Earth Week ideas:
*daily morning announcement (1. Did you know that? 2. Tip of the day 3. Question of the day
--Heather, Eleonore, Maddie, Bree, Nathan, Chad )
Homeroom teacher puts class answer in on a slip of paper and sends to office with morning information or emails it by noon. Winner is announced at end of day.*Mrs. Shrader will send teachers video and activity links to tie in with instruction or use on afternoons of OAA week.*Lorax members speak to first grade classrooms about Earth Week and/or read a story. They will find out best time of day to leave their own classrooms and get back to Mrs. E Friday!!!!!
MondayDYK-Americans use 50 million tons of paper every year, or about 580 pounds for each person?TOD-You can recycle ALL kinds of paper-cereal boxes, note paper, bags, newspaper, and so on, even empty mac and cheese boxes. Find out where to recycle in your neighborhoodQOD-If you stacked up all the paper an average American uses in a year, the pile would be as tall as...A)a car B)an elephant's eye
C)a 2-story house




Ideas in progress:
11-10--11
1. Make posters for each grade level to advertise/encourage proper recycling of the following:*paper and plastic(Heather & Maddie) *juice pouches(Bree & Matthew)*cookie wrappers(Ariana & Eleonore) *candy wrappers(Nathan & Chad)
What can we recycle?all paper, cardboard, construction paper, newspapers, magazines, paper lunch bags, bulletin board paper
11-10-11Homework: How will you "kick-off" your advertising campaign?