Identify Real-Life Connections Between Words and Their Use: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.5.C - Common Core: Kindergarten English Language Arts

Cows, dogs, and birds are all types of animals. A tree is a living thing, but it is not an animal - it cannot move or make a sound like animals, for example.

Teachers and doctors are types of people; those words tell us about the jobs that certain people do. Mothers are also people, and that word tells us about a relationship between a child and a parent. A bicycle is not a type of person; people often ride bicycles, but the bicycles and the people are totally different things.

You wear a hat on your head, a shoe on your foot, and a shirt on your shoulders and chest. But you cannot wear a fish!

Cars, trucks, and bicycles are all ways of getting around and they all have wheels. A table does not have wheels or help you get from one place to another.

Horses, pigs, and cows are all animals. A dad is a person, not an animal.

Apples, carrots, and eggs are all things that people eat. People do not eat shoes!

Drums, guitars, and pianos are all types of musical instruments. A wagon is not a musical instrument.

Green, blue, and red are all colors. A chair is something you sit in.