Scott Foresman Reading Street

Cross-Curricular Centers

Scott Foresman Reading Street Centers Survival Kit
Use the Volcanoes: Nature’s Incredible Fireworks materials
from the Reading Street Centers Survival Kit to organize
this week’s centers.

MATERIALS
CD player, headphones,
AudioText CD, Student Edition

Listen to Volcanoes: Nature's Incredible Fireworks and "Natural Disasters" as you follow or read along in your book. Listen for examples of comparisons in Volcanoes.

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
Volcanoes: Nature's Incredible Fireworks

TEN IMPORTANT SENTENCES
Read the Ten Important Sentences for Volcanoes: Nature's Incredible Fireworks. Then locate the sentences in the Student Edition.

BOOK CLUB Look through
Volcanoes: Nature's Incredible
Fireworks. Draw a diagram of one
aspect of volcanoes and discuss
how it helps you understand the
selection.

MATERIALS
Paper, pencil, dictionary,
thesaurus

A dictionary is not the only reference for unknown words; a thesaurus can help too.

Look up each of the words below in a dictionary. Write the definition of each word on a sheet of paper.
Then look up the words in a thesaurus. Write at least one
synonym for each word.
Complete the sentences
below with one of the words
listed.
Which reference helped more?

The old quilt was a/an ___________ of her grandmother’s.
When planning a party, start with a list of the people you want to ______.
Oregon is in the Northwest ________ of the United States.

EARLY FINISHERS Look up more
words in a dictionary, then check
a thesaurus for synonyms.

MATERIALS
Writing materials

Write definitions for idioms.

Look at the following idioms.
Decide which one animal
they are all about.
Write a dictionary entry
defining what you think
each idiom means.
Compare your ideas with a partner.

Be in the doghouse.
Bark up the wrong tree.
His bark is worse than
his bite.
Let sleeping dogs lie.

EARLY FINISHERS Write a short story in which you use one of the idioms above.

MATERIALS
Non-hardening clay in different
colors, pen or pencil, paper,
scissors, pushpins, paper towels

Make a model of Earth’s layers.

Look at the diagram on p. 388
of Volcanoes: Nature’s
Incredible Fireworks.
Create a model of Earth’s
layers, using the diagram
as a reference.
Start with the inner core and
work out from there.
Use a different color clay for
each layer.
Remember that your model is
going to be a cross section of
Earth, so you should be able
to see the individual layers.
Display models in the classroom.

EARLY FINISHERS Cut a piece of paper into small strips. Write the name of each layer on one strip of paper and attach the strip of paper to the correct layer of the model with a pushpin.

MATERIALS
Computer

Use any of the processes
described in Volcanoes to create
a computer graphic illustration.

Open the installed graphics software by double-clicking on the desktop icon.
There are various tools you can use to create a graphic, such as brushes, lines, and spray. Experiment with one or two until you feel comfortable drawing a graphic illustration.
Create a graphic of something you read about in Volcanoes.
Don't forget to save and print.

EARLY FINISHERS Add more details to your illustration using other available tools.