So I'm a little tardy...

I actually had this post up and ready 2 weeks ago, but then life got

 in the way.  I was waiting to give credit to the lovely person

who created this Earth Day pack that I got last year, but I finaly

decided to post this up and then hopefully I'll get my

@#$%@  (I mean stuff) together and remember to write down

the info and post it.  But for now, I hope you'll bear with me.

 

So here's my hallway bulletin board

 

 

I know that they're hard to read.  I'll try to scribe them for you lower

 down this post. Anyway,  here's the rest of my bulletin board. 

I have such a large class this year, that their work doesn't fit

 all on one bulletin board.  So I simply staple them to

the wall beside the bulletin board so that everyone's work get up.

 

 

This craft started by tracing a paper plate and then drawing their

impression of a globe in the circle Then they used acrylic paint to

paint green.    (I love how vibrant it is) Then they painted the blue

with acrylic paint.  Then they added some styrofoam peanuts to

make 'mountains'.  When it was all dry, they used the same

 acrylic green to paint  over the styroforam - it worked perfectly.

 

Then we did some writing.  (like I said above, I'll get the reference

 out soon, very soon)  Anyway, when they were done,

 they died a good copy and we posted it up. 

 

 

I also had taken their class photos for another project, and

decided to add the little paper mustaches afterwards. 

The kids thought they were hillarious.

 

Some of the ways my class would help the Lorax, include...

 

"I would never litter"

"I will save water"

"I will reuse paper"

"I will never chop down trees"

"I will always recycle"

"I will reduce some things that I can."

Happy Earth Day!

 

Happy Earth Day everyone.  Here's a quick post about a little mural we made last year.

 

Check out this post here on how we made this Earth-Friendly globe.

Hands Around the Earth

So here's a cute idea for Earth Day.

How about Re-Using newspaper for art?

Here's what we created this week in my class.

First, you need newspaper and a variety of shades of blue and green.

Next cover a page of paper with each colour.

Then, rip the paper into strips about 1 1/2" wide.

Then cut a large circle out of blue or green construction paper.  Sorry for the poor quality photo below.  I have a flowered tablecloth to protect my table, so it makes the project difficult to see.

I gave the children some of the strips of painted newspaper and showed them how to rip them into smaller squares and then the kids used gluesticks to create a collage.

I thought I would need to trim the edges, but the kids did a great job of staying close to the edge and I thought it gave the "earth" a more interesting look and added texture to the project.

I found the little foam people at the dollar store last year, but you can buy something similar at Michaels.  The kids loved adding the details to their little people.  For some reason Blogger keeps turning these photos on their side, so some of the people are upside down. Sorry for the mess.

Anyway, here's a look at the final project.  I love how bright it is.  And it was very easy to make.

The Lorax Language Arts

So here's a simple Language Arts idea for Earth Day. 

This lesson idea is easy to apply to any book you may read to your class.

First I read my students The Lorax by Dr. Seuss

Then we went over the storyline.

With a little help from me, we came up with 19 steps to the story.

Next, gave the kids some tips on how to draw the main characters of the story.

Next I cut the chart paper into strips and gave each student a sentence to copy down.

I used the Lorax blackline master from What the Teacher Wants' "Going Green" Earth Day Unit.

Click here to get your free copy.

I drew a picture for the cover as we are going to put all these pages into a class book.

After the cover is laminated, I will put all the kids pages together and bind it as a book.  I'm glad I numbered the strips and I made the children write the number down on their page so that I can assemble the book in the right order.

Below are a few examples of my student's pages (in no particular order)

Some of their pictures really made me laugh.  I'm always amazed at children's creativity.  Aren't you?

  

I'm also joining up with the Linky Party over at Sunny Days in Second Grade. 

Click on the photo below to check out other free ideas for Earth Day,

And also joining up with the Linky Party over at

Little Blogfish.