Sustainable Living Book 1 Ages 7-10 Cover

Sustainable Living Book 1 Ages 7-10

A cross-curricular approach

This resource places an emphasis on what students can do to make a difference at a local level. For example, in their home, school and community. Each section provides plenty of teacher involvement and cooperative work, with literacy activities weaved into the first half of the book to compliment each lesson.

Ages: 7-11 | Pages: 56 | Code: 5669 | ISBN: 9781927190401

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Maria Gill

Maria Gill writes full time from a seaside village north of Auckland, New Zealand. She has had 20 children’s books published for the retail market and another 35 educational books for the international market. Maria specialises in children’s non-fiction books. Seven of her books have been shortlisted for children’s book awards (New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards and LIANZA Awards) and eight have been Storylines Notable Books. Her book ‘Anzac Heroes’ won the New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adult Non-fiction Award and the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award. ‘New Zealand Hall of Fame’ won the Children’s Choice in the non-fiction category. Previously she has been a primary school teacher and she also has a Graduate Diploma in Journalism Studies. Maria also reviews books on http://kidsbooksnz.blogspot.com . For more information about Maria please go to www.mariagill.co.nz

Contents

Introduction4
About this book4
How to use the lesson plans5
Planning resources – curriculum notes6
Lesson plans9
1. A troubled world9
2. What is sustainability?10
3. What about energy?12
4. Energy busters13
5. What about water?15
6. Water busters17
7. What about waste?18
8. Waste busters19
9. Pollution busters21
10. What is biodiversity?22
11. Caring for the environment23
12. Sustainable living – yourself25
13. Sustainable living – home26
14. Sustainable living – school27
15. Sustainable living – community28
16. Sustainability action stations31
17. Thinking skills learning centre34
18. Reflecting on sustainable living36
Example templates37
Literacy activities44
1. How to write a learning log – reflective writing44
2. How to write a definition44
3. How to write a diary45
4. How to write a main idea, supporting ideas45
5. How to write a flow chart – sequence writing46
6. How to write a KWL chart – factual writing on charts46
7. How to write a persuasive argument47
8. How to write open questions48
9. How to write a report48
10. How to write a newspaper article49
11. How to write/draw a pamphlet50
12. How to write/draw a poster50
13. How to write/draw an advertisement51
14. How to write a short story51
Assessment52
Student self-assessment worksheet52
Student quiz53
Assessment matrix54
Resources55
Glossary56