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“First you have brown, all around you have

brown

. . .

Signs of Spring

Gardening

Take a walk outside and talk about the

We also celebrate

Earth Day every

April.

and now you have green, all around you have green.”

changes that take place from winter to spring.

You may already have a garden at your school

What do you hear, feel, see, and smell in

or in your community. If not . . .

the different seasons?

Winter

Spring

Materials needed:

Styrofoam cups,

soil, water, sunlight, seeds ( your choice),

I hear ........................................

Popsicle sticks, and plant markers

I feel ........................................

I see ........................................

I smell ........................................

Fill this letter S and

the space all around

Follow these steps:

it by drawing all of

Poetry

your favorite signs

Step 1:

Pick a seed to plant.

Every

April, at the beginning of springtime, we celebrate

of springtime. Don’t

Step 2:

Fill Styrofoam cup half way with soil.

National Poetry

Month. There are lots of different styles

forget to include

Step 3:

Use the Popsicle stick to dig a hole

of poems. One style is an

acrostic

poem. Let’ s write an

your favorite

in the soil.

acrostic poem about spring. To start your poem, put the

springtime animals,

Step 4:

Write the name of the plant on the

letters that spell out SPRING down the side of your paper.

colors, flowers,

plant marker provided.

and words.

Then go back to each letter and think of a word, phrase,

Step 5:

Color the plant marker, cut it out,

and glue to the Popsicle stick.

or sentence that starts with that letter and describes the

Step 6:

Plant the seed and cover it with soil,

season of spring. We gave an example using the letter G

following the directions on the seed

below. You get to fill in the other letters! Remember that

packet.

this style of poetry doesn’t need to rhyme. Be creative and

Step 7:

Water the seed, following the

share your poem!

directions on the seed packet.

Step 8:

Place the plant marker in the soil,

.......................................................................................................

standing straight up.

.......................................................................................................

Step 9:

Expose the cup to sunlight, and

continue to water.

.......................................................................................................

Step 10:

Wait patiently for the plant to grow

.......................................................................................................

and blossom.

Step 11:

Take the fully grown plant home

.......................................................................................................

to share!

reen, all around you have green

.......................................................................................................

plant marker template

A Neal Porter Book •

Roaring Brook Press • An imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group •

And Then It’s Spring by Julie Fogliano; illustrated by Erin E. Stead • For Grades PreK–2 • ISBN: 978-1-59643-624-4

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Spring Acrostic Poem Template

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