Scott Foresman Reading Street

Cross-Curricular Centers

Scott Foresman Reading Street Centers Survival Kit
Use the Talking Walls: Art for the People materials
from the Reading Street Centers Survival Kit
to organize this week's centers.

MATERIALS
CD player, headphones,
AudioText CD, Student Edition

Listen to Talking Walls: Art for the People and "Nathaniel's Rap" as
you follow or read along in your
book. Listen for facts and opinions.

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
Talking Walls: Art for the People

TEN IMPORTANT SENTENCES
Read the Ten Important Sentences
for Talking Walls: Art for the
People. Then locate the sentences
in the Student Edition.

BOOK CLUB Write a letter to a
reading penpal. Describe your
favorite mural from the selection.
Then explain what the mural
"says" to you.

MATERIALS
Paper, art supplies,
dictionary

Use a word in a work of art to show the meaning of the word.

Choose a word from the list
below.
Use the dictionary to learn
the meaning of the word.
Think of something you could
draw that would show the
meaning of the word. Use the
word in the art.
Do this for at least two more
words.

EARLY FINISHERS Write a
paragraph describing your artwork.
Be sure to include the word and
its definition in your description.

	celebration	political
	democracy	recycle
	education	success
	expressions	symbolize
	muralist	villages

MATERIALS
Paper, pencil

Tell about your favorite mural
from the selection.

Decide on a mural to
describe.
Spend two minutes studying
the mural.
Brainstorm a list of words
and phrases about the mural.
Your ideas may tell about
what is shown in the mural.
They may also tell how the
mural makes you feel.
Record your ideas on paper.

EARLY FINISHERS Write about
a mural you would paint in your
neighborhood.

MATERIALS
Art materials, paper

Plan a mural for your school or community.

Decide where you want your
mural to appear. It may be on
a wall at school or in your community.
Think of important events to
feature in the mural. If the
mural will be at school,
include events that are
important to your school's
history. Some ideas are the
opening of the school, a visit
from a special person, and a Veteran's Day celebration.
Draw a sketch of the mural
on art paper.

EARLY FINISHERS Write a
paragraph describing the images
in the mural.

MATERIALS
Computer, printer

Search the Internet for different neighborhood murals.

With a partner, discuss keywords you can use to
find pictures of different
murals.
Type your keywords into
a search engine to find
pictures of neighborhood murals.
Print out some of your
favorites.

EARLY FINISHERS Write a description of a mural you found. Tell why you liked or disliked it.