Earth Day

We celebrated Earth Day in the classroom!  We read some great fiction and nonfiction books about why it is important to care for our Earth and how we can "Go Green!"



With one of our new favorite apps, EPIC, we had a bingo board of Earth Day themed books.  Students had to read three of the books and initial their three choices on the front board.  Look at all the great reading!  Thank you, Kami Butterfield from Teaching with APPitude!

We put our technology to work today.  When we were working on Earth Day themed story problems, practicing editing for punctuation, and even playing a math game...we went paperless.  Using SeeSaw and another teaching app called Classkick , we did most of our school work digitally, reducing the amount of paper used.

We discussed ways to reduce, reuse, recycle, and compost.  Mrs. Carsten helped us make a poster of the Earth with our handprints.  Then we brainstormed all the ways we can help the Earth and put the ideas on our poster.  The students wrote their own piece on how to protect the Earth using the poster of class ideas. They also made an Earth art project using a coffee filter, markers, and water.  Messy fun!

We didn't completely finish our writing before the day was done.  When students came back to school Monday, these directions awaited the children.

1. Finish your writing.

2. Take a photo for your digital portfolio in SeeSaw.

3. Upload the photo and record your voice reading the writing.

4. Send the photo and recording to me for approval.

 Aren't these students talented techies!  I just love how independent and capable they are becoming.  Each student was able to send me their work.  Here are just a couple examples of the finished products.