Earth Day with The Lorax
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    • Preview of Lorax_TeachersKit.pdf - page 1
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      Subject English Language Arts • Science — Earth and Space Science
      Grade Level Grades 3-5
      Resource Type Activity
      Attributes
      Good for Parents
      Standards Alignment
      Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards
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      CC (BY-NC-ND)

      About This Lesson

      Help students celebrate Earth Day with activities inspired by Dr. Seuss's timeless book, The Lorax. 

      These easy-to-implement activities support English language arts and STEM curricula and set the stage for students (grades 3-5) and their families to find practical ways they can help protect resources and make their communities greener and healthier.

      Please visit the PROGRAM SITE for curricular standards, complete teaching kit, parent/caregiver letter, and more resources and activities to support environmental education.

      Made Possible By: Random House Children's Books

      Consider this resource for your summer reading lists! Learn more about summer reading here.

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      July 6, 2021
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      Standards

      Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
      Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.2
      Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
      Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.3
      Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions).
      Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.3
      Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
      Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.3
      Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
      Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.2
      Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
      Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.2
      Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
      Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.3
      Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
      Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.3.a
      Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
      Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.3
      Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
      Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.3.a
      Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
      Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.3
      Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
      Read More About CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.3.a
      Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
      Read More About 3-LS4-3
      Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.
      Read More About 3-LS4-4
      Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and that their uses affect the environment.
      Read More About 4-ESS3-1
      Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
      Read More About 5-ESS3-1

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