Help your students learn more about animal parents and their offspring with this Animals and Their Babies Mini Unit, a complete, NGSS standards based, ready-to-use mini unit for first graders filled with lessons, activities and text sets.

This Animals and Their Babies Mini Unit is a comprehensive, NGSS-aligned resource designed for first grade students to explore how animals depend on their parents for survival and growth. Meeting NGSS LS1-3 standards, this unit includes 3 full lessons, a research-based formative assessment (incl. a rubric and student friendly checklists), differentiated graphic organizers/writing paper choices, and vocabulary cards. Additionally, it offers 2 PowerPoint and PDF presentations, an adapted outline for Kindergarten and Pre-K, and a leveled text set of 6 books (pigs, tigers, frogs, alligators, owls, and kangaroos). The unit also features fun baby animal matching puzzles to reinforce learning.

Buy the Bundle and Get the Puzzles free! Valued at $21.50, the bundle saves you the cost of the adorable baby animal puzzles!

TEACHERS WILL LOVE:

• NGSS Standards Alignment: Meets NGSS LS1 standards for easy integration into your curriculum.
• Complete, Ready-to-Use Lessons: Save time with fully prepared lessons, assessments, and teaching materials.
• Differentiation Made Easy: Differentiated resources ensure all students, regardless of learning needs, can succeed.
• Interactive and Engaging: PowerPoint presentations, activities and puzzles keep students engaged while reinforcing core science concepts.
• Flexible Format: Adaptable materials for use in classrooms, small groups, or independent learning.

INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE:

• 27 2 piece puzzles without labels
• 18 2 piece puzzles with labels
• 26 4 piece puzzles
• 6 Animals & Their Babies Leveled Books in Color and Grayscale (Pigs, Tigers, Frogs, Alligators, Owls and Kangaroos)
• 3 - FIRST GRADE NGSS and Common Core Standards based lessons
• Sentence Starter Examples
• Teacher Rubric for Animal Reports
• 2 - Student-friendly “I can” checklists
• 8 - differentiated graphic organizers aligned with lessons
• 1 set of 18 vocabulary words
• 1 set of 18 vocabulary words with definitions
• 24 Half sheet sized posters of animals and their offspring
• 32 Animal and Offspring Cards
• Presentation “Inherited Traits” in both PPTX and PDF
• Presentation “Taking Care of Babies” in both PPTX and PDF
• Writing Paper choices - portrait and landscape with handwriting option
• Text Feature Writing Pages - portrait and landscape

For best use open in Adobe and print desired pages. For best use print puzzles on card stock and laminate for durability. 4 piece puzzles print 1 per page; 2 piece puzzles print 3 per page. Each book in the leveled text set is designed as a large format 8.5x11 landscape printed book. Instructions are included for printing smaller cut and staple student copies.