Are you ready to have making inferences and drawing conclusions in the bag? 🚮😉 Check out this experience that will take an ordinary (actually boring) skill and make it extraordinary for your students. You will want to alert the students that you have found some mystery trash. I always make up a story that I am trying to learn about my neighbors because they are so noisy and loud, but I never actually see them come out of their house (super spooky, amiright? 🤪). But you could also create trash profiles for individuals in your school that students may know well, story characters, etc. Teacher note: You guys, I literally collected this trash the night before. You can print things off the internet and rip them up so they have to piece them together; you can collect boxes from your pantry or bathroom of products that would fit the theme, empty bottles, etc. 8-10 pieces is MORE than enough for each bag! I introduce the lesson by modeling and allowing the students to practice one ba...