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Children will identify products that come from trees and practice tree conservation.
Social Studies Focus: Earth Day
Science Focus: trees
Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.
Paired Text: El gran árbol by Susana Tamaro
Paired Text: El gran árbol by Susana Tamaro
- Perfect for Earth Day, this story will let us see the world through the eyes of a tree.
- As this big tree grows up, it learns about the world that surrounds it.
Punctuation Hunt: Signos de exclamación y signos de interrogación
Punctuation Hunt: Signos de exclamación y signos de interrogación
- Work together to find and circle each exclamation point in the issue.
- Then use a different color marker to find and circle each question mark.
Hands-on Activity: ¡Haz crayones del Dia de la Tierra!
Hands-on Activity: ¡Haz crayones del Dia de la Tierra!
Skill: conservation
Materials: Haz crayones del Dia de la Tierra sheet, old crayons, muffin tin
- Children learned from the issue that it’s important to save paper. Now teach them that it’s important to save crayons, too!
- Have kids sort out any broken or too-short crayons in your classroom supply. Then follow the steps on the sheet.
- Children can help with steps like removing the wrappers and placing the crayons in the tin.
- When finished, make art with your new crayons!