Sustainability

starting next Wednesday, 5/22

researching sustainable practices 

 things that we can do as a school community to take care of our Earth 

conserving water

recycling

taking care of trees

turning off electronics

, etc

some resources and possibly YouTube links to read alouds for us

Here is what the curriculum recommends: 

Plan for materials:

● unit texts (possible YouTube read alouds): 

Our Earth: Clean Energy,

Our Earth: Saving Water, 

Recycle!

The Great Kapok Tree, 

Be a Friend to Trees 

The Gift of the Tree

Caretakers of the Earth books

● possible websites:

PBS Learning Media (https://mass.pbslearningmedia.org/)

Ollie’s World (http://olliesworld.com/)

Children of the Earth United (http://www.childrenoftheearth.org/)

EcoKids (https://ecokids.ca/take-action/)

Review the unit texts and other classroom resources and pull out

those that are relevant to the topic of the argument.

Thanks in advance for your help!