Scott Foresman Reading Street Centers Survival Kit Use the Pushing Up the Sky materials from the Reading Street Centers Survival Kit to organize this week's centers.
MATERIALS CD player, headphones, AudioText CD, Student Edition
Listen to Pushing Up the Sky and "Catch It and Run!" as you follow or read along in your book. Listen for the author's purpose for writing Pushing Up the Sky.
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
Pushing Up the Sky
TEN IMPORTANT SENTENCES Read the Ten Important Sentences for Pushing Up the Sky. Then locate the sentences in the Student Edition.
BOOK CLUBPushing Up the Sky is a play. Read some other plays and get together with a group to share your favorites.
MATERIALS Copy of words and prefixes below, pencil, paper, dictionary
Make a chart like the one below. Use the prefixes to create new words out of the words in the left column. Write the new words in the empty column in the chart. Sometimes you can use different prefixes to create more than one word.
If you aren't sure if a word is correct, use a dictionary.
Write sentences using the words.
EARLY FINISHERS How many other words can you make using the prefixes? Write at least two new words for each.
MATERIALS Writing and drawing materials
Write a play about you or your friend.
Think of something funny that happened to you or someone you know.
Write a short play about the event. Remember to include a cast of characters and a description of props and scenery. Look at Pushing Up the Sky for ideas on how to write a play.
EARLY FINISHERS Draw an illustration for your play or, if you get permission from your teacher first, prepare an oral presentation of your play. Practice reading it aloud. Be ready to perform it for your classmates. Drama
MATERIALS Journal, pen or pencil, research materials, Internet access (optional)
Lunar calendars are probably the oldest calendars invented. They keep track of time by numbering days in each moon phase cycle.
Using an encyclopedia or the Internet, research the phases of the moon. What does the moon look like on the first day of the month? On the 14th? On the 21st?
In your journal, write the moon's phase for today's date.
Draw a picture of what it looks like and label it with the date and phase.
EARLY FINISHERS Use the Internet or an almanac to research names Native American tribes gave each full moon. For example, many tribes called January's moon the Full Wolf Moon. List these names in your journal.
MATERIALS Computer
You might think of e-mail as a quick and informal way to talk to friends. However, even an e-mail letter has to have some structure.
Log on to your e-mail account and compose a new letter to a friend.
Start the letter with a greeting, and hit the "enter" key twice.
Start the body of your message. Every time you change the subject, start a new paragraph.
Close your letter. It can be informal; even a simple "See ya!" is fine.
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