Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Lesson 5
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ELA

Unit 8

Kindergarten

Lesson 5 of 17

Objective


Explain what Paul and his community do to limit the amount of waste they make.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: The Three R’s: Reuse, Reduce, Recycle by Nuria Roca 

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Target Task


Discussion & Writing Prompt

What do Paul and his community do to limit the amount of waste they make? Give two specific examples.

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Key Questions


  • What happens to the waste in Paul’s town? Why is this a problem?

  • What do Paul and the community try to do to limit the amount of waste they make?

  • What else do Paul and the community do to limit the amount of waste they make?

  • What happens to the old paper that Paul and his classmates do not use?

  • What else do Paul and his community do to make less waste?

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Common Core Standards


  • RI.K.3 — With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
  • RI.K.7 — With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts).
  • RI.K.8 — With prompting and support, identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.
  • RI.K.9 — With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).

Supporting Standards

RI.K.1
RI.K.10
SL.K.1
SL.K.2
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