Students draw a new use for three objects on this 3-page kindergarten sheet: a cardboard box, a glass jar and an egg carton. Page 1 shows each object above a drawing box. Page 2 has two sentence frames, I can reuse a ___ and I can turn it into a ___, then a yes or no check for a gift bag, a used tissue, a shopping bag and a banana peel. It supports NGSS K-ESS3-3, and the key lists sample ideas for each object and the four check marks.
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 draw and write a second use for three objects that would otherwise be thrown away.
Three pictures, a cardboard box, a glass jar and an egg carton, each above an empty box. Students draw a new way to use each one.
Two sentence frames for one of the drawings: I can reuse a ___ and I can turn it into a ___.
Four pictures with Yes and No checkboxes. Students decide if a gift bag, a used tissue, a shopping bag and a banana peel can be reused or go in the trash or compost.
Sample uses for each object, such as a pencil holder for the jar and a paint tray for the egg carton, and the four checkbox answers.
Hold the objects
Put a real box, jar and egg carton on a table so students can pick them up before they draw. The drawings get more inventive with the object in hand.
Share one idea
Ask three students to show one drawing each and finish the sentence aloud. The frames give shy writers the words.
Yes or no follow-up
After the gift bag and tissue items, ask what else at home could be reused rather than thrown away. Let students answer with a drawing.
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