Cross-Curricular Centers
Scott Foresman Reading Street Centers Survival Kit
Use the Lost City materials from the Reading Street Centers
Survival Kit to organize this week's centers.
MATERIALS
CD player, headphones,
AudioText CD, student
book
LISTEN TO LITERATURE Listen to Lost City: The Discovery of Machu Picchu and "Riding the Rails to Machu Picchu" as you follow or read along in your book. Listen for comparisons and contrasts in Lost City.
If there is anything you don't understand, you can listen again to any section.
MATERIALS
Collection of books for
self-selected reading,
reading logs, student book
Select a book you have already read. Record the title of the book in your reading log. You may want to read with a partner.
Choose from the following:
- Leveled Readers
- ELL Readers
- Stories Written by
Classmates
- Books from the Library
- Lost City
TEN IMPORTANT SENTENCES Read the Ten Important Sentences for Lost City. Then locate the sentences in the student book.
BOOK CLUB Read other nonfiction books about trips to interesting places. Discuss with a group how these books are alike and different and how they relate to the unit theme: Adventures by Land, Air, and Water.
MATERIALS
Student book, resources
about Machu Picchu and
Incas, modeling clay, craft
sticks, drawing materials
Make a clay sculpture of Machu Picchu.
- Look at the pictures of Machu Picchu in your student book and classroom resources.
- Choose a part of Machu Picchu to model in clay.
- Use craft sticks, your fingers, or other tools to shape the clay. Follow classroom rules when working with art supplies.
- Place your model on a sheet of paper. Write a caption for your model on the paper.
EARLY FINISHERS Use classroom resources to find out about the art made by the Incas. Draw pictures and add captions to show what you learned.
MATERIALS
Student book, writing
materials
Write riddles using Words to Know.
- Look at the Words to Know on p. 540 of your student book. Use the glossary in your book to look up any words you don't know.
- Write a riddle giving clues about each Word to Know. For example, for granite, you could write: "I'm a type of rock. What am I?"
- Exchange riddles with a partner, and try to solve each other's riddles.
EARLY FINISHERS Write additional riddles using important objects, people, or places in Lost City. Exchange riddles with a partner.
MATERIALS
Resources on ancient
civilizations, note cards,
art materials, blank
Venn
diagram
Create a trading card about an ancient civilization.
- Research one of these five ancient civilizations: Aztecs, Romans, Incas, Greeks, Egyptians.
- Use classroom resources to find facts about the civilization. Write your facts on a note card.
- On the other side of the note card, draw a picture showing something important about the civilization.
EARLY FINISHERS Using a Venn diagram, compare and contrast the ancient civilization to life in your town or city. In the center of the diagram, list some ways life today is like life long ago. List differences about life today on the left and differences about life long ago on the right.
MATERIALS
Internet access,
writing and art materials,
printer
Create a travel brochure for a mysterious place.
- Search the Internet to learn about one of these mysterious places: the Nazca Lines, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), or Stonehenge. Using a student-friendly search engine, type in the name of the place as the keyword. Follow classroom rules for searching the Internet.
- Find out where the place is located and why it is mysterious.
- Make a travel brochure that convinces others to visit the place. Use interesting facts, persuasive language, and vivid details. Include printed pictures or drawings.
EARLY FINISHERS Exchange your travel brochure with others and discuss which place would be the most interesting to explore. Give reasons to support your opinions.
