Mammal vs Reptile Sort – Picture Worksheet

Label pictured animals as mammals or reptiles, using the page's trait reminders to compare hair or fur with scales.
Grades
K–1
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1
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Updated Jul 12, 2021

Subject
Science, Animals
Topic
Mammals and reptiles, Animal classification
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This Mammal VS Reptile Pictures Worksheet is perfect for helping students learn to identify animals as either mammals or reptiles. This is an important skill for young learners, and this worksheet makes it fun and easy to learn.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Classify pictured animals as mammals or reptiles

  • Use fur, hair, and scales as evidence

  • Recognize a shared trait that does not distinguish the groups

Teaching tips

  • Underline the trait that differs between the two printed definitions.

  • Ask learners to give another animal example for each category.

Skills covered

  • Animal classification

  • Trait comparison

  • Evidence-based labeling

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How can I help students explain their classifications?

Ask students to name the body-covering clue they used, then describe another animal that belongs in the same group.

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