Scott Foresman Reading Street Centers Survival Kit Use the Night Letters materials from the Reading Street Centers Survival Kit to organize this week's centers.
MATERIALS CD player, headphones, AudioText CD, Student Edition
Listen to Night Letters and "dear stars" as you follow or read along in your book. Listen and draw conclusions about Night Letters.
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
Night Letters
TEN IMPORTANT SENTENCES Read the Ten Important Sentences for Night Letters. Then locate the sentences in the Student Edition.
BOOK CLUB Look again at Night Letters and "dear stars." Find other books or poems by the same authors or about the same subject from different authors. Get together with a group and discuss the books.
MATERIALS Writing and drawing materials
With a group, play a word guessing game.
Draw two pictures that will allow your partner to guess one of the compound words in the box.
Take turns drawing, guessing words, and combining them into compound words.
EARLY FINISHERS Choose some words not included in the box and continue the game.
MATERIALS Writing and drawing materials, research materials, Internet access (optional)
Make fact cards for the plants and animals in Night Letters.
Using the Internet, an encyclopedia, or a science book, research the organisms that sent Lily night letters.
Write a fact card for each organism. Include information such as its name, how big it is, where it is found, what it eats (if applicable), and any other interesting information you find.
Illustrate your fact cards.
EARLY FINISHERS Share your fact cards with a partner. Take turns quizzing each other about the organisms.
MATERIALS Paper, pen or pencil
Write your own night letter. You may want to write a thank-you note.
Think about some things from nature around you, such as trees, flowers, birds, and insects.
Choose one that you think you know fairly well.
Write a night letter from the thing you chose. Include details about how it acts in nature.
EARLY FINISHERS Read each other's letters and comment on them.
MATERIALS Computer
Write a night letter like the ones in the selection on a word processor.
Open a word processing program.
Type your night letter into the blank file on the screen.
Save your file by selecting "Save As" under the "File" menu at the top of the screen. Don't forget to set the source for the saved file, such as the desktop or your own file. Remember, too, to choose a name for the file that you will remember.
Close the file by clicking on the "X" in the upper right-hand or left-hand corner of the screen.
EARLY FINISHERS Print your letter before you close the program. Select "Print" from the "File" menu at the top of the screen.
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