Trash Talk: Building Literacy Through Waste Awareness

Trash Talk: Building Literacy Through Waste Awareness

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • English
  • Grammar and Spelling
  • Reading
  • Environmental
  • Recycling
  • Sustainability
  • ...

This unit of lessons is designed for students to build their literacy comprehension skills while exploring the real-world issue of waste. These lessons focus on solid waste management and aims to develop students' understanding of different aspects of waste, including waste disposal methods, waste reduction strategies, and the 4Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Repair). 

Explore waste in your English classroom in a hands-on and engaging unit that includes experiments, data collection and analysis, critical thinking, and problem-solving.

Cool.org thanks our philanthropic funder, Eldon and Anne Foote Trust, through the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation, for their generous contributions in creating these resources. 


Tune In

Students develop their understanding of waste and disposal methods.

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Being Safe Around Waste

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • English
  • Grammar and Spelling
  • Environmental
  • Recycling
  • Sustainability
  • Lesson
  • ...

Where Does It Go?

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • English
  • Grammar and Spelling
  • Environmental
  • Recycling
  • Sustainability
  • Lesson
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Why Waste It?

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • English
  • Grammar and Spelling
  • Environmental
  • Recycling
  • Sustainability

Find Out

Students explore their involvement with waste and waste management within their environments.


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The 4Rs of Waste

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • English
  • Grammar and Spelling
  • Environmental
  • Recycling
  • Sustainability
  • Lesson
  • ...

Waste Spotto

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • English
  • Text Analysis
  • Reading
  • Environmental
  • Recycling
  • Sustainability
  • Lesson
  • ...

Weighing in on Waste

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • English
  • Reading
  • Environmental
  • Recycling

Take Action

Students investigate the cause of waste in their environments and use their understanding to educate others about the importance of the 4Rs.

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What If We Didn’t Care About Our Waste?

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • English
  • Creative writing
  • Environmental
  • Recycling
  • Sustainability
  • Lesson
  • ...

Doorways to Waste

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • English
  • Reading
  • Discussion
  • Environmental
  • Recycling
  • Sustainability
  • Lesson
  • ...

Down with Waste

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • English
  • Environmental
  • Recycling
  • Sustainability
  • Lesson
  • ...

4Rs Communication Challenge

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • English
  • Environmental
  • Recycling
  • Sustainability
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