literacy center
Earth Day Write the Room
preschool-kindergarten
Turn Your Classroom Into an Earth Day Scavenger Hunt with This Write the Room Activity
Spring is in the air… and if your classroom is feeling extra wiggly these days, you’re not alone! Between the warmer weather, spring fever, and all that end-of-the-year energy, keeping little learners focused can feel like a challenge.
That’s exactly why Earth Day is the perfect time to introduce engaging, movement-based activities that combine learning with a whole lot of purposeful play.
If you’re searching for a fun way to help your energetic kindergarteners get their wiggles out while practicing important literacy skills, “Write the Room” activities might just become your new favorite thing.
What is Write the Room?
“Write the Room” is an interactive literacy activity where students move around the classroom to find word cards posted in various locations.
With a clipboard and recording sheet in hand, they hunt for these words and fill in their recording sheet as they go, turning a simple scavenger hunt into a powerful learning experience.
What are the Benefits of Write the Room activities?
- Active Learning: Encourages students to get up and move, which helps strengthen focus and engagement.
- Literacy Skill Development: Reinforces vocabulary, spelling, and handwriting skills in a fun playful way.
- Fine Motor Practice: Writing on the recording pages helps strengthen hand muscles/fine motor skills essential for writing.
- Differentiation: The six differentiated recording pages makes it easily adaptable to various skill levels- making all students feel successful!
- Thematic Integration: Perfect for incorporating seasonal or thematic content, like Earth Day, into your literacy centers.
what's included?
8 Rectangle word cards
8 Square word cards
6 Differentiated recording pages
Color and B&W versions included
Differentiated pages included:
Beginning letter
Count the Syllables
Tracing Words
Empty Boxes
Shape Boxes
Handwriting Lines
directions
How to use the Earth Day Write the Room
Set out the recording pages in your literacy/writing center
Set out clipboards and writing utensils
Place the word cards around the classroom
Students pick a page and clip it to a clipboard
Students move around the classroom and search for word cards
When they find a word-they fill in the word on their recording page
Students continue until all the words are found
Students can pick a new page and repeat!
Students continue until they’ve filled in the page
Turning all that springtime energy into the quiet hum of engaged, focused students- all while celebrating Earth Day. Sound like a dream? It doesn’t have to be
why you'll love it
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Helps kids get their wiggles out
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Easy to prep
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Strengthens multiple literacy skills in one playful activity!
why your students will love it
They’ll enjoy searching for words like a scavenger hunt.
A playful way to celebrate Earth Day
The colorful word cards make the whole activity feel extra special.
Watch your little nature lovers move, learn, and celebrate our planet — one word at a time!
