Hot or Cold? Picture Classification
Look at everyday pictures and write hot or cold beneath each one. Discuss the clues you used to decide.

- Grades
- Kindergarten; Grades 1–4
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- 1
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- Measurements, Math
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- Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables
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Introduce hot and cold as ways to describe everyday objects and situations. Students examine the picture prompts and write the matching label beneath each one. Use the illustrations to start a discussion of the clues students notice, then invite them to explain one of their classifications.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Classify familiar examples as hot or cold
- Use temperature words in relation to pictured contexts
- Explain a classification using observable or known properties
Teaching tips
- Ask learners to explain each hot-or-cold choice before writing it.
- Discuss how an object’s temperature can change with its surroundings or use.
Skills covered
- Temperature reasoning — use the pictured context and prior knowledge to choose hot or cold.
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Core concepts
Core concepts
- Hot
- Cold
- Temperature
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