Day

Activities

Assessment (Formative or Summative)

Monday

Activities:

• Class discussion to activate prior knowledge: What is a community and what are the responsibilities of its citizens?
• Introduce new idea: Each student is part of a global community with a responsibility to protect the earth.
• Listen to Shel Silverstein’s Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
• Review issue from the poem.
• Watch BrainPop Video “Where Does Your Garbage Go?”
• Garbage and waste activity – Show individually wrapped snacks and discuss packaging. Ex. Potato Chips, Juice Boxes, Twinkies.
• Fill out Worksheet “What Did You Have for Dinner Last Night?” Use this example as a model.
• Discuss classes’ total amount of waste generated. Estimate how much space that amount of trash would take up the classroom. Multiply that number by 365 to get a total for the year.

Technology:

• Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout (mp3)
• BrainPop Video “Where Does Your Garbage Go?”

Formative:

Collect “What Did You Have For Dinner Last Night” worksheet and review for student understanding.

Tuesday

Activities:

·        Review previous day’s lesson. What is our responsibility to the community?

• Introduce new idea: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
• Watch PBS Kids video “Garbage and Recycling.”
• Assign students to small groups of 4-5. Using this handout as a guide, brainstorm ideas to reduce, reuse and recycle the given household and school items. Have a class discussion about small group work.

Technology:

• PBS Kids video “Garbage and Recycling.”

Formative:

1. Observe student participation during small group work

2. Exit card:

“List three things we could do to reduce, reuse, or recycle in our classroom.”

 Wednesday

Activities:

• Virtual Field Trip
• Assign students to small groups of 4-5 to share what they learned from the Virtual Field Trip. 

Technology:

• Virtual Field Trip

Formative:
Class discussion. Members from each group will share their discussion with the rest of the class (what they learned, what they want to know more about, etc.)

 Thursday

Activities

• Webquest: Paper or Plastic? A WebQuest on Recycling Students will be assigned to groups of four to complete the WebQuest. (This WebQuest is designed to take more than one class period and will be completed early next week.)

Technology:

• Webquest: Paper or Plastic? A WebQuest on Recycling

Formative:

Students will write a paragraph about their assigned role in the WebQuest. They will include a description of their character and something they have learned in their research so far.

Friday

Activities

• Review: What have we learned this week about protecting the earth and taking care of our community?
• Family Action Plan: Students will create a Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle family action plan that they will implement at home.

Summative:

The Family Action Plan will be graded with a rubric.