01 Uses of Wood
👩🏫 Teacher’s Guide
Objective
Students will explain that trees provide wood used to make many everyday products.
Vocabulary
wood, tree, paper, build, furniture, material
Teaching Notes
- Show real or picture examples of wooden items (pencil, table, bookcase, door).
- Discuss where the wood comes from and why we use it.
- Emphasize that trees are natural resources that give us materials.
- Connect to recycling and caring for trees.
🧒 Student Worksheet
Concept and Helping Material
Definition. Trees give us wood, which people use to make many things.
Examples: chairs, desks, pencils, paper, and houses.
Helping ideas:
- Look around your home or classroom for things made of wood.
- Notice that wood can be big (house) or small (pencil).
- Even paper comes from wood!
Vocabulary and Definition
- — material that comes from trees.
- — a large plant with a trunk and branches.
- — to make something by joining parts.
- — thin sheets made from wood.
- — what something is made of.
Words to Learn
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Sentences to Fill In
1. Trees give us .
2. People use wood to things.
3. Paper is made from .
4. We use wood at , , and in .
5. Wood is a .
Hands-On Experiment or Activities
What You Need: a few wooden and non‑wooden classroom items.
What You Do:
1. Sort items into two groups: made of wood and not made of wood.
2. Record or draw what you found.
Think and Talk:
- Which things are made from wood?
- Which are not?
Reflection
- What did you learn about wood?
- Why is it important to care for trees?