Picture of a man dropping garbage into a special chute, with a flower in a flower pot coming out the other end. With the words "Recycle" and "Plant a flower".
Rather than focusing on text, this lesson addresses Chris Van Allsburg's use of light and shadow to tell a dystopian fairy tale... but it was surely just a dream. This is a great art appreciation lesson.
Open-ended comprehension questions and prompts to go with Dick Gackenbach's tale of three trees: one used for material, one a Christmas tree, and one left in the forest. A great Earth Day tie-in.
From "Earth Day" to "recycle bin". These vocabulary building word strips with pictures are great for word walls, sentence strips, spelling and vocabulary practice.
This worksheet introduces the concept of "reduce, reuse, recycle". Students then brainstorm household items and decide in which category to place the items.
Fact-filled reading comprehension presents the purpose of Earth Day, the problems facing the Earth, and some actions students can take to prevent those problems.
A great tool for organizing reports. Answer the targeted questions to help organize thoughts for a report on Earth Day. Includes a KWL and paper for writing a report.