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Keeping our planet healthy means cutting back on single-use containers and repurposing items that might otherwise end up in the trash. Meet the empty cereal box—a champion when it comes to reuse! Cut, decorate, and turn sideways to make a file folder that holds your special papers. Save, snip, and sort two identical boxes for a no-cost matching game. Grab the front panel, a ruler, and a large coin to create a puzzle starring your favorite breakfast treat. Following the sequence of steps for projects strengthens the skill of comprehending written instructions. Recognizing different kinds of trash in landfills builds knowledge of the environment. Describing your ideas to reuse trash helps save the world … one cereal box at a time!
In this issue students will:
- understand the composition of landfills
- follow multiple-step written directions
- reuse empty cereal boxes
- identify differences in two illustrations
- play a cereal box matching game
- create a puzzle
- use the newspaper to locate items to recycle, reuse, or make into a gift
- unscramble letters in jumbled words
- write your ideas to repurpose items
7 page PDF
