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Cross-Curricular Centers
Scott Foresman Reading Street Centers Survival Kit
Use the Boom Town materials from the Reading Street Centers
Survival Kit to organize this week's centers.
Listening
Reading/Library
Vocabulary
Writing
Social Studies
Technology
Listen to the Selections
SINGLES
MATERIALS
CD player, headphones,
AudioText CD, Student Edition
Listen to Boom Town and "Mike's Teaching T-shirts" as you follow or read along in your book. Listen for clues that help you decide whether Boom Town is a realistic story or a fantasy.
If there is anything you don't understand, you can listen again to any section.
Boom Town
Mike's Teaching T-shirts
Read It Again!
SINGLES
GROUPS
PAIRS
MATERIALS
Collection of books for
self-selected reading,
reading log
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.
You may choose to read any of the following:
  • Leveled Readers
  • ELL Readers
  • Stories written by
    classmates
  • Books from the library
  • Boom Town
TEN IMPORTANT SENTENCES Read the Ten Important Sentences for Boom Town. Then locate the sentences in the Student Edition.
BOOK CLUB Look at "Meet Authors" on p. 412 of the Student Edition to help you set up an author study of Sonia Levitin. Read other books by Levitin and share your favorites.
Read It Again!
Decode and Use Context
GROUPS
SINGLES
PAIRS
MATERIALS
Copy of sentences
below, pencil, paper
Define words using context clues.
  1. Read the sentences.
  2. Find the meaning of the underlined word in each sentence by using context clues.
  3. Write the definition of each underlined word.
  • The rich man possessed a great fortune.
  • Lucy paid in cash and collected her ticket.
  • Two symptoms of a cold include a fever and a runny nose.
  • Grandpa called his physician about getting a flu shot.
  • Mail carriers often need to lift heavy parcels.
EARLY FINISHERS Write new sentences using the underlined words.
Write a Business Plan
MATERIALS
Writing and drawing
materials
PAIRS
Describe a business you could start.
  1. Work with a classmate. Use the following title or make up your own: "Our Business Plan."
  2. Work together to write about a business you want to start. Think about what you will need to do to make the business successful.
  3. Write in the first person, using words such as our, we, and us.
  4. List details about your business such as: what you want to make or do, materials you will need, people you will hire, and the amount of money you expect to earn.
  5. Write a conclusion. Tell why you think your business will succeed.
EARLY FINISHERS Draw illustrations for your business plan.
Research Job Facts
MATERIALS
Books on jobs and
careers, Internet access,
writing and art materials
GROUPS
Find out about different jobs in your community.
  1. Make a poster for a type of job people have in your community.
  2. Find five or six facts about the job.
  3. List the facts along with a picture of the job.
  4. Display your poster in your classroom.
EARLY FINISHERS Trade posters and ask each other questions about the jobs.
Research Job Facts
Apply for a Job
MATERIALS
Computer, printer
SINGLES
You may complete this project
using a word processing program.
  1. List some businesses near where you live. Imagine you want to apply for a job at one of the businesses.
  2. Use a word processing program to write a letter asking for a job at a local business. Explain why you think you would do a good job. When you are done, check your spelling. Then print out and sign your letter.
  3. Share your letter with your classmates.
EARLY FINISHERS Find the address of the local business to which you wrote your letter. Print out the address on an envelope.
Apply for a Job
Decode and Use Context
Write a Business Plan
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