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Week 09 · Soil and Worms

Monday

What is soil?
// Life under our feet
⏱ about 15 min

Monday: What is soil?

Rocket scoops soil into a cup. "It is just dirt!"

Raven looks with a magnifier. "What do you notice?"

Nova says, "Look for big bits and tiny bits."

Soil has four parts

Soil is the loose top layer of the ground.

Soil is made of four things.

It has tiny bits of rock, called minerals.

It has water and air.

It has old bits of plants and animals.

Rock bits

Sand is made of rock bits.

Clay is made of rock bits too.

Clay bits are the tiniest.

Sand bits are bigger.

SOIL PARTS
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What are the tiny bits of rock in soil called?
Which two things hide in the spaces in soil?
Which has the tiniest bits?
SentenceTrue or false?
Soil has tiny bits of rock in it.?
Soil has air in it.?
Soil is only one thing.?
Soil has old bits of plants in it.?
WHY THIS EXERCISESoil is rock bits, water, air and old living bits.
Try it
Put on gloves.
A grown-up puts a spoon of soil on white paper.
Spread it out with a craft stick.
Look with a magnifier. Find big bits and tiny bits.
Safety first
Wear gloves when you touch soil.
Keep soil away from your face and mouth.
Wash your hands when you finish.
LOOK CLOSELY
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What did Rocket call soil?
What did Raven use to look closely?
Bean check
Look at your bean plant.
Is its soil damp or dry?
Add a little water if it is dry.
Draw what you saw in the soil.

Word Spot: put

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Put: P-U-T.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
I ___ my boots on.
___ the book on the shelf.

Super soil scientist work!

Tomorrow you will find out how soil helps your bean.