Cross-Curricular Centers
Scott Foresman Reading Street Centers Survival Kit
Use the Two Bad Ants materials from the Reading Street
Centers Survival Kit to organize this week's centers.
MATERIALS
CD player, headphones,
AudioText CD, student book
Listen to Two Bad Ants and "Hiking Safety Tips" as you follow or read along in your book. Listen for the main events in the story. Identify the story's theme.
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
- Two Bad Ants
TEN IMPORTANT SENTENCES
Read the Ten Important Sentences
for Two Bad Ants. Then locate the sentences in the Student Edition.
BOOK CLUB Read "Meet the
Author and Illustrator" on p. 377.
Read other books by Van Allsburg
and share your favorites with
a group. Discuss how the texts
and illustrations are the same
and different across his books.
MATERIALS
Paper, art supplies,
dictionary
Use words and definitions to
make a puzzle for a classmate.
- Choose five words from the
list below. Write them on a
piece of paper.
- Use a dictionary to learn their meanings. Write each
definition on the paper in an
order different from the
words.
- Exchange papers with a
partner. Match words with
definitions.
EARLY FINISHERS Think of
different ways to sort the words
you gave clues for. Make lists
to show your sorting.
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antennae |
fountain |
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chamber |
frightening |
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delicious |
sparkling |
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echo |
temperature |
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entrance |
treasure |
Write a paragraph for a research report that tells about ants.
- Read the facts about ants
below.
- Use the facts to write a
paragraph that tells about
how ants communicate.
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Ant Facts |
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social insects |
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live in colonies |
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antennae to smell, touch, taste,
and hear |
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give off chemicals with smells |
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smells carry a message about
food or danger |
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EARLY FINISHERS Write a list
of questions about animal
communication that you would
like to have answered.
MATERIALS Books on ants, Internet
access, art supplies
Learn about an ant's body.
- Use the resources to learn
about an ant's body parts.
- Make a model of an ant.
- Label its body parts. Write
a short sentence to tell
about each body part.
EARLY FINISHERS List five interesting facts you learned about ants while researching their body parts.
MATERIALS Computer, paper,
pencil or pen
Find a Web site about ants and decide if it is a reliable source.
- Use a search engine to
find Web sites with facts
about ants.
- With a partner, discuss
which sites seemed more reliable and why.
- Make a list of good Web
sites that you found.
Describe why you trust
them.
EARLY FINISHERS Write a
paragraph listing some of the
facts that you found on a reliable Web site.
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