Discipline: Science Topic: Celebrating Earth Day in Kindergarten

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General 7on8iction Ad%enture :s9ri;;le s class holds a recycling dri%e- One o8 the students loses an ob<ect and the class trac#s it

$n8ormational te.t This boo#! in a %ery simple way! with color8ul! clear pictures shows what causes air pollution! and how children can help sa%e the Earth

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General 7on8iction Poetry and "hyming Animals o8 all #inds gather beside :other Earth to as# =uestions about the world around

"ealistic 9iction :r- Jones class ta#es a 8ield trip to the recycling plant and the students learn all about what they

General 7on8iction This boo# e.plains how we deal with the problem o8 too much trash and gi%es some easy ways that younger children can help reduce

"ealistic 9iction 9ancy 7ancy uses terms and gi%es ideas 8or all o8 her 8amily to celebrate Earth Day- She e.plains the terms o8ten used to protect the earth-

"ealistic 9iction A little house that begins in the country and watches as the city #eeps mo%ing closer and closer until she is run

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Earth Day

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General 7on8iction Science This boo# e.plains the process o8 recycling 8rom the beginning to the end and show what happens to the paper! glass! cans! and plastic-

"ealistic 9iction This boo# shows how a 8amily o8 rabbits tries to win the Community "ecycling Calendar Contest by creating the best poster about recycling-

General 7on8iction This boo# shows all #ind o8 plants and animals that li%e in the world-

General 7on8iction This boo# tells how Earth Day 8irst started and why- $t also tells how Earth Day is celebrated around the world-

"ealistic 9iction Series This boo# tells the story o8 some children who try and collect cans to ma#e enough money to buy 8lowers 8or a nearby par#-

Comedy and ?umor Series )ittle Critter learns about Earth Day in school?e creates a CClimate Control :achineD that doesn t wor#-

Classics "hymes The boo# tells about a C)ora.D who warns e%eryone that they need to ta#e care o8 the earth or it will be goneE

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Trudi Strain Trueit Easy "eader

Abby Klein Easy "eader 7ot A%ailable "ealistic 9iction 9reddy wants to <oin the school s Team Green! but he s got to learn how to protect the earth 8irst-

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General 7on8iction This is about all the ways that young children can help sa%e the en%ironment by celebrating Earth Day-

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Ju%enile 7on8iction This boo# tells about Earth Day and what people can do to ta#e care o8 the Earth- This boo# tells the history about Earth Day-

Ju%enile 7on8iction This boo# e.plains how a compost pile wor#s and shows how children help their parents ma#e one and maintain one-

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:i#e and his steam sho%el! :ary Anne ha%e dug lots and lots o8 holes! but now :ary Anne is going to the <un# yard:ary Anne is sa%ed when she digs one last hole- The town hall in Popper%ille-

This boo# uses poetry to describe the water! air! soil! s#y! sun that is shared by animals and people on the Earth-

"hyming %erses tell what people ha%e done to pollute our planet and what we can now do to ma#e things better 8or the 8urture-