JACK JOHNSON: “THE 3 R’S” Teacher Nádia Raminhos
SKILLS: Listen to a song, understand its main ideas, use specific vocabulary.
1. Watch the video1 and listen to the song by Jack Johnson.
"The 3 R's"
Three it's a magic number
Yes it is, it's a magic number
Because two times three is six
And three times six is eighteen
And the eighteenth letter in the alphabet is R
We've got three R's we're going to talk about today
We've got to learn/ know to
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
4x
If you're going to the market / mall to buy some juice
You've got to bring your own bags / trash and you learn to reduce / increase your waste
And if your brother or your sister's got some cool clothes / stuff
You could try / buy them on before you buy / try some more of those
Reuse, we've got to learn to reuse
And if the first two R's don't work out
And if you've got to make some trash / litter
Don't throw it out
Recycle, we've got to learn to recycle,
We've got to learn to
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
4x
Because three it's a magic number
Yes it is, it's a magic number
3, 3, 3
3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36
33, 30, 27, 24, 21, 18, 15, 12, 9, 6, and
3, it's a magic number
2. Listen again and circle the correct words.
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3. What are the R’s? Name them:
_________________________; _________________________; _____________________
4. According to the author we all can do some things everyday in order to protect the
planet. Which are the 3 advices that the singer gives?
According to the singer we all should…
a) _____________________________________________________________________
b) ________________________________________________________________________
c) ______________________________________________________________________
5. What about you? Do you do your part? Do you reuse or recycle any products? Discuss in
class and fill in the diagrams also with words from the video.
__________ _____ ___ ___________ __ _______________
REUSE
_________________ ___________________
______________________ ___________________
________________ _____ ____________ _____ ___________
RECYCLE
_____ _________ ___________________
_____ ___________ __________ ___________