Plastic math? Have young learners count and name the number of plastic items in their centers. Kindergartners match sight word cards to the number of plastics in a given group, while learning that plastics come in all different shapes, colors, and sizes.

Concepts

plastic, recyclables, counting, sight words, numbers

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Ask class members and parents to bring in the list of plastic items 
• Print a large picture of the recycling triangle arrows and present it to the class before beginning the activity

Classroom Considerations

• Activity is intended for centers during a study on plastics
• Laminate the sight word cards for longer potential use

Pros

• Provides simple and straightforward practice

Cons

• Some students may not know how to identify some of the plastic items on the worksheet

Common Core

W.K.2 W.K.3 K.CC.B.4.a K.CC.C.7 K.MD.A.1 K.MD.B.3 1.MD.C.4 1.G.A.1 2.MD.A.1 2.MD.A.3