Earth Day Celebrations and The Lorax

We are spending the week celebrating Earth Day by way of multiple disciplines in our classroom. We enjoyed a little bit of Starfall's "Every Day is Earth Day" during our computer center.

Our class also read a book as one whole reading group for the first time this year! It was a lot of fun. We then colored the pictures for a nice treat and a brain-break (coloring is a big treat in our room).  

This morning we read Dr. Seuss' The Lorax and had fun signaling the page turn with chimes; this helped us to focus because the book is actually quite lengthy!

Next, we wrote "If I were the Lorax, this is how I would help our Earth" and made Lorax mustaches courtesy of the Earth Day Lorax Craftivity by Mel D. at Seusstastic.blogspot.com and Rachel Friedrich at Sub Hub! We toted our mustaches all the way out to the recycling bin at our school to recycle our scraps (and other trash treasures)!

We even noticed the neat shadows of our mustaches as we dumped the recycling bin. :)

"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going to get better. 

It's not."

-Dr. Seuss, The Lorax