Sustainability#1 Lesson Plan: Amanda Holley

MATERIALS:
BIG IDEAS: LEARNING INTENTIONS:
Story Bots: “Why Do I Need to Recycle”
Stories and other texts connect us to Curricular:
ourselves, our families, and our communities. I can Recognize causes and consequences of Eco Warrior books
Curiosity and wonder lead us to new events, decisions, or developments in my life. Sample materials (containers etc)
discoveries about ourselves and the world I can communicate my understanding through
speaking and using writing strategies.
Recycle song
around us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=namndS6f
I can use prior knowledge to make meaning
vEs
Through listening and speaking we connect
with others and share our world
ASSESSMENT:
Individuals have rights and responsibilities as
global citizens. Assessment will be done by asking students
what they saw in the video and by giving
Local actions have global consequences, and
students the opportunity to share their
global actions have local consequences.
completed goals with the class.
CURRICULAR COMPENTENCIES:
ACCOMODATIONS:
Engage actively as listeners, viewers, and
readers, as appropriate, to develop I will provide extra time during centres or at an
understanding of self, identity, and community alternative activity for students to finish. Those
Rationale: Grade 1 Students will be able to students who require direct support will be
Identify, organize, and present ideas in a identify the 3 R’s of recycling. Students will doing a quiet activity at the tables.
variety of forms gain a greater understanding of cause and
consequence. I will use the visual timer so students know
Use sources of information and prior how much time they have for the activity. I
knowledge to make meaning may scribe the sentence for the students who
CONTENT:
need support with writing.
Oral language strategies
Letter formation
Sentenence Structure
Relationships between a community and its
environment
 Sustainability#1 Lesson Plan: Amanda Holley

TEACHING SEQUENCE:
At snack watch Story Bots “why do I need to recycle” (20 min)

Students will sit on the carpet and participate in a group discussion about what they already know about the 3 R’s. Teacher will have the 3 R’s (Reduce, Reuse,
Recycle) up on the board. Ask students what they learned from the video. (10 min)

Introduce the 3 R’s- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Have students move to the tables. Students will get a Eco Warrior book when they are sitting with quiet, calm bodies. Hand out Earth Warrior books
Go over the first page of the Eco warrior books together. The protocol will be that each day students will add their eco warrior book to their back and forth bag.
At home they will do a check mark when they have done one of the sustainable practices. Each sustainability lesson we will start by looking at the eco warrior
book and praising environmentally friendly practices. Students will also make a goal for the following week. (15 min)

My Goal: How will you make a change? A sentence on the first page of the Eco warrior book on how they will make change in their lives to help the planet
(Continued during writing block) (40 in)

Notes: students may sit at tables, on the floor, or in the hall as long as they are not disrupting others. Go over expectations (if too noisy, if not on task, if
moving around too much they will return to the class) (2 min)