Earth Day Read Alouds

Are you looking for an Earth Day read aloud for your classroom?  

There are so many Earth Day topics that you can explore with your students including: animals, plant life, ecosystems, environmental change, and conservation!  This list of Earth Day books for kids will help get you started.

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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.

If you are a Kindle Unlimited Member, you can get the Kindle version of this book for FREE here!

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

This book has some of the most incredible photographs and beautiful poetic words as the author pens a thank you letter to our Earth for all of the beautiful parts of it. A thank you for all the Earth provides: shelter, food, oxygen, and more.

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

If you are looking for other Earth Day activities to use in your classroom, I have a variety of Earth Day Color By Number Worksheets.  I currently have 3 versions available:

Number Recognition

Addition

Multiplication

 More Earth Day Related Resources

Looking for more Earth Day related blog posts?

• The World Would Be More Awesome If...                                                                                                                                               
• Why We Shouldn't Waste Water                                                                                                                                                               
• Holidays in the Classroom - Earth Day Pinterest Board

Here are those links to the books again if you need them!

Earth Day Subitizing Color By Number Worksheets

One of the most important mathematical skills in kindergarten is building number sense. This skill is critical in helping students to build a solid math foundation so that they can learn more complex concepts. One of the areas of number sense that is important to focus on is subitizing. 

Check out this fun Earth Day Subitizing Color By Number Worksheet set!

This post contains affiliate links. I earn a small commission each time someone makes a purchase using one of my links, which helps to support the blog.  All opinions are my own and I only promote brands and products that I have used myself and truly love. 

What is Subitizing?

 Subitizing is the skill of instantly being able to see "how many" without needing to count each one individually when numbers are represented by objects such as dots, tally marks, ten frames, or fingers being held up.

We do this with dice where we can just look at it quickly and we instantly know what number it represents without having to count each dot.

How Can Students Practice Subitizing?

There are many ways for students to practice subitizing, but, I have a fun way to do it with these color by number sheets. This set has an Earth Day theme, so it is perfect to use in April to practice those subitizing skills.

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. 

Because this is subitizing practice, students should be able to look at the pictures and determine the number. However, students who are still working on this skill can individually count any numbers they can't immediately recognize.

When Can I Use These Earth Day Subitizing Color By Number Sheets?

If you are using these color by number sheets in the classroom, you can use them as a math center, extra practice with a small group, sent home as extra practice, or even done as a whole group activity.

This set of subitizing color by number sheets comes with 6 different sets and answer keys, so you can actually use them in a variety of ways!

Where Can I Buy These Earth Day Subitizing Color By Number Sheets?

You can find these subitizing color by number sheets in both my Teachers pay Teachers store and my Amazon store.

Teachers Pay Teachers  

Earth Day Subitizing Color By Number

Amazon

Earth Day Subitizing Color By Number

Save even more by buying them in this growing bundle set.  The completed set will include 18 holidays in total!

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.

More Color By Number Pages

Looking for some more color by code coloring pages? Check out some of these options:

St. Patricks' Day Math Facts Color By Number    

St. Patrick's Day Subitizing

Easter Subitizing   

Earth Day Color By Number  

Cinco de Mayo Subitizing

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Easter Subitizing Color By Number Worksheets

Check out this fun Easter Subitizing Color By Number Worksheet set!

One of the most important mathematical skills in kindergarten is building number sense. This skill is critical in helping students to build a solid math foundation so that they can learn more complex concepts. One of the areas of number sense that is important to focus on is subitizing. 

This post contains affiliate links. I earn a small commission each time someone makes a purchase using one of my links, which helps to support the blog.  All opinions are my own and I only promote brands and products that I have used myself and truly love. 

What is Subitizing?

 Subitizing is the skill of instantly being able to see "how many" without needing to count each one individually when numbers are represented by objects such as dots, tally marks, ten frames, or fingers being held up.

We do this with dice where we can just look at it quickly and we instantly know what number it represents without having to count each dot.

How Can Students Practice Subitizing?

There are many ways for students to practice subitizing, but, I have a fun way to do it with these color by number sheets. This set has an Easter theme, so it is perfect to use in March and April to practice those subitizing skills.

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.

Because this is subitizing practice, students should be able to look at the pictures and determine the number. However, students who are still working on this skill can individually count any numbers they can't immediately recognize.

When Can I Use These Easter Subitizing Color By Number Sheets?

If you are using these color by number sheets in the classroom, you can use them as a math center, extra practice with a small group, sent home as extra practice, or even done as a whole group activity.

This set of subitizing color by number sheets comes with 6 different sets and answer keys, so you can actually use them in a variety of ways!

Where Can I Buy These Easter Subitizing Color By Number Sheets?

You can find these subitizing color by number sheets in both my Teachers pay Teachers store and my Amazon store.

Teachers Pay Teachers  

                      

Easter Subitzing Color By Number

Amazon

Easter Subitzing Color By Number

Save even more by buying them in this growing bundle set.  The completed set will include 18 holidays in total!

More Color By Number Pages

Looking for some more color by code coloring pages? Check out some of these options:

St. Patrick's Day Subitizing

Earth Day Subitizing

Easter Color By Number