Too Much Litter!!!
Athena Manessis
Class 2-202
P.S.69Q
Introduction
Litter is when garbage is not disposed of properly. Litter can be found all over the world. It starts in your community and continues on to the city, rivers, oceans. Sometimes people do this on purpose, and others do it simply because they are lazy and don’t want to wait to dispose of it correctly.
Litter can be harmful to our environment. It can cause an area to get really dirty, and it can even cause a fire to start in forests or dry environments. Pollution can also hurt the animals and make them die when they eat garbage thinking that it is food. An example can be fish or birds getting wrapped in garbage and then not being able to get freed.
In the following links you will be able to find examples of ways that pollution can hurt our environment in a negative way.
Remember when we read “On The Day Peter Stuyvesant Sailed Into Town?” In the book we learned how Peter Stuyvesant was able to make New York less polluted.
Read Aloud- https://youtu.be/mpNScUnKXoI
Why Do We Need To Recycle Paper?
Recycling and Ways to Save The Earth
What Can We Do To Help?
Recycling In New York City Schools
Task
We will be working in groups to create Posters that we can use throughout the school to help us recycle correctly. Your posters should be colorful. You can find pictures from magazines, newspapers and even the weekly fliers from a supermarket to add to your poster to show things that can be recycled, and things that should go in the regular garbage bins.
Process
The class will be separated into groups of 4 students for every group.
● One person will be the notetaker. You will need to write things down that the group discusses.
● All of you will need to investigate and research to identify what you will need to do in order to stop littering in our class or in the school cafeteria and share your research with one another.
● You can also choose someone to write or add labels on the poster.
● Another member can add pictures or drawings to the poster.
● At the end you will need to present the Poster you made to the class. Each member can choose a part that they would like to explain about when you are presenting it.
You can use the link posted above that says Recycling In New York City Schools to help you identify which materials should be recycled. I also want you to think about the garbage we have in our classroom. Think about what should or shouldn’t go in the paper recycling bin.
You can make a poster and add images that are on a T-chart to show, YES! We Can Recycle This, or NO! This Goes In The Regular Trash! Try to think of when we have a birthday party in class. Where should we put the garbage?
PPA STEPS
Evaluation
Your Poster will get evaluated according to how much information you have included on your poster. Did you add at least 10 examples? Did you add labels? Is the poster neat? Did you use correct spelling?
Does it have color? Attached below is an example of the rubric that will be used.
Conclusion
Congratulations on creating a poster that
will help the students in our class and school to recycle correctly! You worked
hard to find examples of what can and can’t be recycled. You also learned why
it is important to recycle in order to help our planet. These posters will help your classmates to
apply these rules when recycling or depositing waste in the garbage bins
throughout our school.
Common Core State
Standards
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2W6: Develop questions and participate in shared research and
explorations to answer questions and to build knowledge.
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2W7: Recall and represent relevant information from experiences or gather
information from provided sources to answer a question.
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2SL1a: Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and participate by
actively listening, taking turns, and staying on topic
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2SL1b: Build on others’ talk in conversations by linking their comments
to the remarks of others through
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2SL3: Develop and answer questions about what a speaker says; agree or
disagree with the speaker’s point of view, providing a reason(s).multiple exchanges
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2SL5: Include digital media and/or visual displays in presentations to
clarify or support ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
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2SL6: Express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly, adapting language
according to context.
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2L3: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing,
speaking, reading, or listening.
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2.3a The United States is founded on the democratic principles of
equality, fairness, and respect for authority and rules.
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2.3b Government is established to maintain order and keep people safe. Citizens
demonstrate respect for authority by obeying rules and laws.
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2.4a Communities have the responsibility to make and enforce fair laws
and rules that provide for the common good.
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2.4c Citizens provide service to their community in a variety of ways.