Twelve pictures are sorted into recycle or trash on this 3-page kindergarten sheet. On page 1, students draw a line from each picture to a blue recycling bin or a gray trash can. The items include a newspaper, cereal box, apple core, used tissue, soup can, glass jar, broken crayon and chip bag. Page 2 asks Which one can be recycled? in four rows of three pictures. It supports NGSS K-ESS3-3 and Common Core L.K.5a, and the key lists both bins and the four checked answers.
K-ESS3-3
“Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.”
Students decide which of twelve everyday items belong in the recycling bin, the basic step in cutting waste.
L.K.5a
“Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.”
Page 1 sorts twelve items into the recycle and trash categories.
Twelve numbered pictures sit above and below a Recycle and Trash chart. Students draw a line from each to the bin where it belongs.
Four rows of three pictures, with a checkbox on each. Students pick the single item per row that can go in the recycling bin.
Seven items under Recycle and five under Trash, then the four checked answers: water bottle, newspaper, soda can and cardboard box.
Bring clean items
Set out a clean plastic bottle, a cereal box and a soup can, and let students place each one before they draw the lines.
Check local rules
Glass jars and soup cans go in some bins and not others. Compare the answer key with your district rules before you mark.
Exit ticket
Page 2 works as a two-minute exit ticket, with one check per row. Students who tick a banana peel or an apple core need another look at food scraps.
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