Saturday, April 24, 2021
Cinco De Mayo Subitizing Color By Number Worksheets
Monday, April 19, 2021
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Friday, April 16, 2021
Earth Day Read Alouds
This Class Can Save the Planet
This book shows kids how they can have a BIG impact on protecting the Earth by working together. I really love that this big gives kids real actionable ideas to do more to save the Earth such as using both sides of a paper, recycling paper, packing their lunches with reusable products, composting, and so much more.
Teaching Ideas:
Themes: Caring for the Earth
Grammar:
Nouns - Your students can identify a variety of nouns including: class, students, classroom, planet, oceans, rivers, mountains, beaches, parks, lands, schools, and communities.
Verbs - Challenge your students to write sentences with some of the verbs in the book including: believe, recycle, choose, tossing, compost, donate, and invent.
Writing: This book is written in the format of a persuasive letter and would be a great mentor text for a persuasive writing unit.
Zonia's Rain Forest
This book was written by one of my favorite children's authors, Juana Martinez-Neal who also wrote the book Alma and How She Got Her Name.
In the book, Zonia and her family live in the Peruvian Amazon where it is always green and full of life. They are members of the Asháninka which is the largest Indigenous group of that area. Zonia notices a deforested area in her beloved rainforest and she pledges to act to protect her home.
Teaching Ideas:
Themes: Caring for the Earth
Research: The back of the book provides students with additional information about the Asháninka people, the Amazon, animals that live in that area, and Threats to the Amazon.
Any of these topics would lead to great research opportunities!
Penguins Don't Wear Sweaters
Penguins Don't Wear Sweaters Do They? This story tells about well-meaning humans who knit sweaters for penguins to wear after an oil spill near their home. Unfortunately, those sweaters did more harm than good, so this book drives home the importance of protecting our Earth for the animals who live in it.
Teaching Ideas:
Spelling: This book is filled with verbs ending in -ing that would be perfect if you are working on spelling words with that ending. Some examples include: gliding, cuddling, huddling, and waddling.
Science/STEAM: Have students conduct an oil spill clean-up lab demonstration. You can find instructions here.
Thank You Earth: A Love Letter to Our Planet
Teaching Ideas:
Writing: The author provides an author's note at the end of the book where she suggests that students write their own thank you notes to the Earth. You could have students write these, or thank you notes to other things in the environment.
If students have access to cameras, phones, or iPads, you might have them take photos during a photo walk to go with their thank you notes.
Earth Day Coloring Pages
More Earth Day Related Resources
- The World Would Be More Awesome If...
- Why We Shouldn't Waste Water
- Holidays in the Classroom - Earth Day Pinterest Board
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Earth Day Subitizing Color By Number Worksheets
What is Subitizing?
How Can Students Practice Subitizing?
When having young students complete a color by number sheet, I often have the students color the key at the top of the page so that they can see at a glance what number goes with each color.
When Can I Use These Earth Day Subitizing Color By Number Sheets?
Where Can I Buy These Earth Day Subitizing Color By Number Sheets?
Try Before You Buy
Would you like to try a page for free? I have an Earth Day Color By Number freebie that includes samples of these Earth Day Subitizing Worksheets as well as samples from my Earth Day Multiplication and Earth Day addition worksheets.
You can grab this freebie here.