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Title of Project: Waste In Our Community
Title of Project: Waste In Our Community
How can we inform the community members of the effects of waste in the community and persuade them to limit their use of wasteful products and to dispose of them properly?
How can we inform the community members of the effects of waste in the community and persuade them to limit their use of wasteful products and to dispose of them properly?
Schools and Teachers
Schools and Teachers
Lincoln Orens Middle School Teacher: Joanna Leston Co-Teacher: Michelle Cronolly
ENL Proficiency Level | ENL Program | Standards | Technology
ENL Proficiency Level | ENL Program | Standards | Technology
Appropriate for all English Proficiency Levels | Stand-Alone, Integrated ENL/ELA, Integrated ENL/SS, Integrated ENL/Math, Integrated ENL/Science | ELA 5W2, 5W6, SCI 3-5-ETS1-2 | Nearpod, Book Creator, BrainPOP, Google Slides
Assessments
Assessments
Students will be assessed throughout the the unit by completion and quality of their work:
Understanding of vocabulary through work on Frayer models
Understanding of 5 types of waste through Book Creator
Nearpod completion and assessment
Quality of content on bubble maps
Planning page for prototype
How well they delegate responsibility and work as group to complete final project
Rubric for final project
Description
Description
Create an awareness campaign to inform the community members of the effects of waste in the community and to persuade them to limit their use of wasteful products and to dispose of them properly. Students will create a Google Slides presentation, a letter to a community leader, and/or an awareness poster. Students will use their knowledge and research to explain the 5 types of hazardous waste in words and with pictures using Book Creator.
Content
Content
I can identify and define 5 types of hazardous waste.
Language
Language
I can use informative articles, Nearpod, BrainPOP videos, and Book Creator to conduct and carry out my research.
Technology
Technology
I can use Book Creator to create awareness of the importance of reusing, reducing and recycling in my community.
Student work
Student work
Procedure
Procedure
Students will be introduced to waste and the dangers of by watching an informative video.
They will define vocabulary associated with waste using Frayer models. Students will work in small groups and show their understanding of the 5 different types of waste and its impact on the environment by creating a book on Book Creator with a small group of 2 to 3 students. Scaffolding will include a vocabulary word wall, sentence frames, visuals, realia and videos.
Students will watch a Flocabulary video, complete a Nearpod, and read various texts to further their understanding of waste and reducing waste in our environment. Instruction will be differentiated through the use of leveled and bilingual texts.
Students will brainstorm ideas on how to inform the public of the dangers of waste in the community and how they can reduce their use of waste by recycling, reducing and reusing. Students will fill in a bubble map with the 5 W’s and 1 H, to record their ideas about who, what, when, where, why and how to inform the public about waste reduction. Scaffolding will include question words on bubble maps and bilingual bubble maps.
Students will work as a group to create a prototype to inform community members about the effects of waste in our community and the lasting effects of waste in our environment. They have the option to choose a Google Slideshow, letter to a community leader, and/or an awareness poster. They will plan, execute and edit/revise their work over 3-4 days. Differentiated instruction will include the use of Graphic organizers, sentence stems, transitional phrases. Activities will include student-teacher writing conferences, slide editing, and peer conferencing.
Activities for launch will include:
Launch awareness campaigns by displaying the posters throughout the school.
Have students read an announcement during morning announcements to encourage classmates to recycle, reduce waste in our environment and to check out our posters hanging around the school.
Provide links to student work (Google slideshows, letters, and posters) to specific teachers to play during homeroom.
Resources and Other Materials
Resources and Other Materials
Book Creator
Nearpod
BrainPOP
Google Slides
Reflection
Reflection
This learning experience was wonderful and very well received by the children. They loved that the unit was co-taught in a content area that is normally not taught by the ENL co-teacher! They enjoyed learning the content from the start, as well as all of the different methods and platforms used in the learning process. It was absolutely evident that the students enjoyed this learning experience, from the smiles on their faces and their ever so present excitement to learn, create and inform!
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