Lesson Plan

Topic: Recycling Grade Level: Second Grade Maine Learning Results: Students read to comprehend, interpret, analyze, evaluate, and appreciate literary and expository texts by using a variety of strategies. They connect essential ideas and evaluate arguments, and analyze the various perspectives and ideas presented in a variety of literary and expository texts. Students read, paraphrase, and summarize informational texts, within a grade appropriate span of text complexity, for different purposes. C. Identify the main idea(s) of and details from the text which support the main idea(s) succinctly stating this information. Instructional Goals: Students will be able to understand the importance of recycling. As well as how to go about recycling. Instructional Objective: When explained, students will be able to share the importance of recycling and to be able to give examples on recycling. Students will be able to separate glass, plastics, cans and white paper. Students will understand that recycling helps keep the environment clean by reusing things instead of throwing them in the garbage. Materials: Get four wastebaskets, labeling them: glass, plastic, cans, and paper. Teach the Recycle Song: “We RECYCLE what we use, Separate things and you should too! Glass, and paper, plastic, tin, Go in your RECYCLING BIN! We must start now, we can’t wait, Quick or it will be too late!” Show children examples of what goes in which bin and explain the importance of recycling into separate cans At the end of the lesson I would have student break off into small groups and each group will have a pile of recycled goods and they will be able to sing and recycle. Education Technology Standards: a. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness. b. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources. design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity. Song Credit: Forum: Pixton Comic: Spreadsheet: