Just a Gum Wrapper
For our fourth book talk I chose to read "Just a Gum Wrapper". This book was written by Mercer Mayer. It is a Little Critter's favorite. The reason I love this book so much is because it teaches a very valuable lesson to children: protect the environment. It is a great science book for young readers.
Summary: One day in class the children learn that it is Earth Day. In honor of earth day the teacher holds a contest for the children. The goal of the contest is to see which student can do the most things in one week that help keep the earth green. The class keeps a chart up in their room and checks off what they did for that week. For example, the main character, recycles, buys cleaning products without harmful chemicals, uses less water, less light, etc. At the end of the week he wins a first place badge for the competition and the class has a party in honor of earth day.
I think this book is great for children in the lower grades because it teaches them in a simple way, how the environment can be protected and how it affects our future.
Little Critter stories are so cute! I love how this one teaches to recycle and to pick up trash because that is very important to teach kids today. It's an important thing to take care of the planet we live on! It would be good to tie this in with Earth Day (as in the book) or maybe with a science lesson about the planet. I love that this book teaches a valuable lesson!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Brianna! As a kid, I remember we learned little to nothing about recycling and taking care of the planet. I'm willing to bet that there are elementary students that are much more knowledgeable than I am even now. It is incredibly important and kind of sad how much it was lacking in earlier years. This book would be perfect in a science lesson and it would be cool to challenge your students with the same challenge that was in the book! Good job! :)
ReplyDeleteI think this is perfect for introducing on an earth day! Kids can easily relate to little critter in his efforts to make the earth cleaner. They can possibly be inspired to do something at home as well. I love all of these little critter books, i have so many of them! I agree with Daness and Brianna, never remember learning anything about the environment, it will be good in the classroom :)
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a fantastic book to use for science! I haven't seen too many children's books yet about being green so I would definitely like to check it out. You can inspire the kids to do something green themselves! Maybe try to get their household to recycle or go pick up trash as a class. It would be nice to see environmental awareness more enforced among the younger grades!
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