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)

Earth Day Cut Apart Sentences

Started planning for Earth Day week after school with my co-workers, and I decided I wanted to update and create a few new cut-apart sentences for "must-do" time during Guided Reading groups.  I thought I was done with these for all of our themes, but I realized I have a few more sets to make!  :o(

Here are the four sentences:
--We should help keep planet Earth clean.
--Recycle instead of sending so much to the landfill.
--Plant a tree to help our Earth.
--We hold the world in our hands.

You can find this set HERE at my TPT store.

Earth Day Doodles w/FREEBIE Recycle Symbol

Just finished my Earth Day Doodles set.  I feel like I haven't drawn anything for a while.  Been busy making things for my classroom, I guess, as well as reading and just being busy. 

This clip art set includes several different Earth Day themed clips:

girl holding earth
boy holding earth
hands holding earth
fingertips holding earth
I (heart) Earth
recycle symbol with earth
earth
globe
earth in a heart
earth with face
earth with bow
kids standing on the world

Where to purchase:
Clip Art by Carrie at Teachers Pay Teachers HERE
Clip Art by Carrie on Teacher's Notebook HERE

And for those of you who are faithful in stopping in to my blog to check out what I put on here, here is your freebie for Earth Day: