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Th he following list has thr
The
three
ee
fa
acts and three
thr ee opinions about
facts
th
he planet Earth. Can you tell
the
w
which
are facts and which are
op
pinions?
opinions?
The Bunny Buddies are ce
celebrating
elebrating Spring and our beautiful
b
planet this year! Just in n time for Earth Day (April l 22).
If you draw
dra aw a line
down the e center
happy
of this ha
appy
face from
m top
bottom,
to bottom
m,
you will see
that both sides
picture
of the pic
cture are the
This
same. Th
his is a good
example of symmetry.
symmetry .
1. . The Earth has one moon.
B Bunny
Bebe
B
painted d these
eggs.
She
eggs
gs. Sh
he wanted to make the
d designs
design
ns symmetrical²¬WKH
symmetrical ²¬WKH
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same on n each half. Use a rule
ruler
er
to dr
draw
w a straight line from
rom
point
po nt A t to point B on each h egg
poin
e egg.
g.
Circle
Cir
rcle the ones that
t
are
ar re symmetrical.
y ymmetrical.
4. . The Earth is beautiful.
2. . The Earth is the best planet
in the universe.
3. . 71% of the surface of Earth
water .
is covered in water.
STUFF Y
YOU’LL
O
OU’LL NE
NEED:
EED
EED:
Symmetry y is when both halves
somethin ng are exactly the same.
of something
Bab by Burt is confused.
Poor Baby
Do this project to help him
under rstand symmetry
understand
symmetry. .
paintbrush
pain
tbrush
white
whit e paper
post er paint
pain t
poster
new spa aper
newspaper
5. . The Earth’s
Earth’ s diameter,
diameter , the
distance at its middle at the
Equator , is 7,928 miles, or
Equator,
12,760 kilometres.
6. . The Earth tastes good.
Cover
your work
surface
with
newspaper .
newspaper.
Fold d a
sheet t of
blan
nk,
blank,
whit te
white
paper r in
half f.
f
half.
t paint is still
Slowl ly open up
Unfold.
While the
Slowly
fo old the paper in
the paper
pap per and you
Paint a
wet, fold
alo ong the fold you
design on half along
will have e a matching
o both sides
one half made and d press so that the image on
th he paper.
paper .
of the
paint on the painted side
of the
paper . transfers to the blank side.
side That’s
That’ s symmetry!
That
paper.
Dr a w the other half of Bianca
Draw
Bianca’s ’ s fac
face e and
Bixb
y ’ s fac
e . M
ake them
t
symmetr
ical .
Bixby’s
face.
Make
symmetrical.
A Kenyan proverb b says,
given
“ “The earth is not giv
ven to you u
b by your parents, but loaned to o
children.”
yo ou u by your children
you
. .” Discuss
Discu
cuss
uss
amily what
w at you
yo
with your family
think
hink that
hat means.
m
mea ans.
OPINIONS refer to a
person’ s (or
particular person’s
group’s)
group’ s) feeling, thought,
judgment, belief, estimate,
and/or anything that is not
100% true and can’
can’t t be
proven.
Bixby Bunny changed the
th he names of spring clothes. Can
C you figure
out what he is talking about?
ab bout? The real names rhyme with
w Bixby’s
Bixby
Bixby’ s
silly names. For example,
example e, LOW
W LIE is really a BOW
W TIE!
TIE !
Look through the
newspaper for five or
more words for which
you know a rhyming
word. List each word
and its rhyming word
on a piece of paper
paper. .
Standards Link: Reading
Comprehension: Follow
written directions.
Bingo is making an Ea
Earth
arth Day
sign to celebrate. Use the
t code
to help him finish his sign.
sign
s
CLUE BEANS
B
TREE ROCKS
BUZZY
Y CLIPPERS
C
A =
D =
E =
G =
Half and Half
Find a picture of a face or
o an object in the
newspaper. . Cut out the picture,
newspaper
p
fold it in
half and cut along the fol
ld. Now glue the
fold.
picture onto a piece of white
w
paper
ry
r to
paper. . T
Try
sketch the missing half.
Standards Link: V
Visual
isual Art: Create repres
representations
sentations with bilateral symmetry
symmetry. .
H =
I =
J =
R =
S =
T =
U =
Y =
NEWS P APER
NEWSPAPER
A
SYMMETRY
SYMM
METR
R Y
TRANSFER
TRANS
SFER
SURFACE
SURF
F ACE
A
PROVERB
PROVE
ERB
CLOTHES
CLOTH
HES
RHYMING
RHYM
MING
BOTT
O
OM
BOTTOM
SPRIN
NG
SPRING
EAR
R TH
T H
EARTH
BUDD
Y
BUDDY
FOLD
HALF
SAME
CLUE
Go for an Earth Day walk
with your family and see if
you can find each of these:
rock
stick
leaf
litter (pick it up
and thr
r ow
o it away!)
throw
flower
spider web
f h
feather
tree bark
bird
insect
something pink
FUN CA
CAT
AT
MARTY
MAR
RT
TY
Y PRESS
S
F ACTS
A
Remember: FACTS
can be
proven true for all people
and places, can be
duplicated,
duplicated can be
observed, historical, or
100% true. Usually they
involve numbers and other
measurable components.
S Y Y M S P R I N G
R M R S A M E E C B
Y E E T O T W A L R
D D F T E S R R O E
This week’
week’s s word:
D L T S P M E T T V
The verb transfer means to
T
move something from one
place to another.
another .
U O I A N U M H H O
B F P F L A H Y E R
C E E C A F R U S P
R H Y M I N G T A L
TRANSFER
Lily transferred
transferr ed her
money from
her
f
h piggy
i
bank to a savings account.
Try
T
ry
r to use the word
transfer in a sentence
today when talking with
family .
your friends and family.
My Favorite
Vegetable
Use at least three of your
five senses to describe your
favorite vegetable.