This short recycling check for kindergarten runs for 2 pages. Students circle the things we can recycle from eight pictures, write Paper or Metal under a newspaper and a soda can, and draw one way to make less trash. The circle task includes a plastic bottle, paper bag, glass jar and soup can, with an orange peel, used napkin, broken glass cup and chewing gum to leave alone. It supports NGSS K-ESS3-3, and page 2 holds the answer key.
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.”
Question 3 has students draw one way to make less trash, and question 1 checks what can be recycled.
Eight pictures in a grid, each with a label. Students circle the four that can go in the recycling bin.
A newspaper and a soda can, with a word bank of Paper and Metal. Students write the bin under each picture.
A large box for one drawing that shows a way to make less trash.
The four items to circle and the four to leave, the bins Paper and Metal, and sample drawings such as a reusable water bottle or a cloth shopping bag.
End of unit check
Use it after a recycling unit. Question 1 shows quickly who still circles the orange peel or the gum.
Sort the drawings
Sort the question 3 drawings into reduce and reuse piles for a class display. Most students draw a reusable bag or bottle.
Small group
For students who are still learning to read, read each label in question 1 aloud and let them circle what they know.
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