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1st grade · Science · Unit 10 of 12

Bird, Mammal & Fish Life Cycles

How birds, mammals and fish are born, grow and have young.

What your child practices

Practices the basic life cycles of a bird (egg, chick, adult), a mammal (born live, young drinks milk, adult) and a fish (egg, fry, adult).

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 1.7 · how baby birds, mammals and fish grow to look like their parents

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. A bird: egg, chick, adult bird.
  2. A fish: egg, fry, adult fish.
  3. A mammal is born live and drinks milk.

Example: Fish life cycle: egg, ___, adult fish. A baby fish is called a fry. Answer: fry

Bird, Mammal & Fish Life Cycles in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 10 of 12 in 1st grade Science, after Parents & Babies and before Sky & Seasons.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Most mammal babies are…

    • born alive
    • hatched from eggs
    • grown from seeds
    • made from tadpoles

  2. Question 2

    A young mammal grows up to look…

    • like its parents
    • like a plant
    • like a bird
    • like a fish

  3. Question 3

    A baby dog is a…

    • chick
    • calf
    • kitten
    • puppy

  4. Question 4

    Fish life cycle: egg, ___, adult fish.

    • pup
    • fry
    • chick
    • calf

  5. Question 5

    What does a chick grow up to be?

    • An adult bird
    • A frog
    • A puppy
    • A fish

  6. Question 6

    Which baby drinks milk?

    • A fry
    • A chick
    • A kitten
    • A duckling

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