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Grade 1: English Language Arts: Listening and Learning Strand. Domain 1: Fables and Stories Overview - Domain 1: Fables and Stories Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Journeys Common Core encourages

students to acquire language competence through listening and reading activities that center on different domains. Building on the rich imagination of each child, the program includes fables, folktales, fairytales, and fantasy stories from a variety of literary traditions. Each domain includes a list of student performance outcomes teachers and administrators use to determine student competence in with specific skills and tasks.

Examples of student performance outcomes for Domain 1: Fables and Stories. 1. Demonstrate familiarity with various fables and stories Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Journeys Common Core introduces

students to a wide range of award-winning literature. Our literary tradition is rich with fables, folktales, and stories from our multicultural society. Examples of Fables, Folktales, and Stories Unit 2: Anchor Text: Jack and the Wolf, T24, The Three Little

Pigs, T62; Leveled Readers: The Pigs, T90, Turtle and Hare, T91, Fox and Crow, T92, Go Turtle! Go Hare!, T93; Anchor Text: Dr. Seuss, T318, A Cupcake Party, T416

Unit 3: Anchor Text: How Leopard Got His Spots, T122; Leveled Readers: Giraffe’s Neck, T190, Bear’s Tail, T191, Peacock’s Tail, T192, Bear’s Long, Brown Tail, T193

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Module Description/Skills Journeys Readings/Skills Unit 4: Anchor Text: The Big Trip, T126, Jack and the

Beanstalk, T270, Little Rabbit’s Tale, T428; Leveled Reader: Bobcat Tells a Tale, T502

Unit 6: Anchor Text: The Ugly Duckling, T162, The Wind and the Sun, T164, Days with Frog and Toad, T224

2. Identify character, plot, and setting as basic story elements; 3. Describe the characters, plot, and setting of a specific fable or story;

Throughout Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Journeys Common Core comprehension skills and strategies are introduced and practiced with a variety of literary selections and activities. For examples see below: Unit 1: Basic Story Elements (character, setting and plot),

T422 Unit 2: Understanding Characters, T22–T23, T27, T86–T87,

T432, S5, S11 Unit 3: Plot (Sequence of Events), T120–T121, E15

40. Identify words and phrases that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses

Students have opportunities to learn about sensory language with the following: Unit 4: T151 (descriptive details) Unit 5: T265 (describe a pet)

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Module Description/Skills Journeys Readings/Skills Domain 2: The Human Body Overview: Domain 2: The Human Body Teachers can use the following selections to introduce Domain 2:

The Human Body. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Journeys Common Core provides skills instruction for an understanding of this domain. Unit 4: Leveled Readers: Food for You, T299, A World of

Food, T300, How We Get Food, T301

Examples of student performance outcomes for Domain 2: The Human Body 19. Ask and answer questions about unknown words and phrases in nonfiction/informational read-alouds and discussions;

Unit 3: Learning Vocabulary, T228, T240–T241, T427, T430, T436

Unit 4: T31, T329, T337, T346–T347

21. Compare and contrast (orally or in writing) similarities and differences within a single nonfiction/informational read-aloud or between two or more nonfiction/informational read-alouds;

Unit 2: T160, T161; Speaking and Listening: Discuss Informational Texts – Compare and Contrast, T169

Unit 3: Compare Texts, T267; Speaking and Listening: Discuss Informational Texts – Compare and Contrast, T275

Unit 5: Compare Texts, T368, T369

32. Sort words into categories (e.g., colors, clothing) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent;

Unit 1: Categories, T62–T63 Unit 3: T64–T65 Unit 6: T166–T167

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Module Description/Skills Journeys Readings/Skills Domain 3: Different Lands, Similar Stories Overview: Domain 3: Different Lands, Similar Stories Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Journeys Common Core introduces

students to a wide range of award-winning literature. Our literary tradition is rich with folktales and stories from our multicultural society. Each domain includes a list of student performance outcomes teachers and administrators use to determine student competence in with specific skills and tasks.

Examples of student performance outcomes for Domain 3: Different Lands, Similar Stories 2. Identify folktales as a type of fiction; Unit 1: Teacher Read Aloud: Stone Stew, T206–T207

Unit 3: Anchor Text: How Leopard Got His Spots, T122; Leveled Readers: Giraffe’s Neck, T190, Bear’s Tail, T191, Peacock’s Tail, T192, Bear’s Long, Brown Tail, T193

Unit 4: Decodable Reader: The King’s Song, T167; Anchor Text: Little Rabbit’s Tale, T428

Unit 5: Anchor Text: The Ugly Duckling, T162

3. Explain that stories have a beginning, middle, and end; Unit 3: Comprehension and Dig Deeper: Sequence of Events, T140–T141; Write About Reading, Unit 3: T143

8. Retell fiction read-alouds including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson;

Unit 2: Compare Texts: Text to World – Retell a Story, T63

30. Identify multiple meanings of words and use them in appropriate contexts;

Unit 1: Multiple Meanings of Words, T254–T255 Unit 2: T64–T65 Unit 3: T370–T371 Unit 5: T370–T371

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Module Description/Skills Journeys Readings/Skills Domain 4: Early World Civilizations Overview: Domain 4: Early World Civilizations Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Journeys Common Core

encourages students to acquire language competence through listening and reading activities that center on different domains. Students can complete the Domain 4 performance standards with the skills instruction in Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Journeys Common Core.

Examples of student performance outcomes for Domain 4: Early World Civilizations 55. Identify the main topic and retell key details of a nonfiction/informational read-aloud;

Unit 1: Main Topic and Details, T22, T29, T31, T38–T39 Unit 2: T138–T139 Unit 4: T36–T37, T44–T45

58. Use illustrations and details in a nonfiction/informational read-aloud to describe its key ideas;

Unit 3: Compare Texts: Compare Settings, T163 (Students use illustrations to examine the setting in two selections); Speaking and Listening: Compare and Contrast Illustrations in Texts, T275

69. Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly;

Unit 1: Speaking and Listening: Ask and Answer Questions, T165; Your Turn, T328

Unit 3: Speaking and Listening: Giving Clear Descriptions, T171

Unit 4: Speaking and Listening: Speaking to Persuade, T177; Use Sensory Words, T477

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Module Description/Skills Journeys Readings/Skills Domain 5: Early American Civilizations Overview: Domain 5: Early American Civilizations Teachers can use the following selections to introduce Domain 5:

The History of the Earth. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Journeys Common Core provides skills instruction for an understanding of this domain. Unit 4: Anchor Text: Lewis and Clark’s Big Trip, T168–T169;

Your Turn: Why is it important to learn about people in the past? T348; Anchor Text: Life Then and Now, T368–T369; Extend the Topic: Research and Media Literacy – Report About a Famous American, T377

Examples of student performance outcomes for Domain 5: Early American Civilizations 21. Plan and/or draft and edit an informative/explanatory text that presents information from a nonfiction/informational read-aloud that includes mention of a topic, some facts about the topic, and some sense of closure;

Unit 2: Informative/Explanatory Writing, T35, T45, T57, T67, T339, T351, T361, T368–T369

Unit 3: T235, T257, T278–T279, T339, T380–T381, T441, T480–T481

34. Provide examples of common synonyms and antonyms; Unit 1: Synonyms and Antonyms, T446–T447, E47 Unit 2: T358, T388, T391, T456–T457, E37 Unit 5: T472–T473

42. Use object pronouns orally. Unit 5: Grammar: Pronouns I and Me, T134, T144, T156 Unit 6: T168

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Module Description/Skills Journeys Readings/Skills Domain 6: Astronomy Overview: Domain 6: Astronomy Unit 4: Anchor Text: Let’s Go to the Moon!, T24–T35, Mae

Jemison, T66–T67; Vocabulary Reader: In the Sky, T88–T89; Leveled Readers: The Sun, T94, Seasons, T95, Living and Working in Space, T96, The Seasons of the Year, T97

Examples of student performance outcomes for Domain 6: Astronomy 3. Explain that the sun is a source of energy, light, and heat;

4. Classify the sun as a star;

Unit 4: Vocabulary Reader: In the Sky, T88–T89; Leveled Readers: The Sun, T94, Seasons, T95, Living and Working in Space, T96, The Seasons of the Year, T97

18. Explain that astronauts travel to outer space; 19. Describe the landing on the moon by American astronauts; 20. Explain the importance of the first trip to the moon;

Unit 4: Preview the Topic: Astronauts, T23; Anchor Text: Let’s Go to the Moon!, T24–T35; Your Turn: T46–T47; Anchor Text: Mae Jemison, T66–T67; Leveled Reader: Living and Working in Space, T96

44. Make personal connections (orally or in writing) to events or experiences in a fiction or nonfiction/informational read-aloud, and/or make connections among several read-alouds;

Unit 4: Your Turn: T46–T47; Compare Texts: Draw and Share: Planets, T67; Extend the Topic: Research and Media Literacy – Research Space, T75

51. Use possessive pronouns orally. Unit 5: Grammar: Possessive Pronouns, T236, T246, T258, T274, T277

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Module Description/Skills Journeys Readings/Skills Domain 7: The History of the Earth Overview: Domain 7: The History of the Earth Teachers can use the following selections to introduce Domain 7:

The History of the Earth. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Journeys Common Core provides skills instruction for an understanding of this domain. Unit 3: Anchor Text: The Rain Forest, T162–T163, Seasons,

T222–T232; Leveled Readers: Winter, T294, Fall Changes, T295, Seasons Around the World, T296, In the Fall, T297; Vocabulary Reader: The Weather, T494–T495

Examples of student performance outcomes for Domain 7: The History of the Earth 22. Use illustrations and details in a nonfiction/informational read-aloud to describe its key ideas;

Unit 3: Students answer questions as students examine maps and illustrations representing animals in a rainforest. See: Anchor Text: The Rain Forest, T162–T163; Compare Texts: Compare Settings, T163 (Students use illustrations to examine the setting in two selections); Speaking and Listening: Compare and Contrast Illustrations in Texts, T275

25. Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure;

Unit 3: Your Turn: Write About Reading – Write About Your Favorite Season, T243

Unit 6: Opinion Writing: T176–T177, T245, T369, T469, T476–T477

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Module Description/Skills Journeys Readings/Skills 34. Add drawings or other visual displays to oral or written descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings;

Unit 1: Add Drawings, T165, T261, T328, T424 Unit 3: Compare Texts: Text to World – Make a Map, T163;

Compare Texts: Text to World – Make a Map, T369 Unit 4: T279 Unit 6: T373

36. Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at home that are cozy);

Unit 1: Real-Life Connections Between Words and Their Use, T45, T141, T244, T333, T429

Unit 2: T70, T157, T250, T341 Unit 3: T54, T254, T358, T460 Unit 5: T154, T256, T343, T453

41. Use frequently occurring conjunctions, such as and and or; and

Unit 4: Grammar: Compound Sentences, T140, T150, T162, T178–T179

Unit 5: T166 Unit 6: Grammar: Kinds of Sentences, T158, T174–T175

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Module Description/Skills Journeys Readings/Skills Overview: Domain 8: Animals and Habitats Overview: Domain 8: Animals and Habitats Unit 2: Anchor Text: How Animals Communicate, T122–T130,

Insect Messages, T160–T161; Decodable Reader: Crabs, T148; Vocabulary Reader: Animal Talk, T182–T183; Leveled Readers: Dogs, T188, Dog Talk, T190, Animals at Night, T189, Busy Animals at Night, T191

Unit 3: Anchor Text: At Home in the Ocean, T24–T32, Water, T62–T63; Decodable Reader: Animal Moms, T61; Anchor Text: Four Seasons for Animals, T262–T267; Vocabulary Reader: Ducks, T288–T289; Decodable Reader: A Safe Lodge, T354; Vocabulary Reader: Desert Animals, T390–T391; Anchor Text: Animal Groups, T428–T437; Vocabulary Reader: Animals, T494–T495; Leveled Readers: Making a Home, T500, All About Bats, T501, Bald Eagles, T502, Many Kinds of Bats, T503

Examples of student performance outcomes for Domain 8: Animals and Habitats 2. Explain why living things live in habitats to which they are particularly suited;

Unit 3: Lesson 11: Essential Question: What Kinds of Plants and Animals Would You Fin in the Ocean?, T2, T25; Extend the Topic: Facts About an Ocean Animal and Its Habitat, T71

Unit 5: Leveled Readers: Animal Homes, T190

6. Identify the characteristics of the desert habitat; 7. Explain how desert animals have adapted to the desert habitat;

Unit 3: Vocabulary Reader: Desert Animals, T390–T391

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Module Description/Skills Journeys Readings/Skills 8. Classify animals on the basis of the types of food they eat (herbivore, carnivore, omnivore);

Unit 3: Anchor Text: Animal Groups, T428–T437; Your Turn: T448–T449

15. Explain how tropical rainforest habitat animals have adapted to the tropical rainforest habitat;

Unit 3: Anchor Text: The Rain Forest, T162–T163; Compare Texts: Text to World – Make a Map, T163

21. Describe ocean life as very diverse; Unit 3: Anchor Text: At Home in the Ocean, T24–T32; Extend

the Topic: Facts About an Ocean Animal and Its Habitat, T71; Informative Writing: T75; Vocabulary Reader: Shark, T84–T85; Leveled Readers: In the Sea, T90, Coral Reefs, T91, The Amazing Octopus, T92, Life in the Coral Reefs, T93

29. Use illustrations and details in a nonfiction/informational read-aloud to describe its key ideas;

Unit 2: Comprehension: How to Analyze the Text: Main Idea and Details, T138–T139; Text and Graphic Features, T139

34. Make personal connections (orally or in writing) to events or experiences in a fiction or nonfiction/informational read-aloud, and/or make connections among several read-alouds;

Unit 2: Your Turn: Return to the Essential Connection and Write About Reading, T140–T141; Compare Texts: T161

Unit 3: T63; Extend the Topic: Facts About an Ocean Animal and Its Habitat, T71; Your Turn: Write About Reading, T449

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Module Description/Skills Journeys Readings/Skills Domain 9: Fairy Tales Overview: Domain 9: Fairy Tales Students examine a variety of literary genre in Houghton Mifflin

Harcourt’s Journeys Common Core. Prior to reading, students explore the characteristics of the genre through teacher led instruction and discussion. Students learn about common fairy tale phrases “once upon a time” and “happily ever after”. Examples of Fairytales Unit 2: Genre: Fairy Tale, T62; Anchor Text: The Three Little

Pigs, T62–T63 Unit 4: Anchor Text: Jack and the Beanstalk, T270–T271, E28

Examples of student performance outcomes for Domain 9: Fairy Tales 1. Demonstrate familiarity with specific fairy tales; Examples of Fairytales

Unit 2: Genre: Fairy Tale, T62; Anchor Text: The Three Little Pigs, T62–T63

Unit 4: Anchor Text: Jack and the Beanstalk, T270–T271, E28

13. Talk about the illustrations and details from a fiction read-aloud to describe its characters, setting, or events;

Unit 3: Extend the Topic: Speaking and Listening – Giving Clear Descriptions, T171

Unit 4: Anchor Text: Jack and the Beanstalk, T270–T271, E28

18. Plan, draft, and edit a narrative retelling of a fiction read-aloud, with a title, characters, some details regarding the plot, the use of temporal words to signal event order, and some sense of closure;

Unit 1: Narrative Writing, T321, T331, T343, T353, T360–T361

Unit 5: Narrative Writing, T167, T174–T175, T259, T276–T277, T380–T381, T463

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Module Description/Skills Journeys Readings/Skills 21. Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., group scientific research and writing);

Unit 1: Research Activities, T453 Unit 2: T267 Unit 3: T71 Unit 4: Compare Texts: Text to World – Connect to

Technology (Search the Internet), T271 Unit 5: T377 Unit 6: T173

Domain 10: A New Nation: American Independence Overview: Domain 10: A New Nation: American Independence Teachers can use the following selections to introduce Domain

10: A New Nation: American Independence. Students can complete the Domain 10 performance standards with the skills instruction in Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Journeys Common Core. Unit 3: Anchor Text: Rules and Laws, T366–T369 Unit 4: Your Turn: Why is it important to learn about people in

the past?, T348; Anchor Text: Life Then and Now, T368–T369; Extend the Topic: Research and Media Literacy – Report About a Famous American, T377

Unit 5: Anchor Text: Symbols of Our Country, T468–T471; Extend the Topic: Speaking and Listening – American Symbols, T479

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Module Description/Skills Journeys Readings/Skills Examples of student performance outcomes for Domain 10: A New Nation: American Independence 25. Identify the main topic and retell key details of a nonfiction/informational read-aloud;

Unit 1: Main Topic and Details, T22, T29, T31, T38–T39 Unit 2: T138–T139 Unit 4: T36–T37, T44–T45

33. Plan and/or draft and edit an informative/explanatory text that presents information from a nonfiction/informational read-aloud that includes mention of a topic, some facts about the topic, and some sense of closure;

Unit 2: Informative/Explanatory Writing, T35, T45, T57, T67, T339, T351, T361, T368–T369

Unit 3: T235, T257, T278–T279, T339, T380–T381, T441, T480–T481

44. Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation;

Unit 2: Sentences: T240, T252, T268–T269 Unit 3: T134, T144, T156, T270 Unit 4: T76–T77, T178–T179 Unit 6: T74–T75

54. Use regular present-, past-, and/or future-tense verbs correctly in oral language.

Unit 1: Verbs: E29, T224, T234, T246, T262, T352, T417 Unit 2: T262 Unit 3: E28, E39, E49, T244, T338, T348, T360, T378, T450 Unit 4: T372, T379 Unit 5: T66, T350, T378, T383

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Module Description/Skills Journeys Readings/Skills Domain 11: Frontier Explorers Overview: Domain 11: Frontier Explorers Unit 4: Anchor Text: Lewis and Clark’s Big Trip, T168–T169

In addition, students can use the following material to comprehend Domain 11: Frontier Explorers. Unit 4: Your Turn: Why is it important to learn about people in

the past?, T348; Anchor Text: Life Then and Now, T368–T369; Extend the Topic: Research and Media Literacy – Report About a Famous American, T377

Examples of student performance outcomes for Domain 11: Frontier Explorers 16. Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a nonfiction/informational read-aloud;

Unit 3: Read and Comprehend, T220; Analyze the Text, T229; Dig Deeper, T240–T241; Read and Comprehend, T426; Analyze the Text, T433; Dig Deeper, T446–T447

23. With guidance and support from adults, focus on a topic, respond to questions and suggestions from peers, and add details to strengthen writing as needed;

Unit 1: Research and Media Literacy, T453 Unit 2: Research and Media Literacy, T267 Unit 3: Informative Writing, T245 Unit 5: Research and Media Literacy, T377

29. Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly;

Unit 1: Speaking and Listening: Ask and Answer Questions, T165; Your Turn, T328

Unit 3: Speaking and Listening: Giving Clear Descriptions, T171

Unit 4: Speaking and Listening: Speaking to Persuade, T177; Use Sensory Words, T477

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