Sharing the Planet

Central Idea: Our personal choices affect the environment.

Fourth Grade Spanish students turned Maestra Kristina's recycling bin into a cultural experience! We replaced the traditional tin or copper sheets of Mexican "repujado" (embossing) with recycled pieces of aluminum cans to create a quilt-like design. The kids approached the project with so much enthusiasm and I think it shows in the artifact they created. Never mind that they entered the world of verb conjugations and distinguished between recyclable and non-recyclable plastics IN SPANISH... What they are excited about is the shiny, colorful wall hanging outside our classroom!