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A New Life for Old Paper

Read an original article about how old paper is recycled and answer questions about how its steps are connected.

Grade 2ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRI.2.3

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 2
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students describe how the steps of a recycling process are connected.
Students put the steps of a process in order using details from the text.
Students match a step in a process to what it causes.

How to use

Read the article together, circling the order words first, next, then and last. Students then answer the questions on their own, rereading the paragraph a question names.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RI.2.3

Describe how a series of historical events, science ideas, or steps in a procedure are connected in a text.

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A New Life for Old Paper

See how the steps of a process connect.

Read the article

A New Life for Old Paper

1Have you ever wondered where paper goes after you drop it in a recycling bin? It does not just disappear. It gets turned into brand-new paper! Here is how the trip works.

2First, a truck picks up the bins and drives the old paper to a recycling plant. At the plant, workers sort the paper. They take out anything that is not paper, such as plastic or metal, so that only paper goes on to the next step.

3Next, the sorted paper goes into a huge tank of water. The water and spinning blades break the paper into tiny bits. The bits turn into a soft, mushy mixture called pulp.

4Then the pulp is spread out flat and squeezed. Squeezing pushes the water out. After that, hot rollers dry the pulp into a thin sheet. Now it is paper again!

5Last, the paper is rolled up and cut into sheets. Soon it is sent off to be made into things like notebooks and paper bags. Recycling paper means fewer trees need to be cut down to make new paper.

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