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Recycling Starts with You!
Welcome to Recycling Starts with You! is a dynamic education program for students in grades 3–6 designed to build language arts and math skills.

Below you will find easy-to-use, engaging classroom materials that meet national standards while raising students’ awareness of the importance of paper recycling. Brought to you by Scholastic and the American Forest & Paper Association, this page will lead you to everything you need, including turnkey lessons, reproducibles, and additional resources to easily incorporate this program into your curriculum.

Additional Activities
Activity 1: Kids Can Recycle! (PDF)
Activity 2: Write It Out! (PDF)
Activity 3: Find Out More! (PDF)
Photo: torn paper: © Don Hammond/Design Pics/age fotostock

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Generously sponsored by: AF & PA (R)
Key Vocabulary for Lessons:
recover (verb): to get something back

recycle (verb): to process old items such as newspapers, glass, plastic, and cans so they can be used to make new products

For more information about paper recycling, visit paperrecycles.org.