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 The Catching Tree Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives third graders a non-fiction passage about how a wide tree catches what the wind carries, four multiple choice questions, and a written response. An answer key is included.
Let's hear it for the trees!
Arbor Day is a holiday for planting and caring for trees. Third graders learn that it started in Nebraska in 1872, when a man named J. Sterling Morton encouraged people to plant trees on the wide, open prairie, and that National Arbor Day is now celebrated on the last Friday in April. They learn what trees give us: oxygen, shade, homes for animals, food and wood. They also connect it to taking care of the planet. The click comes when kids realize a tree they plant this year could still be standing when they are grandparents.
Arbor Day is a great excuse to mix science, reading and a little outdoor time.
Read a short story about a tree together, then answer questions and find the evidence in the text. Ask kids how the tree helped the characters. A holiday passage is real reading practice wrapped in a celebration.
Why it works: pulling an answer out of memory makes it stick far better than rereading it, one of the strongest findings in learning research (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withThe Catching Tree Reading Comprehension WorksheetAssessmentsOpen it →Play a going green song and have kids list every way to help the earth they hear. Then add "plant a tree" to the list and talk about why it matters. Music turns a list of good habits into something they remember.
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 →Have each student write one thing trees give us on a paper leaf and add it to a big paper tree on the wall. By the end, the tree is full of facts the class gathered together.
Why it works: going from real objects to pictures to symbols is a core recommendation of the U.S. Department of Education's elementary math guide.
Try it withTree Cut OutsActivitiesOpen it →Head outside or stay in. These ideas work either way.
ActivitiesGo outside and compare the bark, leaves and shape of three trees. Sketch your favorite.
Open Happy Holidays National Holidays Activity →ActivitiesLearn about Arbor Day and other national holidays, then place them in order on a calendar.
Open Happy Holidays National Holidays Activity →
SongsPlay the going green song during clean-up and challenge kids to recycle everything they can.
Open Going Green Song (MP3) →Teacher favorites right now: Going Green Song (Animated Music Video), Going Green Song (MP3) and Happy Holidays National Holidays Activity.
National Arbor Day is celebrated in the United States on the last Friday in April. Some states celebrate on different dates that match the best tree-planting season where they live.
J. Sterling Morton started Arbor Day in Nebraska in 1872. On that first Arbor Day, people planted about one million trees.
Trees give us oxygen, shade, food and wood, and they are homes for birds, insects and other animals. Learning about trees helps kids understand ecosystems and caring for the earth.
Plant a seed in a cup, do bark rubbings with crayons, read a story about trees or count the rings on a tree slice. Kids love hands-on activities they can take home.
Loved by 2 million teachers & families
Printables, songs and games for every subject, Preschool through 6th. Ready to teach today, and kids beg for more.
