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APRIL

The following activities will take you through the web searching to find more information about all of the wonderful things that happen in April.  Read each question carefully. Click on the underlined colored words to take you to the Internet links that will help you answer the questions.  Please respond to the questions with complete sentences.  When you are finished, click the Submit button and your answers will be sent to me. 

Happy reading and have fun!

Brook Castaldi

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School Complex

1.  April fool's Day is celebrated on April 1st. It is a day where people play pranks on one another.  Have you have played a prank on anyone?  If so, what was it?  If not, what do you think would be a great trick to play, and who would you play it on?

2.  Read the article about Daylight Saving Time. 

In the spring do we set our clocks forward or backward?  What do we do with them in the fall?

3.  Read the poem, "The Dentist Pulled My Tooth Out", by Kenn Nesbitt.  Do you think this is the best title for the poem?  Explain why or why not using specific information from the poem.

Read, The Gift-An Earth Day Story, by Kim Moon and answer the following questions:

(You are going to have to use your back and forward button on your tool bar)

1.  How do earthworms help plants to grow?

2.  Where did Meredith and her PawPaw go to get the gift?

3. What did Meredith get her MiMi for her birthday?

4.Who planted the Pear Tree?

5.  Where was the pear tree planted?