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Earth Day Slide Show Activities

Google Classroom

Poetry Machine – Pick a Poetry Style and Write Your Own Poem

April is Poetry Month!

Do you like poetry?

Read and listen to some of the poems below, then try to make your own poem in SeeSaw, along with a picture. If you really can’t make your own poem, you can copy the one below called “Spring Song” into SeeSaw, and draw a picture to go with it. Remember, once you click on SeeSaw, to click on “Log In” button on top right corner, then on “I am a Student”, then on “Google Log In” (top rainbow Google choice)

Spring Song

Frogs croak
Rains soak
Chicks peep
Crickets leap
Bees hum
Robins come
Birds sing
It’s spring!

~ Author Unknown ~

Shel Silverstein’s “Sick”performed by children

Shel Silverstein’s Poem, “The Crocodile’s Toothache” performed by Uncle Shelby

Visit poet Shel Silverstein’s website – Games & Activities (or just explore)

Visit Shel Silverstein’s YouTube channel

Shel Silverstein’s Poem “Boa Constrictor” text

Shel Silverstein Singing and Playing Guitar – poems “Boa Constrictor” “Unicorn”

Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” (Simpsons)

Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” (Musical Adaptation)

Poems Kids Like – find one you’d like to read aloud!

SORA – Read Books Online with your Dearborn Public Schools login through Google

EPIC – (read books online during the school day only) Class Code: kpi9344

School Library Catalog – Scroll to bottom to see “E-Books” Login at top right with your school Google account to read these books.

The World’s Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read

Research

Mel.org (kids) – has Britannica for different ages, like Elementary, as well as Pebble Go, and World Book Kids

World Book Kids

National Geographic Kids Online

Whitehouse.gov (About the Presidents)

Presidents’ Song

Presidents’ Song (to the tune of “America the Beautiful”)

Presidents’ Song

“America the Beautiful” song (with lyrics)

“America the Beautiful” song (sung by Ray Charles)

VALENTINE’S DAY FUN

Valentine’s Day – Make a Story (Rebus Story) Make your own copy

Valentine’s Day – Magnetic Poetry Story Make your own copy

Internet Safety:

Kahoot

Interland Internet Safety Game

FBI Online Safety Game

ABCYA Internet Safety Game

December Choice Board

Coding : Go to Hour of Code to practice computer programming (also known as coding). Make sure to choose a program that is in your grade level. If the program you choose is too hard, pick an easier one to start out.

If you end up loving to code, you may want to consider doing that for a living someday. There are many jobs available worldwide for computer programmers (also known as coders).

Here are some coding websites to try:

Code.org/athome

Hour of Code Star Wars

Hour of Code Grinch

Tynker Hour of Code

Santa Tracker Code Lab

Santa Tracker Dance Coding

Hour of Code Disney’s Moana

StoryMaker – Write 3 or more sentences plus a drawing about today’s story

December Choice Board

Elves and the Shoe Maker story

Internet Safety:

Interland Internet Safety Game

FBI Online Safety Game

ABCYA Internet Safety Game

SORA (read books online) We subscribe to this at Dearborn Public Schools

EPIC – (read books online during the school day only) Class Code: kpi9344

Read the book So You Want to Be President

October Choice Board

Animation Google Slide Show

ABCYA Recycling Game

Google Earth

April Choice Board

https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Shared-Piano/#dT-_92lnC

Internet Safety:

Interland Internet Safety Game

FBI Online Safety Game

ABCYA Internet Safety Game

Welcome to March is Reading Month!

Dr. Seuss’ birthday is March 2.

Choose 1 of the following 4 links to a Dr. Seuss book to read:

**Green Eggs and Ham

The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!

**Cat in the Hat Game

1.  The Cat in the Hat Comes Back 

2. The Cat in the Hat

3. Let’s See Who This Is!   -Did you know famous people like to read to kids

for March is Reading Month too?

4. Green Eggs and Ham (with a hip-hop twist)

5. There’s a Wocket in My Pocket by Dr. Seuss

6. Green Eggs & Ham Rap

7. Fox in Socks Rap

Let’s Visit Seussville – the Dr. Seuss website and click on “Books” to see a list of his books.

You can also click on “Games” to play a Dr. Seuss game.

AFTERWARDS:

March Choice Board

Reading is for Me Song

Search Library Catalog

Geer Park Destiny Library Catalog

Dearborn Public Schools Library Catalogs

Howe Montessori Destiny Library Catalog

February Choice Board

January Choice Board

Snowflake Bentley

December Choice Board

Coding : Go to Hour of Code to practice computer programming (also known as coding). Make sure to choose a program that is in your grade level. If the program you choose is too hard, pick an easier one to start out.

If you end up loving to code, you may want to consider doing that for a living someday. There are many jobs available worldwide for computer programmers (also known as coders).

Here are some coding websites to try:

Code.org/athome

Hour of Code Star Wars

Hour of Code Grinch

Tynker Hour of Code

Santa Tracker Code Lab

Santa Tracker Dance Coding

Hour of Code Disney’s Moana

For information about all kinds of computer languages and games to learn more about them, click here

MEL (Michigan Electronic Library) Kids’ Page

Google Classroom

November Choice Board (build a turkey)

StoryMaker

FIRST GRADE

Diary of a Worm

2ND GRADE

Diary of a Spider

Diary of a Fly

3RD GRADE

The Name Jar

A Bad Case of Stripes

Stone Soup

Stone Soup (version 2)

Teacher of the Year Form (Geer Park only)

Answer the Question, “How does your teacher create a classroom where learning is positive and fun?”

Type your 1 paragraph answer in a new Google doc and give it the Title “TOY25” (Teacher of the Year 2025)

Geer Park Teacher Directory (has the list of teacher emails, but it is not up to date, so some are missing)

Staff Directory (teacher names)

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