clarify
Sarah, Plain
and Tall
Historical
Fiction
22
Animal Migration
Why do animals
migrate to other
places?
Compare and
contrast
Author’s word
choice
Visualize
The Grasshop- Word
per and the
roots
Ant
Fable
23
Sending Messages
How can people
communicate over
long distances?
Sequence of
events
Formal and
informal
language
Analyze and
evaluate
Author’s
purpose
Analyze
illustrations
Asking
questions
The
Journey:
Stories of
Migration
Information
al Text
The Journey
of Oliver K.
Woodman
Fantasy
Moving the
U.S. Mail
Informational
Text
Dog-of-theSea Waves
Realistic
Fiction
Mountains:
Surviving on
Mt. Everest
Information
al Text
Volcanoes
What changes do
volcanoes cause?
24
25
Mountains
Why do mountain
climbers need to
be well prepared?
Skill/Strategy
Text and
graphic
features
Main ideas
and details
Infer/predict
Anchor
Text/Genre
Paired
Selection/
Genre
Wagons of
the Old West
Informational
Text
W
k
Vocab
Strategies
Phonics
Prefix non- Base words
and –ed, -ing
Read
Aloud
Ideas
Writing
Narrative
Writing:
Fictional
Narrative
Paragraph
Trait: Ideas
Narrative
Writing:
Descriptive
Paragraph
Trait: Word
Choice
Narrative
Writing:
Dialogue
Trait: Voice
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k
Topic: Essential
Question
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Determina-tion
How does having a
goal help people
succeed?
Main ideas
and details
Analyze and
evaluate
The Foot
Race Across
America
Narrative
Nonfiction
27
Magnets
How would your
life be different
without magnets?
Cause and
effect
Summarize
The Power
of Magnets
Expository
Nonfiction
28
Being Active
What are some
benefits of being
physically active?
Fact and
opinion
Visualize
Becoming
Anything He
Wants to Be
Biography
29
Doing Your Best
What can you learn
from champions?
Understanding
characters
Monitor/clarify
A New
Team of
Heroes
Drama
30
Working Together
How can children
and adults learn
from each other?
Conclusions
Asking
questions
Saving
Buster
Realistic
Fiction
Skill/Strategy
Anchor
Text/Genre
Paired
Selections/
Genre
Paca and the
Beetle: A
Folktale from
Brazil
Fast Track
Poetry
Vocab
Strategies
Spelling
Grammar
Phonics
Read
Aloud
Ideas
Writing
Suffix -ion
Common final
syllables
-tion,
-sion,
-ure
Words
with
VCCV
pattern
Abbreviations
Informative
Writing:
Compare and
Contrast
Paragraph
Trait:
Organization
Electromagnets and You
Photo Essay
Science Fair
Project
Poetry
Magnet
Poetry
My Blue Belt
Day
Journal Entry
I Chop, Chop,
Chop/Long
Jump
Poetry
C-H-A-MP-I-O-N
Informational
Text
Defender
Poetry
Spellbound
Poetry
Homograp
hs and
homopho
nes
Double consonants
Words
with
double
consonants
Contractions
Informative
Writing:
Problem and
Solution
Paragraph
Trait: Ideas
Word
roots
Words with
ough and
augh
Words
with
ough
and
augh
Commas in
sen-tences
Informative
Writing:
Instructions
Trait: Word
Choice
Prefixes
un-,
dis-
Words ending
in
-er, or -le
Words
ending
in
-er, or le
What is a
preposition?
Informative
Writing:
Prewriting
Research
Report
Trait: Ideas
Acting Across
Generations
News Article
Company’s
Coming
Poetry
Compoun
d
strategies
Schwa sound
Words
beginning
with aor be-
Correct pronouns
Informative
Writing:
Research
Report
Trait:
Organization