This is a copy of an email I sent out this afternoon to all of my staff. I was inspired by Teach Paperless and Steve Katz and hope many of my teachers take the opportunity to participate.
Did you know that in the past 7
This is a copy of an email I sent out this afternoon to all of my staff. I was inspired by Teach Paperless and Steve Katz and hope many of my teachers take the opportunity to participate.
Did you know that in the past 7.5 weeks, Stocklmeir has used 150,000 pieces of copy paper? In just 7.5 weeks, how can that be?
Earth Day is coming up on April 22nd, and I urge you to consider joining hundreds of teachers from around the world as they pledge to “Go Paperless” on that day. That means that you pledge to use no paper in class and accept no paper on that day.
Connie and Amy both endorse this cause and hope you will consider ways to reduce your paper use each and every day.
You may be thinking what could I possibly do all day?
Here are some ideas:
–Take a walking fieldtrip in the neighborhood or park (yes, permission slips are still required). The walk can easily be related to science, math, language arts, or social studies. Athenian children in Ancient Greece spent much of their school day learning outside.
–Use individual whiteboards (I think the math adoption came with them) or have kids use dry erase right on their desks – they wipe off easily! Kids can write poems, do a gallery walk, draw, practice math, make a diagram or timelin