Lesson+6

=Drawing conclusions:=


 * Learning focus:** Students will draw on their own experience as well as what has been learned in previous lessons to decide which items can and cannot be recycled when looking at the contents of their lunchboxes.


 * Objective:** By the end of the lesson, students will be able to;
 * 1.** Identify what items in their lunchboxes can be recycled
 * 2.** Identify, on an interactive whiteboard, which items need to go in the garbage and which items can be recycled.


 * **Timing** || **Teacher activities** || **Learner activities** || **Equipment required** ||
 * **Introduction**

(10mins) || -Teacher instructs students to sit on the floor

-Put on 'recycle song' to gain students' attention

-Recap on previous lessons. Ask students if theyve been looking around at home to see if anything can be recycled. Discuss.

-Teacher puts on interactive whiteboard activity. Chooses students to come up the front and place an item on the screen in either the 'garbage' or 'recycle' bin. Discuss with students why they believe the items should go in each bin. || -Students sit on the floor

-Students sing along to 'recycle' song

-Students discuss as a class with the teacher things they have seen around the home that can be recycled.

-Students come up the front of the class when chosen by the teacher and place an item on the screen in either the 'garbage' or 'recycle' bin. Students then discuss why they have placed the items in each bin. || -Recycle song from lesson 1

-Interactive whiteboard

-Basic program made by the teacher that has a bin with recycle on one side and a bin with garbage on the other. In the middle are various items found around the house. ||
 * **Body**

(40 mins) || -Teacher explains to students that they are going to get their lunchboxes out of their bags and place them at their tables. Sends students to get their lunchboxes.

-Ask students to individually go through their lunchboxes and separate the things that can and cannot be recycled.

-Ask students to discuss with their peers at their tables which items they placed as recycable and non-recycable. Ask if everyone agrees.

-Hold up a students workbook in front of the class. Explain to students that you want them to separate a new page into two to make lists. Demonstrate if needed. Explain to students that they need to place a heading saying 'recycle' on one side and a heading that says 'garbage' on the other side. Spell words on the board for students to copy. -Explain to students that you want them to write and draw the contents of their lunchboxes into these two collumns. Give a short demonstration. || -Students listen to the teacher then get their lunchboxes out of their bags and sit at their tables.

-Students individually go through their lunchboxes and separate the things that can and cannot be recycled.

-Students discuss with their peers which items they decided were recycable and which items were not.

-Students listen to the teacher and then draw up their own lists in their workbooks and list the items of their lunchboxes under either 'recycle' or garbage'. || -Students' lunchboxes

-Student workbooks

-Writing pencils

-Coloured pencils

-Rulers

-Whiteboard

-Whiteboard markers ||
 * **Conclusion**

(10mins) || -Teacher asks students to place their lunchboxes away and come sit on the floor with their workbooks.

-Teacher chooses students to read out their findings and whether they concluded their lunchbox was good, bad, very good or very bad in terms of recycable materials. || -Students put away their lunchboxes and sit on the floor with their workbooks.

-Students chosen by the teacher rate their lunchbox in terms of recycable materials and read out their findings. ||  ||
 * __Assessment of student learning__**
 * Students rate their lunchboxes very good, good, ok, bad or very bad in terms of recycable materials.
 * Teacher looks at students' workbooks to see where they have placed the contents of their lunchbox in either the recycle or non-recycable list.