Park Cleanup Reading Worksheet
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Park Cleanup Reading Worksheet
The Saturday Sweep
On Friday afternoon, Ravi and her neighbor Luis noticed that Maple Street Park was messier than usual. A storm had blown paper cups beneath the benches, and a snack wrapper was caught in the branches of a young maple tree. The park’s little pond was cloudy with leaves. Ravi loved visiting the park after school, so she wanted to help. The two friends made a plan. They asked the community center to lend them gloves, litter grabbers, and bags. Luis made a sign inviting neighbors to a Saturday cleanup. Ravi added one important note: “Please leave the pond and wildlife alone. We’ll ask the park ranger for help with those.” On Saturday morning, only six people showed up at first. Luis worried that they would not finish. Ravi reminded him that each person could take one small job. Two volunteers collected litter near the playground. Others swept the path and pulled weeds from the flower bed. A neighbor who knew about recycling set up separate bins for cans and bottles. The park ranger safely removed the leaves from the pond. As they saw the progress, more neighbors stopped by to help. By lunchtime, the paths were clear and the flower bed looked neat. The group had filled four bags with litter and sorted a box of cans and bottles for recycling. The group’s work was nearly done by lunchtime. Before leaving, everyone agreed to take turns checking the park each week. Ravi and Luis had hoped to make the park pleasant for one day. Instead, their plan helped neighbors work together to care for it all season.
Show what you understand
Use evidence from the story when a question asks you to explain your thinking.
- She wanted the volunteers to finish before lunchtime.
- She knew the park ranger should handle the pond and protect wildlife.
- She thought the pond was already clean.
- She wanted to use the litter grabbers near the playground.
- Mixed everything together
- Put things into groups
- Threw everything away
- Counted the volunteers
- Ravi liked visiting the park after school.
- A storm had blown paper cups beneath the benches.
- More neighbors stopped by as they saw the progress.
- Luis made a sign on Friday.
- A park ranger enjoys cleaning ponds.
- A small cleanup plan helped neighbors work together and care for their park.
- Ravi and Luis wanted to spend Saturday at the community center.
- Storms always make parks impossible to clean.
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