Journey
Topic: Earth and Science
Stinky Garbage
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Watch the Story
I Stink! by Kate and Jim McMullan
Read the Book
Garbage Trucks by Mary Linden
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Lesson Activities
Stinky Garbage
Who picks up the trash in a garbage truck?
sanitation workers
school workers
postal workers
What happens when the garbage truck starts to get full?
Some of the trash gets put back on the street.
A packer blade pushes down the trash to make room.
No more trash can be picked up.
Why are sanitation workers important?
They help keep communities clean and healthy.
They help keep the streets covered in trash.
They help deliver food to houses.
A __________ is where trash gets dumped into a huge pile.
recycling bin
park
landfill
What is one way to keep some trash from taking up space in a landfill?
putting food scraps in a compost bin
throwing all of your trash in the trash can
taking the trash to the landfill yourself
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Writing Activity
Follow That Trash!
Step-by-Step: From Trash Can to Landfill
Step-by-Step: From Trash Can to Landfill
Watch the video “What Happens to Our Trash?”
On a separate piece of paper, write what happens to a piece of trash, step-by-step.
Follow its journey: from throwing it in a trash can until it reaches the landfill.
Remember to use words like “Next,” “Then,” “After that,” and “Finally” to describe the steps.
Rewatch the video if you need to remember the steps!
Actividad de escribe
¡Sigue a esa basura!
Paso a paso: Del cubo de basura al vertedero.
Paso a paso: Del cubo de basura al vertedero.
Mira el vídeo: “¿Qué pasa con nuestra basura?
En otro papel, escribe qué le pasa a la basura, paso a paso.
Sigue su viaje: desde que se tira en el cubo de la basura hasta que llega al vertedero.
Recuerda utilizar palabras como: “a continuación”, “luego”, “después de eso”, y “finalmente” para describir los pasos.
¡Mira de nuevo el video si necesitas recordar los pasos!
