This story centers around the students of Miss Little's class as they embark on 'Less Garbage Week,' a fun and creative learning experience. They learn about various ways of reducing waste, with Miss Little introducing composting and the reuse of juice boxes. The distribution of writing tablets to replace paper sparks their imagination, leading to fun activities like drawing, playing, and creating pretend phones. The story ends with a playful and innovative scene during recess, where the students have fun making phones out of string, introducing slugs as potential class pets, and inventing a playground for them.
This story has a word count of 410 words. The difficult words in the story for early readers include: "garbage," "reduce," "compost," "containers," "surprises," "tablet," "draw," "awesome," and "recess." Additional information for teachers: The story introduces concepts of waste reduction and recycling and behaviors related to peer interaction and problem-solving. It provides various opportunities to discuss the importance of reducing waste, reusing objects, and how everyday items can be repurposed.