Lesson
1
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A Fine, Fine School
Humorous Fiction
Paired
Selection
One-Room
Schoolhouses
Informational
Third Grade Harcourt Journeys
Unit 1
Skill/Strategy
Topic/Essential
Question
Story Structure
Education:
Summarizing
How is learning at
Analyze Illustrations
school different
from learning at
home?
Drawing Conclusions
The Court System:
Infer/Predict
Why are courts an
Author’s Word Choice important part of
our government?
2
The Trial of Cardigan
Jones
Fantasy
You Be the Jury
Informational
3
Destiny’s Gift
Realistic Fiction
Kids Making a
Difference
Informational
Understanding
Characters
Analyze/Evaluate
Story Message
4
Pop’s Bridge
Historical Fiction
Bridges
Informational
Compare and Contrast
Infer/Predict
Story Structure
5
Roberto Clemente:
Pride of the
Pittsburgh Pirates
Biography
Baseball Poems
Poetry
Cause and Effect
Visualize
Literal and Nonliteral
Meanings
Passages and
Poem
Poems: Falling
Asleep in Class;
School Rules
Passages:
Poem:
Passages: Meet
the Judge;
American
GovernmentJury Duty (above
level)
Volunteers: Why is Poem:
volunteering good
Passages: Saving
for a community
for a Cause; A
and its people?
Better
Community
Engineering: Why Poem:
is everyone’s role
Passages:
on a project
Bridging the Gaps
important?
in New York City
(above level)
Sports: What are
the traits of a
hero?
Poem:
Passages: Going
to Bat; Famous
African
Americans:
Jackie Robinson
Possible Read Alouds
Rain School
Nasreen’s Secret School:
A True Story from
Afghanistan
How the US Government
Works
The US Constitution and
You
City Green
Uncle Willie and the Soup
Kitchen
Real Kids, Real Stories,
Real Change
The World’s Most
Amazing Bridges
Twenty-One Elephants
and Still Standing
Teammates
Jackie Robinson: Strong
Inside and Out (Time for
Kids Biography)
Lesson
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Paired Selection
6
Bat Loves the Night
Narrative Nonfiction
A Bat is Born
Poetry
7
What Do
Illustrators Do?
Informational
Jack Draws a
Beanstalk
Traditional Tale
Third Grade Harcourt Journeys
Unit 2
Skill/Strategy
Topic/Essential
Question
Sequence
Mammals: What
Asking Questions
makes bats interesting
Domain Specific
and useful?
Vocabulary
Text and Graphic
Visual Arts: How do
Features
pictures help tell a
Analyze/Evaluate
story?
Sequence
Passages
Poem:
Passage:
Poem:
Passage:
Possible Read
Alouds
Bats by Gail
Gibbons
Stellaluna
Trust Me, Jack’s
Beanstalk Stinks!
The Story told by
the Giant.
Kate and the
Beanstalk
Mirror
8
The Harvest Birds
Folktale
The Treasure
Folktale
9
Kamishibai Man
Realistic Fiction
The True Story of
Kemishibai
Informational
10
Young Thomas
Edison
Biography
Moving Pictures
Informational
Drawing Conclusions
Infer/Predict
Literal and Nonliteral
Meanings
Cause and Effect
Monitor/Clarify
Analyze Illustrations
Traditions: What do
traditional tales tell
readers about life?
Performance Arts:
How is a live
performance different
from other kinds of
entertainment?
Main Idea and Details Inventions: What
Summarizing
important traits must
Sequence
an inventor have?
Poem:
Passage:
Poem:
Passage: Bringing
Books to Life
Poem:
Passage: Inventions
that Changed our
World
Anansi the
Spider
Wreck of the
Zephyr
The Book
Woman
The Storyteller’s
Candle
Now and Ben:
The Modern
Inventions of
Benjamin
Franklin
George
Washington
Carver
Lesson
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Paired Selection
11
Technology Wins
the Game
Informational
Science for Sports
Fans
Informational
12
Tops and
Bottoms
Trickster Tale
Goodness Grows in
Gardens
Informational
13
Yonder
The Trail of Tears
Mountain: A
Informational
Cherokee Legend
Legend
14
Aero and Officer
Mike
Informational
Kids and Critters: A
Nature Newsletter
Informational
15
The Extra Good
Sunday
Humorous
Fiction
Imagine a Recipe
Informational
Third Grade Harcourt Journeys
Unit 3
Skill/Strategy
Topic/Essential
Question
Sequence
Inventions:
Text and Graphic How do inventions help
Features
athletes?
Asking Questions
Theme
Agriculture: Why is it
Point of Vies
important to grow food
Visualizing
crops?
Compare and
Contrast
Story message
Analyze and
Evaluate
Author’s Purpose
Point of View
Summarizing
Understanding
Characters
Formal and
Informal
Language
Infer/Predict
American Indian
History: Why are
stories from different
cultures important?
People and Animals:
What are some
benefits of dogs
interacting with
people?
Cooking: Why are
safety rules important?
Passages and Poem
Possible Read
Alouds
Poem:
Passage:
Poem:
Passages: George
Washington Carver;
The Discovery of
Farming
Poem:
Passage: Native
American Homes
Poem:
Passages: Animal
Helpers; Amazing
Animal Helpers
Poem:
Passage: Calling Kid
Chefs
How Groundhog’s
Garden Grew
Knots on a
Counting Rope
Lesson
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Judy Moody Saves
the World
Humorous Fiction
17
The Albertosaurus
Mystery: Phillip
Currie’s Hunt in the
Badlands
Informational
A Tree is Growing
Informational
18
19
Two Bear Cubs
Myth/Play
20
Life on the Ice
Informational
Third Grade Harcourt Journeys
Unit 4
Paired Selection
Skill/Strategy
Topic/Essential
Question
My Smelly Pet
Story Structure
Conservation:
Humorous Fiction
Theme
Why is it important
Monitor and Clarify
to take care of the
environment?
Finding Fossils for Fun Drawing Conclusions Fossils: What can
Informational
Point of View
fossils tell us about
Visualizing
the past?
Stopping by Woods on Text and Graphic
a Snowy Evening
Features
Poetry
Domain-Specific
Vocabulary
Asking Questions
Whose Land Is This?
Story Structure
Informational
Story Message
Summarizing
The Raven: An Inuit
Myth
Myth
Main Idea and
Details
Literal and
Nonliteral Meanings
Infer/Predict
Passages and Poem
Possible Read
Alouds
Poem:
Passage: Reduce,
Reuse, Recycle
Poem:
Passage:
Trees: What are
some differences
among types of
trees?
Poem:
Passage:
Community: How
do members of a
community help
each other?
Climate: What are
the coldest places
on Earth like?
Poem:
Passage:
Poem:
Passages: At Home
in the Arctic; Winter
Worries and Health
Hazards
Recess at 20
Below