Grade 1 - A History Of The Earth

The History of the Earth: Supplemental Guide 2B | The Earth Inside-Out, Part I 49

Use a Making Choices activity for follow-up. Directions: Listen to

the following questions that contain choices, and choose one.

Use complete sentences and explain why you would choose this

option to your partner.

1. Do you like hot weather or cold weather better?


2. Would you rather eat an apple or an orange?


3. Would you rather play soccer or basketball?

 Vocabulary Instructional Activity^5 minutes

Word Work: Varies

1. In the read-aloud you heard, “The thickness of the soil varies,
   or is different, depending on where you live.”


2. Say the word varies with me.


3. Varies means changes, or becomes different. Another form of
   the word varies is vary.


4. The school lunch menu varies, or changes, from day to day.


5. What other things can vary from day to day? Try to use the
   word varies when you tell about it. [Ask two or three students.
   If necessary, guide and/or rephrase the students’ responses:
   “Something that varies from day to day is.. .”]


6. What’s the word we’ve been talking about?
   Use a Making Choices activity for follow-up. Directions: I will name
   a few things. If what I say varies, say, “That varies.” If what I say
   does not vary, say, “That does not vary.”


7. time school starts in the morning


8. time school gets out in the afternoon


9. the weather


10. weekend activities


11. bedtime


12. favorite television shows