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Sherri Gillis

Too Much Waste

Grades: 5th Grade, 4th Grade, 3rd Grade
Subjects: English Language Arts, Character Building, Science

Student Instructions

Trash, especially litter, can cause lots of problems for animals, humans, and ecosystems as a whole. Every day as we dispose of things like paper, food wrappers and packaging. What do we do with all of this waste? 1. 👂Listen to the story "Here Comes the Garbage Barge" by clicking on the link. 2. Earth Day is April 22nd, 2020. Draw an Earth Day poster of how you could reduce, reuse and recycle waste in our world. The illustrations in this book were created with recycled waste. 3. Use the drawing and label tools to describe something in your own life that you could reduce, reuse and recycle. 4. Use the mic tool to tell us about your creation, and then submit your assignment.

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