1. 21st Century Learner Standards Collaboration Planning Sheet
Grade Level:
Year 1
Teacher/Team: Dunkerley/Thomas
Content area(s): How we Share the Planet Unit(s) of Study: Our Environment: Line of Inquiry: Recycling
Content Standards/Benchmarks/Indicators:
Central Idea: We have a responsibility to our environment. Line of inquiry: How
Transdisciplinary Skills focus: Thinking and Research
21st Century Learner
1. Inquire, think critically,
2. Draw conclusions, make
Standards
and gain knowledge.
informed decisions, apply
knowledge to new
(Type standard, strand, and
situations, and create new
indicator in rectangles below, e.g.,
knowledge.
Planning Date: March 4
Timeline:
we Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.
3. Share knowledge and
participate ethically and
productively as members of
our democratic society.
4. Pursue personal and
aesthetic growth.
1.1.1)
Strands
Skills
1.1.1, 1.1.4, 1.1.6
1.2.1, 1.2.2
1.3.4, 1.3.5
1.4.4
Dispositions in Action
2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.4
2.2.4
2.3.1
2.4.3
Responsibilities
3.1.1, 3.1.3, 3.1.5
3.2.2
3.3.4
Self-Assessment Str.
4.1.8
4.2.1
4.3.1
Learning Activities/Projects:
1. Keyword Picture Search with Online Resources
Students will listen for 3 keywords in the song ‘3 R’s’.
Students will use ISL online research tools to search for
images of keywords from our unit – Environment,
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
Students will work in groups of 2 and choose one image
to print.
Materials/Resources Needed:
Person(s) Responsible:
Jack Johnson 3 R’s introducing
keywords:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6Ib
RSRe8MQ
Adrienne and Lief – classroom and tech teachers
Online research tools:
https://www.isl.ch/ (user login required)
2. See – Think – Wonder
Students will work in small groups and use printed
images to observe, to form ideas, and to generate
questions, which will guide our inquiry.
3. Library Resource Collection
Students will use online database tools in a whole group
to generate a list of library resources, and will work in
small groups to locate titles to check out.
Selected titles will be used during read-alouds to
research our inquiry questions.
4.4.5
Adrienne and Gill – classroom teacher
Michael Recycle by Ellie Bethel, 2008,
Worthwhile Books
Michael Recycle Meets Litterbug Doug by
Ellie Bethel, 2009, Worthwhile Books
The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle by
Alison Inches, 2009, Little Simon
Patti – Librarian

2. The Adventures of an Aluminum Can by
4. Trash Collection - Recycling
Students will collect trash for one day and photograph
it. The class will use graphic organizers on ActiveInspire
to label specific pieces of trash.
Students will use the online game ‘Michael Michael go
recycle’ to practice sorting and recycling.
Students will sort the pieces of trash from their
photograph into groups using ActiveInspire and then
sort the real trash into the same groups.
Alison Inches, 2009, Little Simon
Compost Stew by Mary McKenna
Siddals, 2010, Tricycle Press
Help the Environment series – Cleaning
up Litter, by Charlotte Guillain, 2008,
Heinemann – Raintree
Adrienne
Online Game to practice sorting:
http://funschool.kaboose.com/globerider/earthday/games/game_michael_recycle.html
Students will recycle items from the sorted trash into
school receptacles located in various parts of the
building.
As homework, Students and families will send in a photo
of using their building or commune recycling center.
5. Making Good Choices Art Activity
Students will draw at least one choice they can make to
take responsibility for their trash. Students will
collectively create a simple rubric to show how they
know they have completed the task, telling what the
drawing should include.
Adrienne
http://blogs.isl.ch/year1d/
Art will be scanned and uploaded to the class blog to
share with friends and family.
How will we assess learning?
See attached checklist for assessments of each learning activity.
Comments/Evaluation of Unit:
Created by Sherry R. Crow Courtesy Colorado Springs District 11; adapted 2008