What Is Matter?What Is Matter?

1st Grade

Matter• Everything around you

is matter.• Matter can be solid,

liquid or gas.• Toys are matter.• Balloons are matter.• Water is matter, too!!• Some matter has parts

that are too small to see.

All matter is not the same.

Matter can be soft.

Matter can be hard.

Matter can be BIG or small.

Sorting Matter• You can sort

matter.• You can sort these

objects by color.• You can sort

objects by shape.• How else can

you sort them?

Time for our thinking caps!!!

• What is matter?• How can we sort

matter?How are the

stuffed toy and balloon alike? How are they

different?

How could you sort

these objects by

color?