Earth Day Reading Comprehension | Reading Project Enrichment

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"This was just what I was looking for to engage my students and support their learning!!! Thank you for a great resource!"

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Description

Celebrate Earth Day with this engaging 10-page reading project that covers a wide variety of reading skills. This printable and digital reading project is fun, rigorous, and ready for upper elementary classrooms!

Tell me about this Earth Day reading project!

Students will explore topics relating to Earth Day as they collect 'badges' to place on their printable Earth Day sash.

What kinds of reading skills does this project cover?

Context Clues
Inference
Listening and Reading Comprehension
Fluency
Predicting
Analyzing Character Traits
Making Connections
Nonfiction Text Features
Nonfiction Text Structures
Point of View
Using Text Evidence

Which Earth Day topics does this project cover?

Through a variety of informational and nonfiction text (and videos! and podcasts!) students will learn about...

The History of Earth Day
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Composting
Pollution
Trash and Litter
Renewable Energy

Haven't covered a skill yet? Don't need it all?

Most pages in this project are designed to stand alone. Take what you need, and save what you don't!

Although this project is perfect for Earth Day, the content can also be used year-round!

What’s included in this reading project?

Printable Earth Day Reading Project - (10 pages)
Printable badges and sashes for students to collect
Answer Key
Digital Version in Google Slides

Engage your class with this fun project that makes learning about earth day SO much fun.

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Earth Day Reading Comprehension | Reading Project Enrichment

Name: Earth Day Reading Comprehension | Reading Project Enrichment
Brand: Teaching With a Mountain View
SKU: 9390433
Price: 3.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.92 (37 reviews)

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Highlights

Digital downloads

Google Apps

Grades

3rd - 5th

Subjects

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Standards

CCSSRL.4.1

CCSSRI.4.1

CCSSRI.4.3

What others say

"This was just what I was looking for to engage my students and support their learning!!! Thank you for a great resource!"

Jamie L.

"I have loved every resource I have ever bought from you (and that's a lot of resources). You never disappoint. Thank you for an engaging and interesting resource."

Ginger F.

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Description

Tell me about this Earth Day reading project!

Students will explore topics relating to Earth Day as they collect 'badges' to place on their printable Earth Day sash.

What kinds of reading skills does this project cover?

Context Clues
Inference
Listening and Reading Comprehension
Fluency
Predicting
Analyzing Character Traits
Making Connections
Nonfiction Text Features
Nonfiction Text Structures
Point of View
Using Text Evidence

Which Earth Day topics does this project cover?

Through a variety of informational and nonfiction text (and videos! and podcasts!) students will learn about...

The History of Earth Day
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Composting
Pollution
Trash and Litter
Renewable Energy

Haven't covered a skill yet? Don't need it all?

Most pages in this project are designed to stand alone. Take what you need, and save what you don't!

Although this project is perfect for Earth Day, the content can also be used year-round!

What’s included in this reading project?

Printable Earth Day Reading Project - (10 pages)
Printable badges and sashes for students to collect
Answer Key
Digital Version in Google Slides

Engage your class with this fun project that makes learning about earth day SO much fun.

Looking for even more reading projects? I’ve got them!

Camp Conundrum - An Inference Reading Project

‘The High Speed Read’: Text Structures Reading Project

‘The Tumultuously Terrific Travel Trek - A Context Clues Reading Project

Winning Winter Sports - A Literacy and Reading Project

Traveling Text Structures - An Informational Text Structure Reading Project

It’s Our Party - A Sequencing Reading Project

Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

Report this resource to TPT

Reported resources will be reviewed by our team. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT's content guidelines.

4.9

Rated 4.92 out of 5, based on 37 reviews

37
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Mostly used with 4th grade

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Engaging Resource

Rated 5 out of 5

April 29, 2026

Very engaging for my students. Worked perfectly for supplementing!

Lyndsey Young

(TPT Seller)

206 reviews • Illinois

Grades taught: 5th

Great resource

Rated 5 out of 5

April 29, 2026

I used this resource to go along with my Earth Day unit and it was perfect.

WeTeachMany

(TPT Seller)

310 reviews

Grades taught: 5th

Great context for reading project

Rated 5 out of 5

September 22, 2025

Another fun project that the students enjoyed. We completed it on Earth Day.

Kristen Price

(TPT Seller)

1,873 reviews • Outside the United States

Grades taught: 3rd, 4th, 5th

Excellent Resource

Rated 5 out of 5

September 21, 2025

Met expectations

Great value

Standards-aligned

This was a great way to engage my kids in rigorous reading practice during the week of Earth day.

Melissa B.

1,026 reviews • North Carolina

Grades taught: 3rd

Great Extension

Rated 5 out of 5

September 9, 2025

Met expectations

Great value

Standards-aligned

This was a great way for my students to engage with Earth Day while reviewing reading standards.

Lindsay Kamm

(TPT Seller)

45 reviews • Florida

Grades taught: 4th

Well Done

Rated 5 out of 5

July 29, 2025

Met expectations

Great value

Standards-aligned

Lots of options for how to teach all about Earth Day

Abby S.

113 reviews • Missouri

Grades taught: 4th

Rated 5 out of 5

April 28, 2025

Very engaging reading for 4th and 5th graders, and very low prep for me!

Jennifer S.

1,175 reviews

Grades taught: 4th, 5th

Rated 5 out of 5

November 19, 2024

This is perfect for Earth month. Really great resource.

Teaching on Caffeine and Hope

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1,420 reviews

Grades taught: 4th

Questions & Answers

Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).

CCSSRL.4.1

Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

CCSSRI.4.1

Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

CCSSRI.4.3

Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.