Classifying organisms
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Biology
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4th Grade
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Easy
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Melissa Sparacino
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Classifying organisms
Aim: I will know how to classify plants and animals and use text features answer questions.
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Text features
The letters in blue are the heading. Heading tells you what the reading will be about.
Words that are highlighted in bold are vocabulary being covered in the reading.
The sentence the highlighted word is in is usually the definition.
Highlight or underline the definition of classify in the reading.
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How do scientist classify animals?
Scientist look at their appearance (what they look like), where they live and how they get their food to help classify.
Highlight the words appearance, where it lives and how it gets food.
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Naming Animals
All animals in the same group have the same characteristics.
The smallest two groups are genus and species.
Highlight The smallest two groups are genus and species.
What are the smallest two groups when naming an animal?
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Classifying cats
Black-fotted cats and house cats are both classified as Felis genus.
They share the characteristics such as sharp claws and hunting behavior.
A species is a group of similar organisms that can mate and produce offspring or babies.
All house cats are classifed as the same species.
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Text feature: picture and caption
Pictures are images in the text.
Captions are words under the text.
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Classifying organisms
Aim: I will know how to classify plants and animals and use text features answer questions.
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