Part of the Party: Sorting Australian Animals Worksheets - Free Printable

I need to help the student solve this Australian animal sorting task. Let me work through this step by step.

Looking at the worksheet, I can see there are multiple sorting sheets with different criteria:
- Sorting Sheet 1: Reptiles, Birds, Mammals (with examples already filled in)
- Sorting Sheet 2: 0 Legs, 2 Legs
- Sorting Sheet 3: Lives on Land and in Water, Lives on Land
- Sorting Sheet 4: Eats Meat, Eats Plants, Eats Both Meat and Plants

The animals shown are: kookaburra, emu, lizard, crocodile, kangaroo, snake, koala, platypus, dingo, wombat

Let me sort each animal according to the different criteria:

Sorting Sheet 1 - By Animal Type:
- Reptiles: lizard, crocodile, snake
- Birds: kookaburra, emu
- Mammals: kangaroo, koala, platypus, dingo, wombat

Sorting Sheet 2 - By Number of Legs:
- 0 Legs: snake
- 2 Legs: kookaburra, emu
- 4 Legs: lizard, crocodile, kangaroo, koala, platypus, dingo, wombat

Wait, I need to check if there's a "4 Legs" category or if it's just 0 and 2 legs. Looking at the sheet, it seems to only have "0 Legs" and "2 Legs" categories, so animals with 4 legs might not fit into either category on that particular sheet.

Sorting Sheet 3 - By Habitat:
- Lives on Land and in Water: crocodile, platypus
- Lives on Land: kookaburra, emu, lizard, kangaroo, snake, koala, dingo, wombat

Sorting Sheet 4 - By Diet:
- Eats Meat: crocodile, snake, dingo
- Eats Plants: koala, wombat
- Eats Both Meat and Plants: kookaburra, emu, lizard, kangaroo, platypus

Let me verify these classifications:
- Kookaburra: bird, eats insects and small animals (carnivore/omnivore)
- Emu: bird, omnivore (eats plants and some insects)
- Lizard: reptile, most are carnivorous but some eat both
- Crocodile: reptile, carnivore
- Kangaroo: mammal, herbivore
- Snake: reptile, carnivore
- Koala: mammal, herbivore (eucalyptus leaves)
- Platypus: mammal, carnivore (eats aquatic invertebrates)
- Dingo: mammal, carnivore
- Wombat: mammal, herbivore

Let me reconsider the diet categories more carefully:
- Eats Meat (Carnivores): crocodile, snake, dingo, platypus
- Eats Plants (Herbivores): kangaroo, koala, wombat
- Eats Both (Omnivores): kookaburra, emu, lizard

Actually, let me be more careful about the platypus - it eats aquatic invertebrates, which makes it carnivorous, not an omnivore.

Final Answer:

Sorting Sheet 1 (Animal Types):
- Reptiles: lizard, crocodile, snake
- Birds: kookaburra, emu
- Mammals: kangaroo, koala, platypus, dingo, wombat

Sorting Sheet 2 (Number of Legs):
- 0 Legs: snake
- 2 Legs: kookaburra, emu
- (4 Legs: lizard, crocodile, kangaroo, koala, platypus, dingo, wombat)

Sorting Sheet 3 (Habitat):
- Lives on Land and in Water: crocodile, platypus
- Lives on Land: kookaburra, emu, lizard, kangaroo, snake, koala, dingo, wombat

Sorting Sheet 4 (Diet):
- Eats Meat: crocodile, snake, dingo, platypus
- Eats Plants: kangaroo, koala, wombat
- Eats Both Meat and Plants: kookaburra, emu, lizard