Cross-Curricular Centers
Scott Foresman Reading Street Centers Survival Kit
Use the A Day's Work materials from the Reading Street Centers Survival Kit to organize this week's centers.
MATERIALS
CD player, headphones,
AudioText CD, Student Edition
Listen to A Day's Work and "What Is a Weed?"as you follow or read along in your book. Listen to what the characters in A Day's Work say and do.
If there is anything you don't understand, you can listen again to any section.
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
- A Day's Work
TEN IMPORTANT SENTENCES
Read the Ten Important Sentences for A Day's Work. Then locate the sentences in the Student Edition.
BOOK CLUB Look at "Meet Authors" on p. 408 of the Student Edition. Write a letter to Eve Bunting, telling her which of her books you have read and which ones you liked best.
MATERIALS
Pencil, paper, dictionary
Explore the meaning of vocabulary words by answering questions that use them.
- Read the questions below.
- Write an answer. Use the
underlined word in your
answer.
- Use a dictionary for help with meanings.
- Share your answers with
a partner.
- What emotion might your friend be feeling if she just slammed the door?
- If you trembled outside, what would the weather be like?
- Who employed a
gardener?
- When have you experienced sadness?
- Would you be startled if
you heard a sudden loud
noise?
EARLY FINISHERS Write sentences for each underlined word.
MATERIALS
Gardening books, pens
or pencils, paper, art
materials
Write instructions for the back of a seed packet.
- Read about how to grow a flower or other kind of plant.
- Write steps telling how to use seeds to grow the plant. Be sure to include directions for watering and feeding the plant after it has sprouted.
- Number your steps.
EARLY FINISHERS Make a seed packet out of paper. Draw a picture of the plant on the front and list your directions on the back.
MATERIALS
Writing materials
What were the costs and benefits of Francisco's actions?
- Together, list two other ways Francisco might have acted to get his grandfather the job.
- Discuss the costs and benefits of the boy's choice in the story.
- Make a T-chart listing the costs and benefits of Francisco's choice.
EARLY FINISHERS Rewrite the story using one of the ideas you discussed.
MATERIALS
Computer, printer, printer
paper
Compose a story on the computer and print it out.
- What happened to Francisco and his grandfather the next day? Type a list of a few things they did.
- Type some of these ideas into a short description of their Sunday.
- Proofread and print out your story.
EARLY FINISHERS Draw pictures in the margins that illustrate scenes or actions in your story.
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