TEACHING Basic Human Needs

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1 TEACHING GUIDE TEACHING Basic Human Needs Kindergarten Reading Level ISBN Blue

2 2 TEACHING BASIC HUMAN NEEDS Standards Economics Science Language Arts Writing Language Arts Reading Language Arts Listening and Speaking Knows how basic human needs of food, clothing, and shelter can be met. Knows the importance of jobs in the home, school, and community. Knows the basic needs of plants and animals. Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process. Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process. Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts. Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes. Multiple Intelligences Utilized Linguistic, logical, spatial, intrapersonal, and interpersonal Copyright 2004 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Student pages may be reproduced by the classroom teacher for classroom use only, not for commercial resale. No other part of this teaching guide may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review. Books in the Basic Human Needs series include: Clothing Food Homes Jobs LernerClassroom A division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis, MN U.S.A Website address: Manufactured in the United States of America IG

3 TEACHING BASIC HUMAN NEEDS 3 Lesson 1 Reading First Step Nonfiction for Kindergarten Purpose: Students will become familiar with written text and reading strategies. Materials Basic Human Needs books Objectives Recognize the format of nonfiction books. Explain attributes that make a book interesting. Employ basic reading strategies. Identify beginning letters in book titles. Construct meaning from text and pictures. Make predictions based on picture cues. Activity Procedures Reading Lesson Checklist p. 10 Prepare Copy Reading Lesson Checklist p. 10. Pretest Ask students to think of their favorite story or book. Choose students to explain why they liked a particular story or book. What do you think the title of the book could be? Why do you think that? Open the book to the first page. Describe what you see on the page. As a class, look at the book, page by page, and talk about the pictures. What do you think this book is about? Read (teacher, class) Read the book to the class, pointing to the words as you read them. Read the book a second time, with students also pointing to the words as you read. Discuss (teacher, class) Talk about how the pictures helped you understand the words on the page. Talk about the book s content. Practice (student, pairs) Read a page of your choosing to the teacher or a friend. Draw a picture to show what the book was about. Evaluate (teacher, student) Does the drawing show what the book is about? What was the main idea? Use Reading Lesson Checklist p. 10 to evaluate student understanding. Assess two or three students each reading session. Preview (teacher, class) Choose a Basic Human Needs book to preview together. Ask students to look at the book s title on the front cover. What letter does the title start with?

4 4 TEACHING BASIC HUMAN NEEDS Lesson 2 Wants vs. Needs Purpose: Students will differentiate between wants and needs by sorting pictures. Materials Basic Human Needs books assorted pictures from magazines large construction paper Objectives Define the words want and need. Identify examples of wants and needs. Classify objects as wants or needs. Create a poster. Evaluate other students choices. Activity Procedures glue Needs and Wants Evaluation p. 11 crayons pencils Prepare Cut out at least three pictures from magazines for each student. Make sure the pictures evenly represent wants and needs. Create wants and needs posters for students. On a large piece of construction paper, draw a line down the middle to divide the paper in half. At the top of one half, write Needs. At the top of the other half, write Wants. Make one of these for every two students. Copy Needs and Wants Evaluation p. 11 for each student. Pretest Write the words Wants and Needs on the board or on chart paper. Ask students to share some of the gifts they want for their next birthday. Write or draw these things under Wants. Ask students to share the things we need to stay alive. Write or draw these things under Needs. Look at the two lists with the students. What is the difference between a want and a need? Are there any items that could be both a want and a need? Read Read Basic Human Needs books. Model Explain that all of the things in the Basic Human Needs books are needs. Show students one of the Wants and Needs posters you prepared. Read the title on each side of the paper. Discuss the beginning letter of each word and how to differentiate between the two words. Tell students that they are going to make a Wants and Needs poster with a partner. Each student will get three magazine pictures. The student and their partner need to decide if each picture is a want or a need. Then they need to glue that picture onto the correct side of their poster. Demonstrate the activity. Choose two pictures (a want and a need) and have the students help you decide if they are wants or needs. Glue them onto your poster. Practice (partners) Have students work in pairs. Give each pair six magazine pictures to glue onto their poster. Circulate to help students work together as a team. Discuss Have students share their posters. Were there any pictures that were both a want and a need? How did you decide which category was the best for that picture? Evaluate (student, teacher) Have each student complete Needs and Wants Evaluation p. 11 to evaluate for understanding.

5 TEACHING BASIC HUMAN NEEDS 5 Lesson 3 Clothing Every Season Purpose: Students will draw pictures to show how the seasons affect what we wear. Model Show students the different articles of clothing. Ask students to identify each item. Discuss in what kind of weather you would wear each article of clothing. Discuss how the weather in your part of the country affects what you wear. Materials Basic Human Needs books Clothing Every Season p. 12 crayons swimsuit hat, scarf, and mittens sweater rain jacket Practice (student) On Clothing Every Season p. 12, have each student draw a picture of themselves and how they would dress for the season in each box. You may want to take the students through the worksheet together season-by-season. Objectives Recall the definition of a need. Explain why we need clothing. Determine how weather affects our clothing choices. Classify articles of clothing by season. Create a drawing. Compare seasons and clothing all over the world. Activity Procedures Discuss Are there places in the world where you can wear a swimsuit outside in the winter? Are there places in the world where you have to wear hats, mittens, and scarves in the summer? Evaluate Check each student s Clothing Every Season p. 12 for completeness and understanding. Prepare Copy Clothing Every Season p. 12 for each student. Pretest Review with students what a need is. Why do we need clothing? Read Read Clothing to the class.

6 6 TEACHING BASIC HUMAN NEEDS Lesson 4 Recipe Pretest Review what a need is. Why do we need food? Purpose: Students will work together to make a recipe and draw each step. Read Read Food to the class. Materials Basic Human Needs books Recipe for p. 13 crayons items for recipe (items depend on what you decide to make) scissors Model Prepare the recipe you have chosen with your class. Give each student a job to do. When making the recipe, try to use sequence words to describe what you are doing, such as before, after, first, next, then, and finally. Objectives Recall the definition of a need. Explain why food is a need. Demonstrate how to follow a recipe. List the steps in a recipe. Assemble steps in correct sequence. Predict different outcomes. Activity Procedures Prepare Choose a simple recipe that you can prepare with your class. Some suggestions are: celery with peanut butter and raisins (Ants on a Log) trail mix ice cream muffins pancakes orange juice Gather ingredients and materials needed for chosen recipe. Copy Recipe for p. 13 for each student. Complete Recipe for p. 13 for the recipe you have chosen. Draw a picture in each box for each step. Cut out each box. Practice After preparing your recipe, pass out Recipe for p. 13 to each student. Show students the steps for the recipe that you drew and cut out. Have the students help you put them in the correct sequence. Take students through each step of the recipe again. Have them draw a picture for each step on Recipe for p. 13. Discuss What other snacks could we make this way? What would happen if we changed the order of the steps in the recipe? Evaluate Check each student s Recipe for p. 13 for completeness and understanding.

7 TEACHING BASIC HUMAN NEEDS 7 Lesson 5 Homes Purpose: Students will draw pictures of their homes and their favorite activities in their homes. Model Using Homes, discuss different kinds of homes all over the world. List different types, such as a house, an apartment, a trailer home, etc. Use My Home p. 14 to draw a picture of the outside of your home in the space provided. Materials Basic Human Needs books My Home p. 14 What I Like to Do in My Home p. 15 crayons Practice (student) Have students draw a picture of the outside of their home on My Home p. 14. Objectives Recall the definition of a need. Explain why a home is a need. Draw a home. Compare different types of homes. Illustrate a favorite activity. Evaluate what is important in a home. Activity Procedures Prepare Copy My Home p. 14 for each student. Copy What I Like to Do in My Home p. 15. Pretest Review with students what a need is. Why do we need homes? Read Read Homes to the class. Model Discuss why we need homes. Use Homes to make a list of things that we do in our homes. Use What I Like to Do in My Home p. 15 to draw a picture of your favorite activity in your home. Practice (student) Have students draw a picture of their favorite thing to do in their home on What I Like to Do in My Home p. 15. Discuss Share student drawings. What makes a house a home? Is it the building or what is inside? Explain. Evaluate Check each student s My Home p. 14 and What I Like to Do in My Home p. 15 for completeness and understanding.

8 8 TEACHING BASIC HUMAN NEEDS Lesson 6 Jobs Purpose: Students will learn about various jobs and what tools are needed to do different jobs. Model Ask students what your job is. What do teachers need to do their job? What tools does a teacher need? What do firefighters need to do their job? What tools does a firefighter need? (Example, hat, coat, boots, truck, walkie-talkie, ax, hose, water, etc.) Materials Basic Human Needs books Tools for a Job p. 16 crayons Practice On Tools for a Job p. 16, students need to choose a job and draw or write words to show the tools needed to do that job. Objectives Recall the definition of a need. Explain why a job is a need. Demonstrate what a job is. Identify tools needed for a job. Make a picture. Compare jobs. Activity Procedures Discuss Have students share their drawings. Ask students what jobs they have. What tools do they need? Evaluate Check each student s Tools for a Job p. 16 for completeness and understanding. Prepare Copy Tools for a Job p. 16 for each student. Pretest Review with students what a need is. Why do we need jobs? Read Read Jobs to the class.

9 TEACHING BASIC HUMAN NEEDS 9 Additional Resources BOOKS Beinstein, Phoebe. What Will I Be?: Dora s Book About Jobs. New York: Simon & Schuster Children s Publishing, In this illustrated board book, Dora explores various jobs while trying to decide what she d like to be when she grows up. Doudna, Kelly. Clothing Around the World. Minneapolis: ABDO Publishing Company, Students will see the kinds of clothing worn by people living in different locations around the world. Jackson, Abby. Homes. Memphis, TN: Yellow Umbrella Books for Early Readers, Simple text and photographs explain why people have homes and show various kinds of homes from around the world. Komatsu, Yoshio, Eiko Kumatsu, and Akira Nishiyama. Wonderful Houses Around the World. Bolinas, CA: Shelter Publications, Incorporated, Color photographs and cutaway illustrations show students different kinds of homes, personal belongings, and daily activities from all over the world. Kishel, Ann-Marie. Carpenter. Minneapolis: Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., Vivid color photographs and simple text explain the job duties of carpenters. Other books in the Work People Do series include Teacher, Doctor, Server, Bus Driver, and Cook. Nathan, Emma. Clothing. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group, This book introduces clothing worn in different parts of the world, including simple robes worn by Tibetan monks and colorful kente cloth worn by men and women in Ghana. Nelson, Robin. From Tree to House. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, This book shows the step-by-step process of building a house. Nelson, Robin. Where Is My Home? Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, This text introduces different kinds of homes from all over the world. Priddy, Roger. ABC of Jobs. New York: St. Martin s Press, This book explores common jobs in the United States. Swain, Gwenyth. Eating. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, This book features children from around the world eating. WEBSITES KidsHealth for Kids Check out the Staying Healthy section for advice about what foods are good for you, and which should only be eaten once in awhile to maintain good health. Go to the Recipes section for kidfriendly recipes. MyPyramid.gov For Kids Teachers can use this site to find kid-friendly activities and reproducibles on healthy eating and the new food pyramid.

10 10 Reading Lesson Checklist Name Skill Uses pictures to help determine title. Uses pictures to understand book content. Reads words from left to right. Reading Lesson Checklist Identifies first letter of book title. Understands that each print word represents one word heard. Teaching Basic Human Needs

11 11 Name Needs and Wants Evaluation Directions: Draw a need in this box. Directions: Draw a want in this box. Teaching Basic Human Needs

12 12 Clothing Every Season Name Spring Summer Winter Fall Teaching Basic Human Needs

13 13 Recipe for Name Teaching Basic Human Needs

14 14 Name My Home Teaching Basic Human Needs

15 15 Name What I Like to Do in My Home Teaching Basic Human Needs

16 16 Name Job Tools for a Job Teaching Basic Human Needs