KINDERGARTEN
Is it Alive?
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Unit Overview
Standards,
Misconceptions
Goals
. Lesson
Plans
INTEGRATED STANDARDS:
Misconception:
Proper conceptions:
Unit
1. Students will identify if something is living and
explain why
2. Students will identify if something is nonliving
and explain why
3. Students will communicate their findings
verbally and through drawing and writing.
4. Students will understand that trees provide clean
air for living things
5. Students understanding will be evaluated and
students will evaluate themselves.
The
1.Everything can be classified
as living or non-living.
2. Items both living and nonliving can be classified by
observable physical
attributes.
Lessons to address
misconception:
Assessment:
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3.
Not yet
I can point
something
living
I can point
something
nonliving
to
that is
to
that is
Meets
Exceeds
I can draw and label
something living
AND nonliving AND
identify and explain
why something is
living or nonliving
I can explain the
attributes of living
things without clip
art