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Tag Archives: Springdale Park Elementary
Home-School Connection: Compost
Gavin, Avery, and Hayden composted their fruit and veggies craps at home! To see more about methods of home composting and to see more photos (and videos!) of our kids composting visit:https://tendingourcommonground.com/2013/08/30/home-school-connection-compost-2/
Trees Atlanta: March Visit

Home-School Connection: Reusing and Reducing
Stella reused her used soup cans to turn into pencil cups!  Avi reuses his cream cheese container to bring his snack to school.  
CINS Grants Announced!
Congratulations to Parker Pape for receiving a grant from the Council of Intown Neighborhood Schools for his “Rooftop Garden Home for Birds” project proposal! This project will include the installation of six bird feeders to our rooftop garden along with inviting the Atlanta Audubon Society to our school to teach each of our Kindergarten classesContinue reading “CINS Grants Announced!”
Green Eggs for Dr. Seuss’s Birthday!
Today we celebrated Dr. Seuss’s birthday by making greens eggs (blending spinach and eggs before scrambling)! We also read the Dr. Seuss book “Green Eggs and Ham” to encourage kids to try new things!  Of course, our green team helped us compost all of our eggs shells and paper plates when we were done!Continue reading “Green Eggs for Dr. Seuss’s Birthday!”
Kindergarteners Loved their Eggs and Spinach!
I was so thrilled to receive great feedback from our Kindergarten parents regarding the lesson we did on “Green Eggs” for Dr. Seuss’s birthday last week! See more about the lesson and recipe here: https://tendingourcommonground.com/2015/03/06/green-eggs-for-dr-seusss-birthday/  
The Lorax Lesson Plans
Starting on Dr. Seuss’s birthday week, we have done a series of lessons on one of my favorite Dr. Seuss books, “The Lorax.” This movie does a great job of giving kids access to many Environmental Education concepts that are difficult to understand – such as the long-term effects of careless waste or the importance of trees on aContinue reading “The Lorax Lesson Plans”
Recycling Paper!
Through this project, students learned what happens to paper after they dispose of it in the recycling bin. Just like the recycling factories, we tore up our old used papers from the classroom and mixed the pieces with water in a blend to make pulp. Then we used screens of different shapes and sizesContinue reading “Recycling Paper!”
Tending Our Common Ground 