Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Activity Pack | 58-Page Earth Day Writing Center | 1st Grade

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A 58-page reduce, reuse, recycle pack for 1st grade, built around the "4Rs": reduce, reuse, recycle and refuse. It works well for Earth Day or any environment unit. It opens with pairs of tracing and writing pages for recycling words such as recycle, reuse, reduce, refuse, water, land, air, trashcan, smog, and waste. After that come three word searches, a crossword, a cut-and-paste "Sorting Our Trash" page (rubbish, metal, and organic), 4R word scrambles, a count-and-graph page, counting and colouring, and recycling patterns. The middle of the pack has one-word reading pages for words such as reduce, metal, protect, air, and smog. Each one asks students to colour, trace, and write the word, find it in a mini word search, rebuild a cut-up sentence ("Breathe in fresh air."), and read it three times. It finishes with a research page on the 4Rs and a reading passage about reusing with three questions. What's Included: • 58-page printable PDF • Tracing and writing pages for recycling vocabulary • Word searches, a crossword, scrambles, sorting, counting, and patterns • Single-word reading and sentence-building pages • Research page and a reading comprehension passage Skills Practised: • Environment and recycling vocabulary • Handwriting and spelling • Building and reading simple sentences • Sorting and graphing Perfect for: • Earth Day and environment units • 1st grade writing centres • ESL/EFL topic vocabulary