Recycle

Recycle!

Cycle 25 Decodable
Student Reader

What does it mean? Many
materials that we use
every day, like plastic and
metal, can be used again.
When these materials are
recycled, they are used again
instead of being thrown away.

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Materials can be recycled
for the same purpose. For
example, imagine that you
grew 4 inches over the
summer. Now, your bicycle is
too small for you. You can
recycle the bicycle by giving it
to your little sister instead of
throwing it away. It would be
used for the same purpose.

3

Materials can also be
recycled for a different
purpose. Instead of throwing
out food scraps, you can use
them for plant food. This
process recycles your food
scraps for a different
purpose: to grow plants in
your home garden or your
local community garden.

4

Why should you do it? A
typical person throws away
1.5 tons of solid waste per
year! And did you know that
Americans throw away enough
plastic bottles each year to
circle the world 4 times?! That’s
a lot of trash.

5

When you recycle, you reduce
the trash. Also, making these
materials uses up a lot of
water and puts chemicals in
the air. So, recycling helps to
save water and keep the air
clean, too.

6

What can you do? First, you
should know what can be
recycled: paper, plastic, glass,
metal, textiles, batteries, food,
and electrical equipment.
Then, separate these
materials from your trash.

7

The last step is to find out
where these things can be
recycled. Maybe your
community has a local
recycling program and will
pick up some of these items.
Or you might need to find a
place to take them. We can all
work together to recycle!

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Image Credit:
Arthur, Andy. “Recycling.” Photograph. Flickr. 5 April 2005. Web.

EL Education Language Arts Curriculum
Grade 2: Reading Foundations Skills Block: Module 4, Cycle 25,
Decodable Reader: Recycle!

The number on each Decodable Reader corresponds to the cycle of instruction
where the text is introduced. Cycle 1 does not include a Decodable Reader.
A complete set of the Decodable Readers for this grade begins at Cycle 2.

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