Grade 3 Unit 5 –  Cultures Dear Teacher, Reading Street offers multiple types of support for your ELL students – just look for this image in your Teacher's Edition: . Weekly on-level ELL Readers provide scaffolded text, supported with lesson plans. The ELL Teaching Guide includes vocabulary strategies and word cards, comprehension lessons, and multilingual selection summaries (English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, and Hmong). ELL Posters help students practice tested vocabulary and concepts. Ten Important Sentences are summaries of each Student Edition selection, which help struggling readers and ELL students develop comprehension skills.

Cross-Curricular Resources Week One Suki’s Kimono One Leaf Rides the Wind by Celeste Davidson Mannis This guide includes discussion ideas and activities for use with One Leaf Rides the Wind. Talking About Stereotypes Here are the words you need to talk with your students about labeling people. Science, Technology, and Society: Silk or Synthetics? Students explore the role of silks and synthetic fabrics, and discuss why clothing is made the way it is. Japanese Numbers This math activity focuses on counting in Japanese. Unit Inquiry Project: Cultures in Our States Students research what ethnic groups make up their state and how the groups and their numbers have changed over time. Students may use print or online resources. Week Two How My Family Lives in America My Own Coat of Arms Use this graphic organizer to introduce students to each other or to detail characters from a book or story. Tangram Art Children will enjoy making tangram pictures. African Recipes Recipes for Peanut Sauce Dish, Sweet Doughnut Balls, Fufu, Fried Plantains, and Dovi. Chinese Numbers and Days of the Week Students learn how to write the numbers one through ten and the days of the week in Chinese. ELL and Transition Handbook The ELL and Transition Handbook provides professional development for the teacher. It contains the latest research and the best practices for meeting the needs of English language learners at all proficiency levels. Week Three Good-Bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong My Trip to America Immigrants to America have the opportunity to write about their experience. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson Use these extension ideas while reading this story about a Chinese child's new life in America. Immigration Venn Diagram This graphic organizer challenges students to compare moving into a country with moving within a country. Making a Fan In this activity, children create a fan that resembles those used by traditional Korean dancers. Week Four Jalapeño Bagels Food with History This article describes the history of some interesting foods. Diets Around the Globe Explore the impact of the Columbian Exchange on diets in all parts of the world.. Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers Use a recipe for applesauce cake to review the process of multiplying fractions by whole numbers. Favorite Foods These prompts will really get students' imagination and tastebuds working. Eastern European Recipes Recipes for Chai, Zupa z Dynia, Pappilan Hatavara, and other favorites from Eastern Europe. Week Five Me and Uncle Romie City Highlights Students find out information about a city and create travel posters. Regions by Rail Explore an online resource to plan a virtual train trip, while learning the names and locations of states. City Getaway Students use the Internet to plan a weekend excursion to a major U.S. city. Class Birthday Graph Students practice graphing skills by making a graph of their classmates' birthday months. Portrait Heads in Paper Students use their imagination to create paper portraits of different people.

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