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The Lorax's Earth Day ActivityThe Lorax's Earth Day Activity
Publisher
Seussville
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Grade
K - 6th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Activities & Projects
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
1 day
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Year
2014
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The Lorax's Earth Day

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Add a touch of Dr. Seuss whimsy to your Earth Day celebration with six pages consisting of Earth-friendly, inspiring, and engaging activities designed to enhance the beauty of your school campus and showcase the famous story, The Lorax. 

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

earth day, the environment, school environment, the lorax, human impact on the environment, dr. seuss, responding to reading, responding to literature, planet earth, the earth

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Begin the day with a read-aloud of Dr. Seuss's The Lorax
  • Create a Lorax-themed bulletin board featuring the quote in focus, "UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not."
  • Copy the class-made list for each pupil to take home and complete any ideas they can with their family members 

Classroom Considerations

  • Earth Day takes place on April 22, 2017 
  • Materials vary depending on which activities you chose to implement
  • The resource's duration reflects the completion of some activities over the course of one day 
  • The resource is the first in a series of four Dr. Seuss themed activities 

Pros

  • Provides a list of additional books written by Dr. Seuss to share with the class 
  • Encourages learners to take responsibility and have pride for their school environment 
  • Offers and assortment of clear and easy-to-follow activity ideas 

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.K.10 RL.1.10 RL.2.10 RL.3.10 RL.4.10 RL.5.10 SL.K.1.a SL.K.4 SL.1.1.a SL.1.4 SL.2.1.a SL.2.4 SL.3.1.a SL.3.4 SL.4.1.a SL.4.4 SL.5.1.a SL.5.4 RL.6.10 SL.6.1.a SL.6.4

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