So today I took my son to the Earth Day festivities in my hometown of Fredericksburg, Va. While I was there, I bought a new book called ABC's from the Rappahannock River. by Betty Lewis Ellett. I loved this book because it shows real photographs of a river system and highlights the animals that live there, the weather that affects it, safety measures (including a great segment on life jackets), and also words like rapids, bridges, anglers and marinas.
I can't wait to share it with my students when we start our unit on Virginia's Natural Resources. Rivers and watersheds are extremely important to our environment.
Can you think of a connection to your classroom? Could you have your students create their own ABC book for Earth Day? I have created a generic version of the ABC brainstorming chart that you can use for any content area brainstorming session. I like to give these to cooperative groups to use as a preassessment on a new topic or a formative assessment before a test. Enjoy your copy here for FREE...
We almost went with our little guy -- we would have bumped into you! I'll have to see about getting that book for our collection!
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