Pre-Visit Activities : Animal Habitats : Assessment K-Second Grade Online Curriculum : Habitats

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.

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