Kindergarten Harcourt Journeys Scope and Sequence Week Topic Essential Question Skill/ Strategy Read Aloud book/ Genre Big Book/ Genre Companion Piece/Genre Phonemic Awareness Phonics skills Vocabulary Strategy Writing/ focus trait Grammar Science/ Social Studies Topics 1 Families What is the same about all families? Main Ideas/ Genre Building with Dad Realistic Fiction What Makes a Family? Informational Poems About Families Poetry/ Lullaby Rhyming Words Letters K, L, M, N, O Classify & Categorize Family Words Narrative Nouns Social Relationships 2 Going to School Why do we have rules at school? Understanding Characters/ Author’s Purpose Friends at School Informational How Do Dinosaurs go to School? Fantasy My School Bus Informational Beginning Sounds Letters P, Q, R, S, T Antonyms Narrative Nouns Civics 3 Pets Why do people have to take care of their pets? Story Structure/ Conclusions I Have a Pet! Realistic Fiction Please, Puppy, Please Realistic Fiction Different Kinds of Dogs Informational Beginning Sounds Words in Oral Sentences Letters Synonyms Narrative Nouns Values 4 Jobs What kind of work do people do? Text and Graphic Features/ Genre Pizza at Sally’s Realistic Fiction Everybody Works Informational The Elves and the Shoemaker The Lion and the Mouse Fairy Tale and Fable Beginning Sounds Words in Oral Sentences Letter Sound /m/ Classify & Categorize words for jobs Narrative Action Verbs Community 5 Helping How do tools help us do things with our hands? Details/ Cause and Effect The Little Red Hen Folktale The Handiest Things in the World Informational Stone Soup Folktale/ Traditional Tale Beginning Sounds Words in Oral Sentences Letter Sound /s/ Synonyms Narrative Action Verbs Social Relationships Week Topic Essential Question Skill/ Strategy Read Aloud book/ Genre Big Book/ Genre Companion Piece/Genre Phonemic Awareness Phonics skills Vocabulary Strategy Writing/ focus trait Grammar Science Topics 6 Using Our Senses How do our senses help us learn about the world? Compare and Contrast/ Text and graphic Listen, Listen/ Informational My Five Senses Informational Poems About Senses Short /a/ Context Clues Word Choice Sensory Words Using our Senses Z
features 7 Sounds and Language How do animals communicate? How do people communicate? Understanding Characters/ Authors word choice Amelia’s Show and Tell Fiesta Realistic Fiction Mice Squeak, We Speak Realistic Fiction The Fort Worth Zoo Informational Blend & Segment Letter T sound Classify & Categorize Sensory Words Informative Writing Sensory Words Communication 8 Ways to Move Why do different animals move in different ways? Details/ Compare and Contrast Jonathan and His Mommy Realistic Fiction Move! Informational The Hare and the Tortoise Folktale Blend & Segment c/k/ Classify & Categorize Action Words Informative Writing Adjectives for Color Ways to move 9 Machines and Wheels Why do people use wheels? Text & Graphic Features/ Conclusions Good Morning, Digger Realistic Fiction What Do Wheels Do All Day? Informational Wheels Long Ago and Today Informational Blend Phonemes Letter P Sound Synonyms Informative Writing Adjectives for numbers Technology and Innovation 10 Using Shapes What can we create with shapes? Story Structure/ Understanding Characters David’s Drawings Realistic Fiction Mouse Shapes Fiction Signs and Shapes Informational Blend Phonemes Review /m/, /s/, /a/, /t/, /p/, c/k/ Classify & Categorize Shape words Informative Writing Adjectives for Size and Shape Week Topic Essential Question Skill/ Strategy Read Aloud book/ Genre Big Book/ Genre Companion Piece/Genre Phonemic Awareness Phonics skills Vocabulary Strategy Writing/ focus trait Grammar Science Topics 11 Seasons How does the weather change in different months and seasons? Compare and Contrast/ Question Every Season/ Informational Jump into January/ Informational Holidays All Year Long/ Informational/ SS Blend phonemes Short /a/ Figurative language Narrative/ Word Choice Sentence Parts: Subjects Earth Science 12 Weather What do animals do when the weather changes? Conclusions/ Understanding Characters Storm is Coming! Fantasy Snow Fantasy How Water Changes Informational Blend Sound Letter N & Building words Classify and Categorize Sensory Words Narrative Writing Sentence Parts: Verb Earth Science 13 Animal Bodies How do animals use their different body parts? Author’s Purpose/ Text and Graphic Features A Zebra’s World Informational What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? Informational Poems About Animals Poetry Blend Sound Letter F & Building words Context Clues Narrative Writing Complete Sentences Animal Bodies Blending Blending
discover something new? Discovery Fantasy Informational Building Week Topic Essential Question Skill/ Strategy Read Aloud book/ Genre Big Book/ Genre Companion Piece/Genre Phonemic Awareness Phonics skills Vocabulary Strategy Writing/ focus trait Grammar Science Topics 21 How do musicians work together to make music? Details/ Infer and predict Simon and Molly, plus Hester Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin Fiction Poems about Music Poetry Blend and Segment Phonemes Short /o/ Words Informative Pronouns 22 Growing Up How do things change when someone is growing up? Story Structure/ Sequence of events A Tiger Grows Up Informational Leo the Late Bloomer Fantasy What Can a Baby Animal Do? Blend, Segment Substitute Phonemes Letter /x/ /j/ sound Blending Words Antonyms Informative Pronouns Life Science 23 How Things Grow What steps can someone follow to plant and grow flowers? Sequence of Events/ Text and Graphic Features Oscar and the Frog Informational Zinnia’s Flower Garden Informational Growing Sunflowers Informational Blend, Segment Substitute Phonemes Short /e/ Blending words Context Clues Informative Proper Nouns Life Science 24 Animal Colors How do animals’ colors help them survive? Conclusions/ Author’s Purpose Red Eyes or Blue Feather Informational Chameleon, Chameleon Informational Amazing Animal Bodies Informational Blend, Segment Substitute Phonemes Letter /h/ /k/ Sounds Blending Words Classify and Categorize Describing words Informative Questions Life Cycles 25 Growing Food How do people get food from plants? Text and Graphic Features/ Sequence of events Bread Comes to Life Informational Pie in the Sky Realistic Fiction From Apple Seed to Store Informational Blend, Segment Substitute Phonemes Review /e/, /x/, /j/, /o/, /h/, /k/ Classify and Categorize Seasons Informative Exclamations Life Science Week Topic Essential Question Skill/ Strategy Read Aloud book/ Genre Big Book/ Genre Companion Piece/Genre Phonemic Awareness Phonics skills Vocabulary Strategy Writing/ focus trait Grammar Science Topics 26 Trying Your Best Why is it important to try hard? Conclusions/ Genre Curious George Makes Pancakes Fantasy Kitten’s First Full Moon Fiction Poems about Trying and the Moon Poetry Substitute Phonemes Short /u/ Antonyms Opinion Nouns Trying Your Best
27 Family Outings What is it like to the youngest in a family? Compare and Contrast/ understanding characters Someone Bigger Fiction One of Three Realistic Fiction Trip Informational Substitute Phonemes Letter L and W & Building words Classify and Categorize Places Opinion Agreement 28 Getting Help Why is it important to help your friends? Story Structure/ Genre The Little Engine That Could Fantasy You Can Do It, Curious George Fantasy Poems About Things You Can Do Poetry Substitute Phonemes Letter V and Context Clues Opinion Agreement Values 29 Learning New Things What do children learn in kindergarten? Main Idea and Details/ Author’s Purpose Baby Brains Fiction Look at Us Informational The Three Little Pigs Fairy Tale Track Syllables Letter Y and Q Figurative Language Opinion Prepositions Insects 30 Good Neighbors What can I do to be a good friend or a good neighbor? Understanding Characters/ Genre Pet Show! Realistic Fiction Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the Last Day of Kindergarten Fantasy Schools Then and Now Informational Track Syllables Review short vowels, Blending Review, Words with –s, Synonyms Opinion Prepositions Social Relationships