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Pocket Books
A pocket book is a unique way to collect information
and samples of student work to create a portfolio
that develops along a theme. A pocket book consists
of several construction-paper pockets stuffed full
of a student’s work samples. Each pocket has a
topic that develops the theme. A construction-paper
cover is added to the book, and everything is bound
together to create something a student and his or
her family will cherish for years.

Materials
• 12” x 18” (30.5 x 45.5 cm) sheet of
construction paper for each pocket
• 12” x 12” (30.5 x 30.5 cm) sheet of
construction paper for the cover
• string, ribbon, or twine to use for binding

Steps to Follow
1. Fold up the rectangular construction paper
to create a 12” (30.5 cm) square pocket.
Create as many pockets as the book has
topics.
2. Staple closed the right side of each pocket.
3. Glue a label to each pocket that identifies
each topic.
4. Punch three holes on the left side of each
folder for binding.
5. Design the cover (from the book) and
paste on the front of the 12” x 12” sheet of
Label
construction paper.
6. Fasten the pockets and cover together with
the binding material.
 Celebrate Earth Day
T aking care of the Earth and its resources is an important task for students and teachers
alike. This pocket book is designed to help students find ways that they can make a
difference. The pockets contain activities that connect information about conservation of
resources, recycling, and endangered animals with your students’ own lives. The activities
emphasize the importance of continuing to make changes and celebrating the changes that
have been made. Enjoy creative writing and art projects as you learn.

Celebrate Earth Day

Book Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pages 2 and 3
These pages show and tell what is in each pocket.
Cover Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pages 4 and 5
Pocket Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pages 6–20
Step-by-step directions for the activities that go in
each pocket.
Pocket Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . pages 21 and 22
Picture Dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 23
Use the picture dictionary to introduce new vocabulary
and as a spelling reference. Students can add new
pictures, labels, and descriptive adjectives to the page CELEBRATE EARTH DAY WRITING FORM

as their vocabulary increases. Name: _________________________________________

Writing Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 24

Use this form for story writing or as a place to
record additional vocabulary words. CELEBRATE EARTH DAY PICTURE DICTIONARY

smokestacks

landfill

airplane
oil tanker

offshore truck
oil drilling

trash
can
newspapers

aluminum
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Berenstain Bears Don’t Pollute (Anymore) by Stan and Jan Berenstain; Random House, 1991.
Clifford’s Spring Clean-up by Norman Bridwell; Cartwell Books, 1997.
Garbage and Recycling by Rosie Harlow; Kingfisher Books, 1995.
Just a Dream by Chris Van Allsburg; Houghton Mifflin, 1990.
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss; Random House, 1971.
Mother Earth by Nancy Luenn; Atheneum, 1992.
Once There Was a Tree by Natalia Romanova; E. P. Dutton, 1992.

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POCKET 1
Garbage Mobile pages 6 and 7
Create a mobile that presents facts about the
amount of garbage we create daily.
The Ozone Layer pages 8 and 9
Students learn about what the ozone layer
is and use a puppet that they’ve made to
explain the information to others.
When the Forests
Are Gone... pages 10 and 11
Students cut and paste to make a gorilla
to represent animals who have become
endangered as their homes are destroyed by
deforestation.

Earth Day Scavenger Hunt

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reuse reuse reuse reuse reuse

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recycle recycle recycle recycle recycle
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recycle recycle recycle recycle recycle
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reuse reuse reuse reuse reuse

Lunch Box Pop-Up pages 12–14 

recycle
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recycle recycle recycle recycle recycle
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reuse reuse reuse reuse reuse

reduce the amount of garbage you produce. 

recycle
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reuse
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reuse
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recycle
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reuse
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recycle
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recycle
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reuse

Earth Day
Scavenger Hunt pages 15 and 16
Look around your home and school for items
that can be reused and recycled.

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POCKET 3
Pack It Up! pages 17 and 18
Students cut and paste a model of a
recycling truck. Then they “fill” the truck
with ideas of things that they personally can
recycle.
Earth Day Pledge pages 19 and 20
Celebrate Earth Day with this pledge to
make a difference. Students connect their
new understanding about protecting the
Earth by making a list of real things that
they are doing to help.

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Materials
• 12" (30.5 cm) square of • tagboard template made from the
light blue construction paper paper doll pattern on page 5
• Earth pattern on page 5, • crayons
reproduced for students • glue
• 12" x 6" (30.5 x 15 cm) strip of • title strip on page 22, reproduced
manila paper for students

Steps to Follow
1. Cut out the Earth. Color it green and blue to represent the land and the water. Glue the
Earth to the center of the light blue square.
2. Accordion-fold the manila paper into 4 equal parts. Trace the paper doll template on the
front fold. Cut out the folded paper along the traced lines. Remember to avoid cutting the
hands apart in order to create a row of 4 children holding hands.
3. Color each child. Add details such as hair, face, clothes, and shoes.
4. Glue the row of children to the bottom of the cover so that the feet are even with the lower
edge.
5. Glue the title strip “Celebrate Earth Day!” across the top of the cover.

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Earth Pattern
!

!
Paper Doll Pattern fold

fold
fold

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Garbage
Mobile
Read the facts on page 7. Then cut them out and mount
them on papers that your students would normally throw away.

Materials
• garbage facts on page 7,
reproduced on recycled paper
• scraps of papers, used worksheets,
newspaper pages, paper towels
• scissors
• glue
• various lengths of string (Try to reuse
string that has been previously used.)
• 6" (15 cm) circle of cardboard, cut
from a used box or mailing folder
• hole punch

Steps to Follow
1. Read and discuss the garbage facts on page 7.
2. Cut out the facts and glue them onto scraps of used paper.
3. Punch a hole at the top of each mounted fact.
4. Punch six holes around the edge of the circle of cardboard.
5. Tie a piece of string to each fact and tie the other end of the string to the cardboard circle.
6. Punch two holes opposite each other on the circle. Tie some string to these holes,
as shown.
7. Hang the mobile in a place that will help people learn about garbage problems. Later, put it
in Pocket 1.

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Garbage Facts
!

Americans today produce 80% of the trash produced

twice as much garbage as today is hauled to landfills.
they did in 1960.

It takes 1 month for a piece of Each person in the United

paper to biodegrade. It takes States makes about four
one year for a woolen sock to pounds of trash and
biodegrade. It takes garbage every day.
200 years for an
aluminum can
to biodegrade.

14 million pounds of 40% of the pollution in

garbage are dumped into rivers comes from discarded
the world’s oceans motor oil.
each year.

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The Ozone Layer

Create this puppet of the Earth as you learn
about the special layer that surrounds it.

Materials
• globe and sunglasses patterns on
page 9, reproduced for students
• blank transparency sheet
• 8" (20 cm) square of posterboard
• scissors
• glue
• permanent marker
• crayons
• tongue depressor or craft stick

Steps to Follow
1. Color and cut out the globe and the sunglasses.
2. Glue the sunglasses to the globe.
3. Using the globe as a pattern, cut out circles from
the blank transparency and the posterboard square.
4. Glue the globe and the posterboard circles together,
sandwiching the tongue depressor between them.
5. Staple the transparency circle (the ozone layer) to the top of
the globe.
6. Have students think about the dangers of polluting the atmosphere
and destroying the ozone layer. Ask students to write their thoughts
as if the Earth were warning its inhabitants. Students can then use the
stick puppet to perform the monologue.

Ozone Information for Teachers

The ozone layer surrounds the Earth and protects it and its inhabitants from harmful
radiation. The layer is an invisible form of oxygen gas. It is located in the upper atmosphere
between 9 and 30 miles above the Earth’s surface. The ozone layer absorbs most of the
ultraviolet (UV) rays that come to the Earth from the sun. Some kinds of chemicals can hurt the
ozone layer. Too many chemicals can even make a hole in the ozone layer. Air pollutants called
chlorofluorocarbons cause ozone atoms to break apart. When the ozone atoms break apart,
the ozone layer becomes weaker. Chlorofluorocarbons are released into the air from spray
cans, air conditioners, and burning styrofoam.

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Globe Pattern

Sunglasses Pattern

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When the
Forests Gone
Are

Students will make a gorilla to remind them of

endangered animals that have been forced
to leave their homes as humans have destroyed
their rainforest habitats.

Materials
• gorilla pattern on page 11, reproduced
on dark gray construction paper
• scissors
• glue
• paper fasteners CELEBR
ATE EARTH
DAY WRITING
FORM

• writing form on page 24

Name:
______
______
______
______
______
______
_____

Steps to Follow
1. Read The Lorax by Dr. Seuss and talk
about what happened when the trees
were destroyed. Explain that similar
things happen in today’s world. Use
classroom and library reference materials
to extend this idea. You will find facts such as:
• Rainforests are home to more than 50% of the
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• Rainforests produce 40% of the world’s oxygen.

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• More than ½ of the world’s rainforests are gone.

• There are more than 960 animal species on the
endangered and threatened species list.
2. Make a gorilla to represent endangered animals.
• Cut out the gorilla body parts.
• Attach arms and legs on either side of the body with paper fasteners.
3. Have students write a message from the gorilla about destroying the forest that is its home.
Copy the message onto the writing form on page 24. Attach it to the gorilla’s hands.

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Gorilla Pattern

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Lunch Box
Pop-Up
Students analyze a lunch to become aware of packaging
that they throw away. Then they think of ways to reduce
packaging trash.

Materials
• lunch box pop-up pattern on
page 13, reproduced for students
• lunch box cover sheet and handle
patterns on page 14, reproduced
for students
• construction paper
lunch box folder—any color, 9" x 16"
(23 x 40.5 cm)
lunch box handle and latch—
any color, 3" x 8" (7.5 x 20 cm)
• marking pens or crayons
• scissors
• glue
• pictures of food cut from magazines or 2½"
(6.5 cm) square pieces of drawing paper
• Velcro® dot

Steps to Follow
1. Fold and cut the pop-up form as shown.
2. Fold the construction paper. Round the corners and glue
the pop-up into the folder.
3. Glue lunch items (drawn or cut from magazines) to the pop-up tabs.
4. Decorate the lunch box cover sheet with a title and picture. Cut out
the handle and latch. Mount them on the construction paper strip and
cut out again. Glue them to the lunch box folder. Use a Velcro® dot to
close the latch.
5. List the contents of the lunch box on the left side of the writing area.
List the throwaway packaging on the right side.
6. Tell about ways that some of the packaging could be eliminated.

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fold fold fold

!

fold fold

fold fold fold

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!
Latch
!

Handle

glue glue

Lunch Box Cover

!

Name

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Earth Day
Scavenger Hunt
Earth Day Scavenger Hunt
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Paper and Glass Plastic Aluminum Other
Cardboard

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recycle recycle recycle recycle recycle
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reuse reuse reuse reuse reuse

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reuse reuse reuse reuse reuse

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recycle recycle recycle recycle recycle
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reuse reuse reuse reuse reuse

In the classroom, model a search for items that can be reused or recycled, then have
students search at home.

Materials
• Scavenger Hunt record sheet on
page 16, made into a transparency
and reproduced for students
• items that can be recycled

Steps to Follow
1. Discuss the difference between the terms reuse and recycle. Make sure that your
class understands what the terms mean. (We recycle waste material when we
change it into a new form that can be reused.) Review some of the advantages of
reusing and recycling.
• Every ton of recycled paper we buy saves 17 trees and 7,000 gallons of water.
• By recycling our Sunday newspapers, we could save almost 24 million trees
every year.
• 70% of the garbage we create can be composted, including lawn clippings, food
waste, wood, and paper.
2. Show the Scavenger Hunt transparency. Ask students to find items in the classroom
that could be reused and recycled. Fill in the transparency as students give their ideas.
3. Send copies of the Earth Day Scavenger Hunt record sheet home with students. Have
them find reusable and recyclable items in their own homes.

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Record Sheet

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Cardboard

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recycle recycle recycle recycle recycle
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reuse reuse reuse reuse reuse

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recycle recycle recycle recycle recycle
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reuse reuse reuse reuse reuse

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recycle recycle recycle recycle recycle
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reuse reuse reuse reuse reuse

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recycle recycle recycle recycle recycle
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Pack It
Up!

Cut and paste a model of a recycling truck. Then “fill” the truck with ideas for things
that can be recycled.

Materials
• tires—two 2½" (6.5 cm) squares of • crayons
black construction paper • scissors
• door flaps—four 2" (5 cm) squares of white • glue
construction paper
• truck pattern on page 18, reproduced on white
construction paper

Steps to Follow
1. Color the truck and the door flaps, leaving the square labeled sections white.
2. Round the corners of the black construction paper to make two
tires. Glue the tires to the bottom of the truck.
3. Paste the door flaps to the truck where indicated on the pattern.
4. Under the appropriate flap, have students write or draw pictures door flaps
of things that they personally will recycle.

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Name: ______________________________
Plastic Cardboard
paste
paste

Glass Paper
paste

paste
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Earth Day
Pledge

Connect learning and action as students list steps they will take to help reduce,
reuse, and recycle in the coming year.

Materials
• pledge on page 20, reproduced for students (You may want to take the
pattern to your local copy center and have the pledge reproduced
on parchment paper.)
• 12" (30.5 cm) length of ribbon

Steps to Follow
1. Celebrate the progress that has been made in reducing waste. Share facts
such as:
• In 1972 we recycled 15% of the aluminum cans produced. Today we recycle
more than 60%.
• The bald eagle and the gray whale are no longer endangered.
• Since 1990 the number of people participating in beach cleanups has tripled.
• New cars today put out 96% less pollution than those in 1970.
2. Read the pledge. Have students list things that they will do to continue
helping the Earth.
3. Sign the pledge.
4. Roll up the certificate.
5. Tie it with a ribbon.

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I pledge to…
Help make the Earth a
good place for animals
and plants.

Do my part to reduce,
reuse, and recycle to save
natural resources.

name

date

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Note: Reproduce this page and page 22 to label each of the three pockets of the Earth Day book.

! !

We’ll learn about the problems

It’s our job. We can’t delay.

we must start to solve today.

We’ll implement solutions.

Pocket 2
Pocket 1

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Book Cover Title Panel

See page 4.

! !

Important work is underway!

Celebrate Earth Day!

We’ll celebrate with others—
Pocket 3

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smokestacks
factory
landfill
oil tanker airplane
offshore truck
oil drilling
trash
can
newspapers
aluminum
cans
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Name: _________________________________________

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 THEME POCKETS
Student Portfolios with Pockets Full of Projects

• Colorful art projects

• Creative writing
• Informational
reading & writing
• Patterns and
reproducibles

Lessons for art, creative writing, nonfiction writing,

Grades
reading, science, social studies, and literature are organized and
displayed in construction-paper “pockets,” creating an exciting work 1-3 34
different
portfolio. Each book includes patterns, reproducibles, and writing forms. themes

Holidays Science Social Studies

1201 The Four Seasons 1212 Penguins 1225 Famous Americans

1202 Valentine’s Day 1213 Weather 1226 Our Community
1203 Presidents’ Day 1214 Animals That Lay Eggs 1227 Farmers Feed Us
1204 St. Patrick’s Day 1215 Dinosaurs 1228 Transportation
1205 Easter 1216 Plants 1229 One of a Kind
1206 Celebrate Earth Day 1217 Amazon Rainforest 1230 School Days
1207 Cinco de Mayo 1218 Space 1231 Africa
1208 America, the Beautiful 1219 Ocean Habitats 1232 Native Americans
1209 Halloween 1220 Insect Riddles 1233 Artists
1210 The First Thanksgiving 1221 Whales 1234 Fairy Tale Fantasy
1211 December Celebrations 1222 When It’s Winter
1223 Night Creatures
1224 Healthy and Happy

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