A two-set matching page for 1st grade science on how young animals and plants compare with their parents. In the first set, students join puppy, foal, chick, and kitten to pictures of each adult. The second set is harder, because a tadpole, a caterpillar, and a seedling look very little like a frog, a butterfly, and an apple tree. The answer key gives every pair and the picture position for each, so checking takes seconds.
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“Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.”
Set 1 shows young animals that look like their parents. Set 2 covers the "not exactly like" half, with a tadpole and a caterpillar that change a lot as they grow.
Four baby words, Puppy, Foal, Chick, and Kitten, to join to pictures of a dog, a horse, a chicken, and a cat.
Three babies that look very different from their parents. Students join Tadpole, Caterpillar, and Seedling to the right adult picture.
New word
Foal is the word most 1st graders do not know. Teach it first, or let students work it out by matching the other three babies before it.
Plant bridge
After Set 2, ask how a seedling is like an apple tree when it has no apples yet. It moves the talk from animals to plants.
Follow-up
Follow this page with a dog and puppy comparison, so students go from matching pairs to naming how a baby differs from its parent.
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