Earth Day Delayed

Last Friday the whole school was going to clean up the playground to celebrate Earth Day, but the weather didn't cooperate. Gross, snowy, rainy, wet. So we pushed it off until today. Today was much better! Still a little cold, only the low 50s, but it was a little sunny from time to time. 

There wasn't a ton to clean up. The K-2 kids brought plastic bags out to pick up broken plastic pieces and other trash. The 3-4th graders picked up many things in the woods, some trash from our school, some items that were probably junk left in the woods from the farmer who owns the land. I had to holler at my kids to come back; they were going too far in. But they did collect some good stuff. We were finished in about 10 minutes or so. 

Afterwards we had an all-school recess. They naturally separated into three groups: football, gaga ball, and swinging on the playground. It was great. Limited fighting, lots of energy and activity, fun times with big kids mixed in with littles. That recess ended up being the high of the day for a bunch of my students. They want to make it a weekly occurrence. Great idea! Hmm... I'll have to bring that up with the other teachers...