Houghton Mifflin Pacing Guide and Scope and Sequence 2012
Grade 3 – Theme 1
Theme / ThemeDates / Main Selection(s) / Genre / Strategy; Skill / Practice Book / Structural Analysis & Spelling / Practice Book / Vocabulary / Practice Book / Grammar
Skills / Practice Book
Back to School Unit / 8/29/12 -
9/7/12 / The Rule / Predict/Infer, Decoding, Monitor/Clarify, Question, Evaluate, Summarize / Pgs. 1-7 / N/A / N/A / N/A / N/A / N/A / N/A
THEME 1: Off To Adventure / 9/10/12 / Cliff Hanger / Realistic Fiction / Cause and Effect (T)
Predict/Infer / 12, 14, 15 / Base Words (T)
Short Vowels (T) / 16
17, 18, 19 / ABC Order in a Dictionary / 20 / What is a Sentence (T)
Capitalizing days and months (T) / 21- 23
9/17/12 / Ballad of Mulan / Folktale
(What is a folktale?) / Making Inferences (T)
Monitor and Clarify / 32, 34,35 / Syllabication (T)
More Short Vowels / 36
37,38,39 / Multiple Meaning Words / 40 / Kinds of sentences (T) / 41-43
9/24/12 / The Lost and Found / Fantasy
(What is a fantasy?) / Sequence of Events (T)
Summarizing / 48, 50,51 / Inflected Endings –ed and –ing
V/C/- e / 52
53,54,55 / Parts of the Dictionary / 56 / Subjects and Predicates (T) / 57-59
10/1/12 to 10/5/12 / Theme 1 Skills Test
Reader’s Workshop or
Theme 1 Wrap-Up
MONTHLY WRITING FOCUS: Changing question into a statement, Writing a Response Journal Entry, Writing a Personal Narrative
WRITING PROMPT – SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
Grade 3 Houghton Mifflin Pacing Guide and Scope and Sequence
Theme 2 2012
Theme / ThemeDates / Main Selection(s) / Genre / Strategy; Skill / Practice Book / Structural Analysis & Spelling / Practice Book / Vocabulary / Practice Book / Grammar
Skills / Practice Book
THEME 2: Celebrating Traditions / 10/10/12 – 10/19/12 / Grandma’s Records / Realistic Fiction / Categorizing and Classifying
Questioning (T) / 116,118,119 / Plurals (T)
Long O Sound / 120
121,122,123 / Dictionary Guide Words / 124 / Proper Nouns (T) / 125,126,127
10/22/12- 10/26/12 / The Talking Cloth / Realistic Fiction / Noting Details (T)
Summarizing (T) / 131,133,134 / Contractions(T)
Consonant Clusters/ Patterns / 135
136,137,138 / Rhyming Words / 139 / Singular and Plural Nouns (T) / 140,141,142
10/29/12-11/2/12 / Dancing Rainbows / Nonfiction / Topic, Main Idea, Supporting Details (T) / 146, 148,149 / Plurals with words ending in
-ch-sh-x-s (T)
Long I sound / 150
151,152,153 / Dictionary Definition / 154 / Special Plural Nouns (T) / 155,156,157
11/5/12 and 11/16/12 / The Keeping Quilt / Personal Narrative / Author’s Viewpoint (T)
Evaluate (T) / 96,98,99 / Compound Words
Long Vowels / 100
101,102,103 / Word Families (T) / 104 / Common Nouns (T) / 105,106,107
11/19/12-11/30/12 / THEME ONE/TWO Benchmark
READER’S WORKSHOP
THEME WRAP-UP OR GENRE STUDY Folktales/Myths(optional)
MONTHLY WRITING FOCUS – Writing a character sketch(Theme 2),
Writing a paragraph that explains ( Theme 1),
Correcting run-on sentences (Theme 2) (T)
Grade 3 Houghton Mifflin Pacing Guide and Scope and Sequence
Theme 3 2012-2013
Theme / ThemeDates / Main Selection(s) / Genre / Strategy; Skill / Practice Book / Structural Analysis & Spelling / Practice Book / Vocabulary / Practice Book / Grammar
Skills / Practice Book
THEME 3: Incredible Stories / 12/3/12- 12/14/12
Writing Prompt this Week
12/13 / Dogzilla / Fantasy / Fantasy and Realism (T)
Evaluate / 196,198,199 / Plurals with Words Ending in f fe(T)
Vowel sounds ow, aw / 200
201,202,203 / Using Context (T) / 204 / Possessive Nouns / 205,206,207
12/17/12- 12/21/12 / The Mysterious Giant of Barletta / Folktale / Following Directions
Questions (T) / 216,218,219 / Word endings erest
/r/ Controlled Vowels
Antonyms / 220
221,222,223 / Choosing a Dictionary Meaning / 224 / What is a verb?
(T) / 225,226,227
1/2/13- 1/11/13 / Raising Dragons / Fantasy / Drawing Conclusions (T)
Predict and Infer / 231, 233, 234 / Suffixes –y and –ly(T)
/j/, /k/, and /kw/ / 235
236,237,238 / Pronunciation Key in the Dictionary / 239 / Present Time (T)
Subject Verb Agreement (T) / 240,241
242
1/14/13-1/18/13 / The Garden of Abdul Gasazi / Fantasy / Story Structure (T)
Monitor and Clarify (T) / 246,248,249 / Prefixes (T)
Un, bi, dis, mis, non
Homophones (T) / 250
251, 252, 253 / Using a Thesaurus / 254 / Past / Future Tense (T) / 256-257
1/22/13 -1/25/13 / THEME 3 SKILLS TEST
READER’S WORKSHOP
THEME WRAP-UP (optional)
MONTHLY WRITING FOCUS – WRITING A FICTIONAL NARRATIVE (See Theme 3 RWW); Capitalizing and punctuating quotes (Theme 2 pgs. M419K,L)
Grade 3 Houghton Mifflin Pacing Guide and Scope and Sequence
Theme 4 2013
Theme / ThemeDates / Main Selection(s) / Genre / Strategy; Skill / Practice Book / Structural Analysis & Spelling / Practice Book / Vocabulary / Practice Book / Grammar
Skills / Practice Book
1/28/13-2/1/13 / DRA Testing
READER’S WORKSHOP
THEME 4: Animal Habitats / 1/28/13-2/1/13 / Nights of the Pufflings / Nonfiction / Fact and Opinion (T)
Evaluate / 4,6,7 / Syllabication and Review
Vowel + -r Sounds / 8
9,10,11 / Parts of Speech in a Dictionary / 12 / Verb be (T) / 13,14,15
2/4/13-2/8/13 / Seal Surfer / Realistic Fiction / Compare and Contrast (T)
Summarization / 24,26,27 / Word endings
-ed -ing
Changing the final y to i
Added Endings / 28
29,30,31 / More Multiple Meaning Words / 32 / Helping Verbs (T) / 33,34,35
2/11/13-2/15/13 / Two Days in May / Realistic Fiction / Making Judgments (T)
Monitor and Clarifying (T) / 39,41,42 / Prefixes/Suffixes
un- re--fuL -ly
-er(T) / 43,44,45,46 / Base Words and Inflected Forms in a Dictionary / 47 / Irregular Verbs / 48,49,50
2/20/12 to March / Theme Three and Four Benchmark
CMT Practice
MONTHLY WRITING FOCUS – Writing a fictional narrative including a description
MARCH 4-22Connecticut Mastery Test and Practice
Research Reports (Animals/Biographies)
Grade 3 Houghton Mifflin Pacing Guide and Scope and Sequence
Theme 5 2012
Theme / ThemeDates / Main Selection(s) / Genre / Strategy; Skill / Practice Book / Structural Analysis & Spelling / Practice Book / Vocabulary / Practice Book / Grammar
Skills / Practice Book
Theme 5: Voyagers / 4/2/12-4/8/12 / Across the WideDarkSea / Historical Fiction / Making Inferences (T)
Questions / 86,88,89 / Suffixes
less, ness
(T)
Sounds of /oo/ / 90
91,92,93 / Syllables in the Dictionary / 94 / Subject Pronouns (T) / 95,96,97
4/9/12-4/13/12 / Yunmi and Halmoni’s Trip / Realistic Fiction / Predicting Outcomes (T)
Predict and Infer (T) / 106,108,109 / Possessives
Vowel Sounds in bought (T) / 110
111,112,113 / Analogies / 114 / Object Pronouns (T) / 115,116,117
4/23/12-4/27/12 / Trapped by the Ice / Narrative Nonfiction / Text Organization (T)
Monitor and Clarify / 121,123,124 / VCCV Pattern (T) / 125, 126,127,128 / Homophones (T) / 129 / Possessive Pronouns / 130,131,132
4/30-5/4/12 / THEME SKILLS TEST
FAIRY TALES GENRE STUDY – READ AND INTERPRET
WRITE FAIRY TALES
Grade 3 Houghton Mifflin Pacing Guide and Scope and Sequence
Theme 6 2013
Theme / ThemeDates / Main Selection(s) / Genre / Strategy; Skill / Practice Book / Structural Analysis & Spelling / Practice Book / Vocabulary / Practice Book / Grammar
Skills / Practice Book
THEME 6: Smart Solutions / 4/29/13-5/3/13 / Pepita Talks Twice / Realistic Fiction / Problem Solving (T)
Evaluate / 168,170,171 / VCCCV Pattern (T)
Words Ending with er ,le / 172-175 / Synonyms (T) / 176 / Adjectives (T) / 177-179
5/6/13-5/10/13
\ / Poppa’s New Pants / Realistic Fiction / Drawing Conclusions (T)
Predict and Infer / 188,190,191 / VCV Pattern (T)
Words beginning with a- or be- / 192-195 / Antonyms (T) / 196 / Comparing with Adjectives (T) / 197,198
5/13/13-5/17/13
DRA TESTING STARTS / Ramona Quimby / Realistic Fiction / Making Generalizations (T)
Summarizing (T) / 203,205,206 / Contractions (T) / 207-210 / Spelling Table in a Dictionary / 211 / Adverbs (T) / 212,213,214
5/20/13-5/24/13
Writing Prompt this Week / Helen Keller / Nonfiction / Summarizing / 223 / Review / 225, 227-229 / Review / 226 / Review / 230-231
5/28//13-5/31/13 / ASSESSMENTS THIS MONTH
BENCHMARK 5/6
DRA
WRITING PROMPT