1st Grade Plants and Animals Unit Blueprint |
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Pacing Suggestions: See Unit Calendar for details. |
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| Essential & Unit Questions* 1 | Benchmarks 2 | Formative and Summative Assessments 3 | Using Assessments to Monitor Student Learning |
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What are some ways to describe objects?
What are some ways living things change? |
12D(K-2)#2: Draw pictures that correctly portray at least some features of the thing being described.
12D(K-2)#1: Describe and compare things in terms of number, shape, texture, size, weight, color, and motion. 11B(K-2)#3: One way to describe something is to say how it is like something else. 11C(K-2)#1: Things change in some ways and stay the same in some ways. 11C(K-2)#3: Things can change in different ways, such as in size, weight, color and movement. Some small changes can be detected by taking measurements. 11C(K-2)#4: Some changes are so slow or fast that they are hard to see. |
Student revisions to Record Sheet 5-B: Freshwater Picture and class discussion (See Procedure Steps 3 & 4 on page 135 in Teacher's Guide. Note: In Teacher's Guide, Procedure Step 3 incorrectly notes sheet as Sheet 5-A.) |
Record Sheet 5-B
Do students' drawings accurately show the number of plants and animals in the aquariums? Class Discussion about Changes to Aquariums
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* Essential/Unit questions are major questions driving the unit. They are directly aligned with the benchmarks. No single lesson addresses each question in its entirety. By the end of the unit, students should be able to answer these core questions. 1. For conceptual benchmarks. 2. Bolded sections indicate portion of benchmark addressed 3. Unless noted as a Summative Assessment, the assessments are formative and should be used to guide teaching and learning. |
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