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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 plant
grow people
habitat air
animals garden
Word Shapes
Find the word that fits inside the shape.

Close the sentence

Fill in the blanks with list words.

When look after the we let

and grow.
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rubbish metal

plastic clothes

cardboard paper

cans bottle

glass container

Sort the list words by syllables

1 2 3
_______ _______ _________
____ _____
_____ _______
_____
________
______
Close the sentence
Fill 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 .

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reduce refuse
reuse landfill
recycle compost
repair chemicals
renew behaviour
Find the meaning of the following words
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.

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

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environment pollution

toxic aluminium

waste organic

garbage renewable

resources sustainable

Match the words to the following meanings:

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

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climate awareness

conserve community

protection greenhouse

ozone layer methane

destroy leachate

Write the words in alphabetical order

1: 6:
2: 7:
3: 8:
4: 9:
5: 10:

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.

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responsibility biodegradable

sustainability biodiversity

campaign ecosystem

emissions climate change

contaminants ecological footprint

Dictionary Definitions
Responsibility: _

Sustainability: _

Campaign: _

Contaminants: _

Emissions:

Unscramble these words

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maontnsatcin tibolisipsenry

atsuiiyisatlnb tsesoemcy

iabrdldgaeoeb iseoimsns

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 Wordsearch
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.

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

BINS EARTH PAPER RUBBISH

BOTTLE GLASS PLASTIC SMRC
CAN LANDFILL RECYCLE THINK
CARDBOARD METAL REDUCE WASTE
COMPOST MRF REUSE WORMS

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 Recycling Crossword Puzzle
1
Complete the crossword below. We’ve
given you a few hints to get you started. 2

3 4
A

Y
5 6

8
P C

9
T C

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3. Items which can’t be recycled can end up 1. Don’t throw old toys and clothes away.
in ________ Take them to a _______ shop instead.

6. These wiggly creatures can recycle your
kitchen scraps
8. When you go shopping, try to buy
products that use the least amount of
_________
2. The recycling bin lid colour is ______
4. _________ cans are 100% recyclable
5. The contents of the green topped bin are
made into _______

9. Recycling paper helps save ______ 7. _________ saves valuable resources

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