Theme 9. THEME 9: Special Friends

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1 Theme 9 88 THEME 9: Special Friends

2 CHALLENGE ACTIVITIES FOR Special Friends THEME 9: Special Friends 89

3 WEEK 1 1. What Can We Do? 120 MINUTES INDIVIDUAL PAIR Materials: drawing paper, how-to activity books Challenge Master CH 9 1 Goal: Write an activity book. THEME 9/Week 1 1. What Can We Do? Write a book about things you could do with a younger child. Planning Your Book Think about what young Write some children like to do. tips on each page. Writing Your Book Choose at least three things you could do with a younger child. Write one or two pages for each thing. Draw pictures to show how to do each thing. Make a cover. Put your pages together into a book. Trying Out Your Book Try one of your ideas with a younger child. CH 9 1 Challenge Master Grade 1 Theme 9: Special Friends Planning Your Book Have children brainstorm with partners activities they enjoyed when they were younger. Ask them to think about what younger children they know like to do. Tell them to talk with younger children to get more information. Writing Your Book Tell children to plan where information will go on their pages. Recommend that they list materials and then write sentences telling the steps to follow. A good activity book will include A few sentences about each activity a materials list, steps, and tips for each activity detailed pictures Trying Out Your Book Help children select one of the ideas in their book to try out. They may try the activity out with a child at home or with a younger child in the school. If neither of these options is possible, they may role-play the activity with a classmate. 90 THEME 9: Special Friends

4 Grade 1 Theme 9: Special Friends Challenge Master CH Then and Now 60 MINUTES INDIVIDUAL Materials: art paper, index cards, markers Goal: Make a museum display. Help children focus on common, everyday items about which they can find information. You may have children who pick electronic devices research the earlier, non-electronic versions. After children have created their pictures and cards, hang them together as a museum display. Allow time for children to view the exhibit. 3. Details, Details 60 MINUTES INDIVIDUAL Materials: Saturday Sancocho by Leyla Torres or another book about a child and his or her special friend (e.g., Mrs. Katz and Tush by Patricia Polacco, Big Mama by Tony Crunk, Abuela by Arthur Dorros, Mama Provi and the Pot of Rice by Sylvia Rosa-Casanova), art paper, markers, paints, or crayons Goal: Make a picture based on details in a book. Help children to choose one part of the story that is rich in description, such as the visit to the market in Saturday Sancocho. Discuss with children how they can use color, lines, textures, and other techniques to portray senses other than sight. Additional Independent Work Connecting/Comparing Literature Have children compare the On My Way Practice Reader The Ant and the Dove with the anthology selection When I Am Old with You, using what they have learned about Noting Details. Children may discuss or write about their comparisons. Other Activities TE p. T53, Write a Short Story TE p. T60, Challenge Words TE pp. R13, R23, R29, Challenge Education Place: More activities related to When I Am Old with You Accelerated Reader, When I Am Old with You THEME 9/Week 1 A good display will include illustrations showing early and modern versions of commonly found items cards that include factual information about the invention and early use of the item A good picture will include details the author included in the text attempt to represent the senses of sight, sound, taste, smell, and feeling Challenge Master CH Then and Now Think about how inventions change. Pick an invention. Read about it. Find out when Draw what it the invention looked like when it was was invented. invented and what it looks like today. Write about each picture. Hang your pictures on the wall. 3. Details, Details Look for details in a Include lots of book about a child who has details in your a special friend. picture. Pick a part of the book with a lot of details. Make a list of the details. Close the book and draw the scene. WEEK 1 91

5 WEEK 2 THEME 9/Week 2 Challenge Master CH Learning About Japan 120 MINUTES INDIVIDUAL Materials: books and articles about Japan, fine line markers, Graphic Organizer Master 1 Goal: Write a report about Japan. 1. Learning About Japan Find out more about Japan. Learning About Japan Read books about Draw pictures Japan. Find three to show special topics that interest you. things about Make three webs, one Japan. for each topic. Write the topic in the center. Find details about the topics. Write them in the webs. Writing About Japan Write about what you learned. For each topic, write a paragraph. Sharing What You Learned Post your report in your classroom. CH 9 3 Challenge Master Grade 1 Theme 9: Special Friends Learning About Japan Help children find books and articles on Japan. Suggested titles: Japan (Rookie Read-About Geography) by David Marx; Japan (Picture a Country series) by Henry Pluckrose; Japan (First Reports) by Susan Sinnott; A Zen: A Book of Japanese Culture by Ruth Wells; Colors of Japan by Holly Littlefield Show children how to skim a book. They should skim by reading the title, headings, and captions. They should look at pictures and read quickly to see what topics are covered. Have children note their three main topics in the center circles of three webs. English Language Learners: Children who have come to the United States very recently may profit more from focusing on the United States rather than Japan for their research projects. A good report will include factual information about three aspects of life in Japan three main ideas, each supported by a few details Writing About Japan Discuss The New Friend with children. Children should begin each paragraph with a topic sentence that tells the main idea about their topic. Then they should write details about that main idea. Tell children to ask the reader to tell if the report made him or her interested in visiting Japan. Sharing What You Learned Help children post their reports or deliver or mail their letters. When children receive responses, provide time for them to share these with others. 92 THEME 9: Special Friends

6 Grade 1 Theme 9: Special Friends Challenge Master CH Max Found Two Sticks 60 MINUTES INDIVIDUAL (Challenge Theme Paperback) Materials: art paper; watercolors; brushes; paste; a CD or cassette of music featuring drums by artists such as Philly Joe Jones, J. P. Sousa, or Evelyn Glennie; tape player or CD player Goal: Write a poem. Tell children that each of them will think of different things as they listen to the music, and that this is fine. Ask them to reread Max Found Two Sticks to find ideas for how to write about sounds. Organize a Poet s Corner when children have completed their work. Play the piece of music as background while children read their poems to their classmates. 3. Write a Story 60 MINUTES INDIVIDUAL Materials: copies of Graphic Organizer Master 3 Goal: Write a story about animals. Remind children that they used a story map to understand The New Friend and Johnny Appleseed better. Tell children that they can also use a story map to plan a story they are going to write. Distribute copies of Graphic Organizer Master 3. Additional Independent Work Connecting/Comparing Literature Have children compare the On My Way Practice Reader Pen Pals with the anthology selection The New Friend, using what they have learned about Story Structure. Children may discuss or write about their comparisons. Other Activities Challenge Theme Paperback, Max Found Two Sticks TE p. T142, Challenge Words TE pp. R15, R17, R25, R31, Challenge Education Place: More activities related to The New Friend Accelerated Reader, The New Friend THEME 9/Week 2 A good poem will include a description of the sounds of the music a visual interpretation of the music A good animal story will include the story elements of setting, a problem, events, and a solution to the problem interesting details Challenge Master CH Max Found Two Sticks Listen to music with drums. What do the drums make you think of? Write down what you imagined as you Decide what listened. colors go with the sounds. Write a poem about what you heard. Paint a background for your poem. Paste your poem onto the background. 3. Write a Story Think about the story, Include details Frog Helps Snake. Think that will make about these questions. your story fun What problem did a to read. character have to solve? What was the solution? Now write your own story about some animals who have a problem to solve. WEEK 2 93

7 WEEK 3 THEME 9/Week 3 1. The Book of Chickens and Ducks Write a book about chickens and ducks. Reading About Chickens and Ducks Read books about chickens and ducks. Make webs about what you learn. Begin each Writing a Book part of your Write a beginning book on a new to your book. sheet of paper. Write a second part. Tell facts you have learned about chickens. Write about ducks. Write an ending to your book. Sharing Your Book Display your books. Invite your classmates to read them. CH 9 5 Challenge Master Challenge Master CH 9 5 Grade 1 Theme 9: Special Friends 1. The Book of Chickens and Ducks 120 MINUTES INDIVIDUAL Materials: drawing paper, crayons or markers, materials for bookbinding Goal: Write a book about chickens and ducks. Reading About Chickens and Ducks Point out that even though the author of The Surprise Family included factual information, the story is make-believe. Show children some nonfiction books, like Pet Shop. Point out that each section is about a different topic. Help children notice text features such as titles and illustrations. A good book will have an introduction, sections on chickens and on ducks, and a conclusion factual information about chickens and ducks Writing a Book Discuss with children information or questions they could include at the beginnings of their books to interest readers. Have children write one part about ducks and one part about chickens. Each part should begin on a separate page even though they may only be a few sentences long. Discuss interesting ways to end their books. Show children how to number pages and create simple tables of contents for their books. Sharing Your Book Help children bind their books. Ask children to work together to set up a classroom library display to bring attention to the books they have written. 94 THEME 9: Special Friends

8 Grade 1 Theme 9: Special Friends Challenge Master CH Guess What Happened? 60 MINUTES INDIVIDUAL Goal: Write a friendly letter. Help children recall the five parts of a friendly letter. the date the greeting the body the closing writer s name Help children who want to make a sequence of events diagram before writing their letters. 3. Different and the Same 60 MINUTES INDIVIDUAL Materials: copies of Graphic Organizer Master 2 Goal: Write a comparison. Have children think about the different ways the hen from The Surprise Family changes over time. Have children use a Venn diagram to outline how they have changed and how they have remained the same. Additional Independent Work Connecting/Comparing Literature Have children compare the On My Way Practice Reader Pet Shop with the anthology selection The Surprise Family, using what they have learned about Compare and Contrast. Children may discuss or write about their comparisons. Other Activities TE p. T208, Make Up Sentences TE p. T218, Challenge Words TE pp. R19, R21, R27, R33, Challenge Education Place: More activities related to The Surprise Family Accelerated Reader, The Surprise Family THEME 9/Week 3 A good letter will tell the main events of The Surprise Family include all five elements of a friendly letter A good summary will include a paragraph that tells about aspects of the child that have remained the same another paragraph telling about ways in which he or she has changed details that elaborate on each main idea Challenge Master CH Guess What Happened? Imagine that the boy in The Surprise Family writes Tell how you a letter to a friend to tell feel about what has happened since what the first egg hatched. You happened. may want to use a sequence of events chart to help you remember what happens in the story. Write the letter. 3. Different and the Same Think about ways in which you are the same as when you were little. Think about how you have changed. Write paragraphs that compare the way you were then to the way you are now. Use a Venn diagram to show how you are the same and how you are different. WEEK 3 95