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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

  • 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

  • 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!

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!