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Sorting Living Things

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Sorting Living Things

Living and non-living things illustration

🌱 Part 1: Understanding Living Things

1. Circle the correct answer. Which of these is a living thing?

A rock

A dog

A toy car

A pencil

2. Tick all the things that living things can do:

Grow bigger

Move by themselves

Have babies

Stay the same forever

3. What does "once-living" mean?

Something that is alive right now

Something that was alive but isn't anymore

Something that was never alive

4. Fill in the blanks using these words: living, non-living, once-living

a) A wooden table is _________________ because it came from a tree.

b) A kangaroo is _________________ because it can move and grow.

c) A plastic bottle is _________________ because it was never alive.

📊 Part 2: Sorting Activity

5. Sort these items into the correct groups. Write each item in the right column:

Items to sort: butterfly, paper, apple, metal spoon, dried leaves, cat, wooden chair, glass, flower, coal

Living Once-Living Non-Living

💭 Part 3: Explaining Your Thinking

6. Choose one item from each column in your sorting table. Explain why you put it there:

Living thing: I chose _________________ because:

Once-living thing: I chose _________________ because:

Non-living thing: I chose _________________ because:

7. Why is it important to know the difference between living and non-living things?
8. Draw one example of each type in the boxes below:
Living Once-Living Non-Living

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