Earth Day Debate Project Based Learning – 3rd-5th Grade PBL – Print & Digital

Earth Day Debate Project Based Learning – 3rd-5th Grade PBL – Print & Digital

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Earth Day Debate Project Based Learning

♻️Earth Day is the perfect time to get your students involved in a social studies Project Based Learning activity involving debating.

This unique PBL is the perfect tool for 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders to engage in thought-provoking discussions about Earth Day topics involving the future of our planet. With this resource, students will have the opportunity to explore various perspectives on environmental issues and learn valuable debate skills.

 

Earth Day Debate resource includes everything you need, including:

  • Detailed lesson plans
  • Vocabulary instruction
  • Video and anchor chart to teach respectful debate and conversation tactics
  • Print-and-Go articles from different perspectives
  • Argument and research Organizers
  • Reflection for assessment

 

Earth Day Debate PBL is scaffolded with activities for modeling and guided practice. Students will research and prepare their own arguments. From brainstorming topics to crafting persuasive arguments, our step-by-step guide will ensure that every student has the support and guidance they need to succeed.

 

Empower your students to become confident, critical thinkers who are passionate about protecting our planet for generations to come!

 

Cross Curricular
Incorporates reading, research, writing, social studies, and speaking and listening skills.
Standards Aligned
Printable PDF and Google Slides

 

♻️The standards addressed in this packet include:

➜ 3RD GRADE

  • SL.3.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
  • SL.3.4 Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.
  • W.3.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
  • W.3.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
  • RI.3.6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text

 

➜4TH GRADE

  • W.4.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
  • W.4.9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
  • SL.4.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
  • SL.4.4 Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
  • RI.4.8 Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.
  • RI.4.9 Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.

 

➜5TH GRADE

  • RI.5.6 Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.
  • RI.5.9 Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
  • W.5.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
  • SL.5.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
  • SL.5.4 Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
  • RI.5.8 Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which points.
  • RI.5.9 Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.

 

Key Features:

✏️ Printable & Digital Format – Printable PDF & Google Slides formats make this resource perfect for any classroom. Digital and printable versions are consistent, so you can transition seamlessly from the printable to the digital format to save paper, track answers, or allow students to finish outside of school without taking home paper.

 

✏️ Educational & Engaging – This resource will capture the imagination of your students while they practice their speaking and listening skills.

 

✏️ Differentiation – Different challenge activities mean that you can challenge your high-performing students while making the resource accessible to your on-level and below-level students.

 

What’s Included?

  1. Teacher Directions & Standards Addressed
  2. Debate Vocabulary Cards
  3. What is a Debate? Activity Information
  4. Sentence Starters Anchor Charts
  5. Plastic Example: Opposing Passage, In Support Of Passage, Example Argument Organizers
  6. Earth Day Passages
  7. Argument Organizer
  8. More Earth Day Research Topics
  9. Research Organizer
  10. Reflection

 

Copyright & Terms of Use

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