Materials Word Search

Year 2 ScienceUses of Everyday Materials3 pages

About this worksheet

Eight material names are hidden in this Year 2 word search: brick, cardboard, glass, metal, paper, plastic, rock and wood. The grid is ten letters by ten. Words run only across from left to right or down from top to bottom, which suits Year 2 readers. The grid is on page 1 and the word list prints on page 2. Page 3 is the answer key, which gives the start and end square of each word as row and column. The words match the materials named in the England National Curriculum for Year 2.

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Curriculum objectives covered

Uses of everyday materials

โ€œIdentify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular usesโ€

The eight words are the eight materials the statement names. The sheet practises reading and spelling them only; it does not ask about their uses.

What's inside this worksheet

Everyday Materials

A ten by ten letter grid. Cardboard runs down the last column and plastic runs across the second row.

Word list

The eight words to find: brick, cardboard, glass, metal, paper, plastic, rock and wood.

How teachers use it

Topic opener

Use it on the first day of the materials topic, so pupils meet all eight names before any sorting work.

One sheet

Print pages 1 and 2 back to back, or copy the word list under the grid, so pupils do not flip between pages.

Find it in the room

When a pupil finds a word, ask them to point to something in the classroom made of it. Glass and paper are quick; rock takes longer.

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