s with corresponding Classroom Connections
Activities pp. 85, 86, 111, 115, 124, 125, 127, 129, 141, 142

Sound Rhymes books with corresponding Classroom Connections
Activities pp. 111, 124, 141

GameGoo Alien Scavenger Hunt: Letter Bugs; Alien Scavenger
Hunt: Space Trash; Fearless Frieda: Skillful Skateboarding; Fearless
Frieda: The Big Kahuna
D
ECODING
L
ONGER
W
ORDS
, S
PELLING
R
EADING
S
TRATEGIES
,
C
OMPREHENSION
, W
RITING
Reading Strategies Summarize; monitor/clarify;
predict/infer; phonics/decoding
Comprehension

Sequence of events; making inferences;
cause and effect
Writing

Friendly letter; using commas in dates and
places; response journal entry; capitalizing
days and months; paragraph that explains;
transforming questions into statements;
process writing: personal narrative

Earobics Step 2 Software

Classroom Connections: Vocabulary and Oral Language Activities
pp. 11, 19; Phonological Awareness Activities pp. 27 32;
Reading Comprehension Activities pp. 110, 112, 113, 115, 116,
118, 119, 120, 121; Writing Activities pp. 137, 142, 146

Scat Cat Big Book, Little Books, audiotape, videotape, talking
book on CD-ROM with corresponding Classroom Connections
Activities pp. 8, 11, 115, 122 Supersonic Engine Juice Big Book, Little Books, audiotape, video
tape, talking book on CD-ROM with corresponding Classroom
Connections Activities pp. 14, 22, 115, 122, 140, 148
G
RAMMAR Identifying complete sentences; correcting
sentence fragments; kinds of sentences;
capitalizing and punctuating sentences;
subjects and predicates; sentence combining

Classroom Connections: Vocabulary and Oral Language Activities
pp. 14, 15, 17; Writing Activities p. 146

GameGooMonkey Business: Rainforest Run-A-Round
Decoding Longer Words Base words; syllabication; inflected
endings ed, ing; short vowels a, e, i;
short vowels o, u; vowel-consonant
e pattern
Spelling Short vowels a, e, i; short vowels o, u;
vowel-consonante pattern 2
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Houghton Mifflin Grade 3 Theme 1 Off to Adventure (Continued)
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Houghton Mifflin Learning Objectives

Dictionary: ABC order; multiple-meaning
words; parts of a dictionary Classroom Connections: Alphabet Knowledge Activities
pp. 60, 61, 68; Reading Comprehension Activities p. 130 GameGooPaw Park: Alphabet Bears
V
OCABULARY
L
ISTENING
/S
PEAKING
/V
IEWING

Literature discussion; introductions;
telling a story Classroom Connections: Vocabulary and Oral Language Activities
pp. 11, 13, 21, 22; Reading Comprehension Activities p. 115

Classroom Connections: Alphabet Knowledge Activities p. 60;
Reading Comprehension Activities pp. 129, 130
I
NFORMATION AND
S
TUDY
S
KILLS

Parts of a book; using the dictionary;
using a K-W-L chart 3
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STEP 2
Houghton Mifflin Grade 3 Theme 2 Celebrating Traditions
Earobics Literacy Launch Step 2
Houghton Mifflin Learning Objectives Earobics Step 2 Software Classroom Connections: Phonological Awareness Activities
pp. 28 47; Alphabet Knowledge Activities pp. 49 65;
Decoding and Spelling Activities pp. 75, 78, 82, 83, 90, 91, 92 Sound Blends books with corresponding Classroom Connections
Activities pp. 85, 86, 111, 115, 124, 125, 127, 129, 141, 142 Sound Rhymes books with corresponding Classroom Connections
Activities pp. 111, 124, 141 GameGooAlien Scavenger Hunt: Letter Bugs; Alien Scavenger
Hunt: Space Trash; Fearless Frieda: Skillful Skateboarding; Fearless
Frieda: The Big Kahuna
D
ECODING
L
ONGER
W
ORDS
, S
PELLING
R
EADING
S
TRATEGIES
,
C
OMPREHENSION
, W
RITING
Reading Strategies

Evaluate; question; summarize;
monitor/clarify; phonics/decoding
Comprehension

Authors viewpoint; categorize and classify;
noting details; topic, main idea,
supporting details
Writing

Paragraphs that compare/contrast;
compound sentences with and and but;
character sketch; correcting run-on
sentences; answer to a question; writing
complete sentences; news article; audience;
process writing: instructions Classroom Connections: Vocabulary and Oral Language Activities
pp. 12, 24; Decoding and Spelling Activities pp. 75, 78; Reading
Comprehension Activities p. 113; Writing Activities p. 146
G
RAMMAR

Common nouns; commas in a series;
proper nouns; punctuating and
capitalizing peoples titles; singular
and plural nouns; using exact nouns;
special plural nouns; proofreading for
noun endings Earobics Step 2 Software Classroom Connections: Vocabulary and Oral Language Activities
pp. 8, 9, 13, 15, 19, 23; Reading Comprehension Activities
pp. 116, 117, 119, 123; Writing Activities pp. 137, 138, 140, 143, 148 Bad Day Good Day Big Book, Little Books, audiotape, videotape,
talking book on CD-ROM with corresponding Classroom
Connections Activities pp. 4, 17, 115, 119, 120, 122 Ready Set Go with corresponding Classroom Connections Activities
pp. 121, 127, 138, 139, 146
Decoding Longer Words Compound words; plurals; contractions
with s, nt, re, ll; plurals with words
ending in ch, sh, x, s; long vowels ai, ay, ee,
ea; long o sound; three-letter clusters and
unexpected consonant patterns; long i
sound spelled i, ie, igh
Spelling More long vowel spellings: long o sound;
three-letter clusters and unexpected
consonant patterns; long i sound 4
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Houghton Mifflin Grade 3 Theme 2 Celebrating Traditions (Continued)
Earobics Literacy Launch Step 2
Houghton Mifflin Learning Objectives

Word families; dictionary guide words;
rhyming words; definitions Classroom Connections: Vocabulary and Oral Language Activities
p. 18; Phonological Awareness Activities pp. 45 47; Alphabet
Knowledge Activities p. 60; Reading Comprehension
Activities p. 130
V
OCABULARY
L
ISTENING
/S
PEAKING
/V
IEWING

Oral directions; telephone message; view
illustrations for purpose; explain a purpose Classroom Connections: Vocabulary and Oral Language Activities
pp. 8, 13; Phonological Awareness Activities pp. 27 32; Reading
Comprehension Activities pp. 110, 114, 118, 125 GameGooTinas World: Buggy Trails

Using the library; conduct an interview;
taking notes; outlining
L
ISTENING
/S
PEAKING
/V
IEWING Classroom Connections: Reading Comprehension Activities p. 125;
Writing Activities pp. 144, 145, 147, 148 5
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GRADE 3 & EAROBICS LITERACY LAUNCH
®
STEP 2
Houghton Mifflin Grade 3 Theme 3 Incredible Stories
Earobics Literacy Launch Step 2
Houghton Mifflin Learning Objectives

Earobics Step 2 Software

Classroom Connections: Vocabulary and Oral Language Activities
pp. 7, 12, 24; Phonological Awareness Activities pp. 27 47;
Alphabet Knowledge Activities pp. 49 65; Decoding and
Spelling Activities pp. 75, 77, 80, 81, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 96,
100, 101

Sound Blends books with corresponding Classroom Connections
Activities pp. 85, 86, 111, 115, 124, 125, 127, 129, 141, 142

Sound Rhymes books with corresponding Classroom Connections
Activities pp. 111, 124, 141

GameGooAlien Scavenger Hunt: Letter Bugs; Alien Scavenger
Hunt: Space Trash; Fearless Frieda: Skillful Skateboarding;
Fearless Frieda: The Big Kahuna
D
ECODING
L
ONGER
W
ORDS
, S
PELLING
R
EADING
S
TRATEGIES
,
C
OMPREHENSION
, W
RITING
Reading Strategies

Evaluate; question; predict/infer;
monitor/clarify; phonics/decoding
Comprehension

Fantasy and realism; following directions;
drawing conclusions; story structure
Writing

Journal entry; voice in a journal; thank-you
note; commas for direct address; opinion
paragraph; using commas with introductory
phrases; dialogue; capitalization and
punctuation with quotations Earobics Step 2 Software Classroom Connections: Vocabulary and Oral Language Activities
pp. 8, 13, 16, 19; Phonological Awareness Activities pp. 27 32;
Reading Comprehension Activities pp. 110, 111, 112, 113, 114,
117, 118, 121, 122, 126, 127, 128; Writing Activities pp. 137,
139, 141, 142, 144, 146 Rockpool Rap Big Book, Little Books, audiotape, videotape,
talking book on CD-ROM with corresponding Classroom
Connections Activities pp. 6, 10, 12, 55, 110, 115, 116, 122,
126, 144 GameGooTinas World: Real or Make-Believe?;
Tinas World: Buggy Trails Classroom Connections: Vocabulary and Oral Language Activities
pp. 12, 14, 17, 24; Writing Activities p. 146

Possessive nouns; proofreading for
apostrophes; identifying verbs; using
exact verbs; present time; subject-verb
agreement; past time and future time;
keeping tenses consistent
G
RAMMAR
Decoding Longer Words Plurals of nouns ending in f or fe; word
endings er and est; suffixes y and ly;
prefixes un, dis, and non; vowel sounds
in clown and lawn; vowel + /r/ sounds; /j/,
/k/, and /kw/ sounds; homophones
Spelling Vowel sounds in clown and lawn;
vowel + /r/ sounds; /j/, /k/, /kw/
sounds; homophones 6
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Houghton Mifflin Grade 3 Theme 3 Incredible Stories (Continued)
Earobics Literacy Launch Step 2
Houghton Mifflin Learning Objectives
L
ISTENING
/S
PEAKING
/V
IEWING

View an illustration; readers theater;
conversation; debate Classroom Connections: Vocabulary and Oral Language Activities
p. 13; Reading Comprehension Activities pp. 110, 118, 125, 133;
Reproducibles pp. 212 240
I
NFORMATION AND
S
TUDY
S
KILLS

Using newspapers to find information;
using an atlas; using the encyclopedia;
using charts, tables, and graphs Classroom Connections: Readi