Field Trip to the Science Center

On Friday, May 7th, we will be joining Mrs. Cameron's class on a field trip to the Science Center of Pinellas County. Explorations include plants and matter, which link with topics we have been studying in our second grade science program this year. We can't wait!

More Earth Day Poems

Here are some more poems written by the students on Earth Day.

RECYCLE by Noah and Asher

Recycle
Recycle
It's good to recycle
Recycle
Recycle
You can reuse paper
When you recycle
Recycle
Recycle
Be kind to Mother Earth
Recycle
Recycle
It helps our Earth
That we love to share
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HELPING THE EARTH By Emery and Lindsey

Helping the Earth is lots of fun.
It is for everyone
You can reduce, reuse, recycle
You can help the trees and the plants
You can help mother nature by picking up trash
Recycle and stop pollution!

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EVERYDAY IS EARTH DAY by Renata

Everyday is Earth Day, making our planet clean
We like to pick up trash every time it is seen
April 22nd, my favorite day to pick up trash in parks,
till the grass blades sparkle.
We need to help mother earth!
Little babies are born, seeds are peeking up from the soil,
It's fun to clean up our mother earth

Earth Day Poems

Last Thursday, April 22, was Earth Day and the students were engaged in various activities to help promote an understanding about how important it is to look after this beautiful planet and what they could do to make a difference (e.g. recycle, reuse, reduce). They did an awesome job bringing eco-friendly snack and lunches and agreed that Earth Day should be everyday. I was also impressed by a group of students who gave up their recess to pick up trash (student initiated of course). At one point of the day the students got a chance to write their own Earth Day poems/songs. I have published some of these below. As you can see, I have a class of very talented poets.

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POEMS WRITTEN BY ELLIE

E verything we need,
A very important thing,
R eally what we need to help,
T he home of many creatures,
H elp it!

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We need to help our planet.
We need to help it NOW!
We need to help our planet though
But some people don't know how.
So, will you please help me look after it?

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Endangered Animals,
killed, try to survive,
few roaming, scarce,
Siberian tiger, manatee, panda, whooping crane,
gone dead, never, seen,
aren't coming back, gone forever,
Extinct Animals

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MOTHER EARTH by John and Samuel

Earth is a planet
Small, but strong
Big and green
Helping us all.
She has helped us through
all these years.
Now we should help her
as she helped us.

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WORKING ON THE RAILROAD (to the tune of We've been Working on the Railroad)
by Chloe and Emerson

We've been working on the Ear---th
Every, single day.
We've tried to o-bey
Every single time of the day.
By turning off the wa--ter
and turning off the ligh--ts.
We are going to do this
to help our Earth every day.
We will see the Earth the next day
because every day is Ear--th Da--y!

Spirit Day Tomorrow

Don't forget that tomorrow is the last Wednesday of the month and Spirit Day. Dress in green or gold (or both) and celebrate Shorecrest.

CHALLENGE - PACKING AN ECO-FRIENDLY LUNCH BOX ON EARTH DAY

Tomorrow is Earth Day and I want to challenge all of my students to pack an eco-friendly snack/lunch box. Today we talked about how this could be done by using reusable containers, and by packing fruits, which are healthful, waste-free snackables that come with their own compostable wrapping.

Celebrate the Arts

What an amazing week planned to Celebrate the Arts. Each day will have an arts event or experience.

Tuesday - African Kuumba Dancers and Drummers
Wednesday - TBA
Thursday - Chamber Music and Tour of Students, Faculty and Visiting Art Exhibition
Friday - Visiting Artists (workshops), Student Performance, Picnic

For the performance on Friday, the students will need to wear jeans or jean skirt with a white t-shirt (with little or no design).

I hope to see you at the picnic on Friday.

Yo Leonardo

Please join us to Celebrate the Arts with The Early Childhood Center and Lower division on April 23. "Yo Leonardo" - a musical program, will be performed by the children at 11:00am followed by a Picnic Lunch. Bring your own picnic lunch or order a box lunch (roast turkey wrap, chips, cookie, fruit, bottled spring water) from Flik. Orders must be placed by this Friday, April 16th. Please note, pizza lunch will not be served that day.