In this lesson, the target is to sort and categorize recycled items. The recycled items are glasses, metal cans, plastic bottles, paper and paper containers, which the young learners are familiar with in their daily life. So instead of letting them "see" the items I'd collected for three weeks, I wanted my students to enjoy a bit of fun to "feel" the items with their hands. When I took out a big brown bag and asked them to feel "how many" the items are and write down the number under each category, the class was bubbling with the excitement. Three members from each team came and groped around in the bag and they reported to the other two standing at the board and writing down the number.
The result of the "blind test" was presented in a table.
Afterwards, the students said to me "show me the answer," and I took out the items one by one. Each time, an item was taken out, the students shouted out its category name. They were eager to find out which team's answers were correct or closet to the real numbers. These activities were purposefully done so that the students have repeated encounters of the target words. This helps in retaining their memory of what's taught and replaces monotonous drills.
They drew and colored a kaleidoscope of the recycled items.
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