Learning about plants and animals (life sciences)

Learning about plants and animals (life sciences) Content:Different types of plants and animals inhabit the earth. As a basis for understanding this concept: 2.a. Students know how to observe and describe similarities and differences in the appearance and behavior of plants and animals (e.g., seedbearing plants, birds, fish, insects). Genre Comprehension Skill Science Content Nonfi ction Relate Prior Knowledge Plants and Animals Scott Foresman Science K.3 2.b. Students know stories sometimes give plants and animals attributes they do not really have

Genre Comprehension Skill Science Content

Nonfi ction Relate Prior

Knowledge

Plants and Animals

Scott Foresman Science K.3

Standard Set 2 Life Sciences

2 Different types of plants and

animals inhabit the earth As a basis

for understanding this concept:

2.a Students know how to observe

and describe similarities and

differences in the appearance and

behavior of plants and animals (e.g.,

seed-bearing plants, birds, fish,

insects).

2.b Students know stories sometimes

give plants and animals attributes they

do not really have.

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Learning About

Plants and Animals

Life Sciences

by Robert Loblaw

animals

food

need

plants

real

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Learning About

Plants and Animals

by Robert Loblaw

Plants need air.

Plants need food and water.

3 Plants need soil.

Plants need sunlight.

Animals need air.

5 Animals need food and water.

Plants make their own food

where they live.

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7 Most animals move to get food.

These plants have seeds.

9 These plants are different sizes.

Animals grow and change.

11 Not all animals move the same.

Not all animals look the same.

Real plants and animals

do not talk or wear clothes

Good morning! Hello!

What did you learn?

Relate Prior Knowledge How do animals

get food?