Assessment
Materials
Coloring book pictures of these habitats:
Coloring
book pictures of these organisms:
- Page
1:
-
1 bald cypress tree
- 1
Spartina plant
- 1
brook trout
- 2
largemouth bass
- Page
2:
- 2
gag grouper
- 1
lemon shark
- 1
oyster
- Page
3:
- 4
river otter
- 1
alligator
- Page
4:
Other
Materials
Give students
the coloring pages of the habitats and the animals, and have
them color them in. Then have them cut the animals out and
glue them in their correct habitat(s).
Habitat-Animal
matches
Mountain stream: Brook trout, river otter
Piedmont river: Largemouth bass, river otter
Blackwater swamp: Largemouth bass, river otter, American
alligator, great egret
Salt marsh: Spartina grass, gag grouper (juvenile), great
egret, river otter
Ocean: Gag grouper, lemon shark
Scoring Rubric (Out of 5 points)
- Correctly
match 1-3 animals with its habitat:1 point
- Correctly
match 4-6 animals with its habitat: 2 points
- Correctly
match 7-9 animals with its habitat: 3 points
- Correctly
match 10-12 animals with its habitat: 4 points
- Correctly
match 13-15 animals with its habitat: 5 points
Top
Cross-Curricular
Extensions
English Extension
Have each student choose an animal found in South Carolina.
Each student will write a couple sentences about the animal
and its habitat and draw a picture. All the students’ pages
will be bound together to make a classroom book on animals
and habitats of South Carolina.
Social
Studies Extension
Have students look at a physical map of South Carolina to
determine what region they live in. What habitats are near them?
What animals can be found in these habitats? How have people changed
or used these habitats?
Kindergarten
Math extension by SCA Master teacher, Beth Blaskowitz,
Blaney Elementary School
