Cross-Curricular Centers
Scott Foresman Reading Street Centers Survival Kit
Use the Antarctic Journal 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
Antarctic Journal and "Swimming
Towards Ice" as you follow or read
along in your book. Listen for main
ideas in Antarctic Journal.
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
- Antarctic Journal
TEN IMPORTANT SENTENCES Read
the Ten Important Sentences for Antarctic Journal. Then locate the
sentences in the student book.
BOOK CLUB Read other
published
journals. Discuss with a group how
a person's private journal might
be different from journals that get
published.
MATERIALS
Student book, writing
materials, assortment
of small
classroom objects
Make a musical instrument using
everyday objects.
- Brainstorm with a partner
ways to
make music using
everyday objects.
Scan the
selection to find details
about
life at Palmer Station and
imagine objects the station
might
have.
- Draw and label a diagram
showing an
instrument the
explorers could make.
Explain
what materials are needed
and how to play the instrument.
Come up with a fun name for
your
invention.
EARLY FINISHERS Make a
musical instrument using objects
found in your classroom. Ask your
teacher for permission to play it for
others.
MATERIALS
Student book, writing
materials, audiotape recorder
Write a poem describing
Antarctica.
- Scan the selection to find details
about Antarctica. Look for words
that tell what the author sees, hears,
touches, smells, and tastes. What
emotions does she experience?
- Write a poem that helps readers
picture what it is like to be in
Antarctica. Use vivid descriptions.
- Choose a poetry style that best
expresses your ideas. You could
write a simple haiku, use rhymes, or
write free verse. Add a title.
EARLY FINISHERS Practice reading
your poem aloud with expression.
Record a reading of your poem.
Drama
MATERIALS
Resources on Antarctica,
note cards, writing
materials
Write three facts and one flop, a
statement that is a mistake, about
Antarctica.
- Use classroom resources to find out
more about Antarctica.
- Write three true statements of fact
on a note card and one "flop"—a
mistaken or false statement. Mix the
order of your statements.
EARLY FINISHERS Exchange note
cards with a partner. Write an X
next to the statement you think is
wrong. Return each other's cards
and see if your partner found the
mistaken statement. Then rewrite
the false statement to make it
true.
MATERIALS
Student book, word
processing program, printer
List rules for explorers at Palmer
Station.
- Review the selection to find what the
explorers should or should not do.
Some rules keep the explorers safe.
Other rules protect the environment.
- Open a new document in a word processing
program, and type a list of
these rules.
- Write short, clear rules. Often, rules
begin with action words. Emphasize
important words in the text.
- Follow classroom rules for using a
computer and printing files.
EARLY FINISHERS Explore ways to
format, or arrange, your list. Word
processing programs have "help"
features you can use.
