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Cross-Curricular Centers
Scott Foresman Reading Street Centers Survival Kit
Use the If You Made a Million 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 If You Made a Million and "Money from Long Ago" as you follow or read along in your book. Listen for clues that help you decide whether If You Made a Million is a realistic story or a fantasy.
If there is anything you don't understand, you can listen again to any section.
If You Made a Million
Money from Long Ago
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 any of the following:
  • Leveled Readers
  • ELL Readers
  • Stories written by
    classmates
  • Books from the library
  • If You Made a Million
TEN IMPORTANT SENTENCES Read the Ten Important Sentences for If You Made a Million. Then locate the sentences in the Student Edition.
BOOK CLUB Hold a book discussion with a group of classmates. Have each classmate summarize his or her book. Then discuss how the books the group read are similar or different from each other.
Read It Again!
Decode and Use Context
SINGLES
MATERIALS
Copy of sentences
below, pencil, paper
Use context clues to finish
sentences.
  1. Read the sentences.
  2. Choose a word from the box that best completes each sentence.
  3. Write the complete sentence.
  • You will have a long ______ as a scientist if you work hard.
  • Unable to keep a secret, Andrew ______ that he got the job he wanted.
  • Many people get nervous as the time for a test ______.
  • Aaron spied the bright diamond ______ in the dark.
  • When Shirley's gold ring was ______, she learned that it was worth a lot of money.
appraised approaches career
gleaming revealed
EARLY FINISHERS Write another sentence using each word from the box.
Write a Diary Entry
MATERIALS
Writing and drawing
materials
SINGLES
Write about your life as the richest person in the world.
  1. Imagine you are the richest person in the world! Think about what your life would be like. How would you use your money?
  2. Write a diary entry. Describe what your typical day might be like.
EARLY FINISHERS Write a brief explanation of the advantages and disadvantages of being the richest person in the world.
Research Money
MATERIALS
Books about money,
Internet access, writing
and art materials
GROUPS
Make money fact sheets.
  1. Start a fact sheet showing a different coin or bill used as money today.
  2. Find five or six facts about your coin or bill.
  3. List the facts along with a picture of the bill or coin you chose.
  4. Display your fact sheet in your classroom.
EARLY FINISHERS Discuss which coins and bills are worth more or less than others.
Research Money
write an E-mail
MATERIALS
Computer
SINGLES
You may complete this project using an electronic mail program.
  1. Write an e-mail to a classmate. Tell about something you recently did. Use an informal tone to word your message. Feel free to use abbreviations too.
  2. Send the e-mail to your classmate. Open the e-mail your classmate sends to you.
EARLY FINISHERS Print out the message you sent to your classmate.
write an E-mail
Decode and Use Context
Write a Diary Entry
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