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All About
Animals

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All About
Animals

Animals Are Living Things. .2
What Animals Need . . . . . .3
Air. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Mammals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Reptiles and Amphibians . .7
Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Insects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Life Cycle of a Frog . . . . . .10
Life Cycle of a Butterfly. . .11

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Animals Are
Living Things

nonliving
living

All animals are living things.
Rocks and water are nonliving things.
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What Animals
Need

Animals need food and water.
Most animals need shelter.
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Air

gills

All animals need air.
Gills take in air.
Lungs help some animals breathe air.
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Mammals

Mammals have hair or fur.
They give birth to live young.
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Birds

Birds have feathers and wings.
Young birds hatch from eggs.
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Reptiles and
Amphibians
amphibian

reptile

Reptiles have scaly, dry skin.

Amphibians have smooth, wet skin.
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Fish

Fish live in water.
Most fish have scales.
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Insects

Insects have six legs.
They have three body parts.
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Lif e Cycle
of a Frog
frog

egg
about
2 weeks

about
7 weeks

about
9 weeks

A frog's life cycle begins with an egg.
A tadpole grows from the egg.
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Lif e Cycle of
a But terfly
butterfly

butterfly
comes out
egg

pupa

larva

A caterpillar grows from an egg.
It becomes a pupa, then a butterfly.
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Vocabulary

living, p. 2
nonliving, p. 2
shelter, p. 3
gills, p. 4
lungs, p. 4
mammals, p. 5
birds, p. 6
reptiles, p. 7
amphibians, p. 7
fish, p. 8
insects, p. 9
life cycle, p. 10
tadpole, p. 10
larva, p. 11

pupa, p. 11

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Think About the Reading

1. What questions do you have
about animals?
2. How can you find the answers to
these questions?
Hands-On Activity

1. Use clay to make a model of a
young animal.
2. Make two more models to show
how the animal grows and changes.
School-Home Connection

Tell a family member what you have
read about different kinds of animals.
Talk with the family member about the
kinds of animals that live in your area.

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