Four pictures and two drawings make up this three-page kindergarten science sheet. Students look at each picture and put a checkmark in the Plant column or the Animal column. The answers run animal, plant, plant, animal. In the last part, students draw their favorite plant and their favorite animal. The sheet fits early work on NGSS K-LS1-1, where students learn to tell plants and animals apart before they describe what each one needs.
K-LS1-1
“Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.”
The four checkmark questions and the two drawings, which name the two groups (plants and animals) whose needs K-LS1-1 asks students to describe.
Four pictures, each with a Plant box and an Animal box. Students put a checkmark in one box for every picture.
Two spaces, one for a favorite plant and one for a favorite animal.
First living things lesson
Use it on the day you introduce plants and animals. Four pictures is short enough to finish in one sitting, even early in the year.
Nature table
Put a real leaf, a potted plant, and a toy animal on a table. Students sort the real objects first, then check the boxes on the sheet.
Drawing share
Have students hold up their favorite plant and animal drawings. The class calls out plant or animal for each one.
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