Fwd: Let´s go to recycle

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From: María García Berezo <mariagb29@gmail.com>
Date: 2015-12-06 15:27 GMT+01:00
Subject: Let´s go to recycle
To: reaaicle@blogger.com

Subject: Science 

Course / level: Second course of Primary Education

1. Learning outcomes / Evaluation criteria:

- Learn about another area of the curriculum in English.

- Listen, understand and learn vocabulary related to recycling.

- Know the importance of recycling.

2. Subject Content:

- Vocabulary related to recycling.

- Recycling.

- The importance of recycling.

3. Language content / Communication:

Vocabulary

Core: glass, metal, paper, plastic.

Other: cardboard tube, drink can, egg box, food an, food tray, mil bottle, newspaper, plastic bag, recycle, recycling, shampoo bottle, yogurt pot.

Structures

Present simple (affirmative, negative, interrogative).

Can / can´t.

Preposition: in.

Discourse type

Mainly conversation.

Language skills

Reading: reading and understanding a story about recycling and reading texts to identify recycling materials.

Listening: identifying recycling materials.

Speaking: asking and answering about recycling: We can recycle metal. What else is made of metal? ...

Everyday language: Can I help? Yes, please. Thank you. You´re welcome (offering help).

Writing: recycling materials.

4. Contextual (cultural) element:

The nature. The importance of recycling in the world. Why is important recycling?

5. Cognitive (thinking) processes  

Pay attention to pictures.

Be aware of the different color of the bins.

6. (a) Task (s) 

To make aware of the importance of recycling through some activities.

6. (b) Tasks

Lesson 1:

- Introduction to the unit: Ask the children, in their own language, if they recycle household waste at home. What different things do the recycle? Which bins do they use?

- Tell the children that in this lesson they are going to learn more about recycling.

Lesson 2:

- Learn and sing an introductory song about recycling.

Let´s learn about recycling!

Recucling is using thins again.

We can recycle metal, plastic, glass and paper.

We can recycle metal.

What else is made of metal?

We can recycle plastic.

What else is made of plastic?

We can recycle glass.

What else is made of glass?

We can recycle paper.

What else is made of paper?

- Talk about recycling.

Lesson 3:

- Introduction the vocabulary: metal, plastic, glass paper. Ask the children to look at the different types of rubbish and draw lines (in a worksheet) to match each one to the correct bin (yellow, green and blue).

- Ask the children to work in pairs. They take turns to point to a piece of rubbish and say which bit it goes in.

 Lesson 4:

- Make three bins (in yellow, blue and green colour) for the classroom. In this way, we have to throw the rubbish in the correct bin.

Lesson 5:

- Tell about the importance of recycling. What´s happen if we don´t recycling properly? What´s happen with the nature…? Where are going the item of waste if we don´t put in the correct bin? ...

- Watch a video related to the importance of recycling. Ask the children some questions about they have just watched.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il1RX6_h9Xc

 

When children finish to watch the video we ask them some questions about it with the "blubbr programme".

 

https://www.blubbr.tv/game/index.php?game_id=82202&org=3#sthash.FEZLVxBQ.dpuf

https://www.blubbr.tv/post-creator.php?game_id=82202&creator_id=141889#.Vlz1bdIvdIc

Lesson 6:

- Make four murals for classroom in four groups (paper, glass, metal and plastic). These murals are going to make by children, when they finish them they have to tell to classroom what it is about.

Lesson 7:

- To finish the unit: Draw four recycling bins on the board: metal, paper, glass and plastic. Invite children to come to the front of the class, one at a time, choose a bin, and draw an item of waste that they could put in it.

To finish, children have to do some assessment activities.

7. Methodology

Active and participatory methodology.

Organization and class distribution / timing

Seven days (one lesson each day)

Individual and group activities.

Resources / Materials

Paper, song, video, colours, computer…

Key competences

Social and civic competences:

- It´s important that children are aware of the environment and the things we can do to protect it.

- Ask the children, in their own language, why it´s important to recycle. If you wish, extend the theme by setting up temporary recycling bins in the class. At the end of the week, look together at all things you have collected and that will be used again.

8. Evaluation (criteria and instruments).

Assesment the written activities and through the rest of the activities.

And of course, ask questions to the pupils while they are doing the recycling activities.

Enlace a google drive:

 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BygDHa_M86rlWHpJWm1IVGZ1cUk

María García Berezo.