Using examples in a book, students determine their own special characteristics. Students locate and group several pictures of living things into two categories of their choice. They identify ways some living things are alike and ways they are different. Students observe living things on their school grounds to determine similarities and differences among them. They compare and contrast two similar animals.
Students listen to a story about a dog and identify what it needs to live.
Is Maize by Aliki to determine what plants need. Students determine some needs people have. Students compare a plastic or rubber spider to a live spider. They identify, draw, and develop a chart of living and nonliving things which they have observed on the school grounds. Students compare a small rock to a bean seed and draw each one before soaking them overnight.