First off, happy World Water Day!! We have just started a new unit- Sharing the Planet. We'll be talking about water for the next few weeks (which I'm very excited for!). On Friday, we did an activity to celebrate World Water Day. I've just introduced non-fiction books, and this activity also allows them to explore non-fiction books- hitting two birds with one stone!
They cut out a water drop. I had to emphasize that they had to cut a big water drop as we will be hanging it up. If it was small, would they be able to see it? Nope. Many of my students used pencil to draw and then a sharpie to outline it, and then they cut it.
After cutting it out, they picked a non-fiction book on water and chose 3 facts they wanted to put on their water drop. They decorated it and I used a hole puncher to punch a hole at the top of their water drop and tied it to a string. I then used sticky tack to stick on the wall (hopefully it stays up!). We hung it by the windows, which also made it look like rain. My first graders were very proud of it!
I made a template that you may download for free! One with lines and one without. I did not use it, but if I did this activity again, I would provide this template as a choice for the students. You may also use it for younger students!
Let me know what you think!
Click here (Without Lines) if you'd like to download the PDF file for the water drop template.
Click here (With Lines) if you'd like to download the PDF file for the water drop template.
Below are pictures of what it looks like in my classroom. (:
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