Waverly Intermediate School

4th Grade

Science Curriculum Update

September 2016
Chapter 1: Classifying Plants and Animals
Dear Families,
Your child will learn how scientists sort living things. In the Science textbook
chapter 1: Classifying Plants and Animals, our class will learn about the building
blocks of that make up all living things and how living things are named and grouped into
six kingdoms. Students will learn how to look for similarities and differences between
living things; this will help them compare, contrast, and classify all kinds of organisms.
In addition to learning how to classify different kinds of living things, students
will learn many new vocabulary words. Help your child to make these words a part of his
or her own vocabulary by using them when you talk together about plants and animals.
Chapter 1 Vocabulary:
cell,
chloroplast,
cytoplasm,
genus,
invertebrates,
nucleus,
species,
vertebrates

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14621 Heywood PO Box 426 Waverly, NE 68462

Phone: 402-786-5340 Fax : 402-786-3385