1st & 2nd grade Advocacy Activities 

Monday- Head to Mrs. Valenza’s Staff Proile PageProile Page to hear her reading Why Should I protect Nature? by Jen Green  

Tuesday - Prepare yourself for royalty. You’re making grass crowns today! You’ll need some paper, scissors, a little tape and markers/pencils/crayons. Taken from this website...https://www.creativeconnectionsforkids.com/2013/07/a-crown-of-grass/?crlt.pid=camp.vM9OsgJPcWXQ    If you don’t have bug stickers (who really does right now??) just use a pencil to draw your favorite bugs and give them a habitat in the grass. If you don’t have green paper just color the grass. Maybe you want purple grass today. Send a picture to Mrs. Valenza wearing your beautiful crown.  

Wednesday- Take a scavenger hunt walk! Attached is a scavenger hunt document if you’d like to print that out. You could also just write down some of the items on a separate piece of paper and check them off as you find them. Let Mrs. Valenza know what things you found! 

Thursday- Today I want you to take a survey. Ask family members that live in your home, facetime or Skype with another relative or friend and ask them these two questions: 1. How much time do you spend outside each day?  2. How do you feel after spending time outside and why?  You could write down the answers you get or just use them to start a conversation about the importance of fresh air. There are no wrong answers! 

Friday-  Originally, we were going to have a big Earth Day fair at Westgate (next Wednesday) but that can't happen anymore. We're going to celebrate in a little different way. Today I want you to draw and/or write about your 2 favorite things about the Earth. Maybe you love the mountains, or the beach. Maybe you love all the different kinds of trees or animals. Maybe you love all the different weather - tornadoes, snow storms, hurricanes, lightning storms. It can be whatever you love about the Earth. Either take a picture and send to Mrs. Valenza or do it on your computer and send the file to her. She'll be compiling these to make a video you can view on Earth Day.