Fourth Grade Harcourt Journeys SCOPE AND SEQUENCE Wk Topic Essential Question Skill/Strategy Anchor Text/Genre Paired Selection/ Genre Vocab skills Decoding skill Spelling Grammar Read Aloud Ideas 1 Helping others How do friends help each other? Story Structure/ Summarize Because of Winn Dixie/ Realistic Fiction Because of Bookends/ Prefixes re, un, dis VCV Short & long A What is a Sentence? 2 Civil Rights What might lead a person to change the world? Author’s My Brother Martin/ Biography Langston Hughes/ poetry Prefixes In, im, il Open/ closed syllables Short & long E Kinds of Sentences 3 Media How are books and libraries important to people and Cause & Effect/Visualize My Librarian is a Camel / Informational geography From Idea to Book/ Context clues VCCV Short & long I Quotations 4 Raising Money 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/ Inform- charts and steps in a process Prefixes Non, mis VCV & VCCV Short & long O Fragments and Sentences 5 Traditional Tales Why do people pass down stories over the years? Understanding Characters Stormalong/ Tall Tale Hoderi the Fisherman/ Play Reference materials Proper Nouns
Wk Topic Essential Question Skill/Strategy Anchor Text/Genre Paired Selection/ Genre Vocab skills Decoding skill Spelling Grammar Read Aloud Ideas 11 Hurricanes What are the benefits of studying weather? Test & Graphic Features/Infer & Predict Hurricanes: Earth’s Mightiest Storms/ inform/ Science Recovering from Katrina/ Inform/ Events in Historical text Suffixes -ful,-less, -ment words words Frequently Confused Words 12 Forces of Nature How do natural disasters affect people? Sequence of Events/Visualize The Earth Dragon Awakes/ Historical Fiction Twisters/ inform- diagrams Synonyms base words and endings words with –ed or -ing Possessive nouns 13 How are the different parts of the ecosystem connected? Sequence of Events/ Summarize Antarctic Journal…/ Narrative Nonfiction- firsthand account cold, Cold Science/ inform- second hand account root& word parts- Spect, struct, tele, vis common word parts more words with –ed or -ing Modal Auxiliaries 14 Insects How do living things each have an important role in the world? Text and Graphic Features The Life and Times of the Ant/ Inform The Dove and the Ant/ Fable Suffixes able, ible suffixes final long e Participles 15 Environment Why it is important to be informed about what is happening in our world? Main Idea & Details/ Monitor & Clarify Ecology for Kids/ inform/science Wonderful Weather/ Poetry Using Context words changing final y to i Irregular Verbs
Wk Topic Essential Question Skill/Strategy Anchor Text/Genre Paired Selection/ Genre Vocab skills Decoding skill Spelling Grammar Read Aloud Ideas 16 Individual Contributions What traits do successful people have? Compare & Contrast Riding Freedom/ Historical Fiction Spindletop/ Inform/ digital media- internet Figurative language 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 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 prefixes re-, un-, dis- prefixes re-, un- dis Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases 19 Agriculture Why is Farming important? Conclusions& Infer & Predict Harvesting Hope: Cesar Chavez/ Biography The Edible Schoolyard/ Inform Reference Materials more common suffixes suffixes -less, Relative Pronouns and Adverbs 20 Native American History 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
Wk Topic Essential Question Skill/Strategy Anchor Text/Genre Paired Selection/ Genre Vocab skills Decoding skill Spelling Grammar Read Aloud Ideas 21 Media How can media be a distraction? Theme/ Summarize The World According to Humphrey/ Fantasy Make the Switch/ Advertisements Using Context 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 patterns and word parts VCCV and VCV patterns Negatives 23 Life Cycles How do forest and trees show change? Text and Graphic Features/ Monitor & Clarify 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? Compare & & Evaluate Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship/ Narrative nonfiction 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? Author’s Purpose/ Question The Fun They Had/ Science Fiction Toys! Amazing Stories Behind Some Great Inventions/ Informational root& word parts- meter, therm, aud, fac VV pattern words with VV pattern Proper Mechanics Wk Topic Essential Question Skill/Strategy Anchor Text/Genre Paired Selection/ Vocab skills Decoding skill Spelling Grammar Read Aloud Ideas