📊 Life Cycle Data Sort

Students work with photo cards, journal sketches, tally marks, and partner-visit notes to sort evidence into up to three categories such as plant stages, animal stages, and ecosystem connections. As a class, they build a pocket-chart graph and answer compare questions using cubes, number cards, and simple story problems about totals and differences. The teacher models how to say, "I observed..." and "I infer..." so students base claims on evidence.