1. Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
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Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
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1-LS3-1 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

2. 1-LS3-1 Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.
Essential Question:
In what ways are plants and animals similar yet different from their parents?
1-LS3-1 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

3. 1-LS3-1 Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.
Alignment
Reading
Math
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.2
Students can discuss, write or respond to the main idea and key details of the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.5
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.9
Students can compare and contrast non-fiction and fiction stories; different versions of a story; different characters from a story; different families or family members.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1.3
Students can write a narrative about their family incorporating different events that they do at different times of the day using analog and digital clocks. Students can write a narrative about the animals they created.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1.7 Students can write a sequence of instructions for a partner to create the offspring of their creature.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1.8
Students can use their background knowledge and experiences to gather information about families and how the individuals are similar but different in many ways.
CCSS.Math.Content.1.MD.A.1
Students can use stories such as Goldilocks and the Three Bears or The Three Little Pigs where students can use terms such as “biggest, bigger, big”, “smallest, smaller, small” etc. to discuss how the characters/houses are similar and different in size.
CCSS.Math.Content.1.MD.B.3 Students can write a narrative about their family incorporating different events that they do at different times of the day using analog and digital clocks.
CCSS.Math.Content.1.MD.C.4 Students can collect data while observing the characteristics of the created creatures. (i.e. color, size, shapes, etc.)
CCSS.Math.Content.1.G.A.2 Students can discuss the shapes present within their created creatures. Students can create composite shapes with pattern blocks to make different creatures.
1-LS3-1 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

4. Articulating the Explanation of Phenomena
Lesson 1:
Are You My Mother?
Students will listen to the story Are You My Mother?- P.D. Eastmen
Students will explain why the main character had difficulty finding his mother.
Refer to the last page to pose the following question: How can we tell that the main character has finally found his mother?
Students will “Turn and Talk” in order to discuss with their partner how they are similar and different than their parents. (Optional activity-if available, discuss family photographs of students.) Students can discuss how the individuals are similar but different in many ways.
Alignment
Reading:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.2 Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
Students can discuss, write or respond to the main idea and key details of the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.5 Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.9 Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.
Students can compare and contrast non-fiction and fiction stories; different versions of a story; different characters from a story; different families or family members.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1.3 Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.
Students can write a narrative about their family incorporating different events that they do at different times of the day using analog and digital clocks.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1.8 With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
Students can use their background knowledge and experiences to gather information about families and how the individuals are similar but different in many ways.
Math:
CCSS.Math.Content.1.MD.A.1 Order three objects by length; compare the lengths of two objects indirectly by using a third object.
Students can use stories such as Goldilocks and the Three Bears or The Three Little Pigs where students can use terms such as “biggest, bigger, big”, “smallest, smaller, small” etc. to discuss how the characters/houses are similar and different in size.
CCSS.Math.Content.1.MD.B.3 Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
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5. Essential Question
In what ways are plants and animals similar yet different from their parents?
1-LS3-1 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

6. Are You My Mother?
Why did the main character have difficulty finding his mother?
Let’s look at the last page of the story:
How can we tell that the main character has finally found his mother?
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7. Turn and Talk with your neighbor: How are you similar and different than your parents?
Eye color
Curly or straight
Hair color
short or tall
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8. How are families similar and different?
1-LS3-1 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

9. Evidence/Reasoning Lesson 2: Creature Features
Students will listen to the story Is Your Mama a Llama?-Deborah Guarino (found on Bookflix) Students will “Turn and Talk” in order to discuss with their partner how the llama was similar and different to the other animals based on their features.
Present the following words to students: Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Do not tell students that these words are the scientific name for a platypus). After showing these words to the students, provide students with a plain white piece of paper to draw an Ornithorhynchus anatinus and state/discuss the following clues regarding their features (you may choose to provide more/less clues to your students):
This animal has four legs.
This animal has webbed feet.
This animal has a flat tail.
This animal has a bill.
The animal lays eggs.
The animal has fur.
The animal can swim.
The animal has poisonous stingers on their feet.
Have students trade drawings with a partner and use their partner’s drawing to create the offspring of the creature their partner has created. Allow students time to take a “Gallery Walk” and discuss the drawings and features of the created creatures.
Reveal to students that the Ornithorhynchus anatinus is a platypus with the photograph below/video clip. Discuss how the student-created creatures are similar and/or vary. Use the video clip to discuss how the platypus offspring are alike but vary from their parent.
Alignment
Reading:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.2 Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
Students can discuss, write or respond to the main idea and key details of the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.9 Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.
Students can compare and contrast non-fiction and fiction stories; different versions of a story; different characters from a story; different families or family members.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1.3 Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.
Students can write a narrative about the animals they created.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1.7 Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., explore a number of "how-to" books on a given topic and use them to write a sequence of instructions).
Students can write a sequence of instructions for a partner to create the offspring of their creature.
Math:
CCSS.Math.Content.1.MD.C.4 Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another.
Students can collect data while observing the characteristics of the created creatures. (i.e. color, size, shapes, etc.)
CCSS.Math.Content.1.G.A.2 Compose two-dimensional shapes (rectangles, squares, trapezoids, triangles, half-circles, and quarter-circles) or three-dimensional shapes (cubes, right rectangular prisms, right circular cones, and right circular cylinders) to create a composite shape, and compose new shapes from the composite shape.
Students can discuss the shapes present within their created creatures. Students can create composite shapes with pattern blocks to make different creatures.
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10. Creature Features
Read the book, Is Your Mama a Llama? on BookFlix. Log into BookFlix, then click Animals and Nature tab or click here:
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Turn and Talk
Discuss with your neighbor how is the llama similar and different to the other animals based on their features.
1-LS3-1 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

11. Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Draw what you think a Ornithorhynchus anatinus looks like on your paper.
Here are some clues to help you draw this animal:
This animal has four legs.
This animal has webbed feet.
This animal has a flat tail.
This animal has a bill.
The animal lays eggs.
The animal has fur.
The animal can swim.
The animal has poisonous stingers on their feet.
1-LS3-1 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

12. Now switch your drawing with your partner!
Can you draw what the offspring of your partner’s creature would be?
1-LS3-1 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

13. Gallery Walk
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14. So what is a Ornithorhynchus anatinus?
It’s a platypus!!!
How are the creatures you created the same?
How are they different?
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15. Platypus Offspring Let’s watch this video.
How are they similar to their parents?
How are they different than their parents?
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Let’s watch this video.
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16. Optional Read-Alouds and Extension Activities
Who Grows Up in the Desert?: A Book About Desert Animals and Their Offspring-Theresa Longenecker
Who Grows Up in the Snow?: A Book About Polar Animals and Their Offspring-Theresa Longenecker
Who Grows Up on the Farm?: A Book About Farm Animals and Their Offspring-Theresa Longenecker
Who Grows Up in the Forest?: A Book About Forest Animals and Their Offspring-Theresa Longenecker
Who Grows Up in the Rain Forest?: A Book About Rain Forest Animals and Their Offspring-Theresa Longenecker
Who Grows Up in the Ocean?: A Book About Ocean Animals and Their Offspring-Theresa Longenecker
Extension Activities:
Students will use this website to match parents to their offspring based on features of each animal (-Science, -Rio de Janerio, -Baby Animals, -The right baby)
Students can view various live webcams to discuss interactions amongst parents and their offspring. Students can view eagles here and hummingbirds here.
Students can learn more about how birds help their offspring to survive using this website.
Students can make observations about mealworms and their lifecycles from these lessons: Day 1 and Day 2
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17. Can you match the baby to its offspring?
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18. Let’s observe hummingbirds!
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19. Let’s observe eagles! Links used: http://mnbound.com/live-eagle-cam/
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20. Let’s observe other animals!
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21. How do birds help their offspring?
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22. How do mealworms grow and change?
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23. Vocabulary for 1-LS3-1 trait individual species survival
1-LS3-1 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

24. trait a specific feature of someone or something.
1-LS3-1 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

25. individual a single person or thing from a group.
1-LS3-1 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

26. species a class of individuals having some common traits or qualities.
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27. survival remaining alive and adapting to the environment
1-LS3-1 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits