OUT AND ABOUT AT THE SUPERMARKET Written by Kitty Shea Illustrated by Becky Shipe Picture Window Books ISBN: 1-4048-0295-9W Ages: 4-9 $17.95 “This book is good because you can learn about the market,” said Meg. “Cereal is in the supermarket,” said Hannah. “Milk, yogurt, and cheese are in the dairy department,” said Philippe. “I like milk,” said Charlie. “It’s my favorite thing.” “A supermarket has a butcher,” said Miguel. “A butcher grinds meat.” “My favorite food is chicken,” said Becky. “The supermarket keeps cold cuts in one spot,” said Keisha. “And the fruit and vegetables in another spot,” said Pritka. “Did you know the lettuce takes a shower?” asked Keisha. Kurtis started to laugh. “I got wet the first time I saw a lettuce head getting a shower,” he said. Keisha giggled, too. “I mean, what kind of lettuce would want to take a shower?” “Keisha,” said Hannah, “the lettuce takes a shower so the customers will buy it. Then they won’t have to wash it at home.” “Well, supermarkets have almost everything,” said Lucy. “Yeah, don’t forget the sweet food aisle,” said Meg. “You mean the junk food aisle,” said Pritka. “SUGARY junk!” added Miguel with a laugh. “I wonder what would happen if there were no supermarkets,” asked Anya. “Well, the Pilgrims and the Native Americans did not have supermarkets,” said Kurtis. “When they lived they had to grow their own foods,” said Juan. “such as carrots, potatoes, and lettuce.” “I feel sorry for them,” said Sarit, “because they had to plant their own food and it took a long time.” Katie-Erin shook her head. “I can’t believe they lived without supermarkets,” she said. Marta agreed. “Yeah, if there was no such thing as a supermarket, the people would starve.” “The supermarket is a great place to get all your produce, meats, sweets and grains that you use for your breakfast, lunch and dinners every day,” said Juan. “They have food for any occasion.” “I’d recommend this book to someone who doesn’t like to go to the supermarket,” said Zach, “because after they read this book, they might go.” SNACK TIME AROUND THE WORLD Written by Michele Zurakowski Illustrated by Jeff Yesh Picture Window Books ISBN: 1-4048-0283-5W Ages: 5-10 $16.95 “The book tells about different foods from around the world,” said Hannah. “It tells you some of the places where you can have the best snacks,” said Charlie. “Yeah, like . . . United States, Mexico, Senegal, England, Israel, Oman, Philippines, Vietnam, and Australia,” said Hannah ticking off each country on her fingers. “There’s one drink in Oman,” said Philippe laughing, “which sends bubbles up your nose.” “Limonada!” said Marta, “like lime or lemonade.” “In England they drink smash,” said Philippe, “and in the Philippines, they eat lumpia.” “It’s weird that in Australia an eating time is called, “TEA TIME”, but they don’t drink tea,” said Hannah. “Popcorn is America’s favorite snack,” said Pritka. “I don’t like popcorn,” said Lucy, “I LOVE it.” “Yummy!” said Katie-Erin. “I make popcorn in the microwave,” said Sarit. “It’s a very crunchy snack,” said Juan. “Snacks are fun,” said Keisha. “And every snack is unique,” said Marta. “And they are different all around the world.” THINK, THINK, THINK, LEARNING ABOUT YOUR BRAIN Written by Pamela Hill Nettleton Illustrated by Becky Shipe Picture Window Books ISBN: 1-4048-0252-5W Ages: 5-9 $16.95 “This book teaches you about your body,” said Keisha. “It has my favorite body part . . . called the brain.” “Your brain works like a computer,” said Marta. “It makes you smart.” “Your brain works even when you sleep,” said Pritka. “It helps you dream. And did you know your left side of your brain controls your right side and the right side controls the left side?” “Well, I learned that I have a brain,” said Keisha, “and it makes me think.” MATTER: SEE IT, TOUCH IT, TASTE IT, SMELL IT Written by Darlene Stille Illustrated by Sheree Boyd Picture Window Books ISBN: 1-4048-0246-0W Ages; 5-9 $16.95 “This book is cool because it has fun facts,” said Hannah. “When I looked at the cover I said to myself, What is matter? Then when I read it, I knew what matter was – something that you can see, touch, taste, and smell.” “We are matter,” said Pritka. “That means we take up space. Even air is matter.” “I left this book with a lot of knowledge,” said Hannah. “When I first looked at the cover of the book, I thought, ‘This does not look very interesting, but it is never good to judge a book by its cover.’” NICE HIT! YOU CAN PLAY BASEBALL Written by Nick Fauchald Illustrated by Bill Dickson Picture Window Books ISBN: 1-4048-0259-2W Ages: 5-9 $16.95 “This book is good for me,” said Philippe, “because I want to play baseball.” “You need a glove, tennis shoes, a bat, and ball,” said Meg. “ . . . and a helmet,” said Philippe. Meg nodded. “You need to watch the ball when it comes, too,” she said. “It taught me everything about baseball,” said Greg. DO DUCKS LIVE IN THE DESERT? Written by Michael Dahl Illustrated by Anne Haberstroh Picture Window Books ISBN: 1-4048-0290-8W Ages: 4-9 $16.95 “This book is packed with facts about where animals live,” said Juan. “I liked it because it was funny,” said Lucy. “It certainly made me think of the desert.” “It teaches you about animals in a fun way,” said Zach. “If you’re an animal lover, you should read this book.” “The illustrations were so perky, I thought my eyes would pop out,” said Juan. “And,” said Zach, “this book proves -- DUCKS DON’T LIVE IN THE DESERT.” TEACHER TALK FOOD GROUP PICTIONARY (to be used with Out and About at the Supermarket) Discuss the FOOD GROUPS with the children. Write the group headings on chart paper. (MEAT/PROTEIN, FRUITS, etc) Encourage the children to suggest a variety of foods and write each food under the appropriate heading. List as many foods as they can possibly think of. When the lists are completed, hang them around the room for easy reference. Ex. MEAT/PROTEIN Hamburger Beans FRUITS Oranges Kiwis VEGETABLES Corn Peas DAIRY Ice cream Yogurt SUGAR Candy Cookies Next have the children make a FOOD GROUP book for each food category. Use one sheet of 9” x 12” colored construction paper, folded in half widthwise as the cover, and one sheet of manila paper folded in half widthwise as the inner pages. Label each cover with one of the food groups. (MEAT/PROTEIN, FRUITS, etc) Then give the children a supply of supermarket fliers. Have them cut out a variety of food pictures and glue them into the correct book. Next, they need to label their pictures. Encourage them to use the charts that are hanging around the room to check for correct spelling. When the books are completed, they can be housed in a student classroom library for all to enjoy. By placing the supermarket fliers in a center area this can be an on-going project, which the children can work on independently. WORD STOCK CLERK (to be used with Out and About at the Supermarket) In the supermarket everything has its place. There is the cereal aisle and the canned goods aisle. There’s the dairy section and the produce section, and the meat and fish department. There is the deli and the bakery. AND late at night, the stock clerk makes sure that everything is in its place. Turn your classroom into a superWORDmarket. It’s easy. Have the children place their desks in rows. Label each row with one of the following words. NOUN, VERB, ADJECTIVE Make a variety of flash cards using nouns, verbs, and adjectives. (Ex.: moon, dance, beautiful) Be sure to make enough cards so that every child has one. Next the children (word stock clerks) locate the aisle in which their word belongs and hold their cards in the air. Select a child to be the store manager. The store manager must check each aisle to be sure that everything is in its place. This game can be used as a center activity for children to work on independently. Place the cards in an envelope and provide three baskets labeled NOUN, VERB, and ADJECTIVE. The children sort the flashcards into the correct baskets. You may want to color-code the backs of the cards so that the children can check their own work. You can adapt this game to be used with long and short vowels, rhyming words, or a variety of other language arts skills. Be Creative! SUGGESTED WEBSITES: (Although I examined these websites and found them to be very helpful, please use them at your own discretion.) CHEM4KIDS.COM: http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_intro.html FAMILY FUN ARCHIVES: SUGGESTED BOOKS: SOMETHING GOOD by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko LET’S VISIT THE SUPERMARKET by Marianne Johnston SUPERMARKET by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Melanie Hope Greenberg HOW DOES YOUR BRAIN WORK by Don L. Curry THE BRAIN Our Nervous System by Seymour Simon WHAT IS THE WORLD MADE OF? 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