Save Your Paper, Help Earth

Save Your Paper, Help Earth

by ReadWorks

Do you throw away pieces of paper after you use them? You can do
something better: Recycle! When you throw things away, they
become trash. Too much trash hurts our planet. Also, we would
have to cut down more trees to make new paper. That would hurt
Earth too.

Today many people recycle paper. When used paper is recycled, it

is turned into new paper. Less paper is put in the trash. Fewer trees
are cut down. Recycling is helpful to Earth!

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 ReadWorks Vocabulary

Vocabulary

planet
noun
definition: A planet is a large thing in space that moves around a star. Planets are much smaller
than stars, and they don't give off light as stars do. Earth is a planet that moves around
the star that we call the sun. The other planets that move around the sun are Mercury,
Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune.

Spanish: planeta

recycle
verb
definition: When you recycle something, you don't throw it away after you have used it. Instead,
you do something to it that makes it possible to use it again. If you recycle magazines,
for example, the paper in the magazines can be used again to make new things like
newspapers, envelopes, or birthday cards.

Spanish: reciclar
forms: recycled, recycles, recycling

trash
noun
definition: Trash is what we call things that people throw away because they can't be used
anymore or because they don't want them.

Spanish: basura

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 Save Your Paper, Help Earth - Comprehension Questions

Name: ___________________________________ Date: _______________

1. What do your things become when you throw them

away?

dirt
trash

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 Save Your Paper, Help Earth - Comprehension Questions

2. Why is trash a problem?

It hurts Earth.

It smells bad.

3. What do we need to cut down to make new paper?

grass
trees

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 Save Your Paper, Help Earth - Comprehension Questions

4. What can we make out of recycled paper?

new paper trash

5. What is the best thing to do with your paper after you

use it?

6. What did you learn from "Save Your Paper, Help

Earth"?

7. Draw a picture of how recycling helps Earth.

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