• After the activity, bring students out to the school ground with paper and pencil to observe things they find. On paper, ask the students to write the names of or draw three objects they see that are alive, or three objects they see that are not alive. (Another option for this assessment is to have students bring three objects from around their home that are alive and three objects from home that are not alive.) 

Scoring rubric out of 5 points

Correctly identify one object as alive or not alive:	1 point
Correctly identify two objects as alive or not alive:	2 points
Correctly identify three objects as alive or not alive:	3 points
Correctly identify four objects as alive or not alive:	4 points
Correctly identify five or six objects as alive or not alive:	5 points

Cross-Curricular Extensions
Math Extension
Have students look around the classroom. How many objects in the room are alive? How many objects in the room are not alive? Have students make simple bar graphs to demonstrate these numbers for comparison. (It will probably be necessary to limit how many objects in the classroom are looked at).

English and Art Extension
Have students make an alphabet book in which they name and/or picture an object that is alive and an object that is not alive for each letter of the alphabet.

Social Studies Extension
Have students list some of the living things and things that are not alive that their family uses every day. Have the students think about some of the other people in the community, such as teachers or police officers. What are some of the things that are alive and the things that are not alive that they use every day?

First and Second Grade Math extension by SCA Master teacher, Christie Kittrell, Rivelon Elementary School