Book Description

Help students build a connection to their environment and the rest of the world with this unit about all the kinds of homes people live in. It begins with the classroom environment and the establishment of a Building Center, which may feature building toys, found objects or actual wood and construction tools. It exists to challenge students to build various kinds of houses in miniature. Other topics and activities covered include: Homes Around the World (a poem), House or Home?, An Origami House, Houses Through History, Primative and Modern Houses, Climate Makes a Difference, Location and Use, Building Materials, Houses from Plants, Houses from Wood, Houses from Mud, Houses from Animal Skins, Houses from Clay Brick, Houses from Stone, Houses of Concrete, My House, Houses Underground, Houses that Move About, A House Walk (vocabulary exercise), Name the House, Rooms in a House, Our House (graphing square footage and making a floor plan), Build a Model House, Language Activities, Writing About Houses, House Poems, Houses Around the World (drawing and writing), House Math (geometric shapes), Shapes in Houses, Plane or Solid?, follow-up activities for the book How My Family Lives in America by Susan Kuklin, Think About It -- What Kind of House Would You Build?, Murals, Using Picture Cards with picture cards and descriptions of a variety of dwellings, and Find the Building Material word search and connect-the-dots. Also features a full-color, two-sided pull-out poster with Homes Near and Far on one side and People Build Homes on the other. Teaching suggestions provided. Includes bibliography, and complete step-by-step instructions for all activities. All pages are reproducible andperforated for easy removal.