"Saving Planet Earthly"

Positives

• This book is excellent for introducing younger students to the basics of climate change in an engaging and age-appropriate way.
• The book includes a glossary of keywords at the end.

Additional Prerequisites

• Teachers should consider pre-teaching some important terms like climate, weather, climate change, energy, and extinction.
• The book can be viewed in full screen.

Differentiation

• Teacher can read the book to the class and pause periodically for students to do a quick write to process their learning. Students can share their quick writes with a partner.
• If students have their own devices, they can independently listen to the audio while following along with the book.
• The book connects well to social-emotional learning topics such as friendship, helping others, teamwork, and emotions like sadness and hope.
• Students can do a 3-2-1 after listening to or reading the story. Students can share three new things they learned about climate change, two questions they still have, and 1 opinion they have now.