Wild About Animals: Week 1: Living vs. Non-Living

Go to: Wild About Animals Unit Study Home Page

Reading List:

What is a Living Thing? (Science of Living Things) (Kalman)

What’s Alive? (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1) (Zoehfeld)

Is it Living or Non-Living? (Rissman)

  

Complete 1 or 2 Narration Pages from the Reading List each week.
* A Note about Narration Pages-- Being able to re-tell a story is an important skill for younger elementary students to learn. Narration is one of the best ways to do this. I love the simple Illustration/ Handwriting pages at this link. Simply have your student draw a picture about what you read in the story, then have him tell you 2-3 sentences in his own words, about what he read. If he is a good writer, he can write them himself under the picture, or, you can write it for him. Be sure to record the title of the book at the top!

Videos:

Copywork:

All living things need air, water & food to survive.

Activity 1:

Living or Non-Living?

Activity 2:

Nature Hike & record observations on this Living vs. Non-Living Worksheet

Activity 3 (Written Work):

·  Use a Venn Diagram to compare living and non-living things

·  Cut & Sort Living or Non Living?