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THEME 3: Around Town: Neighborhood and Community

Selections

1 Chinatown

2 A Trip to the Firehouse

3 Big Bushy Mustache

4 Jamaica Louise James

Around Town:Neighborhood and Community

C H A L L E N G E A C T I V I T I E S F O RC H A L L E N G E A C T I V I T I E S F O R

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SELECTION 1:

Chinatown

1. Celebrate!

Plan the Event

Invent a celebration for yourschool community. Look at acalendar to choose a day for yourcommunity celebration. Answerthese questions:

• What kind of celebration willit be?

• How will it celebrate yourcommunity?

• Where will it take place?

• Will there be a show? Will there be food?

Plan Some Fun

Plan games that everyone could play. List at least fivesimple games. How do you play these games? Write adescription of each game.

Announce the Event

Make a poster that announces your event. Start bydescribing the celebration and telling where it will be. Writeone sentence for each of these: shows, food, games. Invitepeople to the event in the last sentence. Draw a pictureshowing something about your event. Show the poster to aclassmate. Then talk about the celebration.

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CH 3–1 Challenge Master Grade 2 Theme 3: Around Town: Neighborhood and Community

Goal: Develop a plan for your own community celebration.

• Make sure theactivities fit thelocation.

• Plan games andactivities thateveryone will enjoy.

• Give descriptivedetails.

Challenge Master CH 3–1

1. Celebrate! 150 MINUTES INDIVIDUAL PAIR

(Social Studies)Materials: encyclopedia, drawing paper, crayons, and markers

Plan the EventHave children think about a recent event or celebration thathappened in school or at home.

English Language Learners: Have children work in pairs. Havechildren borrow ideas from their native celebrations.

Children continue to work on this project.

Plan Some FunCheck with children on the progress of their plans. Urge children toinvent games that are easy to set up and require few props. Remindthem that descriptions of games should include how to play and thegoal of the game.


Announce the EventIf you can arrange to have an actual celebration, discuss withchildren which plan to use. Then use the children’s ideas as much as possible.

Expected OutcomeA good announcement willinclude

✔ good judgments aboutwhat is appropriate forthe event

✔ clear how-to instructions

✔ descriptive details of the event

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SELECTION 1: Chinatown

2. Winter Count

Native Americans often used pictures to tell stories. Look at the pictures in Chinatown. Thinkabout the places the boy and his grandmother visit and what they do.

Think of pictures to use to tell the story. For example: is the boy and is his grandmother. Start in the top

corner of the page. Use your pictures to tell the story. Drawa thick line between parts of the story to show it’s a newevent. Read your story to a classmate.

3. Community Candles

Some African Americans celebrate Kwanzaa. At this celebration they light seven candles. Each candle stands for an important community value. Make your owncommunity candles. Write down seven values you think areimportant in a community, like kindness and sharing. Cutdifferent-colored candle shapes out of construction paper.Glue them to a sheet of drawing paper. Write a value oneach candle. Show and explain your candles to a classmate.

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THEME 3/Chinatown

Goal: Summarize a story in pictures. • Use only main ideasfor the parts of yourstory.

• Add details only ifnecessary.

Goal: Create a set of candles that shows community values.

• Try to think of wayspeople need to actto work together.

• Choose the color of each candle togo with the word.


Expected OutcomeA good winter count willinclude

✔ a clear summary of thestory’s main events

✔ effective symbols

2. Winter Count 60 MINUTES INDIVIDUAL PAIR

(Social Studies)Materials: art paper and markers

Show a picture of a winter count in a history or art book. You maywant to compare a winter count calendar to Chinese and Americancalendars. You can find a good example of a winter count atAmerican Treasures Memory, a part of the Library of Congress website at http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm054.html

3. Community Candles 60 MINUTES SMALL GROUP

(Social Studies)Materials: colored construction paper, markers, drawing paper,and glue

Talk about Kwanzaa and the candles used to celebrate this holiday.Explain what a value is and discuss some of the values associatedwith Kwanzaa.

Additional Independent WorkConnecting/Comparing Literature

Have children compare the On My Way Practice Reader selectionCatching Bailey with the anthology selection Chinatown, usingwhat they have learned about Making Judgments. Children maydiscuss or write about their comparisons.

Other Activities• Theme 3 Assignment Cards

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• TE p. T58, LiteratureDiscussion

• TE p. T60, Challenge WordPractice

• TE pp. R11, R13, R27, R35,Challenge

• Education Place:www.eduplace.comMore activities related toChinatown

• Accelerated Reader®,Chinatown

Expected OutcomeGood community candles willinclude

✔ an understanding of thevalues important to acommunity

✔ a clear explanation of the candles students create

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SELECTION 2:

A Trip to the Firehouse

1. Firefighters

Be Prepared!

In a small group, plan what youare going to tell. Write a mainidea and details about

• what a firehouse is like

• what firefighters do to beready

• what happens when analarm comes in

Plan Your Talk

Plan how you are going to tell your information.

• You might make a poster. Look at the picture on page 295 to help you show what a firehouse is like.Use information from A Trip to the Firehouse to helpyou add details and labels.

• Decide if there is something else you want to show.

• Decide who is going to tell about each topic.

• Decide who will prepare the things you will show.

Share What You Know

Share with the class what you have learned aboutfirefighters. Have each person talk about his or her topic.Answer questions from your audience.

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Goal: Plan to explain to another class how firefighters work.

• Each member ofyour group shouldpresent a differenttopic.

• Speak slowly andclearly when tellingabout your topic.


1. Firefighters 150 MINUTES INDIVIDUAL SMALL GROUP

Materials: poster board, crayons, markers, and drawing paper

Be Prepared!If necessary, review main idea and details with children. Brainstormwith them other possible topics for their presentations.

English Language Learners: Have children work in pairs.


Plan Your TalkCheck with children on the progress of their talks. Check to be surethat all the topics make sense together as a unit.


Share What You KnowAllow class time for children to present their information. You might want to moderate the question and answer session with the audience. Invite other classes to hear the presentations.

Expected OutcomeA good activity will include

✔ main ideas andsupporting details

✔ organized topics

✔ well-plannedpresentations

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SELECTION 2: A Trip to the Firehouse

2. Solo Girl

Read the story Solo Girl. Witha partner, write down details fromthe story. Use these details tocreate new rhymes for jumpingrope. Think about the rhythm ofjumping rope before you write.

3. Dear Firefighters

Look at the pictures in A Visit tothe Firehouse. Imagine that youwere there, too. Now thank thefirefighters. First, think about

• the things you learned

• the way the firefightershelped you to learn

Then, write the letter. Followthese steps:

• Use the Five Parts of a FriendlyLetter lesson on pages 292–293of your book as a model.

• In the body of the letter, explain why you are thankingthe firefighters.

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Goal: Use the details of a story to create a rhyme.

Goal: Write a thank-you letter to firefighters.

• Brainstorm wordsthat rhyme beforeyou write.

• Be sure your rhymesfit this rhythm.

• Thank thefirefighters for whatthey did for you.

• Use the checklist toreview your finishedletter.

• Sign the letter withyour name.


Expected OutcomeGood rhymes will include

✔ details from the story

✔ rhymes with a rhythm forjumping rope

2. Solo Girl 60 MINUTES PAIR

(Challenge Theme Paperback)Explain the difference between rhyme and rhythm. Have childrendemonstrate rhythm by tapping a pencil or by clapping. You maywant to read a rhyme while they tap or clap.

English Language Learners: Pair less-proficient children withchildren who are more fluent in English.

3. Dear Firefighters 60 MINUTES INDIVIDUAL

Talk with children about why people write a thank-you letter. Havechildren give examples of situations that might call for a thank-youletter or card. For example, they would thank someone for a gift.Tell children to write freely because they can proofread and makechanges later.


Have children compare the On My Way Practice Reader selectionCatching Bailey with the anthology selection A Trip to the Firehouse,using what they have learned about Topic, Main Idea, and SupportingDetails. Children may discuss or write about their comparisons.

Other Activities• Challenge Theme Paperback,

Solo Girl

• Theme 3 Assignment Cards 5, 6




• TE pp. R15, R17, R29, R37,R80, Challenge

• Education Place:www.eduplace.comMore activities related to A Trip to the Firehouse

• Accelerated Reader®,A Trip to the Firehouse

Expected OutcomeA good thank-you letter willinclude

✔ an understanding of thefive parts of a letter

✔ analysis of the story tofind what’s important forthe letter

✔ vocabulary thatexpresses gratitude

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SELECTION 3:

Big Bushy Mustache

1. Cinco de Mayo Celebration

Learn About It

Working with a partner, make a poster that shows the ways Cincode Mayo is celebrated. First, read the description of Cinco de Mayoon page 328 of Big Bushy Mustache.Then, find more facts about it in an encyclopedia. Make notes to answer these questions:

• How do people celebrate the holiday?

• What kinds of food do they eat?

• What kinds of clothes or costumes do they wear?

Make Your Poster

• Write some of the facts you learned about thecelebration.

• Draw pictures of the costumes, food, and otherclothing. Look at the Mexican costumes on pages 329and 332 of Big Bushy Mustache for ideas.

• Draw any other items used to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.

Present Your Poster

Present your poster to the class. You and your partner cantake turns telling your class about the different things onyour poster.

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Goal: Learn about Cinco de Mayo and make a poster about it.

• Check your notes to get the facts towrite on yourposter.

• Look at pictures in an encyclopediafor ideas.


1. Cinco de Mayo Celebration150 MINUTES PAIR SMALL GROUP

(Social Studies)Materials: encyclopedia, poster board, crayons, markers, paint,construction paper, and glue

Learn About itPoint out the geographical location of Mexico on a map. If necessary, remind children how to use an encyclopedia.

English Language Learners: Pair beginners with more advancedchildren.


Make Your PosterCheck with children on the progress of their posters. Tell childrento use pictures and drawings when they can. Remind them to maketheir posters informative and colorful.


Present Your PosterProvide class time for children to present their posters. Oncepresentations are completed, display posters around the classroom.

Expected OutcomeA good poster project willinclude

✔ facts about Cinco deMayo

✔ pictures and drawingsabout Cinco de Mayocelebrations

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SELECTION 3: Big Bushy Mustache

2. Find a Solution

Imagine that you have beenasked to solve a problem. Yourproblem is how to keep acommunity playground clean.Write a problem-solutionparagraph. In your paragraph,

• tell what the problem is

• explain why the problemmust be solved

• describe ways to solve theproblem

3. School Poetry

Choose an activity you doeveryday at school and write arhyming poem about it. Beforeyou write, make a poetry chartthat lists rhyming words andinteresting language you can use.Think about using a simile. Shareyour poem with a classmate.

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Goal: Write a problem-solution paragraph that solves a neighborhood problem.

Goal: Write a rhyming poemabout something you do at school.

• Make a list of ways to keep theplayground cleanbefore you write.

• Use exact nouns to make yourwriting clear.

• Be sure to useinterestinglanguage, rhythm,and rhyme in yourpoem.

• Include descriptionsof the activity togive your reader aclear picture.


Expected OutcomeA good problem-solutionparagraph will include

✔ an understanding of theproblem

✔ a solution or solutions tothe problem

✔ use of exact nouns

2. Find a Solution 60 MINUTES INDIVIDUAL

If necessary, review problem-solution with children. Remind childrenthat their paragraphs should clearly identify the problem andprovide a solution or solutions.

3. School Poetry 60 MINUTES INDIVIDUAL

Materials: drawing paper, crayons, and markers

You might want to brainstorm a list of daily school activities withchildren. Tell them to write a draft of their poem and revise it beforewriting a final version. Display poems and pictures on a classroombulletin board.


Have children compare the On My Way Practice Reader selectionCatching Bailey with the anthology selection Big Bushy Mustache,using what they have learned about Problem Solving. Children maydiscuss or write about their comparisons.

Other Activities• Theme 3 Assignment Cards 8,

9, 10




• Education Place:www.eduplace.comMore activities related to BigBushy Mustache

• Accelerated Reader®,Big Bushy Mustache

Expected OutcomeA good poem project willinclude

✔ the use of interestinglanguage, rhythm, andrhyming words

✔ a topic relating to aschool activity

✔ a clear description ofthat activity

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SELECTION 4:

Jamaica Louise James

1. Life in Pictures

Art in the Subway

In the story Jamaica creates paintings about the things she sees. Find the clues about what Jamaica sees and paints. Then make a chart to explain Jamaica’s subway paintings. First, look at her eight paintings on pages 386–391. Then, on a large sheet of drawing paper, make a chart with three columns. Label the columns Title, Painting Details, and Story Clues.Think about an interesting title for each painting. Write it inthe Title column. Describe what you see in each painting.Write two or more sentences in the Details column.

Find Clues

Complete your chart as you search for all the clues. Writethe clue and page number where it was found in the Cluescolumn.

Art Tour

Take a classmate on a tour of the pictures in the subway.You will need your chart and the story. First, point out thepaintings in the subway station, one at a time, and give thetitle. Next, describe the painting. Finally, tell where Jamaicagot the ideas for her paintings.

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Goal: Use clues in Jamaica Louise James to plan to tellabout her pictures.

• Begin words oftitles of paintingswith capital letters.

• To find clues, readwhat people say inthe story and lookat the illustrations.


1. Life in Pictures 150 MINUTES INDIVIDUAL PAIR

Materials: drawing paper

Art in the SubwayTell children they should describe only the paintings that are clearlyvisible in the story. They should find eight pictures to use.

English Language Learners: Have children work in pairs.


Find CluesExplain to children that clues can be found in both the illustrationsand words of the story. Remind them that Jamaica draws paintingsof things around her and things she is told about by Grammy. Ifnecessary, give children an example of a clue in Jamaica LouiseJames.


Art TourExplain what a guide does in an art gallery. Provide class time forchildren to take a classmate on a tour.

Expected OutcomeA good chart will include

✔ correct titles and cleardescriptions of eightpaintings in the subway

✔ inferences about thesources of Jamaica’s art

✔ information that can beused to explain thepaintings to others

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SELECTION 4: Jamaica Louise James

2. My Neighborhood Gallery

Make three or more picturesfor your own neighborhood artgallery.

• Draw pictures of somepeople, places, and things in your neighborhood.

• Give each picture a title.

• Under each picture, writetwo or three sentencesdescribing why you chose to draw each thing.

• Share your art with a classmate.

3. Community History

Find out about the history of your community. Write a short report that tells about

• what person or group of people founded your community and when

• important community events, people, and places

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Goal: Make pictures for your own neighborhood art gallery.

Goal: Write a short report on your community’s history.

• Be sure to add anyimportant details to your pictures.

• Make sure yoursentences describethe reasons behindyour pictures.

• Organize yourreport into mainideas and details.

• Include drawings or pictures ofimportant events,people, or places.


Expected OutcomeA good art gallery willinclude

✔ three or more detaileddrawings of things in aneighborhood

✔ sentences that clearlydescribe reasons behindthe pictures

2. My Neighborhood Gallery60 MINUTES INDIVIDUAL PAIR

Materials: crayons, markers, and drawing paper

Have children think about the people, places, and things they seeevery day. Display drawings around the classroom.

3. Community History 60 MINUTES INDIVIDUAL PAIR

(Social Studies)Materials: drawing paper, crayons, and markers

Ask volunteers to share reports with the class.


Have children compare the On My Way Practice Reader selectionCatching Bailey with the anthology selection Jamaica LouiseJames, using what they have learned about Making Inferences.Children may discuss or write about their comparisons.

Other Activities• Theme 3 Assignment Cards

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• Education Place:www.eduplace.comMore activities related toJamaica Louise James

• Accelerated Reader®,Jamaica Louise James

Expected OutcomeA good report will include

✔ accurate information onthe history of yourcommunity

✔ main ideas and details

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