Identify the major landforms of the world with a sorting activity.
Landform Lessons for Kindergarten
Identifying landforms is an essential educational concept that every student should practice. Looking at maps and watching slideshows is great, but young learners need to get their hands on materials to really internalize the content. This landform sorting activity was designed to help students practice identifying objects that are or are not landforms using pictures Your Social Studies and geography lessons are sure to be rigorous when using this resource.
To use, students will lay out the two heading cards. They will then sort the images depending on whether the image shown is a natural landform or not a natural landform. Some landform examples included in this product are
- mountain
- hill
- canyon
- valley
- desert
- glacier
- and more!
Tips for Differentiation + Scaffolding
In addition to independent student work time, use this worksheet as an activity for:
- Lesson warm-up
- Lesson wrap-up
- Fast finishers
- Homework assignment
- Whole-class review (via smartboard)
To provide an extra challenge,
- Provide opportunities for students to draw, write, and discuss the different landforms they have seen in the images.
- Assist struggling students with the tasks by providing notes, anchor charts, or individual assistance as needed.
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Additionally, project the cards onto a screen and work through them as a class by having students record their answers in their notebooks.
This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and a Teach Starter collaborator.
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