April

**April is National Poetry Month - Listen, Read, & Write!**
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 * [|Instant Poetry Forms] - More than sixty writing activities in an interactive format. Students type what they would like to write, then have the option of printing their work!**
 * [|Classroom Activities and Poems] (Scholastic) Language and literacy skills for all grade levels** **[|Magnetic Poetry Board] - Have fun moving words to create your own poems!**
 * [|Read * Write * Think] - Classroom activities to celebrate poets and their craft**
 * [|30 Days of Poetry] - Lessons on writing many forms of poetry with examples**
 * [|Enchanted Learning Rhymes] - Many all time favorite rebus rhymes to read, rhymes to paint online, rhyming word activity sheets, and rhyme printouts to read and color**
 * [|Poetry Almanac] - Poetry themes and articles, links to find a poet, poems, and more. "365 days' worth of poetry highlights, activities, ideas, and history"**

**Butterflies!**
= = = = [|Where do Butterflies Come From] - Craft and info about life cycle.** = = = =
 * Learn more about a butterfly's life cycle, eating habits, and more.**
 * Begin your unit with an Inspiration [|KWL chart] and continue your study with this [|Butterfly Scavenger Hunt.] Included is a printable student worksheet as well as related butterfly Internet resource sites. Enjoy these delicate creatures! They're lovely!** **Write a "Spring Cinquain"- a five line poem. Begin with words such as butterfly, caterpillar, daffodil, robin, etc. ([|Spring Cinquain PDF file])**
 * [|Unitedstreaming] - Excite your students with "real-life" videos such as //World of Nature: Monarch Butterfly: Milkweed to Mexico//, //Insect Metamorphosis//, //The Caterpillar and the Polliwog,// //Exploring the Diversity of Life: Butterfly Garden//, and more! (Do a Unitedstreaming keyword search: butterfly)**
 * Additional Internet resources about butterflies!
 * [|All About Butterflies] - from Enchanted Learning - A comprehensive on-line hypertext book that provides information**
 * [|Children's Butterfly Site] - Activities, photos, book resources, and answers to frequently asked questions about butterflies!**
 * [|Butterfly Life Cycle]** **- Photos of the life cycle of a butterfly**
 * [|Butterfly Life Cycle] - More photos**
 * [|Fun Butterfly Facts]**
 * [|Butterfly Games]**

=Earth Day Resources [|Teacher Planet - Earth Day]   = Explore the Lessons and Units (and Worksheets) on this excellent Earth Day web site by clicking on links like: "Water Day Theme Page, Happy Earthday Coloring Book, K-12 Lessons for Earthday, The 3 R's, Earthday Network Lesson Plans, and Discovery's Earth Science Lessons." *[|Education World - Earth Day]  * = Check out some of the great Earth Day resources on this site, like: [|Best Lessons on Earth (Day)] Five lesson plans to engage students in creating maps of an astronaut's view of Earth, exploring issues of junk mail and hazardous household waste, and learning about endangered species; [|Activities to Celebrate Earth Day!]Two dozen across-the-grades activities for a big Earth Day celebration; [|101 Amazing Earth Facts" Game] Play this Jeopardy-like game on Earth Day, or anytime. (Grades 3-12) [|EPA Earth Day site] - includes podcasts and Environment Tip of the Day [|Teacher Vision] : Earth Day Printables, Lessons and Activities Ecological Footprint Quiz - The Ecological Footprint Quiz estimates the area of land and ocean required to support your consumption of food, goods, services, housing, and energy and assimilate your wastes. How do YOU rate?? __ [] __ Meet the Greens - Fun Animated Episodes! [] Earth Day Groceries Project - An easy, simple way to encourage environmental awareness among students and the local community....[] =