Height Heroes Sorting MatHeight Heroes Sorting Mat Name: Date: Look at your picture cards. Decide if each object is TALL or SHORT. Glue them in the correct garden box! Tall "Reaches for the sky!" Short "Close to the ground!"
Height Heroes CutoutsHeight Heroes Cut-Out Pieces Carefully cut out each picture below. Then, decide if it belongs in the TALL or SHORT box on your sorting mat! 🦒 Giraffe 🐭 Mouse 🏙️ Skyscraper 🏠 Doghouse 🌻 Sunflower 🌸 Daisy 🪜 Ladder 🛋️ Stool 🌲 Pine Tree 🌱 Sprout 🏗️ Crane 🐜 Ant Total of 12 pieces to cut and sort!
Height Heroes Teacher GuideHeight Heroes Facilitation Guide Learning Objective Students will identify and compare the physical attribute of height by categorizing objects as either "tall" or "short" using a visual sorting mat. Materials Needed Height Heroes Sorting Mat (1 per student) Height Heroes Cut-Outs sheet Scissors Glue sticks Crayons (optional for coloring) Discussion Prompts Q: "How can we tell if something is tall?" Q: "If I stand next to a desk, who is taller? Who is shorter?" Q: "Can you find something in our room that is shorter than your shoe?" Lesson Steps Introduce vocabulary: Tall (stretches up) and Short (stays down low). Distribute the Sorting Mat and the Cut-Outs. Have students cut out all 12 picture squares. Before gluing, have students place them on the mat and check with a partner. Once verified, glue the pieces into the correct columns. Quick Answer Key Tall Items Giraffe, Skyscraper, Sunflower, Ladder, Pine Tree, Crane Short Items Mouse, Doghouse, Daisy, Stool, Sprout, Ant Extension Idea! Have students find 3 items around the classroom and draw them on the back of their mat: one tall item and two short items.
Height Heroes AAC Sorting MatHeight Heroes AAC-Friendly Sorting Mat Name Put Tall OR Short Tall Short What is it? Not Tall Not Short
Height Heroes Communication BoardCommunication Board: Height I You See Put Tall Short More Stop 🦒 Animal 🏙️ Building 🌻 Plant 📄 Paper Good What? Not Done Model the core words: "I put tall plant here."
