SPRING FLOWER TREE

This is a beautiful bulletin board for spring. Have students color and complete their tree. Make sure their name is on the tree. Then have students write a poem about trees or spring. This can be done easily if you format the poem. Center the TREES poem by Joyce Kilmer on the bulletin board. Put student art and poetry around it.

TREES

I think that I shall never see

A poem as lovely as a tree

A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed

Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day

And lifts her leafy arms to pray,

A tree that may in summer wear

A nest of robins in her hair

Upon whose blossom snow has lain;

Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems were made by fools like me

But only God can make a tree.

­Joyce Kilmer

EASTER EGG COLORING DESIGN

This project can be done in a lot of ways.  First way that I like is to either lay an acetate on top of the egg pattern for the students to color and trace, or copy the pattern straight to the acetate for the students to color.  These can be put in the windows and add lots of colors on sunny days.  Be sure to use magic markers - permanent ones are great except for the smell, so keep your doors and windows open for ventilation.  Second way is to give the eggs to the students and let them color, cut out and place in the hallway with a GIANT EASTER BASKET and Easter Grass.  Third way is to blow up, print on tagboard (make sure it is not the slick side), color with markers, and cut out to hang from the ceiling.  Write an Easter or Spring Poem to put on the back side.  See MAY CEILING HANGINGS for another idea.

A BUNNY TALE WALL

You can choose to have students write on the bunny lines or do what I did and have the bunny be a pattern for wallpaper. The students write their tale on the tail! Demonstrate how to spread out cotton balls and glue around the edges of the tail.

MOTHER'S DAY STRAWBERRY WISHES

This is a cute, quick card that your student can make for their mothers.  Copy the Sweet Wishes Poem on colored paper.  Let students have planty of time to develop their wishes for their mothers.

LOVE THE EARTH REPORT CARD

It's report card time again.  Why not send out this report card with the 3rd quarter card.  Discuss in detail prior to sending home.  It can be used for extra credit.  Have students color in class before sending home.  When returned, post in the hallway so everyone can see how your class takes care of their world.  Then make a class book so it can be enjoyed some more.  At the end of the year place in Journal/Memory Books.

MOTHER'S DAY RECIPE BOOK

At the end of the year handwriting skills get a little sloppy.  This is a way to bring back "best" handwriting.  Send note home to mom, require recipes back in a timely manner.  Once all of the recipes are returned have students copy their recipe in their best handwriting.  It is easier for students if you format the paper they are to fill out.  Have lines for recipe name, time to make, oven temperature, then ingredients, and finally preparation.  Collate all of the recipes and package nice for Mother's Day. 

BUNNY POT

This makes a delightful Easter Gift, Mother Day's Gift or a nice gift for the elderly.  If you ask early enough Wal-Mart or Target will give you the pots as a charitable write off, then go to a hobby store and see what you can get off for the rest of the material.

AFTER LUNCH GARBAGE CRUNCH

This is a great way to get students to see the amount of waste that they are contributing to the lunch garbage pails.

RAINFOREST FROM SODA BOTTLE

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