Six numbered items on this 3-page kindergarten science sheet look at what plants, dogs and children need to live. In Part 1, students circle the pictures that fit each living thing, such as water, air and sunlight for a plant, and leave out distractors like the toy, the hat and the television. Part 2 gives a picture word bank to finish three sentences that start Plants need, Animals need and People need. Page 3 is the answer key. The sheet matches NGSS K-LS1-1.
K-LS1-1
“Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.”
Part 1 asks students to pick what a plant, a dog and a child need, and Part 2 sums up what plants, animals and people need.
Three rows, a plant, a dog and a child, each with six small pictures. The plant row includes water, soil, air and sunlight, and the dog and child rows add food and a home. Students circle what that living thing needs and skip the toy, hat or television.
A picture word bank of water, food, air, sunlight and a home. Students write two words on the lines in each of three sentences: Plants need, Animals need and People need.
The items to circle in each row, with a note that soil is accepted for the plant. The sentence answers accept any two correct needs for animals and people, and explain why food is not accepted for plants.
Needs and wants
Before students circle anything, ask why the television is not on the dog's list. Many kindergartners say the dog would like it, which is a good moment to separate what a living thing wants from what it needs.
Plants and food
Sentence 4 trips up students who write food for plants. Point to the sun picture and say that plants make their own food from sunlight and water.
Partner talk
Partners take turns reading each Part 2 sentence aloud and naming the two pictures that finish it. Spoken answers help students who are still sounding out the lines.
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