Level 3

Shopping with Dad

by Lesley Pether

Overview
Use this book to help children understand how people rely on each other for goods and services and use money to purchase those goods and services.

Literacy Focus
High Frequency Words
a, and, go, the, they, to

Word Count: 72 words

Print Conventions
Understanding that print conveys meaning

Writing/Speaking and Listening

Labeling goods purchased at a store Discussing shopping experiences Answering questions

Content Words
card, store, buy, book, food, grocery, flowers, bakery

Comprehension/ Thinking Skills

Reading store signs (environmental print) Connecting ones experience with the experiences of others

Decoding Skills/ Phonemic Awareness

Initial Consonants: c, b (card, cake, book, bakery) Initial Consonant Blends: gr, fl (grocery, flower)

Observe/Assess
See Using Retellings in the Assessment Handbook.

Text Features
Graphic locator

Social Studies Focus

Content and Thinking Skills
Understanding that people have wants and needs Learning that stores often provide the things people want Understanding that people rely on each other to provide goods and services Learning that people exchange money for goods and services the convenience of having goods and services made available to them.

Background Information
People have a variety of needs. They require food, clothing, and other goods that are necessary to live. People also want things that make life more enjoyable. People exchange money for

Correlation to National Standards

Social Studies Production, Distribution, and Consumption
See Standards Chart on page 206.

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Literacy Focus
Set the Scene
Activate prior knowledge by asking children to think about who does the shopping in their families. Where do they go shopping? What do they buy there? Have you helped with shopping? List all the places where children and their families shop. Look at the stores at the bottom of the page. Which store are they going to? Match the sign on the store with the stores name in the text. Encourage children to use the initial consonants or blends to match the words.
Page 12 Refer back to childrens predictions. Which ones were close?

Content Words
Activity Master, page 112 Review the content words in the text. Then encourage children to find the words that match the pictures on the Activity Master, page 112, and label each picture.

Read and Discuss

Cover and Title Page Discuss the title and the cover. Explain that the boy in the picture is Sam. Why might Sam and his dad be going shopping together? List childrens predictions before reading the text. Pages 211 Ask children to look at the illustration on each page.

Respond
Focus on the initial consonants b and c in card and book. Have children find other words in the book with the same beginning consonant sounds. Discuss the graphic locator at the bottom of each page in the book. Explain that the row of stores is like a map. It shows where different stores are in relation to one another. Name each store.

Meeting Individual Needs For specific teaching strategies for meeting individual needs, see pages 198203.

What are Sam and his dad buying?

Social Studies Focus

Social Studies Concept
People rely on each other for goods and services and exchange money to buy the things they want and need.

Activities
Mapping Draw the stores on a large piece of paper and ask children to dictate the labels for the stores. Have children use this map to tell about Sams shopping trip.

Class Shopping Spree Plan a shopping trip for the class. Decide what you will need for a class picnic or party. Make a shopping list based on childrens suggestions. Ask children what types of stores you will need to visit to buy supplies for the picnic. Classroom Store To reinforce the idea that people exchange money for goods, set up a classroom store based on the situations in the book. Have

children practice playing the roles of Dad, Sam, and the storekeepers, using play money and classroom props for the goods.

Name the Stores

Activity Master, page 113 Review the stores featured in the book before children complete the Activity Master, page 113. Show children how to cut out and glue the signs on the correct store.

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Write the word that names the picture.

Word Bank card

book

flowers

cake

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Vocabulary: Content Words

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Cut out the words. Glue each one onto the store it names.

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Bookstore Grocery Store

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Bakery

Flower Store
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