Learning in the Library

This week the kindergartners and Mrs. McCall’s class celebrated Earth Day with a “taking care of the earth” themed storytime.  First we talked about April 22^nd as Earth Day and how we celebrate the Earth’s birthday by doing something to take care of it.  Next we read the informational picture book The Earth Book by Todd Parr.  In the book, Todd talks about recycling paper products in order to save the trees.  The students were not aware of what comes from trees other than wood so I brought out a paper bag of items:  a sheet of paper, a newspaper, a magazine, a cereal box, and the paper bag itself!  Then we read and discussed the informational picture book Ten Things I Can Do to Help My World by Melanie Walsh.  Finally, we discussed recycling.  We placed a glass jar, an aluminum pie plate, the paper products, and a variety of plastic items in the library recycling bin to reinforce the concept of what can be recycled.

Posted in Grade K, Mrs McCalls class