Journeys Scope and Sequence - 3rd Grade

Topic

Reading

Paired

Target

Target

Essential Question

Story

Selection

Skill

Strategy

Education

A Fine, Fine

One-Room

Story

How is learning at

School

Schoolhouses

Structure

school different from

Humorous

Informational

learning at home?
The Court System

Fiction
The Trial of

Text
You Be the

Why are courts an

Cardigan

Jury

important part of our

Jones

Informational

Fantasy
Destinys Gift

Text

Volunteers
Why is volunteering

Realistic Fiction

Difference

government?
3

Kids Making a

Summarize

Vocabulary
Strategies

Spelling

Grammar

Context

short

Simple

Narrative

Clues

vowels

Sentences

Writing
Descriptive

VCCV

Paragraph

pattern
Characters

Writing

Infer and

Dictionary

long vowels

Kinds of

Narrative

Predict

and

VCe pattern

Sentences

Dialogue

long a e

Compound

Narrative

vowel pairs

Sentences

Personal

Glossary
Characters

Analyze and

Antonyms

Evaluate

Paragraph

ai, ay,

good for a community

Informational

and its people?

Compare and

Infer and

Word

long o

Common

Prewrite

Contrast

Predict

Families

oa, ow

and Proper

a Personal

Nouns

Narrative

long i

Plural Nouns

Draft a

i, ie, igh

-s and es

Personal

Engineering

Pops Bridge

Text
Bridges

Why is everyones role

Historic

Informational

on a project important?

Text

Sports

Fiction
Roberto

What are the traits of a

Clemente

Poetry

hero?

Biography

Mammals

Bat Loves the

A Bat is Born

What makes bats

Night

Poetry

interesting and useful?

Non-Fiction

Baseball Poems

Visual Arts

What Do

Jack Draws a

How do pictures help to

Illustrators

Beanstalk

tell a story?

Do?

Traditional
Tale

Traditions

Informational
The Harvest

What do traditional

Birds

Folktale

tales tell readers about

Folktale

life?

The Treasure

ee, ea

Cause/Effect

Visualize

Prefix -mis

Narrative

Sequence

Text Features

Question

Analyze and

Suffixes

short and

-able, -ible

long vowels

Writing

VCV

Response

Synonyms

Evaluate

Conclusions

pattern
3-letter

Verbs

Opinion

Paragraph

Verb Tenses

Opinion

clusters scr,

Writing

spr, str, thr

Opinion
Paragraph

Infer and

Context

silent

Using

Opinion

Predict

Clues

letters

Commas

Writing

kn, wr, tch

Response
Paragraph

Performance Arts

Kamishibai

The True Story

How is a live

Man

of Kamishibai

Realistic Fiction

Man

performance different
from other kinds of

Monitor and

Dictionary

vowel

Abstract

Prewrite a

Clarify

and

diphthongs

Nouns

Response

Glossary

ow, ou

Shades of

vowel

Pronouns

Draft a

Meaning

sounds in

and

Response

talk

Antecedents

to Literature

Spelling

Grammar

Writing

Suffixes

diphthongs

Plural Nouns

Inventions

Young Thomas

Text
Moving

What important traits

Edison

Pictures

must an inventor have?

Biography

Informational

Main Ideas

-less, -ful,

oi, oy

Summarize

12

Paragraph

au, aw,

Text

11

to Literature

Informational

entertainment?
10

Cause/Effect

al, o

Topic

Reading

Paired

Target

Target

Essential Question

Story

Selection

Skill

Strategy

Inventions

Technology

Science for

How do inventions help

Wins The

Sports Fans

athletes?

Game

Informational
Text

Agriculture

Information
Tops and

Why is it important to

Bottoms

Grows in

grow food crops?

Trickster Tale

Gardens

Sequence

Question

Vocabulary
Strategies

Paragraph

-ous
Idioms

Goodness
Theme

American Indian

Yonder

Text
The Trail of

History

Mountain

Tears

Why are stories from

Legend

Informational

different cultures

14

Cause and
Effect

Homophones

Visualize

Writing

Compare

Quotations

and
Contrast
Paragraphs

Informational

13

Paragraph

Compare and

Analyze and

Contrast

Evaluate

Summarize

Homophones

Contraction

Subject-Verb

Informative

Agreement

Paragraph

Prefixes

words with

Pronoun-

Prewrite an

in-, im-

ar, or, ore

Verb

Explanatory

Agreement

Essay

Verb Tenses

Draft an

Text

important?
People and Animals

Aero and

Kids and

Authors

What are some benefits

Officer Mike

Critters: A

Purpose

of dogs interacting with

Informational

Nature

people?

Newsletter
Informational

15

Cooking

Ramona

Text
The Extra-Good

Why are safety rules

Quimby

Sunday

Characters

Infer and
Predict

Thesaurus

words with
er, ir, ur, or

Explanatory
Essay

important?

16

Conservation

18

Humorous

Fiction

Fiction

Judy Moody

My Smelly Pet

Story

Monitor and

Context

words with

Adjectives

Persuasive

Structure

Clarify

Clues

air, ear, are

and Articles

Letter

Conclusions

Visualize

Suffix -ly

words with

Adjectives

Opinion

/j/ and /s/

that

Paragraph

Why is it important to

Saves the

Humorous

take care of our

World

Fiction

environment?

17

Humorous

Humorous

Fossils

Fiction
The

Finding Fossils

What can fossils tell us

Albertosaurus

for Fun

about the past?

Mystery

Informational

Trees

Informational
A Tree is

Text
Stopping by

Text and

What are some

Growing

Woods on a

differences among types

Informational
Two Bear Cubs

of trees?
Social Relationships
19

20

How do members of a

Myth/Play

21

Problem

Graphic

/k/ and

and Helping

and

Snowy Evening

Features

/kw/

Verbs

Solution

Poetry
Whose Land Is

Story

It?

Structure

other?
Climate

Life on the Ice

Text
The Raven: An

What are the coldest

Informational

Inuit Myth

Question

Word Roots

Paragraph
Summarize

Prefixes

vowels

Irregular

Prewrite a

pre-, re-, bi-

sounds in

Verbs

Persuasive

Main Ideas

Infer and

Dictionary

wood
compound

Predict

and

words

Paired

Target

Target

Essential Question

Story

Selection

Skill

Strategy

Strategies

Story
Structure

Monitor and
Clarify

Compare and
Contrast

Sequence

What was life on the

Animal Migration
Why do animals migrate
to other places?
Sending Messages
How can people

Sarah, Plain
and Tall
Historical
Fiction
The Journey:
Stories of
Migration
Informational
The Journey
of Oliver K.

Wagons of the
Old West

Grasshopper

Persuasive
Essay

Grammar

Writing

Prefix non

base words
and
-ed, -ing

Adverbs that
Compare

Fictional
Narrative
Paragraph

Visualize

Word Roots

spelling
changes
-s, -es,
-ed, -ing

Making
Comparison
s

Descriptive
Paragraph

Analyze and
Evaluate

Suffixes
-er, -est

suffixes
-ful, -y, -ly,

Possessive
Nouns and

Dialogue

and the Ant

Fable
Moving the U.S.

Draft a

Spelling

Vocabulary

Informational
Text
The

Adverbs

Glossary

Myth

Reading

Pioneer Life

Essay

spoon and

Topic

pioneers?

23

Be Verbs

Informational

prairie like for the

22

words with

community help each

places on Earth like?

Compare

communicate over long

distances?

24

Volcanoes
What changes do
volcanoes cause?

25

Mountains
Why do mountain
climbers need to be well
prepared?

26

Determination
How does having a goal
help people succeed?

27

Magnets
How would your life be
different without
magnets?

Woodman
Fantasy
Dog of the Sea
Waves Realistic
Fiction
Mountains:
Surviving Mt.
Everest
Informational
The Foot Race
Across
America
Narrative
Nonfiction
The Power of
Magnets
Expository
Nonfiction

Mail

-ous, -er

Pronouns

Informational
Text
The Land
Volcanoes Built

Authors
Purpose

Question

Shades of
Meaning

prefixes
un-, repre-, bi-

Complex
Sentences

Prewrite a
Fictional
Narrative

Text and
Graphic
Features

Infer and
Predict

Analogies

suffixes
-less,
-ness, -able

Words that
Compare

Draft a
Fictional
Narrative

Main Ideas

Analyze and
Evaluate

Suffixes
-ion

VCCV
pattern

Abbreviations

Cause and
Effect

Summarize

Homophones

double
consonants

Contractions

Fact and
Opinion

Visualize

Word Roots

words with
ough and
augh

Commas in
a Sentence

Writing
Instructions

Characters

Monitor and
Clarify

Prefixes
un-, dis-

words
ending in
-er and -le

Prepositions

Prewrite a
Research
Report

Conclusions

Question

Compound
Words

words
beginning
with aor be-

Correct
Pronouns

Draft a
Research
Report

Informational
Text
The Big
Cleanup
Play

Paca and the

Beetle: A Folktale
from Brazil Fast
Track
Poetry
Electromagnets
and You
Photo Essay
Science Fair

Compare
and
Contrast
Paragraph
Problem
and
Solution
Paragraph

Project - Poetry
Magnet - Poetry

28

Being Active
What are some benefits
of being physically
active?
Doing Your Best

29

What can you learn

from champions?

Becoming
Anything He
Wants to Be
Biography
A New Team of
Heroes
Drama

My Blue Belt Day

Journal Entry
I Chop, Chop,
Chop Long Jump
Poetry
CHAMPION
Informational Text
Defender - Poetry
Spellbound Poetry

Working Together
30

How can children and

adults learn from each
other?

Saving Buster
Realistic Fiction

Acting Across
Generations
News Article
Companys
Coming - Poetry