ThinkCentral Website:This website is provided by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. It offers numerous resources that connect directly to the lessons being taught in the classroom using Journeys. First, sign-in as a student using the log-in information provided. Then, it will bring you to the student's page and click on "my library". Finally, to access the resources provided you must click on "Reading" in the left column.
Here are a few helpful resources on Think Central.
Student eBook: This is an electronic version your child's textbook. The "contents" tab on the left will help you navigate through the book. There are several other tools available within the left column.
Journey Reader's Notebook: This is your child's workbook. Often, homework and in-class assignments are found within this book. If for some reason your child forgets their homework, you're able to print from this resource using the "more" feature.
Grammar Snap Videos: Journeys provides short grammar videos for most skills. They are organized by grade level and lesson.
**Teachers: In addition to Journeys, here are some resources that align to the units of study that may provide support.
Raz-Kids: Log into this site using the teacher username. This site provides interactive and leveled eBooks.
EPIC: This website is a digital library for kids 12 & under. It's free for educators!! WooHoo!
Storyline Online: This free website, provided by the Screen Actors Guild Foundation, is an on-line streaming video program featuring SAG members reading children's books aloud!
Here are a few helpful resources on Think Central.
Student eBook: This is an electronic version your child's textbook. The "contents" tab on the left will help you navigate through the book. There are several other tools available within the left column.
Journey Reader's Notebook: This is your child's workbook. Often, homework and in-class assignments are found within this book. If for some reason your child forgets their homework, you're able to print from this resource using the "more" feature.
Grammar Snap Videos: Journeys provides short grammar videos for most skills. They are organized by grade level and lesson.
**Teachers: In addition to Journeys, here are some resources that align to the units of study that may provide support.
Raz-Kids: Log into this site using the teacher username. This site provides interactive and leveled eBooks.
EPIC: This website is a digital library for kids 12 & under. It's free for educators!! WooHoo!
Storyline Online: This free website, provided by the Screen Actors Guild Foundation, is an on-line streaming video program featuring SAG members reading children's books aloud!
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Unit 1: " Lessons and Skills: Lesson 1: Anchor Story: Because of Winn-Dixie Paired Selection: Because of BookEnds Target Skills: Story Structure, Point of View, & Flashback Target Strategy: Summarize Vocabulary Strategy: Prefixes re-, un-, dis- Grammar: What is a Sentence? Spelling: Short a and Long a Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Grammar Snap Video: Complete Sentences Prefix Practice: Prefix Big Brown Bear Vocabulary Games: Quia Explore More Activities: Scholastic, Because of Winn-Dixie Lesson 2: Anchor Story: My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Paired Selection: Langston Hughes: A Poet and a Dreamer Target Skills: Author's Purpose, Explain historical Events, & Idioms Target Strategy: Monitor/Clarify Vocabulary Strategy: Prefixes in-, im-, il-, ir- Grammar: Kinds of Sentences Spelling: Short e and Long e Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Prefix Practice: Prefix Big Brown Bear Vocabulary Games: Quia Grammar Game: Types of Sentences (statement, question, exclamation, command) Story Online: Celebrating Black Stories and Black Voices Lesson 3: Anchor Story: My Librarian Is a Camel Paired Selection: From Idea to Book Target Skills: Cause and Effect, Interpret Visuals, & Domain-Specific Vocabulary Target Strategy: Visualize Vocabulary Strategy: Using Context Grammar: Quotations Spelling: Short i and Long i Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Grammar Snap Video: Quotation Marks Grammar Snap Video: Dialogue Cause and Effect Game: Quia , Jeopardy Quotations Game: Quia, Rags to Riches Lesson 4: Anchor Story: The Power of W.O.W.! Paired Selection: The Kid's Guide to Money Target Skills: Theme, Elements of Drama, & Allusion Target Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate Vocabulary Strategy: Prefixes non-, mis- Grammar: Fragments and Run-On Sentences Spelling: Short o and Long oo Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Grammar Snap Video: Complete Sentences & Sentence Fragments Grammar Game : Sentence Sort Theme Game: Quia, Rags to Riches Prefix Practice: Prefix Big Brown Bear Vocabulary Games : Quia Lesson 5: Anchor Story: Stormalong Paired Selection: Hoderi the Fisherman Target Skills: Understanding Characters, Hyperbole, & Point of View Target Strategy: Infer/Predict Vocabulary Strategy: Reference Materials Grammar: Proper Nouns Spelling: Homophones Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Grammar Snap Video: Common and Proper Nouns Noun Game: Noun Dunk Noun Game: Noun Explorer Figurative Language 4th Grade Review (there's a hyperbole column): Jeopardy Vocabulary Games: Quia Unit 2: " Lesson 6: Anchor Story: Invasion from Mars Paired Selection: the History of Radio Target Skills: Story Structure, Elements of Drama, & Formal and Informal Language Target Strategy: Infer/Predict Vocabulary Strategy: Suffixes -y, -ous Grammar: Verbs Spelling: Vowel Sounds: Short u and Long u Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Grammar Snap Video: Subject-Verb Agreement Suffix Practice: Suffix Big Brown Bear Lesson 7: Anchor Story: Coming Distractions: Questioning Movies Paired Selection: How Do They Do That? Target Skills: Fact and Opinion, Explain Concepts and Ideas, & Domain-Specific Vocabulary Target Strategy: Summarize Vocabulary Strategy: Greek and Latin Word Parts phon, photo, graph, auto, tele Grammar: Verbs Tenses Spelling: Vowel Sounds /oo/ Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Jeopardy : 4th Grade Fact and Opinion Room Recess: Fact or Opinion Quia: Greek and Latin Word Parts Activities: Vocabulary Strategy Practice with options of Flashcards, Matching, Concentration, & Word Search Lesson 8: Anchor Story: Me and Uncle Romie Paired Selection: Sidewalk Artists Target Skills: Understanding Characters, Point of View , & Theme Target Strategy: Visualize Vocabulary Strategy: Figurative Language Grammar: Porgressive Verb Tenses Spelling: Vowel Sounds in /ou/, /o/ Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Figurative Language 4th Grade Review: Jeopardy Lesson 9: Anchor Story: Dear M. Winston Paired Selection: Field Guide to Snakes of the Southwest Target Skills: Conclusions and Generalizations, Understanding Characters, & Humor Target Strategy: Question Vocabulary Strategy: Antonyms Grammar: Compound and Complex Sentences Spelling: Vowel + /r/ Sounds Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Grammar Snap Video: Compound Sentences Grammar Snap Video: Complex Sentences Lesson 10: Anchor Story: Jose! Born to Dance Paired Selection: Dance to the Beat Target Skills: Author's Purpose, Simile and Metaphor, & Genre:Biography Target Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate Vocabulary Strategy: Shades of Meaning Grammar: Pronouns Spelling: More Vowel + /r/ Sounds Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Unit 3: " Lesson 11: Anchor Story: Hurricanes: Earth's Mightiest Storms Paired Selection: Recovering from Katrina Target Skills: Text and Graphic Features, Explain Scientific Ideas, & Text Structure Target Strategy: Infer/Predict Vocabulary Strategy: Suffixes -ful, -less, -ness, -ment Grammar: Frequently Confused Words Spelling: Compound Words Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Suffix Practice: Suffix Big Brown Bear Lesson 12: Anchor Story: The Earth Dragon Awakes Paired Selection: Twisters Target Skills: Sequence of Events, Conclusions and Generalization, & Author's Word Choice Target Strategy: Visualize Vocabulary Strategy: Synonyms Grammar: Possessive Nouns Spelling: Words with -ed, or -ing Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Lesson 13: Anchor Story: Antarctic Journal: Four Months at the Bottom of the World Paired Selection: Cold, Cold Science Target Skills: Sequence of Events, Simile and Metaphor, & Domain-Specific Vocabulary Target Strategy: Summarize Vocabulary Strategy: Greek and Latin Word Parts spect, struct, tle, vis Grammar: Modal Auxiliaries Spelling: More Words with -ed or -ing Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Lesson 14: Anchor Story: The Life and Times of the Ant Paired Selection: The Dove and the Ant Target Skills: Text and Graphic Features, Explain Scientific Concepts and Ideas, & Author's Purpose Target Strategy: Question Vocabulary Strategy: suffixes -able, -ible Grammar: Participles Spelling: Final Long e Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Suffix Practice: Suffix Big Brown Bear Lesson 15: Anchor Story: Ecology for Kids Paired Selection: Wonderful Weather: "Fog", "Weather", "Umbrella", "Spring Rain", and "Weatherbee's Diner" Target Skills: Main Ideas and Details, Author's Word Choice, & Analyze an Argument Target Strategy: Monitor/Clarify Vocabulary Strategy: Using Context Grammar: Irregular Verbs Spelling: Changing Final y to i Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Grammar Snap Video: Irregular Verbs Unit 4: " Lesson 16: Anchor Story: Riding Freedom Paired Selection: Spindletop Target Skills: Compare and Contrast, Personification, & Genre: Historical Fiction Target Strategy: Monitor/Clarify Vocabulary Strategy: Figurative Language Grammar: Adjectives Spelling: Spelling /k/, /ng/, and /kw/ Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Grammar Snap Video: Adjectives Lesson 17: Anchor Story: The Right Dog for the Job: Ira's Path from Service Dog to Guide Dog Paired Selection: Knowing Noses:Search-and-Rescue Dogs Target Skills: Sequence of Events, Main Idea and Details, & Domain-Specific Vocabulary Target Strategy: Summarize Vocabulary Strategy: Suffixes -ion, -ation, -ition Grammar: Adverbs Spelling: Words with Final /j/ and /s/ Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Grammar Snap Video: Adverbs Suffix Practice: Suffix Big Brown Bear Lesson 18: Anchor Story: Hercules' Quest Paired Selection: Aomo's Friends Target Skills: Story Structure, Theme, & Allusion Target Strategy: Question Vocabulary Strategy: Adages and Proverbs Grammar: Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases Spelling: Prefixes: re-, un-, dis- Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Grammar Snap Video: Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases Lesson 19: Anchor Story: Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez Paired Selection: The Edible Schoolyard Target Skills: Conclusions and Generalizations , Idioms, & Problem and Solution Target Strategy: Infer/Predict Vocabulary Strategy: Reference Materials Grammar: Relative Pronouns and Adverbs Spelling: Suffixes: -ful, -less, -ness, -ment Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Suffix Practice: Suffix Big Brown Bear Lesson 20: Anchor Story: Sacagawea Paired Selection: Native American Nature Poetry Target Skills: Main Ideas and Details , Onomatopoeia, & Text Structure Target Strategy: Visualize Vocabulary Strategy: Shades of Meaning Grammar: Abbreviations Spelling: Words with VCCV Pattern Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Unit 5: " Lesson 21: Anchor Story: The World According to Humphrey Paired Selection: Make the Switch Target Skills: Theme, Idioms, & Point of View Target Strategy: Summarize Vocabulary Strategy: Using Context Grammar: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives and Adverbs Spelling: Words with VCV Pattern Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Grammar Snap Video: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives and Adverbs Lesson 22: Anchor Story: I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote Paired Selection: The Role of the Constitution Target Skills: Cause and Effect, Conclusions and Generalizations, & Domain-Specific Vocabulary Target Strategy: Infer/Predict Vocabulary Strategy: Adages and Proverbs Grammar: Negatives Spelling: Words with VCCV and VCV Patterns Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Lesson 23: Anchor Story: The Ever-Living Tree: The Life and Times of a Coast Redwood Paired Selection: Towering Trees Target Skills: Text and Graphic Features, Similes, & Text Structure Target Strategy: Monitor/Clarify Vocabulary Strategy: Prefixes pre-, inter-, ex- Grammar: Punctuation Spelling: Words with VCCV Pattern Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Lesson 24: Anchor Story: Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship Paired Selection: Sea Sanctuary Target Skills: Compare and Contrast, Fact and Opinion, & Author's Word Choice Target Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate Vocabulary Strategy: Suffixes -ed, -ly Grammar: Commas Spelling: Words with VCCCV Pattern Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: Suffix Practice: Suffix Big Brown Bear Lesson 25: Anchor Story: The Fun They Had Paired Selection: Toys! Amazing Stories Behind Some Great Inventions Target Skills: author's Purpose, Genre: Science Fiction, & Formal and Informal Language Target Strategy: Question Vocabulary Strategy: Greek and Latin Word Parts meter, them, aud, fac Grammar: Proper Mechanics Spelling: Words with VV Pattern Target Vocabulary: Instructional Videos and/or Student Activities: |
