Subject: Social Studies Unit 4

Tuesday (17th)
1 ) Needs, Wants, and
Choices
Word Wall) Needs,
shelter, wants
Board) Things to
sort+ advertisement
Anticipatory Set:
Advertisement for a
grocery or a
department store. If
you see something
that you like, put
your thumbs up.
Development:
Needs vs. Wants
definition
The students will
make a vocabulary
wallet to keep
vocabulary cards
Needs vs. Wants sort
Making Choice
Reading:
Big Book: Marias
Needs and Wants
Magazine Activity:
Each student will get
a copy of a grocery
flyer. The students
will cut out and paste

Wednesday
(18th)
2) Work
WW) producer,
consumer, income
B) p.168-169 people
with job description
Review using the
vocabulary
Script: Two students
will act out being a
consumer and a
producer, respectively.
Vocab:
producer/consumer/inc
ome
Cut and Paste Sort:
Students hold up their
cards to tell me
whether the picture is
a producer or a
consumer.
Reading: Big Book
In groups, they can put
them into a correct
sequence.
Riddle Who Am I?:
The students will
create a riddle
describing a job.

Thursday
(19th)
3) Goods and
Services
WW) goods,
factory, services

Friday (20th)
4) People Save Money
WW) price, bank, savings
account
B) Bank & Piggy Bank

B) goods and
services
Review)
Blow an origami
balloon. Who
would like to buy
this? Who would
like to learn how
to make it?
Vocab Wallet
Cut and Paste
Sort
Reading: Big
Book on Scientists
The students will
take notes on
each scientist.
The students will
quiz each other
using their notes.
Goods and
Service Street:
One side of the
street will have
places that sell

Pull out $10 & $20 from the

bag. What can you buy with
that? (Have three items
varying in prices on the board)
What if you want to buy a
computer that costs $200?
Where can you save money?
Learn Vocabulary
Give out coins to students.
Read
A Chair for My Mother. Every
time the students hear into
the jar, they will put their
coins into the jar.
Discuss: Why do families save
money?
Writing I would save up my
coins to______

item into needs and

wants chart.

Monday (23rd)
5) From Field to Market
WW) human resource,
capital resource,
scarcity

Students will share

their riddles.

Tuesday (24th)
Keeping Food Cold
Timeline Skill

goods, while the

other side will
have places that
provide services.

Thursday (26th)
6) People and Nations Trade
WW) barter, trade, specialize

Friday (27th)
Bar Graphs
Fact vs. Fiction

Using five senses,

have the students
guess what is in a
cup (raisins)
Read the textbook
Big Book on how you
get raisins.
What are things that
were required to
make a raisin?
Write on index
cards
Vocabulary wallet
Sort the items that
were written on index
cards. Have the
students use their
vocabulary cards to
sort.
Give out
raisins/skittles, but
not everyone gets it
at first. Explain what
scarcity is. Give
skittles to everyone.
Sing the VINE songs
that have steps to
get grapes: Each
group will come up
with motions for each

Show two apples

slices.
- One: Dark and
warm
- The other:
Refrigerator
Where do you think I
kept each of them?
Have the students
guess the order by
sequencing the
pictures in groups.
Explain what a
timeline is.
- Arrows
- In chronological
order
Activity: Make a
timeline of your life
briefly.

Have 2 different scripts

- What are some
differences?
Vocabulary - Barter, trade,
specialize
Ask a set of questions. [Why
do people trade?]
Have the students look at the
banana and find where it
comes from.
Latin America specializes in
producing bananas.
Read the definition for
specialize.
Each country has something
that they specialize in. US:
Wheat/ Japan: Car
Come to the bubble chair.
Fruits and vegetables need
special weather to just grow
right.
Students will find out where
each of the 3 fruits come from
by playing hot and cold on the
world map. (Song)
Each group will specialize in
different fruits. The students
have to barter with other
countries/groups to get each of
the fruits.
Discuss how barter and trade

Compare Fact and

Fiction
Show a fiction book.
Discuss the elements
of a fiction book.
Show a nonfiction
book. Discuss the
elements of a
nonfiction book.
Fiction and nonfiction
sort
Reading Bar Graphs
Use the big book
- Read a Bar
Graph
- Do Skill
Practice Sheet

verse.

Monday (30th)
Review

would look like in the class

market day.

Tuesday (31st)
Market Preparation

Wednesday
(1st)
MARKET DAY

Thursday (2nd)
TEST

Friday (3rd)
NO SCHOOL

Each center will review

different skills.
Each time the students
complete, the students
will receive coins
(income) to use on the
market day.
Explain each center
before we begin.
1st bell: Clean Up
2nd bell: Move to the
next center
3 Centers
1) Dictionary (mini
lesson)
2) Vocabulary
Matching/
Resources Sort
3) Sort (Interactive
bulletin board)
- Goods and
services
- Wants and needs
If done early, they may
work on making signs
for their stores.

Each group will pick

an item to make for
the market day.
Possible Ideas:
Bookmarks
Crazy pencil toppers
Necklaces/bracelets
Make signs
Decide on price
Use the vocabulary
such as producers and
factory while
producing the goods.

Explain some
rules:
Students must do
at least ONE
barter
Half of each group
will take turns
being consumers.
Police will go
around to
reward/fine
people
No saving for
specific people
HAVE FUN!
A card to write
down whether
they did a trade
or a barter and
reflections on
whether it was
fair or not.
With the income,
the students may
buy baked goods
and drink that I
bring.

Unit 4 Test is given