Topic: PS 79 Goes Green-Repurposing Date: Content Area:

Cereal Box Activity and Sequencing 4.3-7 ENL/Reading for Information/ Science
Activity Sheet
Getting Started
State Standards: Materials:
-NYSAA- Science-recognize a dependency Adapted Book
between a living and a non- living thing (92113) Computers
-NYSAA- RI. 11.1- 92121: Recognize an IPad
explicit or inferred claim in informational text. AAC Devices
-NYSAA- RL.11.2-Identify a sequence of events Smart Board
and the central idea of a literary text. Realia/Munipulitives
-NLAP 11-12.1-Receptive: Organize pre- Teacher-Made Memory Game Cards
taught words and phrases on an analyzing- Frutaba App on IPad
informational text graphic organizer to analyze Proloquo App on IPad
what the text says explicitly and identify where
matters are left uncertain, as the text is read
aloud in partnership and/or teacher-led small
groups. ESL Methodologies:
CDOS-Universal Foundation Skills 3a- TPR
communicate effectively and help others learn a CALLA
new skill. Language Experience Approach
SIOP
Content Objective: Using a graphic organizer,
students will be able to sequence the steps to Vocaulary:
repurposing a cereal box into a notebook and Reuse
identify the main idea of the text. Repurpose
Language Objective: Students will be able to Card board
organize pre-taught repurposing vocabulary First
words and phrases on a sequencing graphic Then
organizer. Last
Teaching Point: What does repurpose mean?
Why should we reuse and repurpose? What are
the steps for repurposing a cereal box into a
notebook?
Task: Organize Pre-taught Academic Vocabulary
Daily Message: (Do Now)
Step Time Teacher Does: (A Students Do Remarks
combination of 1 or
2 of the following
activities)
Mini Lesson 10- 1.Teacher reviews 1. Students engage in reading the class Staff Assignmen
15 instructional agenda for objectives and agenda. Ed Assistants will
min the day: prompting, focusi
st
1 -Adapted Book at Smart
Board
2. Students participate in filling in the K and students througho
2nd Small Group Activity at W part of the KWL chart through verbal group read-aloud.
Computers responses, written responses or picture also take data to
3rd- Review Activity at the choices via the Proloquo Application on the knowledge.
Smart Board
Ipad.
2.Teacher facilitates
whole group activity of 3. Student take turns reading, answering
filling K and W comprehension questions and identifying
section of K-W-L chart. vocabulary terms/phrases throughout the
text.
3. Teacher facilitates a
 whole-group read aloud 4. Students participate in whole-group
of adapted practice of the skill/activity that they are
informational text. about to engage in during the small group
section of the lesson.
4. Teacher models and
facilitates whole group
practice of the lessons
small group
skill/activity.
Individual or 15- Teacher circulates TI TII TIII Staff Assignmen
Small Group 20 classroom and assists Students Students Students will Ed Assistants will
Activity Min students with their will will repurpose a cereal small group activi
activities. repurpose repurpose box into a all technological e
a cereal a cereal notebook by
box into a box into a cutting out a
notebook notebook square in the
by cutting by cutting cardboard, folding
out a out a it in half and Assessment Too
square in square in stapling paper in -Data Collection S
the the between the two -Student Work Sa
cardboard, cardboard, halves. -Rubrics
folding it in folding it in Students will sort -Observations
half and half and pre-taught
stapling stapling vocabulary words
paper in paper in and phrases onto a
between between sequencing and
the two the two central idea
halves. halves. graphic organizer.
Following Students Students will either
the will sort write their
activity, pre-taught responses with
Students vocabulary text-only options
will sort words and or write their
pictures of phrases responses
pre-taught onto a independently,
vocabulary sequencin through
words and g and referencing the
phrases central text (adapted
onto a idea social story that
sequencin graphic we read as a whole
g and organizer. group).
central
idea
graphic
organizer.

Sharing 10 Assessment: Report Staff Assignmen

min 1.Assess students 1. Students will gather at the Smart Board to will help engage s
while reviewing the take turns answering questions from the review. They will
small group activity Small Group Activity. that can be used
as a whole group. Students will engage in
-Answering questions individually (Indiv)
2.Assess students by -Think-Pair-Share (Pair)
introducing -Students asking other students the review
application questions: questions with preferred methods of
If we dont have time communication(small group)
to make a notebook
with cereal boxes, 2. Using their preferred method of
what can we do with communication, students will either explain or
them instead? Do identify (with choices) appropriate pre-taught
they go in the green vocabulary/phrases to application questions.
recycle bin or blue
recycle bin? 3. Using their preferred method of
communication, students will give responses
3. Teacher prompts to fill in the L section of the KWL.
students to fill in the
L section of the
Reuse, KWL.
Homework- Vocabulary Activity Sheet
Point System Review and Collection