12A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL APRIL 18, 2018
© 2018 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 34, No. 19
With an adult, walk around
your school and pick up at
least five pieces of litter.
Write the name of each below:
1.
Kevin’s class picked up litter at the park. He made a chart
showing the percentages of the kinds of litter they found.
Use the chart to answer these questions:
1. What was the most common litter item found?
R fast food waste R plastic R paper
2. Was there more glass or plastic in the litter?
R glass
R plastic
3. What percentage of litter was plastic and paper?
R 55%
R 45%
R 40%
2.
3.
4.
5.
IMPORTANT!
If a piece of litter at your
school looks like dangerous
trash (broken glass, a needle,
bandage, etc.) DON’T pick it
up, but DO tell an adult on
campus about it.
Look for litter in this picture. Can
you find all of these items?
plastic bottle
plastic cap
paper cup
straw
plastic fork
paper
chip bag
cheese puffs
soda can
apple core
Be
Complete
Some litter can be recycled. Draw a line from each piece of litter to the correct bin.
Search the newspaper
for five headlines that
are NOT complete
sentences. Rewrite
each as a complete
sentence. Which
words are most
often left out?
Complete the grid by using all the letters
in the word WASTE in each vertical and
horizontal row. Each letter should only
be used once in each row. Some spaces
have been filled in for you.
Standards Link: Research:
Use the newspaper to locate
information.
What is the average number of steps a person will hold onto a
piece of trash before they litter? Add up the numbers along the
correct path in this maze to discover the answer.
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.
the words by looking up,
COMMUNITY Find
down, backwards, forwards,
DANGEROUS
sideways and diagonally.
PROBLEMS
E R N E K O R B P S
GARBAGE
G A R B A G E R O U
RECYCLE
A D A E R A O E L O
POLLUTE
AVERAGE
R M R Y T B A C L R
LITTER
E R E A L T C Y U E
EATING
V O Y E I G I C T G
DRAINS
A T M N C N U L E N
BROKEN
L S G K C I S E E A
STORM
AREA
Y T I N U M M O C D
UGLY
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical
SICK
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
This week’s word:
POLLUTE
The verb pollute means to
contaminate or harm a place
by adding waste items.
The oil spill polluted
the river.
Try to use the word pollute
in a sentence today when
talking with your friends
and family.
Newspaper Graph
Good Turn
Survey your classmates to find out each
person’s favorite section of the newspaper.
Graph your results.
Write about a good
turn you did and how
it helped someone or
something.
Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate
information. Display data in a graph.
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