Earth Day Mini Book

I decided to create an Earth Day Mini-Book to use with my first graders.  They really enjoy being able to read the books that I've written and LOVE to reread and color the pictures during their free time.  I wrote the words to this story during school one day as I was listening to my student teacher teach a lesson.  I knew she'd be taking over full-time the Earth Day week, and we didn't have a lot of "good" materials for the kids to "read".  Not that I'm saying this is "good" material, but I tailored it to what I know that my students should be able to read independently.  I guess by "good", I mean letting my students feel successful in reading!

The clip art illustrations I used in this book include text labels to help direct the readers to the words they may need help with.

Here are the words to the story, "How Can I Help Earth":

• We should help keep planet Earth clean.
• Don't litter on the ground.  Put garbage in the trash or recycle bin.
• Recycle instead of sending so much to the landfill.
• Turn the water off when you are done.
• Take a quick shower instead of a bath.
• Turn the lights off when you don't need them on.
• Walk or take the bus instead of driving.
• Plant a tree to help our Earth.
• We hold the world in our hands.

You can find this mini-book HERE at my TPT store.

Clip Art sources:

• Clip Art by Carrie
• Creative Clips:  cherry cupcake, glass with straw, plate (http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Krista-Wallden)
• Melonheadz Illustrating:  girl and boy standing by the school bus (www.melonheadzillustrating.blogspot.com)
• A Sketchy Guy:  boy shooting into trash can, recycle truck, kids cleaning the Earth (http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/A-Sketchy-Guy)