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Learn about maps & protecting the environment, read MACHINES AT WORK, blend and decode ‘s.
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M and AP Make MAP!
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Learn about maps and protecting the environment, read MACHINES AT WORK, blend and decode ‘s. LET’S LEARN helps children ages 3-8 with at-home learning. One-hour programs feature instruction by educators and virtual field trips.
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- Hi, friends!
- Hi!
- Oh, it's so great to see you!
My name is Yael and I am an educator in New York City!
And this is my daughter.
- Hi, my name is Journey, my school's at Harlem, New York, and my grade is second grade.
- Oh, and we are so excited that you're here with us today.
So we heard that you're with us to do a read aloud which is one of our favorite things to do.
I know, I'm excited, too!
Friends, are you excited?
Let me hear you.
Oh, our friends are excited, too!
So today's book that we're going to be reading is called, drum roll, please.
[hands slapping legs] "Machines At Work" by Byron Barton.
And we are so excited to read this book.
And the reason is we have machines at work right outside of where we live!
- Yeah!
- Outside of our apartment.
right now, we have tractors and diggers, - Excavators!
- Excavators!
And they are digging up the road all outside of where we live.
And so this book is perfect timing for our life situation right now.
- [Journey] Yes!
- We are so excited to read this book with you.
At the end, Journey's going to share a really cool activity that you can do at home.
And in between, Journey's also gonna have some moves for you to do with your body while we're reading the book to get you up and moving around, which is something else we love to do while reading.
- And also today, I'm going to read the book.
- Yes, today Journey is going to read the majority of the book and I am so excited about that.
So I think we should get started.
So "Machines At Work", you can see the cover.
There is a machine right there.
Do you know what kind of machine that is?
- A tractor?
- Maybe, a tractor or a lift.
We're going to figure out what it is while reading.
- And also, so this is called the cover.
This is called the spine, this is called the back.
- Awesome, and this is the author and illustrator, the person who wrote the book and drew the pictures.
We're super excited, right?
Let's get started.
"Machines At Work".
- [Journey] "Hey, you guys!"
- It looks like they're going somewhere really important.
Where do you think they're going friends?
Take a look, hmm.
Journey, where do you think they're going?
- To work!
- [laughing] Do you know where they might be going?
What kind of job they may have by looking at the clothes and the equipment that they have?
What do you think?
- [Journey] Construction workers!
- Maybe they're construction workers, awesome.
- [Journey] "Let's get to work.
Knock down that building."
- Hmm, I wonder why this machine here would be knocking down this building.
This is a crane, by the way, friends.
Hmm, it looks like they might be knocking it down for a few reasons.
Journey, what's one reason they might be knocking the building down?
- It's not right.
- There's just something not right with the building and they have to build a new one.
All right, next page.
- [Journey] "Bulldoze that tree."
- "Bulldoze that tree!"
Oh, It looks like that tree might've been really old and may have to have been removed by the bulldozer [Journey sighing] maybe to make for a new tree.
- [Journey] "Dig up that road."
- That's what's happening outside of our apartment, friends.
They are digging up the road.
It is loud, it is bumpy!
Journey, do you have a move for digging up that road?
- Yes, I do have a move!
- Friends, try this move at home.
- One foot here and drill, smack, drill, smack, drill, smack!
- Everyone tried home!
- Drill, drill, smack!
- That was an awesome move, Journey!
Thanks so much for showing us.
Okay, let's read the next page.
- [Journey] "Load that truck."
- "Load that truck," Journey, do you have a move for "Load that truck?"
- Yes, I do!
- Let's see it.
- Dig, load, dig, load, dig, load, dig, load!
- Woo, that was an awesome move, Journey!
I hope all of our friends at home are trying to do the move, too!
- [Journey] "Dump that rubble."
- "Dump that rubble," dump, dump, dump.
I bet, Journey, you have a move for "Dump that rubble."
- Yes.
- Do you?
- Yes!
- You want to show our friends at home?
- Yes!
Dump down, dump down, dump down, dump, dump down!
- That was an awesome move, Journey!
Oh, those are some good moves, everybody.
[Journey laughing] Okay.
Oh, this-- - [Journey] " Now let's eat lunch."
- "Now let's eat lunch."
This is so important, friends.
Just like when we're spending a whole day learning.
It's so important that we take a break for lunch!
- [Journey] "Now dig a hole" - "Next, dig a hole" Let me guess, Journey, you have a move for this, too.
- Yes, yeah!
- Can we see your move?
- Yeah.
- Awesome.
- Dig, scoop, dig, scoop!
"Mix the cement."
- "Mix the cement."
Do you have a move for "Mix the cement?"
- Yes.
- Can you show us that move?
- Yeah.
- All right, I'm gonna count you down.
Friends at home, can you help?
Three, two, one!
- Mix, mix, mix, mix!
- [Yael] Move those hips, right?
Big circles.
- Yeah, big circles, like you're doing a hula hoop.
It's like cooking something!
- Awesome, everybody mix that cement, that is great!
Okay, next page.
- [Journey] "Lift that beam."
- [Yael] "Lift that beam," up in the air.
- The beam looks like, it sounds like like when you're eating a bean.
- Beam and bean do sound a lot of like.
Do you have a move for "Lift that beam?"
Not bean, lift the bean is another move.
Do you have a move for "Lift that beam?"
Let's see it!.
- Pull up, pull up, it also sounds like bean.
- Awesome move!
All right.
- [Journey] "Build that building."
- [Yael] "Build that building."
- [Journey] "Building that road."
- [Yael] "Build that road."
And that's exactly, this is exactly what they're doing outside of our apartment, right?
- Yeah!
- All day and all night.
- [Journey] "Okay, stop that machines."
- [Yael] "Stop the machines."
Wow, look at all those machines that are used for this work.
So many!
- [Journey] "Let's go home."
- "Let's go home," it's been such a long day.
They've put in a lot of work, friends.
- Yeah, also, you, too!
"More work tomorrow."
- "More work tomorrow," even the crane has to get some rest.
The machines have been working hard.
The people have been working hard.
We've been working hard with all of our moves.
- You can make machines out of things that are in your house, like this that I made with paper towel and toilet paper rolls.
- [Yael] What is it?
- It's a fruit machine that travels all over the world to give people fruit or vegetables.
- Oh, that's awesome.
So friends, I hope you really enjoyed the book that we just read together.
We hope that you will get to see real life machines at work just like we have outside of our building.
And we hope you'll continue to practice some of those moves that Journey showed us today.
And with that, we're going to say bye-bye until next time.
And don't forget when you're home, you can try to build your own machine just like journey did.
So enjoy, bye, friends!
- Bye!
- Hi movers and shakers, this is Violet.
And it's time to get a little bit silly.
Are you ready for our song?
For this one you're just gonna need to put your fingers up.
So let's wiggle our fingers, wiggle our bodies, and get ready.
♪ There were five in the bed ♪ ♪ And the little one said, "Roll over, roll over" ♪ ♪ So they all rolled over and one fell out ♪ ♪ There were four in the bed ♪ ♪ And the little one said, "Roll over, roll over" ♪ ♪ So they all rolled over and one fell out.
♪ ♪ There were three in the bed ♪ ♪ And the little one said, "Roll over, roll over" ♪ ♪ So they all rolled over and one fell out.
♪ How many are left?
One, two!
♪ There were two in the bed ♪ ♪ And the little one said, "Roll over, roll over" ♪ ♪ So they all roll over and one fell out.
♪ How many are left?
♪ There was one in the bed ♪ ♪ and the little one said ♪ Oh, the whole thing's for me!
Have a good day!
[upbeat music] - Hi friends, my name is Isabelle, And welcome to my learning corner.
Today we're going to be learning a little bit more about the letter S. Do you remember what sounds the letter S can make?
Right, s and z!
We're gonna be focusing on the letter S as a special ending.
So are you ready to learn with me?
[children cheering] Yes, let's go!
Today we're going to start with a phonemic awareness activity.
Remember, phonemic awareness activities are activities where we listen to hear all the sounds in words.
So before we start, we should tune up our ears, let's go.
[xylophone playing a scale] Good job!
We're going to practice with one word.
I'm going to say the word.
Then you're going to say the word.
Then we're going to chop out all of the sounds we hear in the word, that's called segmenting.
We're going to break up the word into all its parts.
Are you ready?
Let's go.
Our first word is cat.
Can you say cat?
Good, now, let's stand up and chop it out.
C, a, t, good job, cat!
Now let's try that with another word.
The next word we're going to chop out or segment is the word, man.
Good job repeating that word.
Let's go, m, a, n, man.
Good job, let's go to another word.
The next word is pets.
Your turn, p, e, t, s, pets, good job!
One last word to warm us up today.
That word is moms.
Do you hear that sound at the end?
Z, excellent, let's go ahead and break that word up into all its parts.
M, ah, m, s, moms, good job!
Okay, now you're ready to use the letter S in a very special way, let's go.
Are you ready to build some words with me?
[children cheering] Great, the first word that we're going to build is the word bird.
Bird, let's tap out the word before we build it.
Buh, er, du, bird, good job!
Okay, now let's build the word.
Buh, that's right, it starts with the letter B. Er, now we have three choices for how we're going to build er.
Er can be built with the letters I-R, E-R, or U-R.
Which do you think I should use?
That's right, I should use I-R. Buh, er, du, what letter, what letter represents the D sound?
That's right, the letter D!
Buh-er-du, bird!
Now let's build another word.
The word is nest.
Can you say that word?
Excellent, nest, let us tap out that word.
N, eh, s, t, let's keep those sounds in our head as we build the word, build it with me!
N, that's right, N, eh, s, t, nest, bird nest!
Now I know birds live in nests and I want to connect these two words together using a very special letter, S. Hmm, if I add an S to the end of the word, birds, that tells me that I have more than one bird but that's not going to connect these two words together.
What should I do?
[bell ringing] I know what I should do!
I should add a special type of punctuation.
It's called and apostrophe.
Can you say the word apostrophe?
An apostrophe shows that a noun owns something else.
It shows ownership or ready, for a third grade word?
Possession, yes!
All right, where will I put my apostrophe?
So I'm going to move the S over just a little bit and I'm going to add my apostrophe between the noun, bird, and the S. This shows me the word bird's nest.
That means this nest belongs to that bird, cool, right?
Let's work together to read a word that has an apostrophe S in it, let's go.
Here's a word that has the apostrophe S in it.
We're going to read this word together and then talk about what it means.
Are you ready?
[children cheering] Excellent, if you know it, go ahead and tell me right now.
All right, let's work together to see if you were right.
Puh, a, pa, l, pal, z, remember, sometimes the S can say z, at the end, pal's.
Well, I know that a pal is a friend, you're my friend.
Can you think of something that you own?
My pal's, say what you own.
Good job!
My pals, I heard someone say, "Pencil, my pal's pencil."
I heard someone say, "Dog, my pal's dog."
You've got the idea!
Now for our last activity of the day we are going to write some words and connect them using an apostrophe S. Now we are going to use our apostrophe S to connect the word, mom, and a another word.
I want to write the word pen.
Can you help me spell the word pen?
Sometimes you can tap your fingers to match the sounds you hear in the word pen, like this, puh, eh, n. All right, let's write the word pen, puh, eh, n. Now, let's say the phrase together, mom's pen.
One more time, mom's pen.
Now, I'd like to connect the word dad using apostrophe S. Dad's, hmm, dad's cap.
Dad's cap, let's tap using our fingers, cu, a, p. Now let me know, how should I spell it, tell me!
Excellent, c, ah, a, puh, cap.
Now let's read this phrase together, dad's cap.
Excellent, here's our last phrase of the day.
N-a-n, that's a capital letter, so I know this is a name, Nan, apostrophe S, Nan's.
What does Nan have?
Hmm, [cat meowing] What does Nan have?
[gasping] Who's that?
Nan's cat, awe!
Nan's cat, c, a, t, help me spell it.
C, uh-huh, a, t, Nan's cat!
Thank you for helping me use the letter S in a special way with our new friend, the apostrophe!
Remember the apostrophe S shows ownership and you and a trusted adult can play I Spy using the apostrophe S anytime you want!
It could go like this.
I spy a car's door.
I spy a tree's leaf.
You get the idea, it's a lot of fun!
Don't forget to tune into the next episode and I will see you soon, bye, friends!
[upbeat music] - I use TV use to help my kid learn, wanna know how?
Pay attention to what your kids watch on TV.
Not all shows are appropriate for your little ones.
Watch TV with your kids.
Talk about the show with them and apply it to your daily lives.
- They're disposable bottles!
- [Parent] After you watch a show point out related examples throughout your day?
Good job!
Read a book or do activities about the theme of the show.
Make TV time into learning time.
- Uh-oh, oh!
[upbeat music] - Hi, I'm Andrew and I am back with another activity from the built environment in your community.
So today we're going to talk about something called in map.
Let's spell that word together, map, M-A-P, map.
Have you ever heard the word map before?
Do you know what a map is?
A map is a special type of picture that shows what a place looks like.
To help us learn about maps, let's start by looking at this example of a map.
What do you see when you look at this map?
I see some shapes and I see some different colors.
What do you think the color white means on this map?
Because the color white shows us narrow, thin lines, we can guess that white shows us a road or a path somewhere that people could move by walking or maybe driving.
What do you think the color blue shows us on this map?
The color blue shows us where there is water.
What about that light tan or light brown color?
What does that show us?
The tan color shows us where there is land.
And what do you think the green shows us?
The green color shows us green space.
So it could be trees or grass somewhere that there are lots of green plants growing.
There's also one place on the map where the white has some little black lines on it, and it's going over the blue water.
So if this is going over the blue water and it's a place for people to walk, what do you think that shows us?
How could you go by walking across water?
This place shows us where there is a bridge, a bridge that people use to get across water.
Now, let's try using this map.
I'm going to read you a clue and you're going to figure out how to get from one place to another using this map.
Do you see where there is a green star on the map?
How can I get from the green star to the purple square?
So, how can I follow a path or a road and walk from the green star to the purple square?
Was this the path that you found from the green star to the purple square?
Okay, now that you've practiced with this map, let's look at a map of the real world that shows us information about a real place.
What does this map show?
Do you know what this is a picture of?
This map shows us the MTA subway lines.
So it shows us all the different trains that we could take in New York City.
When would someone use a map like this?
You could use a map like this when you are lost and you need to figure out where you are or you could use a map like this if you want to know how to get somewhere.
So if I'm in one part of New York City and I need to get to another part, I can look at this map to find out what train I could take or how I can get there.
So maps like this are used by people to help them get around New York City.
When we look at this map, there's a lot of different colors that we can see.
What do you think the blue on the map represents?
What is the blue mean?
The blue on this map shows us where there is water.
So it shows us water in the city.
And what do you think this light brown or tan color on the map shows us?
The tan or light brown color on the map shows us where there is land in the city.
So we can see where there's water and we can see where there's land.
And what about the green on the map?
What does the green show us?
The green on the map represents green spaces.
Green spaces in our city would be places that have grass and trees, so things like parks.
So the green shows us where there is a park where there's some grass and some trees that are green.
There's also a lot of different lines that are different colors on this map.
What do you think the lines in the different colors represent, what do those show us?
All of these different lines show us different trains that people could take to get around New York City.
How many different colored lines can you count on this map?
Take a moment to try to count as many as you can.
When I looked at this map I was able to count one, two, three, four, five, six, seven train lines, so seven different trains on this map.
This map also shows us the five boroughs of New York City.
The five parts that New York City is divided into.
Do you know the names of the five boroughs?
Let's count them and say the names together.
One, Bronx, two, Manhattan, three, Brooklyn, four, Queens, and five, Staten Island.
So by looking at this map we can learn a lot of different things about New York City.
This map that we've been looking at that shows the subways is just one example of a type of map.
There are many different other kinds of maps.
Can you tell what this map shows?
This map shows the inside of a building.
So this is called a blueprint.
This is an example of what the inside of a building would look like.
In the next activity we will be talking about maps of buildings, not just maps of places like New York City, but maps of just one building or even just one home or apartment within a building.
As you can see a map tells us a lot of different information.
It gives us a lot of different things about New York City that we can learn.
Now, we've learned how to use a map.
For our next activity, you are going to practice making a map on your own.
So this will be a picture that is gonna be from above, just like the maps that we looked at, the example map and also the MTA subway map and the map of a building.
So you're going to be looking from above.
Imagine that from above, you can see the land and the water if there's water, and you can see any paths that there might be.
For this activity, you will need a piece of paper and a pencil.
If you have different colors with markers or colored pencils or crayons you can use them to show different features on your map just like in the maps that we looked at.
But if you don't have different colors you can still make a map.
What are you going to show with your map?
You can show anything you want.
You can make an imaginary place, or you can try to make a map of a place that is familiar to you, a place that you visited, or a place that you know.
It could even be just a map of one building or one room, as long as you show the different things that you see in that place.
So here's an example of a map that I made.
I decided to make a map of my bedroom.
So this is just one room.
As you can see, I have shown different things that I can see in this room.
I've shown where's the bed, I showed where is the closet, and different other things.
So you can make a map like this of one room or you could make a map of whatever place you want.
You could also do a map of an imaginary place like that first example map that we looked at.
Once you have finished making your map drawing, the next step is to give someone else, like an adult, a clue so that they can use the map.
When we looked at the first map we were using a clue to get from one shape to another shape.
So you can give your map to someone else and ask them, "How would you get from this place to this place?"
Here's an example, here's my map that shows the bedroom.
How can I get from the door to the window?
I can draw a line to show how I will get from the door to the window.
So I've shown the path that I would walk to travel from one place to another on the map.
Once you have created your map, share your map drawing with another person and ask them, "How can you get from this place to this other place?"
You can have them trace a path on the map with their finger or they could actually draw on the map like I did.
Today, we learned about examples of different maps that can be found in your community.
We looked at the subway map of New York City.
When you look around your home or your community how many other examples of maps can you find?
Can you find other maps that are not the MTA subway map?
See how many different examples of maps you can find by looking around in your community.
Join us next time for another activity about the built environment in your community, bye!
[upbeat music] [speaking in Spanish] [upbeat music] - Look what I made for you!
Do you want it?
- Nope, I don't need it!
Wow!
- It's only $5.
Do you wanna buy it?
- No, I don't need it.
- Well, it's it's going to change your life.
- I don't want it!
- You don't want it, yet, $5?
- NO thanks!
- It's a skittlemushergig!
- I don't need it, I already have one!
- Oh, Olivia, you can't be telling people that they need to buy things when they don't.
You know when we buy more and more stuff that we don't need it has a really big effect on the environment - But they do need them!
- Ugh, hi friends!
I think we might need to call Miss Sabrina and help us out on this one.
Let's call Miss Sabrina right now on the phone.
[phone ringing] Oh, it's ringing.
I hope she's home.
[phone ringing] Oh, hi, Miss Sabrina, how are you?
It's Miss Heather.
You know, we were just having a conversation at our house all about human-made resources and whether you should buy them even if you don't necessarily need them because it sometimes affects the environment.
What are your thoughts about this?
Oh, Miss Heather, well, I'm doing well, thanks for asking.
I was just about to call.
Ms. Heather, that is such an important conversation.
I was so glad you called me to talk about this.
You see humans have always made human-made resources from natural resources.
Let's refresh our memory about what human-made resources are and what are natural resources.
Natural resources are resources that come directly from the earth.
Humans cannot make natural resources.
Some examples of natural resources are trees, land, rocks and minerals, water, and plants.
Human-made resources are resources where humans take natural resources and make something new.
When we sell these human-made resources we sometime call them goods.
Let's think about our great grandparents.
As early as our grandparents when they were alive, they usually bought goods they needed.
If they bought something they wanted it was most likely for a very special occasion, like a birthday, but now people buy more and more goods and producers all over the world are making more and more products, not because we need them, but because we want them.
And so you see, friends, this is becoming a growing problem because it means we are using up a lot of natural resources which is decreasing, and humans are creating a lot of garbage which is increasing!
Big problem!
- Wait, Miss Sabrina, are you giving us a hint for today's lesson?
So you said that people are buying more goods than ever before, and that people throw away more goods because when they don't want them anymore, they just get rid of it, and that makes more garbage.
And you said that natural resources are disappearing because we keep using them to make more goods.
Oh, Miss Sabrina, this sounds terrible!
This sounds like a very big environmental problem.
So the real question is I need to know what can I do about it?
Miss Heather, you know, that's exactly what we're going to be talking about today.
Let's talk about protecting our environment.
We're going to look at environmental problems people are having and how we can help save and protect our environment from more pollution.
Miss Sabrina, while you were talking I decided to do a little bit of research and it seems that many of our friends already know what some of these environmental problems are and how we are hurting the earth.
Let's listen to what they have to say!
- When people use chemicals in their plants it can harm water.
- Cars and airplanes use a natural resource called oil.
When oil burns it causes air pollution.
- Buying products made from trees causes more forests to be cut down and this hurts our air and water.
- Plastic is the human resource that is made from oil and toxic chemicals.
It can hurt people, animals, and the environment.
♪ With garbage, garbage, garbage, garbage ♪ ♪ Garbage, garbage, garbage, garbage ♪ ♪ Filling up the sea with garbage, ♪ ♪ Garbage, garbage, garbage ♪ ♪ Garbage, garbage, garbage, garbage ♪ ♪ Garbage, garbage, garbage ♪ ♪ What will we do when there's no place ♪ ♪ Left to put all the garbage ♪ ♪ We're filling up the air with garbage, ♪ ♪ Garbage, garbage, garbage ♪ ♪ Garbage, garbage, garbage, garbage ♪ ♪ Garbage, garbage, garbage ♪ ♪ What will we do when there's nothing ♪ ♪ Left to breathe but garbage ♪ - Thank you friends, I couldn't agree with you more.
These are really big environmental problems.
There are loads of plastic, car and airplane pollution, farming and pesticides, factories and chemicals, cutting down forests, and just plain buying too much stuff.
You know, Miss Heather, the environment is an area in which we live, and sometimes our actions can affect our environment in ways we didn't plan to.
For example, when people started cutting down trees to make room for gardens and farms, it can have a positive effect on the community because it helped feed people.
But when you cut down too many trees it has a negative impact such as hindering one of the trees' important job, which is to help control levels of water in the atmosphere.
If we have less trees, we'll have less water in the air to return to the soil, which causes drier soil and the inability to grow crops.
Hm, The environment is a complicated part of our community, of any community, really.
Well, Miss Sabrina, this is very complicated, but what is not complicated is that we need to do something about this.
If we're living in New York City and we're living in the State of New York and the world, then we have a responsibility to do something to fix it.
We need to think of some ways that we can use the environment to meet our needs, but we want to protect it, too!
You know, Miss Sabrina, some of our friends seem to know a lot about this subject.
I think we should listen to what they have to say.
It's about time that grownups start listening to young people's ideas.
- There's way too much garbage and pollution, so what are some ways we can protect the environment?
- If we want to help protect the environment we need to buy less plastic.
- One way to help the environment is to start composting.
- If we want to protect the environment, we need to invent solar powered airplanes.
- Another way we can save the environment is by not littering and pick up litter when we see it.
- Remember to always reduce, reuse, and recycle.
These are exactly some of the ideas that we all need to be doing!
Saving our planet and fixing some of our environmental problems is about taking action.
It's about figuring out what we can do now at home with adults that live with us.
So let's create an action list.
For today's activity, you're going to need colored markers, colored pencils, a regular pencil, an eraser in case you make any errors, colored paper's fine, or a blank piece of paper is fine, too.
I'll pause here so you can go ahead and gather all your materials, and when you come back, we're going to be working on creating our very own action list on ways that we can help protect and save our environment.
Okay, friends, so this is my action list.
I went ahead and filled it out.
And so I want to talk to you about certain steps for you to take, to create your very own action list.
The first step you're going to need to do is create your title, your title should go on the top.
And I drew a large triangle for a cape and I wrote, "Protect the Environment," and I drew a small person here, kinda like a superhero going to protect planet Earth.
So you're gonna work on your title part, which is at the very top of your action list.
When you're done with that, you're going to write four actions that you plan on taking to help protect your environment.
Action number one, to reduce garbage, I will, and you're going to fill that in.
What do you plan on doing to reduce garbage in your home or in your neighborhood or in your community or your school?
To the amount of garbage, I will, what are your plans to stop the amount of garbage, either in your home, your school, your community?
To stop the amount of plastics used, I will.
And your last action, to help protect the environment and spread the word, I am going to talk to.
All right, friends, I wanted to share some of my answers with you.
Starting with the first one, to reduce garbage, I will, I will use reusable bags for shopping instead of collecting plastic bags.
I will use reusable bags for shopping.
To stop the amount of garbage, I will, I will start composting.
Composting is a way to reuse your excess food to fuel your garden, kind of like help nurture them with more nutrients, help your garden to grow by feeding them excess food.
To stop the amount of plastics used, I will, Well, I can use reusable containers such as glass containers.
To help protect the environment and spread the word, I am going to talk to, I can talk to the principal at my school about a recycling system where students can be in charge of recycling before and after lunch time, like after breakfast and after lunch.
I can talk to my teacher about it.
I'm going to talk to, oh, sorry, friends, my teacher about a recycling system.
And there may be more things that you want to do for your action list.
If so, you can always create more lines to put more on your action list.
So this is my action list, great job, friends.
Thank you so much, friends, for joining us today and thank you to all of the friends who helped us talk about all the environmental problems and solutions.
Thank you, Miss Heather for calling me.
You know, it was really interesting learning more about types of environmental problems people create And ways we can save and protect our environment.
and remember to speak up and speak out!
You make a difference.
Every little thing you do to help protect our environment makes a very big difference and also makes you a superhero.
See you again soon, bye, friends, bye Miss Heather!
- Thank you so much, Miss Sabrina, for showing us how to make our own action plan.
We even made one together as a family!
And thank you, friends, for joining us and learning all about how human-made resources can impact our environment and what we can do together one step at a time to help start to save and protect our environment.
Well, now it's time for us to say see you later and it's time for you to make your action plan!
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