105 Chores

👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

Objective

Students will discuss why chores are important and use math and logic to think about how long chores take.

Vocabulary

chore, schedule, farm, time

Teaching Notes

Start with a quick picture, story, or question about Chores from students’ real lives.
Model your thinking out loud as you read or talk about the topic.
Highlight the vocabulary words and use them in simple sentences students can copy.
Ask students to give their own examples and connect the topic to home, school, or the community.
Use the student worksheet sections for guided practice, then for independent work.
Invite students to explain their ideas in full sentences before writing.

Main idea.

Chores are jobs that help a home run smoothly. When everyone shares chores fairly, the work is done faster and everyone benefits.

Helping ideas and samples:

Try a quick draw-and-label, sort, or compare-and-contrast activity using examples from your own life.
Name one place, person, or time where you see this idea at home, at school, or in your community.
Add a safety note or classroom rule if it connects to the topic.

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1. A ________ is a small job you do again and again at home.

2. A ________ shows when each person does certain chores.

3. One chore I do at home is ________.

4. Sharing chores can make family members feel more ________.

5. A chore that takes about 10 minutes is ________.

1. Why are chores important for a family?

2. What is one chore you do well?

3. How can a chore chart make life easier?

4. What might happen if no one did chores?

5. How can you make chores more enjoyable?

What You Need: paper, pencil, ruler.

What You Do:

1. List all the chores you know about in your home.

2. Estimate how many minutes each chore takes.

3. Create a simple weekly chore schedule for yourself or for a pretend family.

Think and Talk: