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Earth Day Sorting Activity and Coloring Pages

April 6, 2018

Do you need a quick activity for Earth Day? I have a reduce, reuse, and recycle sorting activity along with some coloring pages that your students will enjoy!

Do you need a quick activity for Earth Day? Take a look at this free sorting activity. Students sort examples under the reduce, reuse, and recycle flaps. There are also four color-by-code activities with an Earth Day theme.

EARTH DAY SORTING ACTIVITY

The first thing you will need to do is print out your pages. If you print on white, students can color in the reduce, reuse, recycle kids any way they want. To save time and add color, I like to print on Astrobrights paper. If you print the sorting cards on a second color of paper, it really makes this sorting activity POP!

This free sorting activity is perfect to use near Earth Day. Students will glue statements under the reduce, reuse, and recycle flaps.

Once students have cut out all of their pieces, it is time to begin the sort. You can choose to complete this activity whole group, with partners, or independently.

This free sorting activity is perfect to use near Earth Day. Students will glue statements under the reduce, reuse, and recycle flaps.

When students have correctly completed the sort, it’s time to glue. Students just need to lift the flap and glue the sorting cards underneath.

This free sorting activity is perfect to use near Earth Day. Students will glue statements under the reduce, reuse, and recycle flaps.

EARTH DAY COLORING PAGES

When students have finished, they can complete a color by code page. There are two addition and two subtraction options.

After completing the reduce, reuse, recycle sorting activity, students can complete an Earth Day themed color-by-code activity.

Ready to try these activities with your students? Enter your information below.


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Have Fun!

Do you need a quick activity for Earth Day? Take a look at this free sorting activity. Students sort examples under the reduce, reuse, and recycle flaps. There are also four color-by-code activities with an Earth Day theme.
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  1. Wendy says

    April 18, 2018 at 4:26 pm

    Thanks for the resource.

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  2. Mallory Gribble says

    April 2, 2019 at 12:58 pm

    This is great
    Thanks

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