2nd Grade Balance and Motion Unit Blueprint—End of Unit Assessment

Day 1—Performance Assessment
Day 2—Written Assessment

Optional:
Days 3 & 4—Portfolio Assembly & Reflection

What are some descriptions of the way things move?

What is necessary to keep an object from falling to the ground?

What are parts? Why are parts important for some things?

4F(K-2)#2: The way to change how something is moving is to give it a push or a pull.

4G(K-2)#1: Things near the earth fall to the ground unless something holds them up.

11A(K-2)#1: Most things are made of parts.

11A(K-2)#3: When parts are put together, they can do things that they couldn't do by themselves.

12D(K-2)#2: Draw pictures that correctly portray at least some features of the thing being described.

• Performance Assessment (See Assessment Duplication Masters section of Teacher's Guide for copy of assessment.)
• Written Assessment (See Assessment Duplication Masters section of Teacher's Guide for a copy of assessment.)
• Portfolio Assessment (Optional)
  (See pages 10 & 11 in Assessments section of Teacher's Guide.)

• See page 8 in Assessments section of Teacher's Guide

Written Assessment

• See page 9 in Assessments section of Teacher's Guide

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.