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Review: Buying, Making and Reusing

Trace making, buying, saving and using materials.

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Unit review questions
1. Use the notes and this card. A shop lists a $5 repair charge. Which choice best fits?
Need a hint?
  • Find who buys, who sells, the listed price or the payment actually made.
  • Find the note for Price. Check which words in this card match it.
2. Use the notes and this card. A potter shapes the clay by hand. Which choice best fits?
Need a hint?
  • Look for the starting material, tool, person’s work or leftover material.
  • Find the note for Labor. Check which words in this card match it.
3. Use the notes and this card. A group gives funds to help a community project. Which choice best fits?
Need a hint?
  • Look for buying now, keeping money for later, giving without repayment or borrowing with an agreement to return it.
  • Find the note for Giving. Check which words in this card match it.
4. Use the notes and this card. A facility melts collected metal for new products. Which choice best fits?
Need a hint?
  • Look for using an object again, fixing it, processing old material into a new product or using less material.
  • Find the note for Recycle. Check which words in this card match it.

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Make four small boxes for Buying, Making and Reusing, one for each lesson: Buyer Seller and Payment; Making Something Uses Materials; Spending Saving and Sharing; Reusing Limited Materials. In each box, choose one supplied card and explain its match using the notes. Compare two of your cards: what makes their matches different? You may draw or tell an adult your answers; the adult can write them for you. Use the lesson cards; you do not need a purchase, interview, personal record or trip. For the adult helping: keep the fictional examples and historical notes distinct; these short cards do not tell every detail about a person or place.

Work on paper or in your own document. Explain the choices you made.

  • Choose one supplied card from each lesson: Buyer Seller and Payment; Making Something Uses Materials; Spending Saving and Sharing; Reusing Limited Materials.
  • Use the notes to name each match and explain its clue.
  • Compare two cards and say or show how their clues differ.
  • Keep the events and details as written; do not make up a quotation or new event.
  • With an adult, name one question the cards do not answer.
Compare with a model response

Buyer Seller and Payment: The card says: “A fictional customer purchases a loaf.” That matches Buyer. Buyer is the person obtaining the item or service. Compare: The card says: “A fictional shop offers bread for sale.” That matches Seller. Seller is the person or business offering the item or service. Making Something Uses Materials: The card says: “A fictional carpenter starts with a wooden board.” That matches Raw material. Raw material is material used to make the stated product. Compare: The card says: “A fictional carpenter uses a saw.” That matches Tool. Tool is an object used to perform the work. Spending Saving and Sharing: The card says: “A fictional child buys a pencil today.” That matches Spending. Spending is using money for a current purchase. Compare: The card says: “A fictional child keeps $2 for a future notebook.” That matches Saving. Saving is keeping money for a later use. Reusing Limited Materials: The card says: “A fictional class uses the same storage box next week.” That matches Reuse. Reuse is use the same object again. Compare: The card says: “A fictional worker mends a torn bag.” That matches Repair. Repair is fix an object so it can continue serving its purpose. Adult checking note: This model uses the supplied lesson cards and notes. It does not describe every person, community or place. Answering a new question would need a matching source or a new observation.

A different response can also meet the criteria. Compare the evidence and reasoning, rather than copying the wording.