april writing prompts,

Earth Day Activities

1-2-3 Come Reduce, Reuse and Recycle With Me!

April 22nd is fast approaching.  Do you need a little something to plug in for Earth Day?

the 3 r's, reduce reuse recycle activities, earth day activities, writing prompts for april, earth day writing prompts, class books, recycling booklet, CCSS for Earth Day, common core for earth day, punctuation activities, capitalization activities, spacing, class books, class made books, earth day crafts, clock games, clock centers, clock activities, clock lessons, telling time activities, telling time lessons, time to the hour, earth day games, I've been busy designing some quick and easy writing prompts, craftivities, and a game, that I think you'll enjoy.

Making a class book is a fun way to get your kiddo's excited about writing. Each child completes their page; you collect and collate them.

Students complete the thought for each of the 3 sentences. How do they reduce, reuse andrecyle to help our earth?

Remind them about capitalization, spacing and punctuation, so that you cover those standards as well.

When you share the completed book with your class, have each child read their own page.

Add some pizzazz by having students color the illustrations and then glue their own school photo over either the girl or boy's face.  Click on the link to view/download the Earth Day Class Book.

the 3 r's, reduce reuse recycle activities, earth day activities, writing prompts for april, earth day writing prompts, class books, recycling booklet, CCSS for Earth Day, common core for earth day, punctuation activities, capitalization activities, spacing, class books, class made books, earth day crafts, clock games, clock centers, clock activities, clock lessons, telling time activities, telling time lessons, time to the hour, earth day games, Another way you can have students write about reducing, reusing and recycling, is to have them make this simple, but striking Earth Day dangler.

The recycling symbols and hearts are glued together to form 3 sides; one for each R word. Students write how they reduce on one heart, how they reuse on another and finally how they recycle on the 3rd one.

Hang from a yarn loop so the writing prompt "craftivity" twirls and dangles from the ceiling.

Click on the link to view/download the Earth Day Writing Prompt Dangler.

the 3 r's, reduce reuse recycle activities, earth day activities, writing prompts for april, earth day writing prompts, class books, recycling booklet, CCSS for Earth Day, common core for earth day, punctuation activities, capitalization activities, spacing, class books, class made books, earth day crafts, clock games, clock centers, clock activities, clock lessons, telling time activities, telling time lessons, time to the hour, earth day games, Finally, I made an Earth Day game that helps review clock numbers, simple addition, and things that can be recycled.

Students roll first one, and then two dice, to get a time-to-the-hour number that they write on their clock. 

They then glue the matching numbered item that it is "time to reduce, reuse or recycle."

the 3 r's, reduce reuse recycle activities, earth day activities, writing prompts for april, earth day writing prompts, class books, recycling booklet, CCSS for Earth Day, common core for earth day, punctuation activities, capitalization activities, spacing, class books, class made books, earth day crafts, clock games, clock centers, clock activities, clock lessons, telling time activities, telling time lessons, time to the hour, earth day games, Click on the link to view/download Earth Day: It's Time To Recycle Clock Game.

For more Earth Day "craftivities" scroll down to the next article.  Thanks for visiting today.  Feel free to PIN anything you think may be helpful to others.

"It is not the IQ, but the I Will, that is most impoortant in education." -Unknown

Read more...

Quick Easy and Fun Writing Prompts

1-2-3 Come Tweet a Writing Prompt With Me!

Since tweeting is all the rage, I decided to hone in on that motivation, to get students to write about a variety of things on a daily or weekly basis, using this quick, easy and fun "tweet" form.

writing prompts, quick and easy writing prompts, fun writing prompts, tweeting activities, tweeting lessons, using tweets as writing prompts, spring writing prompts, writing prompts for march, writing prompts for april, writing prompts for may, writing prompts for june, writing centers, writing prompt form, writing prompt template,There are 10 different tweet forms for you to rotate through, plus a blank one for you or your students, to make up their own tweet topics.

The last entry on every form is "Feeling."  Students think up 3 adjectives that describe them that day, which further reinforces the important use of description in student writing.

writing prompts, quick and easy writing prompts, fun writing prompts, tweeting activities, tweeting lessons, using tweets as writing prompts, spring writing prompts, writing prompts for march, writing prompts for april, writing prompts for may, writing prompts for june, writing centers, writing prompt form, writing prompt template,If you have the time, have students partner up and share what they've written, as a means of expressing, venting and getting to know each other.

writing prompts, quick and easy writing prompts, fun writing prompts, tweeting activities, tweeting lessons, using tweets as writing prompts, spring writing prompts, writing prompts for march, writing prompts for april, writing prompts for may, writing prompts for june, writing centers, writing prompt form, writing prompt template,Click on the link to view/download the Sweet Tweet writing prompt packet.

Thanks for visiting today. Feel free to PIN anything you think others may find helpful.

"The task ahead of us, is never as great as the Power behind us." -Unknown

Read more...