Wood, Metal or Plastic? Picture Sort

Year 1 ScienceEveryday Materials3 pages

About this worksheet

A Year 1 cut-and-stick sort for pupils who are not yet reading on their own. Page 1 has twelve picture cards with short labels, four each of wood, metal and plastic, set around a mixed-up recycling crate. Pupils stick or draw each card in a three-column table on page 2, where each column has a picture header (a log, a bolt, a stack of tubs). Two talk questions and a teacher prompt about the foil and the lolly stick follow. The answer page lists the sort and the tricky items. It covers the England National Curriculum statement on naming everyday materials.

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Curriculum objectives covered

Everyday materials

โ€œIdentify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, and rockโ€

The twelve cards cover wood, metal and plastic, four of each.

Everyday materials

โ€œDistinguish between an object and the material from which it is madeโ€

The teacher prompt asks how a pupil knows what the foil or lolly stick is made from.

What's inside this worksheet

Picture cards

Twelve cards to cut out, including a paper-clip, a Lego brick, a tree twig and kitchen foil.

Sorting table

Pupils stick each card under Wood, Metal or Plastic. The headers show a log, a bolt and nut, and plastic tubs.

Talk and Think

Pupils tell the teacher which item was trickiest and point to one new classroom object for each material.

Answers

The sort in three columns, notes on the foil and the twig, and classroom examples such as a radiator and a ruler.

How teachers use it

Small group with an adult

Cut the cards out before the session. Pupils sort them on the table first and stick them only after the adult has checked.

Real foil and twig

The answer key flags kitchen foil and the twig as the tricky ones. Let pupils scrunch real foil and hold a twig before they decide.

One-to-one check

Use the teacher prompt on page 2 with each pupil. Listen for 'it is made of metal', which shows the pupil can tell the object from the material.

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