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Assessment
Have a variety
of books available to the students that tell about different animals
and their habitats. Have the students look through the books to
choose an animal that they would like to have come live with them.
Students should then determine how they would have to change their
room to meet the needs of the animal they have chosen. They should
make a drawing and/or a written description of what they would
do. In their drawings and/or descriptions of how they would alter
their rooms to meet the needs of their chosen animal, students
will provide food, water, shelter and space to their chosen animal.
For example, if the student chose a river otter, their description
and/or picture might include: water to swim in and drink, fish
in the water to eat, a hollow log to sleep in and enough space
to move around in. Space will have to be a judgment call. If the
student opens up their rooms to the outside or expands it in some
way, this would be acceptable.
Scoring
Rubric (Out of 5 points)
| Draws
and/or describes the animal: |
1
point |
Draws
and/or describes the animal with one of its four
needs
(food, water, space, shelter): |
2
points |
| Draws
and/or describes the animal with two of its four
needs: |
3
points |
| Draws
and/or describes the animal with three of its
four needs: |
4
points |
| Draws
and/or describes the animal with four of its four
needs: |
5
points |
Cross-Curricular
Extensions
Science
Students will look at pictures
of different animals to determine which look similar
and which look different. For example, they would look
at pictures of an otter, a beaver, a raccoon and a snake
and decide which one does not belong with the others
(the snake does not belong because it is not a mammal
and does not have fur like the others). Other sets:
An alligator, a lizard, a snake and a dolphin (the dolphin
does not belong because it does not have scaly skin
like the others). A salamander, a toad, a frog and an
egret (the egret does not belong because it is a bird
and has feathers, unlike the other animals). A pelican,
a woodpecker, a cardinal and an opossum (the opossum
does not belong because it is not a bird). Students
will learn about mammals, reptiles, amphibians and birds.
Social
Studies
Have students think about their habitat, the local
community. Have students think about and discuss where
they can get air, food, water, shelter and space in
their community.
Second
Grade Math extension by SCA Master teacher, Robin Rutherford,
Porter Gaud School
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