Discover how Arbor Day came to be with a brief, engaging video. Scholars watch how Nebraska's first pioneer in 1854 decided why planting trees was important and the journey that took place to make Arbor Day a national holiday celebrated...

Trees are the star of a three-step unit celebrating Arbor Day. Step one takes an in-depth look into the structure of a tree, the process of photosynthesis, and the benefits of the leafy giants. Step two challenges scholars to create a...

How many trees can your pupils plant? Practice numbers 0-20 with several related activities. For the first, kids match images of trees to numbers. They then match the number symbols to number words, using a word bank. The final activity...

In this finding words about Arbor Day worksheet, students use the Word Bank to locate the words in the word search. Students find 39 words.

This Arbor Day, put on a show! A three-scene play follows a boy and girl that run into Arbor Day founder, J. Sterling Morton. Morton describes how the holiday came to be and discovers how his hard work has grown into a national...

In this online interactive Arbor Day worksheet, students examine 20 Arbor Day-related words in a word bank. Students use the word bank to unscramble 20 sets of letters to match the terms in the word bank. This worksheet may also be...

In this Arbor Day alphabetizing worksheet, students read 16 words in a word box that pertain to trees. Students put these words in alphabetical order.

Students discuss their answers to a given set of questions regarding Earth Day and Arbor Day. They research using the internet then write a bigraphical sketch of their character.

In this Arbor Day worksheet, students write an acrostic poem about trees and about Arbor Day. Students use the letters in ARBOR to begin each new line of poetry about trees.

In this Arbor Day worksheet, students choose any type of tree and pretend they are that plant as they answer 4 short essay questions and draw what they look like.

In this Arbor Day worksheet, students record notes in a KWL chart. Students write what they know, what they want to learn and what they have learned about Arbor Day.

In this Arbor Day writing activity, students collaborate with others to write a story about trees and Arbor Day. Students have 25 minutes to write and must use the 16 words in the box.

In this Arbor Day vocabulary worksheet, learners draw lines to match ten words pertaining to trees to their definitions. Some prior knowledge or research is assumed.

In this Arbor Day spelling practice instructional activity, students examine 10 sets of 4 words each. Students identify the words in each set that are spelled correctly.

Students access a variety of Earth Day themed websites. They locate ideas to celebrate the holiday and examine how to protect the environment and conserve energy.

Learners react to a series of statements about trees, then read a news article about the planned planning of millions of trees to celebrate Arbor Day. In this planting trees lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion...

Boost observational skills and get to know the difference between deciduous, coniferous, and evergreen trees with a lesson that challenges scholars to compare, contrast, identify, sort, and draw their findings.   

In this Arbor Day worksheet, 4th graders use a short passage and dialog for ESL skills. Students read about two people planting a tree and create a dialog and conversation about what they have read.

In this Arbor Day vocabulary learning exercise, students analyze ten words in a list that pertain to trees and Arbor Day. Students alphabetize the words. Note: The word "prairie" appears twice in the list. The title is spelled wrong.

In this Arbor Day spelling worksheet, students fill in the missing letter in ten words that pertain to trees and the celebration of Arbor Day.

In this researching and recording worksheet, students read what and how questions, research the answers, and record them. Students write 5 short answers.

First graders label three major holidays on a February calendar. In this calendar lesson, 1st graders watch a video about and discuss Valentine's Day, President's Day and Arbor Day. Students label these three holidays on a February...