There are so many fun things that you can do to celebrate earth day! This year we began by spending time learning all about taking care of earth! Some years we actually go and visit the local recycling center but this year with all our snow days, it did not work out for use to go but if you have one near your school you should consider going there as a field trip. It’s pretty cheap (just the cost of buses) and the kids LOVE it!!
After we read some wonderful mentor texts like The Great Kapok Tree, and Just a Dream, we read a wonderful non-fiction texts called Heroes of the Environment: True Stories of People Who Are Helping to Protect Our Planet by Harriet Rohmer.
Then kids were ready to write an opinion piece about why we should take care of earth! I love reading their opinions after all our research!
They did a great job! If you are interested in doing this project, check out my earth opinion/informational writing unit in my TPT store. It has a graphic organizer, final draft, craft and a few fun earth day word work activities.
I also loved having my kiddos write an earth day poem! Check out this fun freebie by Lisa Lilienthal
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