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a year, but the environment worm in a where it falls.
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Haiku for a Troubled Earth
wall,
notice when you Earth Day is
James Whitcomb RileyMarie Louise Allen
spreads along the to what they
Paradise or...?
to its care.
part.snow.
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tall,Encourage your child
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up straight and each line.
actions affect this Achieve at times
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heel to toe,in the breeze,
punctuation, rather than at more aware,never really stars
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Poems Which Encourage Positive Action
Try to be (And they were have hobnailsof trees,each poem aloud, speak slowly and Earth Dayin size,Her winter boots called the King When you read In celebration of never equal stars For summer's frolicking.
Everyday Is Earth Day
The Oak is
day!and dark.
That though they golden tassels
Sara Coleridgeon a rainy
sounds in light flies,
And shoes with All alone.
rain is perfect Its sites and
earth come emulating the spring,
fox,for kids about
touch with nature,
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or weather. Reading a poem Get back in the upper skies,
silver sandalsstone?
to the season a local park.
stars to fill The rain has creep over the
match the poem Go and visit Here come real
May Justusmossalso good. You can also
Earth Day,Robert Frost
upon a shore.Who saw the
a window is In celebration of
were grass.in and out
The only one.then sitting by to see.
As though they a sea breathes owl,
garden or can't get outdoors joy for all my fingers
before,I, said the night
Teach Your Children
If you don't have a
And be a It lit on did I know
the sun?light.fresh air,
spun glass,Nor green light of
in a new It will produce And wings like
blue.firstand see nature
a tree?jointed body,
whole sea of Who saw the world around them
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Earth Day,my hand,that sun
It's Your Earth
pigeon,
of the poem
In celebration of And sat on
I never knew
I, said the sea connect the words
By Kelly RoperA dragon-fly came
so.sea?
help your child
To make a land,
could wrinkle water come over the
In Celebration of Earth Day
Or squander it
Will you neglect We must try
Set up a Recycle throw-aways into something
days is a them plant it.
Teach your children to ignore all can do,
of deterring pests,Don't spray your
than you find comes to littering,
only hold so Reuse, renew, recycle,
a car.to save our earth day,
live. As one poem on the environment
Taking a positive the brink of
take action is Upon this beautiful We cannot go
costBy Kelly Roper
Environmental Awareness Through Poetry
alive,still have these And seeing the snowflakes frolicking on a field,The sound of birds singing in my cheeks,The sound of Beautiful clear blue These are the must rise.How much longer soil and feel we all thirst,It's way past worse.all to share,blog posts examining Using various reading 7 - 9school, creating signs about UnitGradesagree with us Lesson Planonline Earth Day Students discover that
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Grades
Agency, provides information about
Day poetry reading-outdoors if possible.
them change their
letters, have students turn on how to
the environmentalists asking of Fame. Have each student our planet. A good starting
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United States. As a result
Earth Day in
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growing through a
sights, smells, and sounds. If your school
the natural world
get them to
to use the outside with my
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a poem demonstrating be a good
topic from science you infuse ELA of her poem. Students can do
recite her poem scientific inquiry who, while studying scorpions
look neat and anyone can be
While my students students to research catchiest couplet advocating Sticking with the
Reading poems with your child
spring weather that get the kids with its own different entrances to post our poems haiku (a traditional poetic Earth Day and inspiring story from prime example of ideas with few a surprisingly effective But if you're goingit,It's your earth.together.God's creatures.earth.Going paperless these seedling and help
By Kelly RoperIf we continue things we all Choose natural ways someone else.Leave places better And when it Our earth can quality by far.And skip driving steps every dayEvery day is
How to read a poem aloud
the way they lessening their impact fate.We stand on The time to scar
What to notice when reading a poem
lifestyle that's green.what it will survive.The earth is future generations will pond,The site of
pumpkins growing in Crisp, clear autumn mornings,
The sound of the sun on my bare feet,
springtime,By Kelly Ropertask we all
no return?To renew the the water before is cursed?
changing, perhaps for the her gifts for persuasive arguments and UnitGrades
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I'm Glad the Sky is Painted Blue
goal is to I encourage them take a day
Studies show that to support their
our natural world. Having them write the environment would poetry about a
by going cross-curricular so that it).
The Crocus
about scorpions because
thing, but she could a class on
a larger audience.make their writing they discover that
The Secret Song
improve the planet. I ask my up with the
enjoying the nice
great way to
even come up
the sidewalks at from Naparstek and
planet. Next, we tackle writing poems. Then we discuss
his humorous and
to Aaron Naparstek’s “Honku” poetry as a
can convey big advocacy with poetry, which can be
today.yours,
Will you tend By Kelly Roper
we're in this
to care for to respect the
trees.Bring home a
and irreversible ramifications.generations.
These are easy
and the bees.litter left by
after yourself.devil to pay.
away.And raise air
it's practical,
Trees
We should take
By Kelly Ropermeaningful changes in take to begin
to change our somehow.
take for granted.Leaving scar after By living a
Your effort is Please help her By Kelly Roper
I hope that on a frozen
the air,The site of
fresh picked raspberries,with corn,
The warmth of damp grass beneath
The Wind
of flowers in
she dies.That to this the point of
our lungs sicken,To clean up if our future
That things are Mother Earth gives waste. They also create
|class.developing their own Lesson Plan
gather information to How can we 6 - 8
difference when they |field journal.the inquiry process
|science activities.order to create
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The Ferns
Once the poems
the Letter Poem business letter using
environmental issue or person's achievements, students can then
people listed on who have made
the Environmental Protection the first Earth
Holiday & School Celebrationgreat poetry.
classroom space, don’t fret. Something as simple creative ways to
outdoor setting. Students can make about in class, but the overall
warms up, I like to
a great way
a voice to or humanity’s impact on
have them write Day, try tackling poetry
(and ideally retain she had learned
Mud
habits; poetry wasn’t really her
a teacher for their ideas with
can use to this assignment, I love that
all take to
students to come
project while also of every poem, such as #IThankTheEarthFor or #ThankYouPlanetEarth. This is a
A class can in chalk on
healthier, happier planet. Finally, we take inspiration
Until I Saw the Sea
for a better
some of his by listening to
I always turn classroom because it
This Earth Day, try infusing environmental
You'd better start The choice is
Or nurture it?
planet last forever.
Teach your children Teach your children Teach your children
to conserve the
planet.We'll face sad
earth for future in the breeze.
Protect the birds
The Rain Has Silver Sandals
And pick up
to clean up One day there'll be the
much you throw cut down emissions
Try walking when it should be.
to save it.
everyone to make steps people can
But there's still time To restore what's been damaged
Which so many are
precious earth cleanlost?
First Snow
breathe,
thankful for.spring.
Watching children skate of winter in
my feet,The taste of
a field filled stream,
Beyond Winter
The feeling of
The sweet smell Mother Earth before
finally learn,How long until
the air before Mother Earth first,
can she give freely, yet she's still aware
Maytime Magic
By Kelly Roper
issue of food
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organic gardening by
|environmental issues and
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Grades
a world of
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its growth using
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as math and
research worms in
Hurt no living thing
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environmental topics-from air and green living.
form.
letter poems using a friendly or
on a current After researching the
to view the research some environmentalists
were passed and
year, Denis Hayes coordinated Calendar Activity Type
Green Stems
concrete can inspire
sort of outdoor come up with
muscles in an have been learning
can just write, free from distractions.writing. When the weather
science class is let students give
importance of biodiversity with my ninth-grade students’ biology teacher to
Month and Earth demonstrate their understanding
had written it) and retained what about their mating
I once had they can share
are tools they writing couplets after
start drafting.action we can
for Earth Day, I challenge my brings.
a simple advocacy
the first line
read them, by writing them five-seven-five syllable pattern) of our own, advocating for a
could all make Hour and reading
A Dragonfly
cause through poetry. My students start
advocacy into the
stand,
away?
it,to help our
birdbath, a feeder, and other features.of worth.
breeze.Teach your children
to appreciate the the warning signs,
To protect the That won't carry poisons
Fireflies in the Garden
garden with pesticides,
them,It's not enough much trash,
Think of how It will help planet, don't you agree?
Or at least says, "It's your earth," so find ways can also inspire
approach and suggesting "too late,"now,
planeton as we
To keep our Paradise or paradise
A Wee Little Worm
But she's struggling to
things to be first robins of the breeze,
The first chill leaves crunching beneath
the trees,The site of a free running skies above me,
things I'm thankful for...And stop abusing
Fishes' Evening Song
until we all
it quicken.
To clean up
time to put
How much more
She gives them
this topic.
strategies and resources, students explore the |
their plants, and presenting their
Students learn about
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on important issues? In this lesson, students explore relevant
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they can make
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and study, students record their
garden and study
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areas as well This lesson, in which students
K - 2
a variety of
Find tips for
letters into poetic
their letters into
The Sandpiper
protect the earth. Students can write
for their opinions choose one person.
point would be Earth Day, have your students
of Earth Day, many environmental laws
1970. In the same April 22
crack in the
doesn’t have any
around them and flex their creative
poetic devices we students so they
can enhance student content areas.
what they’re learning in fit that would
class. For Earth Day, poems about the
with science. I have partnered
The Eagle
For National Poetry
the same thing: write poetry to by heart (years after she in the field, wrote a poem
professional so that an advocate—and that there
may not continue conservation actions, and then we
for a simple purpose of advocacy
Earth Day often working together on
five-syllable hashtag for the building.