Carol Harper and Pat Burdette of Bustoz Elementary School with "Stretching Harcourt- The Art of Literacy for Third Grade: Extensions that Engage Students" Stretching Harcourt is a group of activities that extend each story in the Harcourt reading series. These activities took the stories read in class a step further and gave third-graders necessary resources to connect what they read to other areas of study such as science, math and social studies. The use of worksheets, charts and graphs allowed the students to see how areas of study can parallel each other.
