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This Engineering Design Challenge is based on the picture book, Compost Stew, by Mary McKenna Siddals! Can your group create a composting worm farm using the materials provided? Materials: (per group) 2 liter bottle (cut the rounded top off and invert) Soil Gravel Leaves and grass Red worms (they are TINY) Assorted fruits and vegetables (see list in the book) Water mister (spray bottle) This packet contains all the information you need to make this a great engineering activity in your classro

Includes Easel Activity with Google Classroom Distance Learning.Integrate STEM, Writing, and Literacy in your classroom!Engage students with a real world STEM activity where they learn about how composting works. Students learn about how materials decompose and get to observe decomposers in action through composting in a bag. The STEM Process:In this STEM activity, students create 5 composting bags using spinach and 5 different brown composting materials. Students make a prediction about which m

Composting is an important concept for kids to learn about! Compost Stew by Mary McKenna Siddals is a great book for Earth Day or any day. This resource includes:- Teacher directions- Three different posters with composting facts and tips- A to Z printables for brainstorming different materials to compost (two versions)- A to Z inspiration ideas- Compost stew pot printable- Coloring sheet

Full PPT Version that is Perfect for Earth Day in Spring! These INTERACTIVE task cards can be easily assigned on Seesaw or Google Classroom - JUST choose and assign the slides you want!! Cover everything from phonics, spelling, synonyms, vocabulary, grammar, reading comprehension and rhyme! Perfect for Reading Comprehension and Distance Learning.Illustrated story page for teaching/reviewNew vocabulary words“Snazzy” words student practiceAdaptable Speech Sounds/Sight WordsReading ComprehensionEas

Before engaging students in this activity, I suggest reading the amazing book "Compost Stew" by Mary McKenna Siddals. After reading this book, use this worksheet as a quick consolidation to see what students learned about what can and cannot go in the compost. Encourages DI, as students may draw or write their answers on the page!Clipart Credit: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Made-By-Lilli

Full PDF Version that is Perfect for Earth Day in Spring! These INTERACTIVE task cards can be easily assigned on Seesaw or Google Classroom - JUST choose and assign the slides you want!! Cover everything from phonics, spelling, synonyms, vocabulary, grammar, reading comprehension and rhyme! Perfect for Reading Comprehension and Distance Learning.Illustrated story page for teaching/reviewNew vocabulary words“Snazzy” words student practiceAdaptable Speech Sounds/Sight WordsReading ComprehensionEas

Lesson plan and extension activities (over 25 pages!) for the children's picture book Compost Stew - An A-Z Recipe for the Earth by Mary McKenna Siddals and Ashley Wolff. Suitable for: Grades 1-4Learning targets include: reading strategies (ordering and matching), outdoor education, environmental stewardship, art.

Compost Stew is the perfect fun and engaging read aloud for Earth Day. The story uses a simple A-Z format, but gets students thinking about simple things they can do to help the earth. This resource includes: making predictions, alphabetical order, making compost, writing, and research.

Perfect for Earth Day in Spring! These INTERACTIVE & DIGITAL task cards can be easily assigned on Seesaw or Google Classroom - JUST choose and assign the slides you want!! Cover everything from phonics, spelling, synonyms, vocabulary, grammar, reading comprehension and rhyme! Perfect for Reading Comprehension and Distance Learning.Illustrated story page for teaching/reviewNew vocabulary words“Snazzy” words student practiceAdaptable Speech Sounds/Sight WordsReading ComprehensionEasily monitor

Perfect for Earth Day in Spring! These INTERACTIVE & DIGITAL task cards can be easily assigned on Seesaw or Google Classroom - JUST choose and assign the slides you want!! Cover everything from phonics, spelling, synonyms, vocabulary, grammar, reading comprehension and rhyme! Perfect for Reading Comprehension and Distance Learning.Illustrated story page for teaching/reviewNew vocabulary words“Snazzy” words student practiceAdaptable Speech Sounds/Sight WordsReading ComprehensionEasily monitor

Perfect for Earth Day in Spring! These INTERACTIVE & DIGITAL task cards can be easily assigned on Seesaw or Google Classroom - JUST choose and assign the slides you want!! Cover everything from phonics, spelling, synonyms, vocabulary, grammar, reading comprehension and rhyme! Perfect for Reading Comprehension and Distance Learning.Illustrated story page for teaching/reviewNew vocabulary words“Snazzy” words student practiceAdaptable Speech Sounds/Sight WordsReading ComprehensionEasily monitor

Want to teach your students how to compost? Make it easy with the alphabet. An adaptation & inspiration from Compost Stew. A great way to increase vocabulary, rhyme, and learn about something that helps the planet! (A few poca conocida cultural foods---buy the product and check out letter X). ENJOY!Video Recording included to help with the rhythm of the story!*Created with CanvaPro*

This unit features worksheets to accompany the following six environmental-themed picture books:Just a Dream by Chris Van AllsburgBag in the Wind by Ted KooserCompost Stew by Mary McKenna SiddalsWhy Should I Recycle? by Jen GreenThe Great Kapok Tree by Lynne CherrySandy’s Incredible Shrinking Footprint by Femida HandyTeach your students about taking care of the environment and reducing their footprint on the Earth for future generations. Themes include recycling, cutting down on plastic waste, c

This fun room includes 18 Springtime-themed Alphabet Books & 11 Springtime-themed Counting Song Videos.>Each book pictured is a clickable link to an ad-free Springtime-themed Alphabet Book read aloud.Library Titles:"A is For Another Rabbit""The Alphabet Tree""Compost Stew""Earth Day - An Alphabet Book""Eating the Alphabet""Flora Forager ABC""The Flower Alphabet Book""The Guinea Pig ABC""H is for Homerun""The Icky Bug Alphabet Book"""Mrs. Peanuckle's Bird Alphabet""Mrs. Peanuckle's Bug Alp

Partial unit includes 3 lessons/activities and the culminating task:Additives Handout and Activity - Additives include road salt, natural fertilizer, synthetic fertilizer, and pesticides. Each additive excites a new debate in the classroom. Soil Samples Worksheet - Students go outside to dig up their own soil sample!Soil is Important Handout and Activity Compost Stew - Worksheet consolidating students' knowledge on what goes into a compost. This activity can follow the read aloud "Compost Stew"

Students can learn more about composting by trying to guess the ten compostable items shown. This resource also includes reference sheets, such as what can and can't be composted, the stages of compost, and a list of compostable items from A to Z, etc. This would be a great companion to the book Compost Stew. This download includes:- Teacher directions- Composting reference sheets- 10 pictures of items like strawberry tops, potato peelings, and crumbs- 10 pictures of the compostable items with t

These two easy readers will help kids and adults understand what can be composted. Included in the download:- Compost fact sheet to help with background knowledge- Emergent reader titled "Compost"- Easy reader titled "What Else Can We Compost"- 2 compost-themed coloring sheets to choose fromThis would be a great companion to the book Compost Stew. Let's heal the earth, one action at a time.

This BUNDLE contains 3 Spring themed literature based lesson plans and extension activities, each one providing hours of literacy rich, cross-curricular learning opportunities suitable and easily differentiated for Grades 2-4.Find the 2 page lesson plan and dozens of pages of printable extension activities for each of the following picture books:- Up in the Garden, Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner (30+ pages; Grades 2-5).- Rose's Garden by Peter Reynolds (10+ pages; Grades 2-5).- Compost Stew by

Save BIG and receive 2 full months for FREE with the All Year Growing Bundle!★STORYBOOK STEM ALL YEAR GROWING BUNDLECreated by Brooke Brown and Katie King, Storybook STEM provides early childhood teachers with weekly all-in-one units to cover essential skills in reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, math, science, and engineering.Four units are included to accompany favorite seasonal children’s books, with supplemental STEM challenges for each and differentiated literacy and math options f

A quick and easy way to add a listening center to your reading block! Kids will love these stories and you will love how simple it is to prepare. This packet includes 12 Spring/Earth Day themed stories.Titles Include:· Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein· The Thing About Spring by Daniel Kirk· Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens· Michael Recycle by Ellie Bethel· Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin· Muncha, Muncha, Muncha! by Candace Fleming· The Good Egg by Jory John· Mrs. Fox’s Class Goes Gr

APRIL SET • Instill a love of reading, model fluency, and introduce new genres of stories to your students with monthly Adapted Piece Book Sets.For some of our students, reading anything is overwhelming and may cause distress. As teachers, we need to do our part in making all books accessible to all of our learners. Enter Adapted Piece Book Sets.April Adapted Piece Book SetsYou will need to purchase each of the following books to adapt:• How to Catch the Easter Bunny• It's Not Easy Being a Bunny

Save money, buy the bundle! • A lesson plan pack of activities and experiments to use during the month of April for ELA, Math, and Science.What is included in April's Lesson Plan Pack?• Planting a Rainbow Book Companion • Planting a Rainbow Craftivity • Planting a Rainbow Writing Activity • Tall Tall Tree Book Companion• Tall Tall Tree Craftivity • Tall Tall Tree Writing Activity • Earth Day Scavenger Hunt • DIY Seed Balls Visual Recipe • Spring Adapted Book • Rainmaker Craftstick• Seed Germinat

QR Codes are perfect for the digital classroom! Not only are QR codes an easy way to incorporate technology, they are also an excellent way to enhance your Daily 5 rotations and reading centers. This set is packed full of books that your students are sure to love.What's Included:✸28 Earth Day QR code read alouds ✸3 student response sheets✸Cover to be displayed at your listening stationRead aloud stories include:The Lorax We Love Trees What If Everybody Did That? The Earth Book The Giving TreeP

Not your typical bitmoji classroom! This beautiful Earth/Nature themed space is PACKED with content!! This room has OVER 40 clickable links to a variety of videos, delightful books, songs, how to's, incredible artists who recycle, interviews, and more, all related to Spring, Earth Day, and Nature!! All of these are starting points you can use for related art lessons or to share as stand alone information.This is a PDF with a link to ONE google slide as shown. Directions for how to copy are inc