ESL and ELD students always appreciate learning vocabulary that they can see and use right away. They will see these Earth Day vocabulary words throughout the community, at stores, in advertisements, and on the news.
Not all of these vocabulary words need to be assigned for memorization, but having them all on one page provides a good reference for your students to keep in their notebooks.
Air
April
Atmosphere
Bag
Bottle
Can
Care
Compost
Conservation
Conserve
Earth Day
Ecology
Ecosystem
Endangered species
Environment
Environmental
Environmentalist
Extinct
Fossil fuels
Global warming
Go Green
Greenhouse emissions
Greenhouse gases
Habitat
Habitat
Landfill
Litter
Natural resource
Ocean
Ozone
Planet
Plant
Pollute
Pollution
Preserve
Protect
Recycle
Reduce
Renewable
Resource
Reuse
Save
Solar power
Sustainable
Tree hugger
Trees
Water
Wind power
See also Giant Spring Vocabulary List for ESl and ELD
Give your students opportunities to use these Earth Day vocabulary words throughout the season in their writing assignments, conversation practice, and in exercises like the following:
Word Categories
Sort the Earth Day vocabulary words into categories such as: words associated with recycling, clean air, etc…
Fill In the Blank
As a vocabulary practice activity, write sentences that are missing a word and let your students use their list to determine what word best fills in the blank. Sample sentences using Easter vocabulary include:
Earth Day is usually in the month of _____.
“Reduce, ____, Recycle is a popular Earth Day slogan.
CLOZE Paragraphs
Cloze paragraphs are paragraphs with words and phrases missing that students fill in on their own. An example of a cloze paragraph using Earth Day vocabulary is:
To recycle, we collect ____, ____, and ____ and take them to the nearest recycling center. By recycling, we keep many items out of the ____.
Writing Assignments and Journal Activities
Give your students plenty of practice using their new words in the journals and other writing assignments. Some journal topics for Earth Day vocabulary include:
Do you think Earth Day is important? Why or why not?
Does your family recycle? Why or why not?
What is one thing you can do on Earth Day to help the planet.
Word Games
Crossword puzzles, word scrambles, and word searches are great practice. All of these games can be made online at DiscoverySchool.com by using their Puzzle Maker application.
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