Made of Wood or Made of Metal? Read and Sort

Gather a few wooden and metal objects from the kitchen and let your child tap and feel each one before sorting. Ask what every object in a pile has in common, then check with the answer key.

Read that wood comes from trees and metal from rocks, then sort a ruler and chopsticks from a steel key. A material is what a thing is made of. The directions on the page read: Read the passage. Then, turn the page, sort the cards and answer the questions. On page 2: Write each card from the Card Bank on a line in the column where it belongs, lines 1 to 6. Then, write the answers to questions 7 and 8 on the lines. The answer key covers the questions on page 2.

Yes, both. We made it for 2nd Grade material properties, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with materials with common properties. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

A property is something you can observe, like hard, shiny or bendy. Two objects share a property when both have it, even if they look different. A steel paper clip and a steel door key are both metal, which is hard and shiny and often feels cool to the touch (2-PS1-1).

Wood comes from trees, weighs less than metal and can be carved. Metal comes from rocks dug out of the ground, and it is hard, shiny and strong. The wood or metal sort has children place six everyday objects in the right column.

Yes. Both sheets have an answer key.