LIVING &

NON-LIVING
Learning Pack

Included in this pack are

color & blackline
*large sorting cards (the
perfect size for a pocket
chart)
*single learner sorting pages
*writing page for living
*writing page for non-living
*Think & Write pages

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Living vs. Non-Living Picture Key

Living: starfish, beetle, worm, frog, kids, cactus, cheetah, tree, turtle, bush,
bird
Non-Living: rope, popsicle, teddy bear, basketball, bottle, snowman, mittens,
book, apple (off tree), rock, bubbles

Terms of Use: This printable pack was created for you to use at home with your child/students or
with multiple children in your classroom or tutoring setting. Please do not share between classroom
teachers, sell, host, reproduce, giveaway, or store on any other site (including a blog, Facebook,
4Shared, Dropbox, etc.). Thank you!
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Resources

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 rope

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beetle
Living
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Living vs. Non-Living Picture Sort

popsicle
starfish
Non-
Living

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bottle
worm

basketball
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Living vs. Non-Living Picture Sort

frog

snowman
teddy bear

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 book
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cactus
mittens
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Living vs. Non-Living Picture Sort

kids

tree
cheetah

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 rock

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bush
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turtle
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Living vs. Non-Living Picture Sort

bird
apple

bubbles

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 Living vs. Non-Living Characteristics Questions

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Can it move

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Does it grow
on its own? and change?

Does it need

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Does it
food and
need air?
water?

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Does it It is made
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reproduce? of cells?

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 Living vs. Non-Living Sorting

Living Non-Living

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Cut out the starfish turtle basketball book

pictures. Sort
them as either
living or non-
living in the
chart above.
rock worm tree mittens
 Draw a picture of something that is LIVING.

Write about it.

A is living
because

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 Draw a picture of something that is NON-LIVING.

Write about it.

A is not
living because

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living non-living

Think & Write

How can apples be living AND non-living?

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 Think & Write
How can the same thing be living and non-living?
Draw and write about it.

living non-living

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 BLACKLINE
Resources

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 rope

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beetle
Living
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Living vs. Non-Living Picture Sort

popsicle
starfish
Non-
Living

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bottle
worm

basketball
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Living vs. Non-Living Picture Sort

frog

snowman
teddy bear

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 book
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cactus
mittens
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Living vs. Non-Living Picture Sort

kids

tree
cheetah

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 rock

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bush
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turtle
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Living vs. Non-Living Picture Sort

bird
apple

bubbles

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 Living vs. Non-Living Sorting

Living Non-Living

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Cut out the starfish turtle basketball book

pictures. Sort
them as either
living or non-
living in the
chart above.
rock worm tree mittens
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to these clip artists!

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