TEACHING Simple Tools Set II

TEACHING GUIDE TEACHING Simple Tools Set II Kindergarten Reading Level ISBN-10: 0-8225-6880-2 Green ISBN-13: 978-0-8225-6880-3

2 TEACHING SIMPLE TOOLS SET II Standards Science Mathematics Language Arts Writing Language Arts Reading Life Skills Technology Understands the nature of scientific inquiry. Understands the scientific enterprise. Uses a variety of strategies in the problem-solving process. Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts of numbers. Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts of measurement. Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process. Gathers and uses information for research purposes. Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process. Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts. Makes effective use of basic tools. Understands the nature of technological design. Multiple Intelligences Utilized Linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, intrapersonal, and interpersonal Copyright 2007 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 Simple Tools Set II series include: Compass Microscope Scale Tape Measure Tweezers LernerClassroom A division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55401 U.S.A. 800-328-4929 Website address: www.lernerclassroom.com Manufactured in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 IG 12 11 10 09 08 07

TEACHING SIMPLE TOOLS SET II 3 Lesson 1 Simple Tools Introduction Purpose: Students will determine uses for simple tools. Materials Simple Tools Set II books simple tools: compass, microscope, scale, tape measure, and tweezers tool labels p. 8 cutouts p. 9 Objectives Predict uses for tools. Identify uses for simple tools. Construct a visual representation illustrating the uses of simple tools. Group items that can be investigated using the same tool. Compare simple tools. Evaluate the usefulness of simple tools. Activity Procedures file folders snack-sized zippertop bags construction paper scissors glue chalkboard chalk Prepare Copy tool labels p. 8 and cutouts p. 9 for every two students. To create the folder game: Cut out the boxes on p. 8. Open a file folder and lay it flat. On the left side of the folder, glue the directions at the top. Glue two tool labels in the remaining space. Glue the other three tool labels on the right side. Cut apart cutouts on p. 9 and store in zipper-top bag. On the chalkboard, create a five-column chart with one of the simple tools at the top of each column. Pretest (teacher, students) What is a tool? What kinds of tools have you seen? Where have you seen simple tools used? Read (small groups) Divide class into five small groups. Read one book from Simple Tools Set II. Each group will examine the simple tool it read about. What can it be used for? Rotate the books and tools to new groups. Model (teacher, students) Show students the five-column chart you made. Create a list of uses for each tool. Write its uses under each tool on the chart. Show students the Simple Tools folder game. Explain how to play the game. Students take turns choosing a cutout and deciding which tool can be used with it. For example, confetti can be picked up with tweezers and an airplane has a compass. Students should explain why they matched each piece with the tool they chose. Many of the items could be used with multiple tools. Practice (pairs) Students play the Simple Tools folder game. Discuss (teacher, students) Have students compare how their group sorted the pieces with how another group sorted them. Were any pieces sorted differently? As a class, discuss how the pieces were sorted. Which tool is the most useful? Why? Evaluate On construction paper, create a five-column chart with one simple tool at the top of each column. Students cut out and glue the pieces from cutouts p. 9 to each of the five columns.

4 TEACHING SIMPLE TOOLS SET II Lesson 2 Exploration Stations Purpose: Students will experiment with various simple tools and determine their uses. Pretest (teacher, students) Look at and discuss each of the simple tools in turn. Where have you seen a (tape measure) before? How was it being used? Why might you need to use a (tape measure)? Materials Simple Tools Set II books Tool Evaluation p. 10 five compasses three magnets camera and printed photos five tweezers items to pick up five microscopes items to view under a microscope five scales items to weigh three tape measures index cards Operation game by Milton Bradley (optional) Read (teacher, students) Read Simple Tools Set II books. Model Explain each of the Exploration Stations. Demonstrate how to complete Tool Evaluation p. 10. Practice (small groups) Divide students into five small groups. Have each group begin at a different station. Students should investigate the tools at each station. Objectives Recall where you have seen simple tools. Discuss possible uses for simple tools. Apply knowledge of how simple tools are used. Explore various uses for each simple tool. Improve ability to use each simple tool. Assess comfort level and/or personal skill with each simple tool. Activity Procedures Prepare Copy Tool Evaluation p. 10 for each student. Create the Exploration Stations listed on page 5. Discuss (teacher, students) Which tool was the easiest to use? Which was the most difficult? Which tool do you think you would most likely use again? When would you want to use these tools? Evaluate (teacher, students) After exploring the tools at each exploration station, students should complete Tool Evaluation p. 10 to evaluate their skills with each tool. Assess student evaluations to determine whether students need additional experience with any of the simple tools.

TEACHING SIMPLE TOOLS SET II 5 Exploration Stations COMPASS Preparation Follow these directions to create location cards: Stand at the compass station. Face each cardinal direction and take a picture of the view in the classroom. Print out 4 6 photos. These photos will become the location cards. The picture side is the answer for each card. On back of the each photo, write the question Which way is (north) in the classroom? Draw a picture of a compass pointing that direction as well. Place these cards question-side up at the station. Activity (students) Each student will pick a card. They will use their compass to match the compass illustration on the back of the card. They will verify that they are facing the direction named in the question by comparing their view to the photo on the back. Additionally, students will investigate what a magnet does to their compass. MICROSCOPE Preparation Choose a variety of materials to view under the microscope. If using prepared slides, number each slide on the side. Then, create a space on the table for each slide with a picture of the object or organism and the corresponding slide s number. Activity (students) Students view each of the materials using the microscope. If viewing prepared slides, students should return the slides to their designated places by matching the numbers on the slides to the numbers on the pictures attached to the table. Activity (students) Students weigh each of the materials using the scale. Some items will be weighed in their container and some will be weighed individually. TAPE MEASURE Preparation Create cards with the names of various classroom items, such as the teacher s desk, the carpet, a math book, etc. Include a picture or drawing on each card to assist non-readers. On the back of each card, write the length of the corresponding item. Draw what the students will see on the tape measure if they have measured correctly. Activity (students) Students will work in pairs to measure items in the classroom. Students use the cards to choose items to measure. After they have measured each item, they will assess their measuring skills by checking the answer on the back of the corresponding card. TWEEZERS Preparation Choose a variety of materials to pick up with tweezers. Place them on one side of the table. Remove the batteries and set up the Operation game. Activity (students) Students pick up each of the materials with the tweezers and move them to the other side of the table. For an extra challenge, have students try to remove a piece from the Operation game. SCALE Preparation Choose a variety of materials to weigh with a scale. Challenge students thinking by including a large container of something light (like cotton balls) and a very small container of something heavy (like lead washers). If you want students to weigh the entire container, secure the container so the items within it cannot be removed.

6 TEACHING SIMPLE TOOLS SET II Activity Ideas Language Arts Title: Simple Tools Minibook Objective: Students will create a minibook that shows uses for simple tools. Materials: minibook template pp. 11 13, stapler, crayons Description: To assemble the minibooks: Copy minibook template pp. 11 12 back-to-back for each student. Copy minibook template p. 13 for each student. Fold pp. 11 12 on the dotted line. Fold p. 13 on the dotted line so the printed side is on the inside. The blank outside will serve as the book s cover. Place pp. 11 12 inside p. 13 and staple in the fold. Read the minibook aloud to the class. Discuss how students have used the simple tools. Students will write their names and the book title on the cover. On each page, students will draw a picture of themselves using the simple tool named. Science Title: Variations Objective: Students will explore other tools that work in ways similar to the simple tools studied. Materials: see below Description: Display tools that are similar to the simple tools students have been studying. Have students explore how each of these tools works. After students have experimented with the tools, discuss how they are similar to and different from the simple tools studied in class. compass star chart (used in early navigation) microscope magnifying glass scale balance tape measure yardstick tweezers chopsticks Social Studies Title: Who Uses These Tools? Objective: Students will identify occupations that use simple tools. Materials: Who Uses These Tools? pp. 14 16, scissors, glue, crayons Description: Copy Who Uses These Tools? pp. 14 16 for each student. Follow these directions to assemble the lift-the-flap page: Color the images on pp. 15 16. Cut the dotted lines on p 14. Put glue on the glue boxes on p. 15. Place p. 14 on top of p. 15. Fold the flaps up on the solid lines. Read the text boxes on p. 16 aloud to the students. Discuss which tool is used for each job. Cut out the matching text box and tool image. Find the matching job picture under the flaps. Glue the tool image from p. 16 on top of the flap. Glue the text box to the back of the flap. Repeat for each flap. Have students share the lift-the-flap page with their families. Students should find out what simple tools their family members use at home or at their jobs. Discuss what they learned from their families.

TEACHING SIMPLE TOOLS SET II 7 Additional Resources BOOKS Browning, Dave. Marvin Weighs In. New York: HarperCollins Children s Books, 2000. Help Marvin the cat weigh two coins. Directions on how to make a paper scale are included in the book. Bullock, Linda. Looking through a Microscope. New York: Children s Press, 2004. Readers learn how to use a microscope through simple text and photographs. Fleming, Denise. Alphabet under Construction. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 2006. Readers learn about construction terms while watching a little mouse build the alphabet. Gikow, Louise A. A. Up Close. New York: Scholastic Library Publishing, 2004. This book shows how the microscope evolved over time. Photographs show magnified images of various objects. Selsam, Millicent Ellis. Greg s Microscope. New York: HarperCollins Children s Books, 1990. This illustrated book follows Greg as he explores items in his home with his new microscope. Stewart, Gail B. Microscopes. San Diego, CA: Kidhaven Press, 2003. The history of the microscope and discoveries made using this scientific tool are covered in this book. Trumbauer, Lisa. You Can Use a Compass. New York: Children s Press, 2004. Color photographs help readers discover how to find their way using a compass. WEBSITES History of the Microscope http://www.southwestschools.org/jsfaculty/ Microscopes/history.html Visitors to this site can learn more about the different types of microscopes and their parts. Look, Learn, and Do http://www.lldkids.com/kids/projects/compass.html Follow the directions to create a compass from everyday materials. Scanning Electron Microscope www.mos.org/sln/sem/intro.html Learn how this powerful microscope works and view magnified images of common and unusual objects.

8 tape measure tweezers scale microscope compass Directions: Look at the game pieces. Choose the tool that works with each piece. Put the piece on the tool s box.

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10 Name Tool Evaluation I can use the compass. I can use the microscope. I can use the scale. I can use the tape measure. I can use tweezers.

11 I can use a microscope. I can use a compass.

12 I can use a scale. I can use tweezers.

13 I can use a tape measure. A is my favorite tool.

14 Who Uses These Tools?

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16 Who Uses These Tools? Computer Technician Computer Technicians build and fix computers. They use tweezers to pick up the small parts. Botanist Botanists learn about plants. They use microscopes to see the plants close-up. Deli Clerk Deli clerks cut meat and cheese at the store. They use scales to weigh the meat and cheese. Pilot Pilots fly airplanes. They use compasses to know what direction they are flying. Carpenter Carpenters build things with wood. They use tape measures to see how long the wood is.