Earth Day activities with reading, writing, math, and a science project for 3rd, 4th , and 5th grade! Go beyond the Earth Day worksheet by engaging students with Earth Day reading comprehension passages and teaching slides on water pollution, recycling, and conservation.

Reading passages, ELA, writing, science, and much more are included! With high-interest hands-on activities, there are enough tasks to keep students engaged and learning all month long!

Your students will LOVE to complete the Great Garbage Challenge. Your students will take a piece of garbage and reuse it in a creative way. All project resources for this Earth Day project are included.

5 differentiated nonfiction passages include text features to strengthen informational text reading skills. Activities and projects require students to use text-based evidence and encourage critical thinking about Earth Day.

Simple to differentiate! Passages come in two versions: a 2-page vocabulary-rich passage and a simpler, one-page passage with easier vocabulary. Both passages can be used with the included reflection pages.

Kindly Note: Only the 3, two-page passages are differentiated.

Fiction reading activities are based on the popular book Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney, and writing activities for each genre, including poetry and much more! (This picture book is not included.)

The teaching slideshow includes an overview of Earth Day, the History of Earth Day, the 3 Rs, water conservation, and pollution. Each section has questions to assess understanding.

Short on time to teach Earth Day this year? Complete activities in group settings and encourage meaningful discourse in a short amount of time!

This no-prep Earth Day pack is a great mix of reading, writing, science, and math activities all in one place...just print, go, and engage!

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This set includes BOTH a printable and a digital Google Slides™ version.

CONTENTS:

✓ Link and directions to use the digital version in Google Classroom™

✓ 5 Nonfiction Reading Passages and Activities:

• Earth Day (Response Questions)
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (Response Questions and Flip Book)
• Recycling Loop (Sequence Chain and Opinion Question)
• Water Conservation (Response Questions and Cause and Effect)
• What Is Pollution? (Main Idea and Opinion Question)

✓ Student Note-Taking Sheet

✓ Student Presentation Directions (Optional Activity)

✓ Fiction Reading Activities based on the book Miss Rumphius by:Barbara Cooney

• Character Trait Analysis
• Reader Response Questions
• How the Setting Affects the Story Questions
• Theme and Life Lesson Activity

✓ Grammar and More

• Quote Reflection
• Dictionary Look It Up Activity
• Cloze Reading Activity (answer key included)
• 3 Prefix “Re” Activities
• Earth Day Word Search and Answer Key
• Earth Day 3-2-1 Reflection
• Earth Day Awards for Students in color and BW

✓ Writing Activities

• Earth Day Quilt
• Give the Earth a High Five
• Friendly Letter Writing to Mother Earth
• Save the Planet Acrostic Poem
• Opinion Writing Prompt & Graphic Organizer
• Explanatory Writing Prompt & Graphic Organizer
• Narrative Writing Prompt & Graphic Organizer
• Open-ended Earth Day Poster

✓ Math Activities and Answer Keys

• Producing Garbage Word Problems (answer key included)
• Reducing Garbage Math Game
• Adding it All Up (addition of 3 and 4 digit numbers)
• Multiplication Grid (two levels included to meet your class' needs)

✓ Science

• Garbage Challenge
• Earth Day Posters for Student Creation

✓ Answer Keys

Suggestions for Effective Classroom Use:

→Morning Work

→Sub Plans

→Centers

→Partner Work

→Independent Reading Practice

→Independent Writing Practice

→Whole Class Instruction

Bulletin Boards - Several different activities included could be used for bulletin board displays this April.

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"Perfect resource for my third graders to learn about Earth Day! Informative articles with questions and fun activities! Thanks."

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"Great product! Activities are thorough and high interest - my students were engaged in everything!"

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"The kids loved all these readings!"

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"I have been using this packet as a unit for Earth Day and innovative solutions. My kids enjoy the information and are learning so much about how to take care of our planet!"

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