Grade 1 - Early world Civilizations

Early World Civilizations: Supplemental Guide 8B|Approaching the Great Pyramid 155

Note: Extensions may have activity options which exceed the

time allocated for this part of the lesson. To remain within the time

period allocated for this portion of the lesson, you will need to

make conscious choices about which activities to include based

on the needs of your students.

Extensions 20 minutes

 Multiple Meaning Word Activity^5 minutes

Associated Phrase: Steps

Note: You may choose to have students hold up one, two, or three

fi ngers to indicate which image shows the meaning being described,

or have a student walk up to the poster and point to the image being

described. Please change the number “2” that show directions for

how to do something to number “3.”

1. [Show Poster 4M (Steps).] In the read-aloud you heard, “The sides of
   that fi rst pyramid are built in steps, making it easier to climb up the
   outside.” Which picture shows steps we can climb up?


2. Steps can also mean something else. Steps also means the directions
   for how to do something. Which picture shows this?


3. Steps can also mean to move in a specifi c direction by lifting your foot
   and putting it down in another place. Which picture shows this?


4. [Point to the steps that are climbed on a staircase.] With your partner,
   talk about what you think of when you see these kinds of steps.
   
   
   • When I see these kinds of steps, I think of walking upstairs to my
     bedroom, the steps in front of the school, etc.
   
   
   
   


5. [Point to the verb steps that demonstrates moving in a specifi c
   direction by lifting your foot and putting it down in a different place.]
   Now with your partner, talk about what you think of when you see this
   form of steps.

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