Lorax and Earth Day

On April 22nd, the world celebrates Earth Day. The Lorax is a Dr. Seuss character who is the "person" who speaks for the trees. Dr. Seuss used this character to symbolize how we should act toward our environment. Earth Day was introduced in the 1970s as national day to focus on our environment and ways to keep it safe. Many schools put on programs to show students ways to keep their environment clean and safe. In my school, we have two garbage cans, one that is for regular trash and one for recycling paper/bottles. We are teaching our students at an earlier age to recycle and keep our earth clean.

Vocabulary:
1. Earth Day- (Proper noun) event that happens once a year, celebrated on April 22, on which  events all over the world are put on to show support for environmental protection.
2. Symbolize- (Verb) stand for something
3. Environment- (Noun) the place where we live
4. National -(Adjective) similar across the whole nation or world
5. Focus- (Noun) center of activity
6. Safe-(Adjective) not likely to be put in danger
7. Programs- (Noun) a planned series of events
8. Recycling- (Verb) make waste into reusable items


Vocabulary Exercise:

1. ___________________ is on April 22 every year.
2.  I _________________ paper and plastic every week.
3.  Orange and Blue _____________ the Mets, since they are the team's colors.
4. The library runs ____________ to help people with many skills.
5.  My _______________ is filled with beautiful tress, I love seeing them outside when I walk.
6. I feel _____________ when I am walking around my community.
7. Our _____________ anthem is played at different sporting events.
8.  The __________ of our lesson today is determine whether a number is even or odd.

A proper nouns is a specific person, place, thing, animal, or idea. Proper nouns are always capitalized.
Activity for Proper Nouns:
1. Make a list of proper nouns that fall into the categories of person, place, and thing.
2. Write three sentences using proper nouns.
3. Highlight the proper nouns you used.

http://www.earthday.org/about/the-history-of-earth-day/