February 2025

Why Cry, Baby?

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Reading Objective:

Students will recognize that human and animal babies make loud sounds such as crying to help them survive, and that sounds can be loud or soft.

Next Generation Science Standards:

K-LS1-1: Animals’ survival needs

1-LS1-1: Animals use their external parts to survive.

1-PS-4: Vibrating materials

Vocabulary:

fawn, pup