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Children will identify products that come from trees and practice tree conservation.

Social Studies Focus: Earth Day

Science Focus: trees

  1. Watch a Video:

    It Came From a Tree

    Hooray for Earth Day

    Skill: build knowledge

     

  2. Read the Issue:

    Thank You, Trees!

     

  3. Play a Game:

    Throw Out the Litter!

    Skill: end punctuation

     

  4. Complete Skill Sheets:

    Show What You Know

    Skill: comprehension


    Oak Tree Life Cycle

    Skill: read a flow chart

     

  5. Lesson Boosters:

  • Paired Text: 
    We Planted a Tree by Diane Muldrow

     

  • Punctuation Hunt: 
    Exclamation Points and Question Marks

     

  • Hands-on Activity:
    Make Earth Day Crayons  

     

CCSS (and states that have similar standards): RI.K.1, L.K.2.B, RI.K.7, RL.K.1, L.K.2.B

Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.

Paired Text: We Planted a Tree by Diane Muldrow

  • Perfect for Earth Day, this beautiful story is about people planting trees all over the world.
  • As the trees grow up, they give back— and make the world a much better place to live!

Punctuation Hunt: Exclamation Points and Question Marks

  • Work together to fi nd and circle each exclamation point in the issue.
  • Then use a different color marker to find and circle each question mark.

Hands-on Activity: Make Earth Day Crayons

Skill: conservation

Materials: Make Earth Day Crayons instruction 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!