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Read and Respond
Name one small problem you had
and what you did to solve it.
What are two ideas to help the
water problem?
What should you do when
problems feel too big to be solved?
Anita Nahta Amin
Every Drop
Counts
Counts
Every Drop
Reader C
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ts
Jennifer M. Lopez, M.S.Ed., NBCT
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Amin, Anita Nahta, author.
Title: Every drop counts / Anita Nahta Amin.
Description: Huntington Beach, CA : Teacher Created Materials, [2021] |
Includes index. | Audience: Grades 2-3 | Summary: "Water seems to be
everywhere. Yet, the world is running out of fresh water. How does this
aect lives around the world? What has been done and what more can we
do to try and escape this disaster?"-- Provided by publisher.
Identiers: LCCN 2020043589 (print) | LCCN 2020043590 (ebook) | ISBN
9781087604992 (paperback) | ISBN 9781087620015 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Water-supply--Juvenile literature.
Classication: LCC TD348 .A45 2021 (print) | LCC TD348 (ebook) | DDC
333.91/16--dc23
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Table of Contents
The Last Drop ............................
Jump into Fiction:
A River Runs Dry ..................
Water Around the World ..........
Help Wanted: Water Heroes .....
More Than Gold ......................
Glossary ...................................
Index ........................................
Civics in Action ........................
The Last Drop
It may seem as if water will never run out.
It covers more than two- thirds of Earth. But
most of that water is salty. It is not
fresh
water.
Fresh water is what we use to drink,
wash clothes, bathe, and water the lawn.
Salt and Fresh Water
land
salt water
fresh water
For every one hundred drops of water on
Earth, only three are fresh. This means a small
amount of all the worlds water is safe to drink.
Some places have more fresh water than others.
But what if there is no more water to use?
Many people are facing this problem now. And
many more might face it later.
Jump into
Fiction
A River Runs
Dry
A River Runs
Dry
Tinas plants are droopy. She is not
happy. She had imagined a lush garden.
Mom sighs, We need rain.
Back inside, Dad waves a newspaper.
Crystal River is drying up! We have to
save water.
But my plants! Tina cries.
Our town could become a desert,
Mom says.
Tina starts to make changes. She turns
off the tap while brushing her teeth. She
shortens her showers. She uses leftover
cooking water for her plants.
Every drop counts! Mom says. Her
plants perk up with pasta water.
A week later, Dad reads the front
page of the newspaper. The river is
still shrinking. Keep saving water.
Tina runs outside. Mr. Sand, please
dont water your lawn! She makes
flyers to remind every neighbor.
Save
Crystal River
Dont water lawns!
Turn off taps!
Shorten showers!
Reuse water!
A week later, the newspaper praises
Tinas flyer. It says that she is helping to
save Crystal River!
Tina beams. Then, she feels a drop
on her face. Look! Its raining! Tina
takes a pail outside to catch rainwater.
The river is safe for now. But she isnt
taking chances with the future!
Back to
Nonfiction
Water Around the World
Someone turns on a tap .
Whooshhh!
Water
comes pouring out , but from where? It may
have flowed through pipes from far away.
Most tap water comes from lakes or rivers. It
also comes from special human - made pools that
collect rain and melted snow. Water can come