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Recycle

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

Recycle

URL:

https://www.readworks.org/article/Recycle/06b799d4-d06a-4dba-81e3-76f63d95645d#!articleTab:content/

Content Source:

Other
ReadWorks.org

Type:

Learning Activity

Overview:

The teacher will present an informational text from the website, ReadWorks. Students will interact with this non-fiction text by annotating the text digitally. The students will answer the questions associated with the article as an assessment. This learning activity can introduce students to the concepts of recycling and conservation, serve as reinforcement after students have already learned this concept, or be used as an assessment at the conclusion of a lesson.

Content Standard(s):

Science SC2015 (2015) Grade: 5	16 ) Collect and organize scientific ideas that individuals and communities can use to protect Earth's natural resources and its environment (e.g., terracing land to prevent soil erosion, utilizing no-till farming to improve soil fertility, regulating emissions from factories and automobiles to reduce air pollution, recycling to reduce overuse of landfill areas). NAEP Framework NAEP Statement:: E4.10: The supply of many Earth resources such as fuels, metals, fresh water, and farmland is limited. Humans have devised methods for extending the use of Earth resources through recycling, reuse, and renewal. Unpacked Content Scientific And Engineering Practices: Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information Crosscutting Concepts: Systems and System Models Disciplinary Core Idea: Earth and Human Activity Evidence Of Student Attainment: Students: Combine information from two or more sources to provide and describe evidence about: the positive and negative effects on the environment as a result of human activities as well as how individual communities can use scientific ideas and a scientific understanding of interactions between components of environmental systems to protect a natural resource and the environment in which the resource is found. Teacher Vocabulary: Natural Resource Scientific idea Individual Community Terracing Erosion Soil No-till farming Fertility Emissions Pollution Recycling Landfill Knowledge: Students know: Human activities in agriculture, industry, and everyday life can have major effects, both positive and negative, on the land, vegetation, streams, ocean, air, and even outer space. Individuals and communities are doing things to help protect Earth's resources and environments. Skills: Students are able to: Obtain and combine information from books and/or other reliable media to explain how individuals and communities can protect Earth's natural resources and its environment. Understanding: Students understand that: Individual communities interact with components of environmental systems and can have both positive and negative effects. AMSTI Resources: AMSTI Module: Dynamics of Ecosystems Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards AAS Standard: SCI.AAS.5.16- Identify a human action that can help the environment.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 5	5. Demonstrate fluency when independently reading, writing, and speaking in response to grade-level literary and informational text, including stories, dramas, poetry, and cross-curricular texts. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 5. Fluency Independently Literary text Informational text Stories Dramas Poetry Cross-curricular texts Knowledge: 5. Students know: Fluency is the ability to read, write, or speak at a pace that does not negatively impact meaning or understanding. Responding to text through writing and speaking demonstrates comprehension. Skills: 5. Students are able to: Independently read grade-level literary and informational text fluently. Demonstrate fluency when writing. Demonstrate fluent speech. Understanding: 5. Students understand that: The ability to read fluently supports comprehension, or understanding, of the text. The ability to write and speak fluently helps clearly communicate with others. One way to demonstrate comprehension of literary and informational text is to respond in writing or through speaking.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 5	22. Determine the implied and/or explicit main idea in literary and informational texts. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 22. Implied main idea Explicit main idea Literary text Informational text Knowledge: 22. Students know: The main idea is the most important idea presented in the text. Sometimes an author will clearly state the main idea, while other times an author will merely suggest the main idea. Skills: 22. Students are able to: Identify the implied or explicit main idea of a text. Understanding: 22. Students understand that: Most texts have a main idea, or most important message. An author can choose to state the main idea in the text or provide clues through details in the text to imply the main idea.

Tags:

environment, informational text, natural resources, recycling

License Type:

Custom Permission Type
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Accessibility

Audio resources: includes a transcript or subtitles

Comments

ReadWorks is a website that provides K-12 teachers with free literacy resources (About ReadWorks). ReadWorks has literary and informational texts on a variety of subjects and reading skills. You may narrow your search using grade level or Lexile level, making this website a wonderful tool for differentiation. Students will complete their work digitally, and you will provide their score and feedback digitally. This makes it easy to go paperless for this activity.

Prior to implementing this activity, you will need to sign up for an Educator Account on ReadWorks. After setting up an account, create a class from the Class Admin tab, this will provide you with a Class Code to give to students. Next, use the Find Content tab to search for the informational article that will be used during this activity, "Recycle." After navigating to the article, click on the blue Assign button to assign it to your class.

Each student will need access to a digital device, such as a tablet or laptop. The first time students enter the website they will need to enter the Class Code that is listed on your Class Admin page. Alternatively, you can print the article and corresponding questions for students, if digital devices are not available.

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Author:

Hannah Bradley

ALEX Classroom Resource

Recycle