The Happy Little Garbage Truck's Teacher's Guide with Vocabulary Cards provides lesson plans in literacy and social skills for special education, inclusion, transitional kindergarten, pre-school and primary students (K-2nd grade).
Language, Cognitive and Literacy
Using a "hands on," multi-modality approach, the students develop:
· Word recognition and writing skills
· Use of higher-level vocabulary from text to describe situations in story
· Develop expressive and receptive language skills in answering
o Who, what, when, why questions
o How to find answers using context clues when engaged in directed conversations with peers and teachers
· Ability to retell story
· Ability to relate story incidents to personal experiences
Social Emotional
Using modeling and games, students will:
· Learn how to identify, recognize and label feelings
· Gain use of vocabulary skills to describe feelings
· Connect with the main character's feelings
· Identify peers as friends
· Play games created to promote collaborative interaction and problem solving skills
