Clean and Green Your Kindergarten Class
I am excited to present the Clean and Green Kindergarten Program Guide. Thanks to Keep Iowa Beautiful, the Waste Commission of Scott County and Character Counts! in Iowa, we are ready to pilot it in Davenport Public Schools. The guide is flexible; it has engaging activities for the classroom, afterschool and summer programs.
Each of the activities can stand on its own, but it is more powerful if used as a comprehensive unit. During this pilot year, we’ll collect feedback from as many people as possible, and change the program guide in response to your feedback. Watch this Web Site for online surveys, send feedback to Martha McCormick, or add your comments to this post itself.
The Clean and Green Kindergarten Matrix of 20 activities is based on the Common Core Standards for Mathematics, Life Science, Social Studies, Literacy and 21st Century Skills. We used the Four Keys of Character Education–safe, challenging community, self study, other study and public performance–as the other axis of the matrix to assure that we help teachers incorporate best practice in their classrooms.
Please check out the Clean and Green Kindergarten Program Guide. Download and try the lesson plans. Here are some of our favorites–
- Collaboration with Nature and Math
- Cricket Thermometer
- Composting with Worms
- Neighborhood Maps
- Three-Letter Word Forming
- Haikus and Wordles
- Thinker’s Scavenger Hunt
- Flat Stanley Recycled with Pattern
Looking good! I am excited to present the website info to the kdg. teachers and science reps on Monday, Oct. 18th. I’ll share the website with 1st and 2nd grade teachers and will look forward to “our” lessons!