1-LS1-2
The standard
Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.
Next Generation Science Standards
What this standard means
Students need to use books, short videos, photos, or audio clips to notice repeated parent and baby animal behaviors. They should connect a baby signal, like crying, cheeping, or staying close, to a parent response, like feeding, warming, protecting, or guiding.
Mastery looks like saying, “The chick cheeps, then the hen comes back,” and explaining how that helps the chick live. Students often list cute facts instead of patterns. They may also confuse human care with animal care, or say the baby “wants” something without using evidence from the text or media.
Ways to teach it
- Show three short animal parent clips, then have students sort picture cards into baby signal and parent response pairs.
- Ask students to write or draw: What does the baby animal do, and how does the parent help it survive?
- Play an animal sound clip and show two parent response pictures, then have students point to the response supported by evidence.
- Connect to recess by discussing how adults respond when children call for help, then compare that pattern to animal parents.
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