I Am Going to Be Recycled! Lesson Plan

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Academic Standards

 

Reading Objective:

Children follow a plastic bottle as it goes from a recycling bin to the recycling center, and then on to make something new.

 

Social Studies Focus:

Earth Day

 

Science Focus:

Earth’s resources, recycling

 

Page 4 Skill:

critical thinking

 

Vocabulary:

factories, glass, metal, plastic, recycle

 

CCSS:

RI.K.1, RI.K.3, RF.K.3.C, L.K.2.B, SL.K.2

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  • What happens at a recycling center? Play our video Follow That Bottle! to fi nd out. After watching, ask children what part of the process might be cool to see up close.
  • As you read, point out the voice bubbles. They’re a text feature that shows someone is talking.
  • After reading, have students explain what happens in a recycling center using their own words.
  • Check comprehension skills with the Show What You Know skill sheet.
  • Practice end punctuation while cleaning up a virtual park with our game Throw Out the Litter!
  • Kids can practice sight words to reveal a mystery picture with our Color by Sight Word skill sheet.
Recycled bottles transformed into objects with new uses

Materials: one 2-liter soda bottle or several small plastic bottles; decorations such as construction paper, decorative tape (washi, painter’s, duct) or stickers; glue; scissors

  • Plastic bottles can be reused in many ways! Here are two ideas to try.
  • Make a planter. Cut the 2-liter bottle in half, below the neck. To make a face, glue on googly eyes and use the bottle cap for a nose! (Or decorate the planter with decorative tape.) Pierce drainage holes in the bottom with a pen. Fill the bottle with soil. Then plant seeds!
  • Make bowling pins. Cut bands of colored construction paper to wrap around each small bottle. Then decorate the strips. You can write numbers, add stickers, and so on. Glue the bands around the bottles and let dry.