What is used now?
Before viewing the slide show, make a collection of household objects used today.
Talk about the household objects
Show an object from the object collection. Give the students the opportunity to handle the object and examine its features. Discuss:
- what it smells like
- what it feels like
- what it sounds like
- what it looks like
- what it is used for
- how it is used.
Play a barrier game with household objects
Group students into pairs and provide a piece of paper for each student. Students sit opposite each other with a barrier in between. One student selects a household object and describes how it looks including its:
- size
- shape
- texture
- material type
- colour.
The other student listens attentively and asks questions for clarification and to gather more information. As they listen students draw the object described.
Students share their illustrations and talk about them.
Look at the slide show 'What is used now?'.
Read and discuss each of the descriptions and identify various elements of the text such as noun groups, pronouns, adjectives and punctuation. Allow children to make connections between their own experiences and each household object.
Talk about the household objects in the slide show
Encourage students to discuss:
- what each object is made of
- who would use it
- how the object is used
- the clues that tell us its age.