Rot Cycle Sequence Activity
Science • SPED Support Life Science
Rot Cycle Sequence Mat
Name:
Date:
Directions
1. Cut out the 4 picture cards on Page 2. 2. Glue them in order from Step 1 to Step 4. 3. Fill in the missing words!
Word Bank: apple brown mold soil
1 First Step
Start
Glue Card #1 Here
Fresh fruit falls down
A red falls to the ground.
2 Second Step
Next
Glue Card #2 Here
Skin gets brown and soft
The apple skin turns and soft.
3 Third Step
Then
Glue Card #3 Here
White mold covers it
Tiny fuzzy breaks it down.
4 Final Step
Loop Closes
Glue Card #4 Here
Turns into rich soil
It turns into rich for new plants.
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Remember the Food Loop
Rotting is not trash! Decomposers recycle old matter into nutrient-rich soil so baby plants can grow big and strong.
Page 2 • Cut-Out Sheet Hands-On Pieces
Stages of Rot Cut-Outs
Cut along dashed lines
Carefully cut the 4 picture boxes below. Look at what happens to the apple as decomposers go to work! Match each picture to the correct step on Page 1.
Cut Out
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Fresh Apple Bright red, crisp, just fell
Card A: Fresh fruit falls down
Cut Out
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Brown & Soft Skin gets wrinkled and bruised
Card B: Skin gets brown and soft
Cut Out
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Fuzzy Mold White mold & fungi eat it
Card C: White mold covers it
Cut Out
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Rich Dark Soil Recycled dirt feeds new plant
Card D: Turns into dark rich soil
Bonus Vocabulary Tokens (Optional Cut & Sort) Use to label cards or practice vocabulary
🍎 Fruit
🍂 Decay
🍄 Decomposer
🌱 New Life
Clean Up Crew Worksheet
Science • SPED Support Independent Practice
Clean-Up Crew Worksheet
Name:
Date:
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Scavenger
An animal that eats dead animals left behind.
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Decomposer
A tiny helper that turns dead matter into rich soil.
1 Part 1: Match the Nature Helper
Draw a line from the helper to its group
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Vulture
Flies high and eats dead meat
Scavenger Decomposer
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Mushroom (Fungi)
Grows on dead wood and rots it
Scavenger Decomposer
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Hyena
Crunches big leftover bones
Scavenger Decomposer
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Earthworm & Soil Bacteria
Recycles fallen leaves into dirt
Scavenger Decomposer
2 Part 2: Label the Picture
Word Bank: scavenger decomposer
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A vulture eats dead meat. It is a big:
write word here
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Mold breaks down old wood. It is a tiny:
write word here
Page 2 • Check Your Thinking
Clean-Up Crew Review
Read carefully and choose the best answer
3 Part 3: Multiple-Choice Check-In
1. What does a scavenger like a vulture eat?
A. Green grass
B. Dead animals
C. Rocks & sand
2. How do decomposers help the forest?
A. Make rich soil
B. Block the sun
C. Make plastic
3. True or False: Rotting is bad for the forest.
👍 TRUE (It hurts trees)
👎 FALSE (It recycles food)
4 Part 4: Sentence Frames
Word Bank: soil dead mouth recycles
A
A scavenger finds animals that are already .
B
A decomposer does not have teeth or a to bite meat.
C
Mushrooms turn old wood into rich garden .
D
Nature's clean-up crew matter so new plants can grow.
Accommodation: Picture cues & Sentence stems provided
Teacher Check: ⭐⭐⭐ Great Effort!
