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Week 01 · What Is It Made Of?

Thursday

Where materials come from
// Describe materials by their properties
⏱ about 15 min

Thursday: Where materials come from

Raven finds a smooth glass marble in the box.

"Where does glass come from?" she asks.

Rocket guesses. "A glass tree?"

Nova giggles with a soft beep. "Good guess! Here is a hint. Think about the beach."

Raven smiles. "What do you notice about sand?"

Materials have beginnings

Many materials start in nature.

Wood comes from trees.

Some paper is made from wood from trees.

The most common thing used to make glass is sand.

People change these materials to make new objects.

MaterialIt can start as
woodtrees
paperwood from trees
glasssand
FOLLOW THE MATERIAL
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Where does wood come from?
What is used most to make glass?
FROM TREE TO PAGE
  • Tap a card.
  • Then tap its spot.
1First
2Next
3Last
SentenceTrue or false?
Some paper is made from wood.?
Glass grows on trees.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEGlass is made mostly from sand, not trees.
MATERIAL BEGINNINGS
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What did Rocket first guess about glass?
Some paper is made from what?
What do people do to natural materials?
What comes right after a tree grows?
SentenceTrue or false?
Many materials start in nature.?
Wood comes from trees.?
Paper is made mostly from sand.?
Sand is used to make glass.?
WHY THIS EXERCISENatural materials are changed into the objects we use.
Draw a tree turning into paper, step by step.

Word Spot: food, between, own

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Food: F-O-O-D.

Between: B-E-T-W-E-E-N.

Own: O-W-N.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
Plants make their own ___ from sunlight.
Six is ___ five and seven.
Each child has their ___ pencil.

Nice tracking! Tomorrow we find materials all around us.

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