A 2-page 2nd grade landforms check. Part 1 shows four small pictures to name from a word bank of mountain, valley, plateau and island. Part 2 gives four sentences with two words to circle, such as "A ( plain / mountain ) is flat and wide." Part 3 has two boxes to draw an island and a peninsula. Across the three parts, all eight landforms of the unit appear. It ties to NGSS 2-ESS2-2, and page 2 is the answer key.
2-ESS2-2
“Develop a model to represent the shapes and kinds of land and bodies of water in an area.”
Part 3 has students draw an island and a peninsula, the two landforms defined by the water around them. Parts 1 and 2 check the names of six more.
Four small pictures numbered 1 to 4, a snowy mountain, a valley with a river, a flat-topped plateau and a palm tree island. Students write each name from the word bank in a box.
Questions 5 to 8, each with two landform words in brackets: plain or mountain, canyon or hill, peninsula or island, valley or plateau.
Two large boxes side by side, one for "Draw an island" and one for "Draw a peninsula".
The four names, the four circled words, and a note on what each drawing must show, water on all sides for the island and on three sides for the peninsula.
End of the unit
Give it after the match and sort activities. It is short enough to finish in one sitting, and every landform from the unit shows up at least once.
Check the drawings first
Look at boxes 9 and 10 before the circled words. A student who draws water on only two sides of the peninsula needs another look at the definition.
Why not
Pairs read items 5 to 8 aloud and say why the other word is wrong. Saying why it is not a mountain tells you more than a circle does.
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