👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

Objective
Students will explain what animals need to live and how different animals meet those needs.

Vocabulary
animal, need, shelter, food, water, air, survive, home

Teaching Notes

• Discuss pets and wild animals.
• Ask: What does your pet need to stay alive?
• Show how animals use different homes and foods.

🧒 Student Worksheet

Concept and Helping Material

Animals are living things that need food, water, air, and shelter to stay alive.
Different animals get their food and shelter in different ways.

More Samples and Helping Ideas

• A fish breathes through in water.
• A bird builds a .
• A dog finds food and at home.
• A lion hunts for .
• A turtle has a shell that is its .

Vocabulary and Definition

• — a living thing that moves and eats food
• — something required to stay alive
• — a safe place to live
• — what animals eat for energy
• — what animals drink to stay alive
• — what animals breathe to live
• — where an animal lives

Words to Learn

, , , , , ,

Sentences to Fill In

1. All animals need and water.
2. Animals need to breathe.
3. A bird builds a .
4. A fish breathes with .
5. A turtle’s is its home.
6. A lion hunts for .
7. A dog needs and care.
8. A cow lives on a .
9. A rabbit eats .
10. A bird drinks .

Reflection

• What is one thing all animals need?
• What kind of shelter does a bird have?