Rock, water, and soil are the three Earth materials on this three-page kindergarten sheet. Students first meet each material with its picture and name, then write Rock, Water, or Soil under three new pictures. The answers read soil, water, rock. The final part asks students to draw themselves playing with their favorite material, with ideas such as splashing in water, digging in soil, or stacking rocks. The sheet is listed under NGSS K-ESS3-1.
K-ESS3-1
“Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.”
Time to Draw has students show themselves using one material in a place they play. Rock, water, and soil are all parts of the places where plants and animals live.
An introduction to three important Earth materials, each with a picture and its name: Rock, Water, and Soil.
Three pictures with a line under each. Students write Rock, Water, or Soil, and the answers run Soil, Water, Rock.
Students draw themselves playing with their favorite Earth material, such as splashing in water, digging in soil, or stacking rocks.
Touch table
Put a cup of water, a tray of soil, and a few rocks on a table. Students handle each one before they name the pictures.
Schoolyard search
Take the sheet outside and find all three materials around the school. Students point to each one and say its name.
Unit opener
Use it on day one of an Earth materials unit. Rock, water, and soil are the only three words students need to write.
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