Recycling Writing

About this writing

This 1st Grade Recycling picture-writing worksheet pairs a friendly illustration with 4 writing lines and a 14-word bank. Sentence starters help emerging writers begin. It is a low-pressure way to turn a favorite theme into real writing practice.

Word bank in this worksheet

These are the words kids can use to describe the picture:

• recycle
• reuse
• reduce
• bin
• can
• jar
• paper
• glass
• metal
• trash
• earth
• plant
• bottle
• compost

Learning goals

• Learn and review 8 themed recycling words.
• Use new words in complete sentences.
• Practice handwriting and sentence structure.

How to use it

• Print the page on US Letter paper.
• Look at the picture and talk about what is happening.
• Use the word bank to write words, sentences, or a short paragraph.