Earth Day

Whoa.

Two updates in two days?

Try to contain yourselves. :)

I had a lot of kids out today so we took a little extra time with our Earth Day activities.  I wasn't planning on doing much but when I realized I didn't want to start a new writing and math sequence with so many people out I figured "why not?!"

We kicked it off with this www.brainpopjr.com video:

Who loves brainpop as much as I do?  The Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle video is free this week (and may be free all the time, I'm not sure).  I have a membership, it's THE BEST $8 I spend every month.  No lie.  Go ahead and subscribe right now if you haven't already.

After the video we talked about things we could do to help take care of the Earth and read Recycle by Gail Gibbons.  I would go on about how much I love Gail Gibbons and how you need to buy all of her books but I try to limit my obscene enthusiasm to one per post.  I'll throw that one at you next time.

Finally, I threw together this little writing activity asking students to make an Earth Day promise.  Some of my favorites were "I will not litter and not make smoke."  One little guy wrote "I will ride my 4-wheeler instead of drive my Mom's car to save gas."  Um, not sure if I'm more worried about him totally not getting the whole "save gas" thing or him driving his Mom's car but I definitely like the effort!

You can download it here for free.  I know it's a little late for this year unless you're planning on doing more later this week but at least scoop it up for next year! I mean, it is free!

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