Informational Nonfiction

Teachers Annotated Edition

Save Paper, Save Trees

by Nancy Jolson

Macmillan/McGraw-Hill

STRATEGIES & SKILLS AT A GLANCE

Read to Find Out

Why can recycling save trees?

Comprehension Strategy: Monitor Comprehension: Reread Skill: Draw Conclusions Vocabulary after, creation, done, find, new, old, terrific, work Phonics long //u_e CONTENT STANDARDS Social Studies Geography

Word count: 215**

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by Nancy Jolson

Focus Questions: Why is it important to save paper and trees? What can we do to save them? (SS.B.2.1.4.1.1 People, Places, and Environments Natural resources affect our daily lives.)

Look around your school. You will find lots of things made of paper.
Discuss: People use paper for all kinds of things every day. Cups, napkins, tissues, and coloring books are all made of paper. Look at the picture on this page. What things do you see that are made of paper? (signs, books, tracing paper, decorations)

Vocabulary Routine: We use many paper products every day. Use the routine to discuss the meaning of this word. Define: A product is something made in a natural way. Example: Paper is a product of trees. Ask: What paper products do you use at school? (school books, notebooks, worksheets)

At home, you can find lots of things made of paper.

Where does all that paper come from? Paper is made from trees. It takes many, many trees to make the paper people use.
Content Vocabulary: Trees are a natural resource. A natural resource is something in nature that people use. Air is a natural resource. Water is, too. Why do you think taking care of our natural resources, such as trees, air, and water, is important? (People use products from trees; people need clean air to breathe and water to drink.)

Trees from this forest will be cut into logs.

These logs will be sent to a paper mill and made into paper.

Content Vocabulary: To recycle is to make something new from something old. We can recycle paper, plastic, and metals. By recycling, we can make what we have last longer. How does recycling paper help trees, a natural resource? (If we recycle paper then we help save many trees from being cut down.)

This truck brings paper to a recycling center.

How can people help to save trees? In some places, workers collect paper for recycling. Recycling is making new things from old things.

Sometimes people bring paper to a recycling center.

People sort paper at a recycling center.

Old paper is recycled into new paper at a mill. Look and see how it is done.

Old paper is chopped up.

The chopped paper is mixed with hot water. It becomes a mush called pulp.

Discuss: This is how paper is recycled. Sometimes chemicals have to be used to remove ink that may be on the paper. Sometimes a chemical called bleach is added to make the paper look whiter. What product do we get when this is done? (We get recycled paper that we can use again.)

The pulp is cleaned. The water is pressed out.

The pulp is made into paper. The paper comes out in rolls.

You saw how recycling old paper into new paper helps to save trees. You can help to save trees if you use less paper. After you are done with a paper, use the other side.
Discuss: Why is it important to save trees, our natural resource, by using less paper? (If we use too many trees, we could run out; some animals live in trees and we shouldnt take away their homes.)

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When you wipe dishes, use a cloth towel, not paper.

A paper towel is thrown out, but a cloth towel can be used again.

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Save the paper on gifts you get. After, you can use the paper again.

Take off the paper carefully so you can use it again.

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Use paper shopping bags more than one time.

Discuss: What things do you do every day to help save paper? (I recycle; I write on both sides of paper; I use things made of paper more than once.)

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You can make something new from something old. Here is a terrific creation made from an old box.
Discuss: How can you get other people to help save paper and trees? (I can tell them what I know about recycling; I can help them take their paper to a recycling center; I can show them how to use less paper.)

What kinds of paper products were used to make this?

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Papier mch is made with old newspapers, flour, and water.

Think about ways you can work to save paper. You can collect paper for recycling. You can use less paper. You can make new things from old things. Save paper, save trees!

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Comprehension Check
Retell
Use a Draw Conclusions Chart to draw a conclusion about what you read.

Think and Compare

1. What happens to trees if people do not help to save paper? 2. This book tells how paper is recycled. What are some other things people can recycle? Do you think it is good to recycle? Why or why not? 3. This book tells how to help save trees. What other things in nature should people help to save?
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Sample answers are given: 1. Too many trees get cut down, and we could run out of trees. 2. People can recycle plastic and metal. I think it is good to recycle. If we can use things again, then we will not run out of natural resources. 3. People can help save animals. People can help save bodies of water.

teracy Activities Li
A Letter to the Editor
Write a letter to a newspaper. Ask everyone to help save paper. Copy the frame below. Then write your letter.
Dear , In school I learned about saving paper. Everyone can help by .

A Recycling Center
Collect 2 boxes. Decorate one box with pictures of bottles and the other box with pictures of cans. Make a sign for each box. Choose a place at school to put your recycling center.

Recycling

Social Studies

GR G Benchmark 12 Lexile 470

1.4 Week 2

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