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Journeys

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Description

Journeys is a commercial K–6 English language arts curriculum developed and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, with print and optional digital student and teacher materials.

Components

  • Flexible print or print-plus-digital delivery of Journeys materials: Journeys can be implemented using only print resources or a combination of print and digital resources. Student and teacher digital materials can be accessed on desktop computers, laptops, or tablets with an Internet connection, allowing schools with different technology access to adopt the same program. This flexibility is described as part of the program's implementation requirements rather than as a tested feature. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Journeys: Evidence Review (2017))
  • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Journeys comprehensive reading and language arts program: Journeys is a comprehensive reading and language arts program designed for kindergarten to 6th grade, though it has only been evaluated in grades K-2. It provides teachers with materials and guidelines emphasizing whole group and small group activities built around a daily "big idea" and "essential question," a teacher read-aloud, and vocabulary, phonics, comprehension, and fluency activities. The review describes it as qualifying for the "Strong" category based on one K-2 study. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Journeys: Evidence Review (2017))
  • Whole-group introduction followed by small-group homogeneous practice of the same skills: The Journeys program organizes daily literacy instruction in two tiers: whole group activities introduce a "big idea" and "essential question" for the day, a teacher read-aloud, and vocabulary, phonics, comprehension, and fluency activities. Small group activities then "follow up these same skills in small, homogeneous groups," so all students meet the same content with differentiated group support. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Journeys: Evidence Review (2017))

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Key Sources

  • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Journeys: Evidence Review. (2017). https://www.hmhco.com/programs/journeys
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