1. SPELLING
B

2. SPELLING B
EASY MIDDLE HARD
2 pts 3pts 5pts

6. For Six Points!

10. For Four Points!

14. For three points!

16. Green Materials.
Trees are being cut down
for wood faster than they
can grow, and 25% of all
this wood is used in
buildings.

17. Green Materials.
So to save forests,
some green builders
now use bamboo for
floors instead of wood.

18. Green Materials.
Although Bamboo
looks like wood, it’s
actually a grass, not a
tree, and it grows 20
times faster than most
trees.

19. Green Materials.
So after the bamboo is
cut, it quickly grows
back again.

20. Green Materials.
Clearly, the more
people use bamboo in
building, the better our
chances of saving the
world’s forests are.

21. Green Materials.
Many other parts of
buildings can be made
of recycled materials.

22. Green Materials.
At the Chicago Center
for Green Technology,
the ceiling tiles are
made of newspaper.

23. Green Materials.
In the bathrooms, the
floors are made of
recycled glass, and the
walls between the toilets
are made of recycled
plastic milk containers.

24. What kind of green materials can
be
used for green buildings?
Bamboo, newspaper, glass,
and plastic milk containers
can be used for green
buildings.

25. Vocabulary
Bamboo: A tropical tree
like grass.
So to save forests, some
green builders now use
bamboo for floors
instead of wood (p223)

27. Vocabulary
Recycled: A used
object, used again.
Many other parts of
buildings can be made
of recycled materials.
(p223)

29. Vocabulary
Ceiling: the overhead
inside lining of a room.
At the Chicago Center for
Green Technology, the
ceiling tiles are made of
newspaper. (p223)

30. Here are some famous ceilings
from around the world!

31. Vocabulary
Container: Something
for holding goods.
The walls between the
toilets are made of
recycled plastic milk
containers. (p223)

32. Vocabulary
Instead of: In place of.
To save some forests,
some green builders
now use bamboo for
floors instead of wood.
(p223)

33. Vocabulary
Meet demand: To
supply.
There isn’t enough
fresh water to meet
demand. (Top of p223)