Living or Nonliving Picture Sort
Kindergarten living and nonliving picture sort: cut and glue 12 cards into two columns, then circle the living thing in four pairs. Answer key included.
Kindergarten Living and Nonliving Things Worksheets
Kindergarten worksheets on living and nonliving things: what living things need and do, picture sorts, yes-or-no checks and a schoolyard hunt.
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What Living Things Need
Kindergarten science worksheet on what plants, animals and people need: circle water, food, air, sunlight and a home, then finish three sentences.
Is It Living? Yes or No
Kindergarten living or nonliving table: circle yes or no for a puppy, rock, tree and toy robot, then draw and label two more examples. Answer key included.
Schoolyard Living Things Hunt
Kindergarten schoolyard hunt: tick six living and six nonliving things on a walk, then draw one living thing and finish two sentences. Sample answers included.
Living Things Grow and Change
Kindergarten living things worksheet: number pictures of a seed, a puppy and a baby growing in order, then decide if a rock grows. Answer key included.
Living and Nonliving Check
Kindergarten living and nonliving check: circle living things, write what a fish, flower and bird need, and answer two yes or no questions. Answer key included.
Curriculum objectives covered
“Sort familiar pictures into living and nonliving.”
“Tell a living thing from an object that looks like it.”
K-LS1-1
“Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.”
“Use features such as growing and needing food and water to decide if something is living.”
“Give and label examples of living and nonliving things.”
“Recognize living and nonliving things in the schoolyard.”
“Give a reason why a living thing is alive.”
“Put pictures in the order a living thing grows and changes.”
“Tell a living thing from a nonliving thing by whether it grows.”
“Identify living things among everyday objects.”
“Name something living things need, such as water, sunlight or food.”
“Decide whether something grows or needs food.”
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