UNIT X UNIT 8 | 315 B • Build academic language proficiency Read aloud the questions. Have students work in pairs and answer the questions, referring to the text to find evidence. ANSWERS 1. Before the invention of eating utensils, people ate with their hands. 2. The first utensils were made with sticks, stones, and shells. 3. Both the wheel and utensils are very old inventions. But the first utensils were made with rocks and shells. The first wheels were made with wood. 4. Sample answers: bowls, pots, shirts, robes, shovel, axes C • Use a pie chart Echo read the title and category headings and review how to read the organizer. Then have students work in pairs to find information in the pie chart to answer the questions. ANSWERS 1. Most people use hands, or forks, knives, and spoons. 2. A knife and hands are used the least. 3. Sample answers: I use chopsticks and spoons the most, but I eat hamburgers with my hands. 4. Sample answers: 10 students use chopsticks the most, 15 students use a fork the most, and 2 students use their hands. • Make connections Have students work in small groups to survey each other about which utensil each uses the most. Have each group create a bar graph or pie chart of the results and present it to the class. Practice Book p. 171 Assessment Program p. 149 COMMUNICATE FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold Copy the pie chart on the board. Survey the class about their use of utensils. Record the class results on the pie chart. Amplify Have students work individually to create presentations about the utensils used most often in their home. Have them create posters depicting each utensil and its use. Remind students to use presentation skills, such as making eye contact with the audience and speaking with formal language. Ask and answer: Using utensils Explain the expression: Don’t try to reinvent the wheel. Name four utensils and say what foods you use them for. PRACTICE B Comprehension Share your answers with a classmate. 1. How did people eat before the invention of eating utensils? 2. What were the first knives, spoons, and chopsticks like? 3. Compare the invention of eating utensils with the invention of the wheel. How were they similar? How were they different? 4. Can you think of other inventions that are similar to utensils? C Making connections Look at the pie chart and answer the questions. 1. Which utensils do people use the most? 2. Which utensils do people use the least? 3. Which utensils do you use the most? What foods do you eat with your hands? 4. Which do you use the most? You can only choose one: a fork, a spoon, chopsticks, or hands. Make a pie chart or bar graph with the answers for your class. What Do You Use to Eat? Worldwide Estimates 350 million 1.5 billion 1.5 billion 1.2 billion fork, knife, and spoon chopsticks knife and hands hands UNIT 8 315 UNIT 8 / CONNECT TO SOCIAL STUDIES
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