Society and Environment - Student Workbook: Book A - Ages 5-6 by Teacher Superstore

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Society and Environment – A Published by R.I.C. Publications PO Box 332, Greenwood Western Australia 6924 © R.I.C. Publications 2000 ISBN 1 86311 659 1 Copyright Notice No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system without written permission from the publisher.

Foreword Society and Environment will help to increase your knowledge and understanding about your local community and environment and compare them to others. The seven books in the series look mainly at Australia—its people, its heritage, its political and legal systems, and its place in the world. The aim of the book is to assist you to better understand the community you live in and to make sound decisions about local, National and worldwide issues.

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School Life ...................................... 45–62

Studying and comparing students’ individual differences, including physical characteristics, family background, beliefs and past and present experiences.

Studying the school environment, its processes and social/cultural aspects.

This is Me My Favourite Things Happy or Sad? Types of Hair How We Change Then and Now Happy and Sad Things My Family My Family – 2 Types of Families Family Jobs Likes and Dislikes Family Rules My Favourite Family Day Family Survey Special Occasions Matthew’s Community Yumiko’s Family André’s Family Yumiko and André

Helping in the Classroom At School I ... You and Me School Days Classroom Rules Looking After Your School Litter in Your School Uniforms, Crests and Mottos In My Classroom Classroom Report Different Languages Getting to School What Do You Bring? My School Year School Life In The Past Where Does It Belong? Who Helps Me?

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Studying human needs and wants, and how they are met by the familiar and wider community. What Are Needs and Wants? My Needs and Wants Our Basic Needs What Do Pets Need? Healthy Food Chart Food Choices Foods From Other Countries What Is a Shelter? My House Our Shelter Animal Shelters Clothes Caring for Clothes Love and Care How Did You Feel? People Who Care About Us Where Does it Come From? Life of a Dairy Cow New from Old

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Studying features, use, care and change of familiar environments, including home, school and local community. At Home At School My Favourite Place The Cubbyhouse Primary School Map Waterman Primary School Places on a Farm Places in a Town Around My School What Happens Here? What is Passing By? Our Environment Houses Seasons – Spring Seasons – Summer Seasons – Autumn Seasons – Winter Caring for Places Society and Environment

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This is Me Lesson Focus:

You will learn how you are the same as and different from other people.

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favourite, same, different, me

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1. Draw a picture of yourself in the frame.

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My Favourite Things Draw or collect pictures and label your favourite things.

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Happy or Sad? What makes you happy or sad? Draw a happy or sad face for each picture.

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Make up one of your own.

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Types of Hair 1. Draw the type of hair for each person in your class. Draw

for curly hair,

for straight hair and

for wavy hair for each

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Additional Activities 1. Using cutouts of students, hands and feet, create a class mural. 2. Ask blindfolded students to identify classmates by touching their face. 3. Students compare fingerprints. Use these to create patterns and pictures with prints. All About Me

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How We Change Lesson Focus:

You will learn how we grow and change.

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grow, change, future, past

Draw, write about or glue pictures to show:

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2. Things we do now.

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Then and Now How have you changed since you were a baby? 1. Tick the box.

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Happy and Sad Things 1. Draw two happy and two sad things that have happened in your life. 2. Draw a line to the correct place on the time line. Happy Things

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Have a ‘Guess the Baby Photo’ competition.

Students observe bathing or feeding a baby. Discuss what a baby can and can’t do compared to themselves.

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My Family Lesson Focus:

You will learn about your family.

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family, parents, grandparents, brother, sister, relative

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My Family – 2 Write the names of people in your family. Add more labels if you need to. sister uncle

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These words might help you: mother father brother grandmother grandfather aunty

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Additional Activities 1.

Brainstorm ‘relative’ words and their meaning.

Discover the ‘relative’ words that apply to them. For example, a student could be a brother, son, nephew etc.

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Types of Families Lesson Focus:

You will learn how families are the same and different.

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relatives, jobs, rules, celebrate

There are many different kinds of families. Some families have lots of people. Other families are very small. Some families have grandparents or other relatives living with them. Sometimes people from two different families become one family.

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Find pictures in magazines or draw your own pictures of some different types of families.

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Family Jobs Everybody in a family needs to help each other. Here are some jobs the people in your family might need to help each other do.

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Write who does each job. There may be more than one person.

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Likes and Dislikes 1. Draw a family job you like to help with.

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Name the job.

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Family Rules Every family makes rules about safety, health, manners and time. Read the rules below. Draw or write another rule you have to follow in each box.

1. Wash your hands before you eat.

1. Don't play with matches.

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My Favourite Family Day Imagine your family is going to spend the whole day together. Plan what you would like to do for each part of the day. 1. Draw a picture in each box. afternoon

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2. Write the story of your favourite family day.

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Family Survey Ask two people in your family about some of their favourite things. Draw, write or glue pictures in each box. Name

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Special Occasions 1. Find out how many people in your class celebrate these special occasions. Write the number of students in each box. There is space for two more if needed.

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Matthew’s Community Hi, my name is Matthew. I am six years old. I live in an Aboriginal community called Warburton. I live in a house with my mum and dad and my older brother and younger sister. Mum and Dad share a room and I share a room with my brother and sister. Next door is my aunty and her family and my uncle and his family live two houses down.

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I get up early every day so I can play basketball with my cousins and friends before we all go to school. Because it is so hot, school starts at 7 a.m. If we get all of our work done, our teacher takes us to the community pool for a swim. As a treat, after school, when it cools down, Mum and Nanna take us out bush. We collect berries, yams, grubs and honey ants. We sometimes save them to have with our dinner, but we mostly eat the honey ants when no-one is looking.

1. Complete the chart about Matthew and yourself.

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2. Draw pictures and write words to finish the story map of a day in Matthew’s life.

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Yumiko’s Family Hello! My name is Yumiko, and I am from Japan. I live with my mum and dad and my little brother Kentaro. We live in a busy city called Tokyo. My mum works at home, and my dad works with computers in an office. We live in an apartment on the eighth floor of a big building. Our apartment is very small, so I have to share a room with my brother.

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We eat a lot of rice at our meals and we use chopsticks. My favourite family meal is yakitori, which is barbecued chicken on a stick. I also love going out to eat hamburgers!

My favourite family celebration is New Year’s Day. We get dressed in special clothes called kimonos. On New Year’s Day we visit our friends and our grandparents.

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2. Write the Japanese word. .

(a) A straw mat is a

(b) Yumiko’s favourite meal is

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3. Tick the things that are correct.

(a) Yumiko leaves her shoes in the hallway. .................................

(b) Yumiko’s favourite celebration is Christmas..............................

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André’s Family Hi, my name is André. My family and I live in France in a city called Lyon. I live with my mum and my two older brothers, Pierre and Jean-Paul. We live in an old house near a river. I have my own bedroom. Our house has two storeys and is on a narrow street. My mum is an engineer and she works in the city. My dad, who is a chef, lives on the other side of the river. My brothers and I go to visit him every second weekend. We have to catch a train to get there, which is lots of fun.

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My favourite family celebration is a special day in France called Bastille Day. It is like a big party. We go out at night and watch fireworks. Everyone dances in the streets. My brothers and I always look forward to Bastille Day, because we get to stay up really late!

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2. Colour the words that describe Bastille Day.

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Yumiko and André 1. Tick the correct box in the grid.

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Additional Activities 1.

Compare different occupations family members work in. Are they paid? Unpaid?

Compare jobs students help with at home now and those 100 years ago.

Read Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories and discuss the messages.

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At Home Lesson Focus:

You will learn why places at home and school are special to you.

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home, school, special, feature, care

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1. Draw your favourite place at home.

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1. Draw your favourite place at school.

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2. Name the people and other features of this place.

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1. Draw a picture or bring a photograph of a favourite place you like to visit.

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3. Take one of the features away from this place. What would happen?

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The Cubbyhouse ‘1, 2, 3 ... SURPRISE!’ Kelly and Joshua opened their eyes. They stared at the beautiful cubbyhouse in amazement. No wonder they hadn’t been allowed into the backyard last night!

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Joshua pushed open the door. It was even better inside. There was a table and chairs, a tiny kitchen and lots of cosy cushions on the floor. Their toybox was also in the corner. Mum and Dad smiled from the doorway. ‘It’s all yours,’ they said, ‘but you must take good care of it’.

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Joshua and Kelly’s aunties, uncles and five cousins all came. The twins proudly showed their cubbyhouse to their cousins. They told them that it was their own special place for themselves and their friends. ‘Lets look inside!’ one of the cousins yelled, and all of them charged in the door.

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Discuss how you think Kelly and Joshua felt: • when they first showed the cubbyhouse to their cousins, • after their cousins left the cubbyhouse in a mess. Additional Activities 1.

Give a talk using objects and pictures of places that are special to them.

Students write a story about a real or imaginary place they have never been to. Why is it special?

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Primary School Map Lesson Focus:

You will learn more about places you are familiar with.

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map, farm, town, school

1. Choose the best place on the map. • Draw a cross where you could eat lunch. • Colour the place where you could play football.

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2. Follow the path to get to your classroom. Use a coloured pencil. • Start at the car park. • Draw a path to the netball courts.

• Walk past the adventure playground towards the oval. classroom red.

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Places on a Farm 1. Look at the bird’s-eye view of a farm. Label each part with these names. Use the white boxes. shed

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Places in a Town Here is a map of a town. Give the town a name. Label these places on the map.

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Around My School Look at the pictures below. 1. Walk around your school and find another kind of roof, window and path.

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What Happens Here? Lesson Focus:

You will learn how we use the places we know.

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environment, natural, built, season

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What is Passing By? 1. Tally how many of these things pass by your school.

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Our Environment The world around us is called our environment. Some of the things in our environment, like roads and buildings, have been made by people. Some things are natural, like plants and animals. Look at the picture below.

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1. Colour the box green if it is natural.

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2. Colour the box red if it has been built.

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3. Draw a picture and write a keyword about what each of these rooms is used for.

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Seasons – Spring What happens to our environment in spring?

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1. Draw more spring things to finish the picture.

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2. Write keywords about spring.

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Seasons – Summer What happens to our environment in summer?

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1. Draw more summer things to finish the picture.

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2. Write keywords about summer.

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Seasons – Autumn What happens to our environment in autumn?

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1. Draw more autumn things to finish the picture.

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2. Write keywords about autumn.

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Seasons – Winter What happens to our environment in winter?

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1. Draw more winter things to finish the picture.

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2. Write keywords about winter.

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Caring for Places Lesson Focus:

You will learn why it is important to care for places we use.

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caring, responsible

1. Look at these children caring for their home and school. Draw and write another way you can care for these places.

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2. Discuss what would happen if you did not care for these places. Additional Activities 1.

Discuss what recycling means and how it helps the environment.

Devise rules students may need to follow for taking care in places they play or visit.

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Helping in the Classroom Lesson Focus:

You will learn what makes a happy, healthy and safe classroom and school.

Keywords:

happy, safe, healthy, helping

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At School I ... Draw a picture or complete the sentences in each speech bubble.

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You and Me 1. Choose someone in the class you don’t know very well. Draw yourself and this person. Then complete the list below.

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School Days Choose a day of the school week. Write or draw what you do.

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Classroom Rules Every classroom needs rules to help keep it a happy, healthy and safe place. 1. What safety rule is being broken?

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Looking After Your School It is important to care for the places and things we use around our school. Everyone can enjoy being in a happy, healthy and safe school. Draw more things you would find in each place to finish the picture.

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Litter in Your School 1. Draw or tally the litter found in each place in your school. The blank column is for you to complete.

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Uniforms, Crests and Mottos Lesson Focus:

You will learn more about school life and the people in your classroom.

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Many schools have a school uniform. Does your school have a uniform?

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In My Classroom Answer the questions about your classroom.

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4. How many boys in your class?

How many girls in your class?

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Classroom Report Choose something you like using in your classroom. It could be a book, a game or even a box of coloured pencils! Write a report about this object.

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Different Languages Hello! My name is Reece. In my classroom some children speak a language other than English. This is how to say ‘yes’ and ‘no’ in their language. Yes is the top word and no is the bottom. Arabic na'am laa

Greek nai' o'hi

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Yunhi

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1. Choose a language to answer yes or no. (a)Are you six?

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(b) Do you like ice-cream?

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2. Write a word from each language and what it means in English.

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Getting to School

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1. Find out how students in your class usually get to school. Put a cross for each student in the correct place in the graph.

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3. (a) What is the least common way of coming to school? (b) Why do you think this is?

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1. Draw and label the things you bring to school each day. What is the same as and different from other students?

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School Life In The Past Invite a classmate’s grandparent/s to talk about their school days. Have each person talk to a small group. Ask him/her the following questions. Make up two of your own.

What is your name?

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What was the name of this school?

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Compare your group’s answers with other groups. Additional Activities 1.

Teach words and songs in languages spoken by students in the classroom.

Collect items for a time capsule that show what school life is like for children at school today.

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Where Does It Belong? Lesson Focus:

You will learn about places in your school and who helps you at school.

Keywords:

help, belong

Sort the words below into where you might find or do these things at school. Some might belong in more than one place. run

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Who Helps Me?

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1. Draw or write about four ways your teacher helps you at school.

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What Are Needs and Wants? Lesson Focus:

You will learn what a ‘need’ and a ‘want’ means.

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need, want, food, clothing, shelter, love

We all have things we need and want.

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A need is something to keep us alive and healthy. For example: healthy food.

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My Needs and Wants People have different needs and wants. What are your needs and wants? 1. Cut out pictures from magazines or draw your own needs and wants. Wants

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Our Basic Needs Our basic needs are food, clothing, shelter and love.

1. Fill in the chart with our basic needs. Write some examples of each.

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What are our basic needs?

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Some things are not normally needed in order to live, but are very important to us. 2.

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What Do Pets Need? Our pets also have needs. When we own a pet we must make sure it is given those needs. Different pets have different needs. 1. Tick the boxes below to show what each pet needs. Add another pet in the blank box. Needs to Needs water Needs to to drink have exercise be fed

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Needs Needs home Needs grooming cleaned love

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Additional Activities 1.

Discuss what happens when people’s basic needs aren’t met. What can be done to help?

Look after a pet in the class for a period of time. Cater for its needs with a roster system.

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Healthy Food Chart Lesson Focus:

You will learn about foods needed for a healthy diet and foods from different countries.

Keywords:

diet, healthy, entree, main course, dessert

Look at the diagram showing how much of each food is needed for a healthy diet. Vegetables, legumes

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Milk, yoghurt, cheese

Bread, cereals, pasta, noodles

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Food Choices These children are thinking about what they are going to eat. Work out the healthy and unhealthy food eaters and write each name in the Venn diagram.

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Foods From Other Countries All people need food to eat. Different foods come from different countries. You may have eaten some of them. 1. Draw and label a food you like to eat in the box. Mexico

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Bread is the most widely eaten food in the world. Different breads are special to different countries.

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This is a menu from the Worldwide Restaurant. It has foods from different countries.

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Entree:

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Entree:

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Main Course: Quiche

Main Course: Haggis

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Find out about any of the foods that you don’t know.

Make a class mural of healthy and unhealthy foods from other countries.

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What Is a Shelter? Lesson Focus:

You will learn about the importance of shelters, including different types for different environments.

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protect, roof, stilts, veranda, stadium, sampan

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A shelter is something that we need to protect us from things like rain, wind, heat and cold. Our homes are our most important shelter. People live in different types of homes for different reasons.

roofs. The roof is also very strong.

1. Why do you think the roofs are built like this?

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In countries where it is swampy and rains a lot people often build houses on stilts.

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3. Why do you think people build these stilt houses?

In countries with hot, dry weather, people often build houses with verandas and flywire doors.

4. Why do you think a veranda is useful?

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My House Hi! My name is Tep. I live in a country called Thailand. My family and I live where the weather is warm and it rains a lot. We live in a hut made from wooden poles, with large leaves for a roof. Our hut is raised up off the ground and has many gaps where breezes can get in, which keeps us cool. We don’t have much furniture in our hut, and we sleep in hammocks.

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1. Complete the table below for Tep, Su-Lin and yourself.

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My name is Su-Lin and my house is a houseboat called a sampan. I live in Hong Kong harbour. My family and I live on the water because there are not enough houses for people in Hong Kong to live in. My house is near many other sampans, so it is like living in a floating city! Our sampan has a cabin with a roof made of mats. We manage to do everything on our small boat—eat, cook, sleep, wash our clothes, and play!

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Our Shelter Our homes are not the only things that give us shelter. What do these things protect us from? Complete the sentence for each picture. Draw and write about one of your own.

Type of shelter

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Animal Shelters Shelter is important to animals as well as people. Animals in the wild will find natural shelters. People often build shelters for their pets. 1. Look at the shelter each animal might find in the wild. Match it to the one it might have if it was a pet. Built

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Discuss the problems homeless people face.

Brainstorm different types of homes from around the world.

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Clothes Lesson Focus:

You will learn about the importance of different types of clothes and how to care for them.

Keywords:

weather, environment, wash, iron

We need clothes to protect us from the weather and the environment.

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3. Tick the clothes that would protect you if you were walking through the bush. 4.

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Love and Care Lesson Focus:

You will learn the importance of loving and caring for others.

Keywords:

love, care, feelings

People feel happy when they are loved and cared for. We show our love and care in different ways to our family, friends and even our pets.

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How Did You Feel? 1. Draw and write about a time you felt cared for, and a time you did not.

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People Who Care About Us People other than your family and friends may also care about you. Here are some groups of people who care about other people. Doctors

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Where Does it Come From? Lesson Focus:

You will learn about where things we use come from and how new products are made.

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product, recycle, supermarket, farm, factory

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Life of a Dairy Cow 1. Number these pictures of the life of a dairy cow in the correct order.

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The milk is sold to a shop, where you can buy it. 2.

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Many people have a special bin at their house to collect things such as plastic containers, aluminium cans and paper and cartons. They can be recycled and made into new products. Here are some examples.

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Decide what you think each product has been made from. Sort and write the name into its correct group.

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