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Recycle Right Spelling & Vocabulary Pack

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The following spelling and vocabulary activity and resource pack is designed to be used as a part of your classroom spelling program or to assist students in learning vocabulary as a part of your studies surrounding recycling and sustainability.

The word list year levels are suggested based on Australian Curriculum links and appropriateness for the average student. Activity sheets have no indication of year level and therefore a variety of activities can be used for vocabulary extension or support.

Foundation Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

bin earth rubbish reduce environment climate responsibility

can grow plastic reuse toxic conserve sustainability

tin habitat cardboard recycle waste protection campaign

lid animals cans repair garbage ozone layer emissions

bag plants glass renew resources destroy contaminants

people metal refuse pollution awareness biodegradable

air clothes landfill aluminium community biodiversity

garden paper compost organic greenhouse ecosystem

bottle chemicals renewable methane ecological footprint

container leachate non-renewable behaviour climate change

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Write the word.Match the word to the picture.

Get the can in the bin.

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earth

grow

habitat

animals

plant

people

air

garden

Close the sentenceFill in the blanks with list words.

When look after the we let

and grow.

Word ShapesFind the word that fits inside the shape.

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rubbish

plastic

cardboard

cans

glass

metal

clothes

paper

bottle

container

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___________

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____________

______________

_______ __

Close the sentenceFill in the blanks with list words.

My family sorts our . We have a special

to collect our batteries. We donate our to the Good

Sammy’s. We recycle things like and .

Sort the list words by syllables

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reduce

reuse

recycle

repair

renew

refuse

landfill

compost

chemicals

behaviour

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Repair

Reuse

These people aren’t putting the right thing in the right bin! Use quotation marks “” to show what you would say to help to change their behaviour.

Find the meaning of the following words

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“Stop!” I said.“Batteries don’t belong in the kerbside bins.”

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environment

toxic

waste

garbage

resources

pollution

aluminium

organic

renewable

sustainable

Containing poison:

Things that can be used:

To not use something well:

Able to be made like new:

Things that are thrown away:

Coming from living things:

Able to be kept going:

What surrounds us:

Things that cause harm to the environment:

How many words can you make from the word…ENVIRONMENT

Match the words to the following meanings:

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climate

conserve

protection

ozone layer

destroy

awareness

community

greenhouse

methane

leachate

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Leachate is a liquid that is filled with chemicals it has picked up from its surroundings. Leachate coming from landfill can be very harmful to the environment.

In the picture below, find all the things you could stop going to landfill by reducing, reusing, repairing or recycling. Write what you would do with them on the back of this sheet.

Write the words in alphabetical order

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Look, Say, Cover, Write, Checkresponsibility

sustainability

campaign

emissions

contaminants

biodegradable

biodiversity

ecosystem

climate change

ecological footprint

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maontnsatcin

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Responsibility:

Sustainability:

Campaign:

Contaminants:

Emissions:

Dictionary Definitions

Unscramble these words

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BINS

BOTTLE

CAN

CARDBOARD

COMPOST

EARTH

GLASS

LANDFILL

METAL

MRF

PAPER

PLASTIC

RECYCLE

REDUCE

REUSE

RUBBISH

SMRC

THINK

WASTE

WORMS

Which words come to mind when you think about recycling? Well, some of those words are hidden in the game below. Can you find the twenty words listed at the bottom? The words are hidden up, down, backwards, forwards and diagonally. Circle all the words you find.

Wordsearch

N N A C I E O X J Q F X X H M

R J M A W Z C E P J M E T A L

L S H R A D W C R U B B I S H

M S P D S S X U M R F R R V M

I A M B T V W D U Y D V Y X O

L L X O E B W E E L C Y C E R

D G T A J Y I R D A T H I N K

O B L R H U L N Q N E P C N G

E O M D C V V N S D S D O H F

A T D S C Q H D A F U R M A X

R T C C M E C S J I E E P L U

T L R L U R P P U L R P O P M

H E M W J O O C L L N A S E N

E D S F D L C W V S V P T C B

Z I E C I T S A L P I N W C Z

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Recycling Crossword Puzzle

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Complete the crossword below. We’ve given you a few hints to get you started.

Across3. Items which can’t be recycled can end up

in ________

6. These wiggly creatures can recycle your kitchen scraps

8. When you go shopping, try to buy products that use the least amount of _________

9. Recycling paper helps save ______

Down1. Don’t throw old toys and clothes away.

Take them to a _______ shop instead.

2. The recycling bin lid colour is ______

4. _________ cans are 100% recyclable

5. The contents of the green topped bin are made into _______

7. _________ saves valuable resources

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