Lesson 4
Vocabulary
Producers and
Consumers
producers
SUMMARY A producer is a person
who makes or grows goods. Farmers,
bakers, and artists are producers.
People who buy or use goods are
consumers.
consumers
Skillll
Reading Ski
Effect
Cause and Effe
ect
Cause
Effect
Objective
Understand that producers grow or
make things to sell and consumers
buy or use goods.
USE THE
VISUAL
Direct children’s attention
to the photo on page 20.
Ask: What is the woman in the picture
doing? Where might she work?
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Vocabulary Cards 44–45
Student Workbook, p. 30
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Assessment Book, pp. 85–88
Background Information
Grapes Argentina is one of the top
ten grape producers in the world.
According to the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations,
Argentina produced 2,900,000 tons
of grapes in 2008. Approximately 71%
of the grapes produced world-wide
are used to make wine, while 27% are
consumed as fresh fruit and the other
2% are dried.
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Unit 4 • Lesson 4
1 BEFORE READING
Producers
Pro
oducers
PREVIEW
Direct children to look at the
pictures while you read the title
and headings Ask: What is the title
of this lesson? What do you think
this lesson is about?
The people who
o make or grow goods
are called producers. A baker is a
producer. Baker
rs make bread and
Bakers
other goods to ssell
ell to other people.
READING LINK VOCABULARY
Introduce the strategies below.
The farmer below
belo
ow is a producer too.
Farmers grow go
oods and sell them to
goods
stores or market
ts.
markets.
PREPARE
Build Background Ask: What
did you buy or sell recently?
What doess a producer do?
Remind students that they have
read about goods that people buy.
Questions
A ou
Around
ound
d the
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World
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orld
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1. What does the United States produce for Argentina? (televisions)
This farmer is from
Argentina. Argentina
produces grapes and
sells them to the
United States. We
make televisions and
sell them to Argentina.
2. Apply Why do people make or
grow goods? (to sell to others)
A producer makes or grows
goods.
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VOCABULARY STRATEGIES
producer (p. 21) a person who makes
or grows goods to sell
consumer (p. 22) a person who buys or
uses goods
Root Word Write the vocabulary
words on the board and point out that
producer has produce in it. Explain that
the word produce is the root word, and
it means to make or grow something.
Tell children that knowing the meaning
of root words will help them figure out
the meaning of longer words. Ask
students to find other examples of root
words in such words as baker and
farmer.
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2 DURING READING
Consumers
Con
nsumers
Differentiated Instruction
A consumer is a person who buys or
uses goods. Consumers buy the goods
that are grown o
orr made by producers.
To reach all learners, you can use
these optional strategies.
Approaching Level Make sure
children understand the meaning of
producer and consumer. Ask them to
find a picture for each word in a
magazine.
We are all consu
umers and p
producers.
consumers
Sarah and Emma
a are selling lemonade.
They are produce
ers. They will use the
producers.
money they mak
ke to buy a hamster.
make
When they buy ssomething,
omething, they are
consumers.
On Level Have children write 2–3
sentences about producers and
consumers. Invite them to share their
sentences.
Beyond Level Ask children to
identify a situation when a person is
both a consumer and a producer.
Have them draw a picture.
ELL Have children repeat the words
producer and consumer. Explain what
the words mean and have them role
play a producer and a consumer.
READING LINK Cause and Effect
Reinforce the lesson reading skill
using the activity below.
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READING SKILL Cause and Effect
Use the graphic organizer to help
children understand how consumers
help producers.
Cause
Effect
Producers have
goods to sell.
Consumers pay
for the goods
producers sell.
Write About It
Cause and Effect Have children use
the graphic organizer to write two or
three sentences about goods they buy
and how these goods are produced.
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See Transparency GO12.
3 AFTER READING
RETELL
As you guide children through a
summary of this lesson, write the
class’s retelling on the board.
Modeled Retelling
Say: Producers make or grow
goods, and consumers buy or use
these goods. Sometimes, we can be
both a producer and a consumer.
When are you a consumer?
Questions
1. Where can consumers buy
goods? (market, store, bakery)
2. Analyze Why do consumers
need producers? (Consumers
need the goods producers make
and sell.)
1. Vocabulary What is a consumer?
2. Cause and Effect How do
Cause
Discuss the Retelling
Have children discuss what they
know about producers and
consumers.
Effect
producers help consumers?
3..
3
How can someone be a
producer and a consumer?
when we buy or use goods
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Check Understanding
1. Vocabulary A consumer is a
person who buys or uses goods.
2. See filled-in graphic organizer at
right.
3.
Students should
mention that producers make or grow
goods to sell to
consumers and then use the
money they earn to buy goods.
Cause
Effect
Consumers have
needs or wants.
Producers make or
grow goods to sell
to consumers.
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