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Worksheet for 2026-09-01

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📖 The Recycling Bin

The class noticed that paper scraps were filling the trash can each day. Ms. Reed placed a blue recycling bin beside it and showed everyone which paper could go inside. By the end of the week, the trash can filled more slowly and the recycling bin held a stack of clean paper scraps.

1. What problem does the class notice?

 

2. What does Ms. Reed add?

 

3. What changes by the end of the week?

 

4. What is the main idea?

 

✏️ Writing

Write 3 sentences about one way your class or family could reduce waste.

➕ Math

1. A ruler is used to measure __________________.
2. Which is longer: 1 inch or 1 foot? __________________
3. A rectangle has how many sides? ______
4. A triangle has how many corners? ______

🎨 Color & Create

Draw two bins and label what belongs in each.

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📖 Reading Answers

  1. Paper scraps are filling the trash can.
  2. A blue recycling bin
  3. The trash fills more slowly and paper is collected for recycling.
  4. Using a recycling bin helps separate reusable paper from trash.

➕ Math Answers

  1. Length
  2. 1 foot
  3. 4
  4. 3

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