How Parents Help Their Young is a free printable Grade 1 science worksheet on patterns in parent and offspring behaviour that help young survive, aligned to Common Core standard 1-LS1-2. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
1.Which young animal would you expect to need the most help at first?
A.One that cannot yet find its own food
B.One that can already run
C.One that is largest
2.A cat carries a wandering kitten back. How does that help?
A.It keeps the kitten safe from danger
B.It makes the kitten heavier
C.It cleans the kitten
3.An elephant herd walks slowly for the calf. How does that help?
A.The calf keeps up and is not left behind
B.The calf grows faster
C.The herd gets more exercise
4.A blackbird brings worms to the nest all day. How does that help the chicks?
A.It teaches them to fly
B.They are fed before they can find food themselves
C.It keeps the nest tidy
5.What do a nest, a warm egg and carried kittens have in common?
A.Each is a parent helping the young survive
B.Each involves feathers
C.Each happens at night
6.Why do young animals call out to their parents?
A.To scare other animals
B.To practise singing
C.So the parent can find them and help
7.A frog lays eggs and leaves. What does that tell you?
A.Frogs cannot swim
B.Not every animal looks after its young
C.Frogs have no eggs
8.A penguin father keeps the egg on his feet. Why?
A.To hide it from the sun
B.To carry it further
C.To keep the egg warm off the ice
LessonPrint · 1-LS1-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — How Parents Help Their Young
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.One that cannot yet find its own food
2.It keeps the kitten safe from danger
3.The calf keeps up and is not left behind
4.They are fed before they can find food themselves
5.Each is a parent helping the young survive
6.So the parent can find them and help
7.Not every animal looks after its young
8.To keep the egg warm off the ice
Questions about How Parents Help Their Young
What does the How Parents Help Their Young worksheet cover?
It practises patterns in parent and offspring behaviour that help young survive — 8 questions for Grade 1, all on Common Core 1-LS1-2: Read and watch to find patterns in how parents and their young behave. The instruction to pupils is “Circle the best answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does How Parents Help Their Young practise?
1-LS1-2 — 1-LS1-2, in the Life Science domain for Grade 1. The published standard reads: “Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
How Parents Help Their Young is written for Grade 1, typically ages 6-7. It is one of the sheets on 1-LS1-2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does How Parents Help Their Young come with an answer key?
Yes. All 8 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of How Parents Help Their Young can I print?
25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is How Parents Help Their Young free to print and photocopy?
Yes. How Parents Help Their Young, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach 1-LS1-2?
Yes — “How Parents Help Their Young” is a 50-minute Grade 1 plan for 1-LS1-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. How Parents Help Their Young is the practice that follows it.
More practice for 1-LS1-2
Read and watch to find patterns in how parents and their young behave.
Teaching this next? How Parents Help Their Young is the 50-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.