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Students explore the schoolyard and try to find an object that represents each letter of the alphabet. Wrap up: Each student gives an answer for a letter. Were any letter left blank? What could we use to fill the missing letters?
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Students discover different kinds of trees through the senses and learn how to differentiate between tree species in this fun, hands on activity.
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Discuss animal needs. Focus on homes. Discuss shapes of homes. Students search for, write down and draw animal homes. Wrap-up: share cool homes.
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Discuss differing animal needs and habitat. Each student chooses an animal that might live on the schoolyard. Students search for the needs of their specific animals (water, food, shelter). Draw and describe what they find.
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Discuss community and our rights and responsibilities within our school community. Explain living vs. non-living. Discuss plant needs and things that hurt plants. Show the pictures of things that hurt plants on the “Care Bingo” cards. In pairs students find and circle the things that hurt plants and positive ways to treat plants in the garden. Wrap up: what are our responsibilities for the natural area? What about other areas like parks? Why should we care for our garden and gardens in general (provide oxygen, helps us care for other creatures etc) and how can we do so?