Curriculum – Journeys (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Areas of Instruction

• Phonemic Awareness/Phonics
• High Frequency Words
• Decoding strategies and Fluency
• Vocabulary Development
• Grammar
• Comprehension
• Main Idea and Details
• Story Structure and Elements (Characters, Setting, Plot)
• Predicting/Inferring
• Sequence of Events
• Determining Meaning
• Author’s Purpose
• Compare and Contrast
• Cause and Effect
• Making Connections