This go green recycle activity helps preschool to 3rd grade students sort everyday items into paper, plastic, metal, and glass, with a practice page and answer key included.
Using the Going Green Song (Animated Music Video), students learn all about ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle and so much more through a catchy video!
Using the Going Green Song (MP3), students learn all about ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle and so much more through a catchy song!
This happy holidays national holidays activity has 1st-3rd grade students match picture clue cards to ten U.S. holidays and their dates. Answer key included for easy checking.
This Earth Day reader's theater lets kindergarten and 1st grade students perform The Earth Day Hen and Friends, a two-level script that builds reading fluency and expression while children learn to care for the Earth.
These earth day flash cards help preschool to 2nd grade children name and read 16 picture words about caring for our planet. A practice page and answer key are included.
This recycle writing paper worksheet gives 1st graders an Earth Day prompt and ten roomy lines to write about recycling cans, bottles and boxes while building neat, confident handwriting.
UsingEarth Day Writing Activity, students brainstorm the sequence of events of a growing seed, then publish using them Earth Day themed writing.
Using Earth Day Numbers Activity, studentscount objects up to 20 in a set in order to build their counting fluency.
This Earth Day easy alphabetical order activity gives kindergarten and 1st grade students two sets of nature picture cards to put in ABC order by the first letter. A practice page and answer key are included.
This Earth Day Hard Alphabetical Order Activity will teach your students how to put three sets of sight words in alphabetical order.
Little hands, big planet love
First graders learn that Earth is our home and we can help keep it healthy. They talk about simple choices: turning off the lights, throwing trash in the bin, saving water while brushing teeth, and recycling paper. They notice plants, animals and clean air as things worth protecting. Earth Day is also a fun time to practice reading, writing and counting with an earth-friendly theme. The click moment is when a 1st grader reminds a grown-up to turn off the water!
These moves keep it simple, hands-on and full of things kids can actually do.
Kick off the day with the Going Green song and have kids do actions for each part. Songs give little learners the words they need to talk about helping the earth.
Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withGoing Green Song (Animated Music Video)SongsOpen it →Use a reader's theater script so everyone has a part, from the tree to the recycling bin. Acting out an Earth Day story builds fluency and gets the message across in a fun way.
Why it works: showing first, practicing together, then letting kids try alone is the "gradual release" model teachers have relied on for decades (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
Try it withEarth Day Reader's TheaterActivitiesOpen it →Have kids write one way they will help the earth on special writing paper, then draw a picture. Hang them in the hallway as a class promise wall.
Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.
Try it withRecycle Writing PaperWorksheetsOpen it →Learning outside is the best kind of Earth Day fun.
ActivitiesSort clean items into recycle, reuse and trash. Kids love finding treasures to reuse.
Open Go Green Recycle Activity →
ActivitiesCount and match Earth Day pictures to numbers for a quick math break.
Open Earth Day Numbers Activity →
ActivitiesPut Earth Day words like "tree," "earth" and "recycle" in ABC order.
Open Earth Day Easy Alphabetical Order Activity →Teacher favorites right now: Go Green Recycle Activity, Going Green Song (Animated Music Video) and Going Green Song (MP3).
They should know that Earth Day is April 22 and that people can help the planet by saving water and energy, recycling, and not littering.
Say Earth Day is a special day to remember to take care of our planet. Then share easy ways to help, like turning off lights and putting trash in the bin.
Planting seeds, singing an Earth Day song, sorting recyclables, writing an Earth promise and picking up litter outside all work well.
Yes! Earth-themed reader's theater, ABC order, counting and writing activities let kids practice core skills while learning about the planet.
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