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Parts of a Fish Worksheets

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Fins, tail, gills, scales, eye and mouth: a labeled fish chart, label it, cut and paste and color pages.

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Parts of a fish chart

Every part named on a big line drawing, with what it does.

Label, cut and paste, color

Write the names from a word bank, glue them from a cut-out strip, or color each part.

Print at 100% (actual size) for the cleanest tracing lines.

About these parts of a fish worksheets

A fish is built for life in water. It breathes with gills, swims by moving its tail, steers with its fins, and is covered in scales. These parts of a fish worksheets name each part on a detailed line drawing with every fin in its place.

Children read the chart with an adult, write the six part names from a word bank, cut and paste the names, and color each part.

Animal body parts and what they do are part of the grade 1 standard 1-LS1-1. These pages introduce the names at a kindergarten level, with a clear line drawing and facts read aloud.

Standards

  • NGSS 1-LS1-1Grade 1 standard, introduced here at a kindergarten level: use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
  • NGSS K-LS1-1Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.2Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1.APrint many upper- and lowercase letters.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.2Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.

How to use them

  1. Read the chart together and ask what each part helps the fish do.
  2. Label the fish with the word bank, or cut and paste the names. Check with the answer key on page 2.
  3. Read the color page aloud and let your child color each part.

Teaching tips

  • Have your child breathe in and out, then explain that a fish gets air from the water through its gills.
  • Swim like a fish: wiggle your whole body and move your hand like a tail.
  • Look at a fish in a tank or a store and find the fins together.

Questions teachers and parents ask

What are the parts of a fish?

The main outside parts are the mouth, eyes, gills, fins, scales and tail.

How does a fish breathe?

Water flows in through its mouth and out over its gills, which take in the air that is mixed in the water.

Do these worksheets have answer keys?

Yes. The label and cut and paste pages have an answer key on page 2.