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Living vs Non-Living Learning Pack

By thisreadingmama 12 Comments

Before diving into a plants unit or animals unit, I think it’s good to spend a little time exploring living vs. non-living. This helps learners have a clear understanding of how living things work. And that’s exactly what this free living vs non-living learning pack can help you do.

By the way, you may also like our Wants vs. Needs Learning Pack!

FREE Living vs Non-Living Learning Pack - This Reading Mama

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Living vs Non-Living Learning Pack

Included in this free pack are picture sorting cards, living vs. non-living characteristic question cards, student sorting pages, and 4 writing pages. {All color activities also come in blackline to save on ink!}

sorting picture cards as living vs non-living

Learners can sort the cards on a table top or a pocket chart. We use our Standard Pocket Chart, which I also used a lot as a classroom teacher.

 

living vs non-living characteristics question cards

To help guide the sorting, I’ve included some simple question cards:

-Can it move on its own?
-Does it grow and change?
-Does it reproduce? {You could also ask: Can it make more of itself?}
-Does it need food and water?
-Does it need air?
-Is it made of cells? {not pictured}

 

writing page - how can it be living and non-living

While there are two more writing pages, my favorite one is where learners have to explain how apples can be living {on the tree} and non-living {picked and ready to eat}. There’s also a blank page where learners think of their own object that can be living and non-living.

 

I’d love for you to check out our unit studies on living things!

{Click each image to see what’s included in each unit study.}


 

 

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Enjoy!
~Becky

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Comments

  1. Carmen Cantizano says

    March 5, 2017 at 4:22 pm

    Becky, thank you for sharing great resources! Much appreciated your dedication and quality of your work. A very busy first grade teacher in Avon Park, Fl. Carmen

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      March 8, 2017 at 2:41 pm

      You’re welcome! 🙂 What a compliment!

      Reply
    • Sheila says

      March 14, 2017 at 5:00 pm

      Thanks for the clear, ready-to-go Living vs Non-living freebie. Your resources are great!

      Reply
      • thisreadingmama says

        February 15, 2018 at 6:53 am

        Thanks!

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  2. theresa shelby says

    March 8, 2017 at 2:12 pm

    I love the worksheets on Living and Nonliving!! Thank You!

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    • thisreadingmama says

      March 8, 2017 at 2:41 pm

      You’re welcome.

      Reply
  3. nmar says

    February 14, 2018 at 11:04 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing the worksheets of living and non living.

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      February 15, 2018 at 6:53 am

      You’re welcome! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Yelay Saenz says

    April 8, 2020 at 10:25 am

    Becky, thank you for sharing great resources! Much appreciated your dedication and quality of your work. Mrs.Saenz

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      April 10, 2020 at 11:06 am

      Aw, you’re welcome! 🙂

      Reply
  5. JENNIFER KEATON says

    April 21, 2020 at 9:17 am

    Thank you so much for all your hard work and sharing all your activities. Teaching prek kids from home is a big challenge, but with your activities it makes it so much easier.!

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      April 24, 2020 at 8:38 am

      Aw, you’re very welcome! 🙂

      Reply

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Hi! I’m Becky, a homeschooling mama with 4 blessings who keep me on my toes {and knees}. Before homeschooling, I was a classroom teacher (M.Ed.) and reading tutor. Read more about me here.

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