Zulema De Hoyos

Steps from natural resource to product

Explain steps to get from natural resource to finished product using story. Example: the little red hen story, from seeds to wheat, harvesting wheat, milling wheat, making dough, baking bread, to finished bread product. https://www.midlandisd.net/cms/lib01/tx01000898/centricity/domain/3308/grade_02_social_studies_unit_10_exemplar_lesson_02__producers_and_consumers.pdf

Services

Jobs people do to help other people

Natural resource

Resources that are found in nature to make a good. Examples: Lemons to make lemonade, Trees to make newspapers, Peanuts to make peanut butter

Goods

Something that has been made or grown

Producer

a person or business that makes goods or provides services. Examples: H-E-B, Farmer

Consumer

A person or business that buys or uses goods or services. Examples: Buying a snack at lunch, Parents buying groceries, getting a haircut at Great Clips

Ways in which people are both producers and consumers

Ask students what roles they have at home and at school or community. Is helping parents wash dishes a good or a service? They are being producers, while at school they may be a consumer when they buy their lunch or snack.