This easy worksheet introduces the water cycle by walking first graders through the words that name each part of the journey. Children trace rain, cloud, vapor, cycle, water, and steam to lock in spelling and handwriting. Four fill-in-the-blank sentences ask them to finish ideas like "Water falls from clouds as rain" and "The sun heats water and it turns into vapor." Three true or false statements then check whether students understand that the sun lifts water into the sky, clouds are made of tiny drops, and rain does not fall upward.

Pair this sheet with a window puddle observation so first graders can connect tracing words to real weather they have already noticed.