This 4th grade worksheet asks students to sort 12 animal pictures by diet. Page 1 holds labeled photos of a cow, lion, bear, deer, shark, raccoon, rabbit, owl, chicken, giraffe, wolf and human, with a three-column table for herbivores, carnivores and omnivores. Page 2 has four short questions, including why a bear is an omnivore and which animal is the herbivore in the chain grass, rabbit, fox. The answers page follows.
“Classify animals as herbivores, carnivores or omnivores by what they eat.”
The sort on page 1 covers four herbivores, four carnivores and four omnivores.
“Explain why an animal is an omnivore, using the plants and animals it eats.”
Question 2 asks why a bear is an omnivore.
“Identify the herbivore in a simple food chain.”
Question 4 uses grass, rabbit, fox.
Twelve labeled photos sit above a table with four lines in each of three columns. Students write each animal where it belongs, and the sort puts a chicken and a person with the omnivores.
Four questions with lines for the answers: what herbivores eat, why a bear is an omnivore, one carnivore that lives in water, and which animal is the herbivore in grass, rabbit, fox.
The completed sort and a model answer for each question. Question 3 accepts any accurate water carnivore, not only the shark.
Defend the omnivores
Ask students to argue for the chicken and the human before you show the key. Both are omnivores, and the argument is where the definition sinks in.
Cut and sort
Cut up the 12 photos and let pairs sort them on their desks. They then record the sort in the table.
Question 3 round
Question 3 has more than one right answer. Have each student write a different water carnivore and see how many the class can find.
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