The Cricket in Times Square Study Guide
Study Guide for The Cricket in Times Square
This extensive study guide workbook covers comprehension, spelling, vocabulary, grammar & enrichment ideas related to The Cricket in Times Square for 4th-5th graders. As students read, they complete worksheets, writing topics, hands-on activities and field trips.
The study guide is broken down into weekly units in which students read a section of the novel and answers comprehension questions pertaining to those chapters. Each unit contains a variety of critical thinking activities including projects, drawing, writing assignments, and a puzzles which correlate to chapters in the novel. Writing assignments apply concepts in the story to the student's life and many passages are chosen to emphasize Biblical lessons that relate to the story.
Total Language Plus study guides are designed to take about 8 to 10 weeks to complete. Depending on the number of activities students perform and the degree of emphasis placed on composition skills, this study guide may serve as your complete Language Arts curriculum.
Barbara's Notes: The study is a good choice to use after completing Charlotte's Web or Pippi Longstocking. It is a favorite among both boys and girls. (Grades 4, 5)
The Cricket in Times Square
by George Seldon
A displaced cricket befriends a mouse, a cat and a boy whose family runs a newsstand in a subway station. But how will he ever return to his country home?
Book Summary — 151 pages
Book Category — Fantasy
Theme — Friendship
Setting — New York subway
Novel Study Highlights — 6 units
Spelling-Vocabulary — Med. to Difficult
Critical Thinking — Light
Biblical Focus — Trust in God
Related Studies — Music, Chinese culture, family-run business, relocating
