CONTENT CONNECTION WORKSHEET Grade 4
Theme Title
A NEW HOME
Content Connection
Theme #5 Lesson #23
Social Studies
Essential Questions
 As a consumer, what might you need to save your money for and why?
Resources
Main Selection and Leveled Books
 The Cricket in Times Square
 The Nightingale (Below-Level)
 A Firefly in Florida (On-Level)
 Natasha the Cat’s Big Adventure
(Advanced)
 All About Money (ELL)
 Musical Insects (Comprehension)
 Cricket Thermometer (Paired
Selection)
Core Program Vocabulary (Tier II)
 forlornly
 fidget
 pathetic
 resolved
 scrounging
 noble
 stingy
 suspicion
Other Resources
 Classroom Library
Town Mouse Country Mouse
Average
Nim’s Island
 Chirp, Chirp!: Crickets in Your
Backyard
 Smart About Money: A Rich History
 The Tarantula in My Purse: and 172
Other Wild Pets
Content Vocabulary (Tier III)
 consumer

 demand
 economy
 globalization
 immigrant
 producer
 technology
 supply
Comprehension Focus Strategy
 Ask questions while reading to check
understanding
 Use strategies to monitor reading
comprehension
Comprehension Focus Skill
 Understand that sometimes authors
use time-order words to show sequence
 Identify the sequence of events in a
story
Connecting Social Studies Standard
 Standard II: Students will understand
how Utah’ history has been shaped by
many diverse people, events, and ideas
Objective
 3.b. Describe the role of producers and
consumers
Intended Learning Outcomes
 Students will learn about monetary systems and consumerism
Social Studies Activities t0 Develop Social Studies Concepts