Grade 3 States of Matter Sorting and Properties Worksheet

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A four-part worksheet where students sort ten everyday items into solids, liquids, and gases, match property sentences to the correct state, write their own examples, and finish with a draw-and-label task. Built for Grade 3 students, including English language learners, with original icons standing in for real objects so no reading of long labels is required to complete Part A.

Overview

Students begin by sorting ten illustrated items — from an ice cube and a stone to steam and cooking oil — into solid, liquid, or gas. Part B asks them to match five property sentences (such as "spreads out to completely fill its container") to the one correct state, which checks understanding more precisely than a simple sorting task alone. Part C has students generate their own example for each state using a sentence frame, and Part D closes with a draw-and-label task where students illustrate a real solid, liquid, and gas they noticed that day and explain their choice in a sentence. An extra challenge question stretches students who finish early.

Resource Details

Subject: Science
Topic: State of Matter
Category: Materials & Matter
File Type: PDF
File Size: 152.9 KB
Published: 07 Sep 2026
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Grade 3 45-55 Minuttes State of Matter Worksheet

Student Task

Hand this out after the Vocabulary and Concepts PowerPoint and the demonstration in the Lesson Plan. Complete question 1 of Part A together as a class to model the thinking, then let students continue independently or in pairs. Circulate during Part B, since the property-matching table is the most conceptually demanding section. Part D works well as a five-minute drawing task to close the lesson or as homework if time is short.

Classroom Use

Turn Part A into a silent classroom sort: place the ten item cards (or drawings) around the room and have students walk in pairs to place a matching S, L, or G sticky note next to each one, then review together as a class.

Differentiation

Support: Reduce Part A to the first six items, provide a picture word bank with the words solid, liquid, and gas next to their icons, and allow verbal answers for Part C instead of full sentences.
On-level: Students complete all four parts independently as written.
Challenge: Ask students to complete the Extra Challenge question in full sentences and add a second example of their own to each column in Part A.

Answer Key & Assessment

Collect the completed worksheet as a formative check of understanding, and use it as one of the pieces of evidence for the States of Matter Grading Rubric.

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to identify solids, liquids, and gases from everyday examples.
Students will be able to match a state of matter to a description of its shape and volume.
Students will be able to generate their own example of a solid, a liquid, and a gas.
Students will be able to explain, in one sentence, why an object belongs to a particular state of matter.

Teacher Tips

For Part A, doing item 1 aloud together works better than reading the whole instruction box aloud — most students pick up the sorting logic faster from a worked example than from the written instruction alone.