Formative &
Summative
Assessment
Evidence
ISTE Standards
for Students
Framework for
21st Century
Learning
Accommodation
DETAILS
CK
Miss Miller
Science
3
Three 40 minute class periods
Animals can be classified into different groups.
What is the method that is used to classify animals?
What makes certain groups of animals distinct?
Standard 3.1.3.A1: Describe characteristics of living
things that help to identify and classify them.
During a viewing of the Classifying Animals video (C),
all third grade students (A) will correctly define (B) all
seven (D) terms related to classification (vertebrate,
invertebrate, mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, and
reptiles) by completing the Video Guide.
All third grade students (A) will correctly sort (B) at
least two (D) animals into each of the classifications
(mammals, fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and
arthropods) during the Animal Classification Sort Game
(C).
Formative Assessment:
Formal Evaluation:
Teacher grades the students abilities to sort at least
two animals into each of the classifications using the
Animal Classification Rubric. The rubric is worth a total
of 10 points. Students get one point for each animal
they correctly categorize.
Informal Evaluation:
Teacher takes notes on the students responses during
the Pre-Assessment.
Teacher collects the Video Guide and makes sure each
student has completed it.
After students classify their animals, teacher records
their reasons for classifying them the way they did.
Teacher asks students how they met the objectives at
the end of the lesson.
Students take a picture of the animal cards with their
iPad after they sort them and once they get the correct
answers. Students email teacher the picture of their
sorted animal cards. This aligns with ISTE Standard 1:
Students leverage technology to take an active role in
choosing, achieving and demonstrating competency in
their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences.
It also fits into the Learning and Innovation Skills Theme
of the Framework for 21st Century Learning
Student Profile:
s, Modifications
SUPERVISING
TEACHERS
SIGNATURE
Accommodations:
Student sits at a scooter compatible desk and lab table
for the activities.
There is a lot of space between the desks and
throughout the classroom for the student to maneuver
his scooter.
Student stays in his scooter during the transition where
students act out an animal.
Teacher highlights the directions on the Video Guide
and Homework sheet.
Student uses a slant board to write his answers to the
Video Guide.
Teacher holds the iPad while the student presses the
button to take a picture of his sorted animal cards.
This is the first lesson plan in the Animal Unit. It builds off the
students knowledge that animals are living things. This lesson
focuses more specifically on animals. It discusses the ways
animals are classified. The lesson is based on Standard
3.1.3.A1: Describe characteristics of living things that help to
identify and classify them.
Introduction
Explicit
Instructions
CK
Lesson
Procedure
Reading
Materials
Technology
Equipment
Supplies
https://jr.brainpop.com/science/animals/classifyinganima
ls/
Video Guide:
http://kelceymillerscienceandhealth.weebly.com/lessonplan-1.html
Vertebrates Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=3mP-2WpmCkA
Homework sheet:
http://kelceymillerscienceandhealth.weebly.com/lessonplan-1.html
Evaluation of
Formal Evaluation
the
Teacher uses the Animal Classification Rubric to grade
Learning/Master
the students abilities to sort at least two animals into
y of the
each of the classifications. The rubric is worth a total of
Concept
10 points. Students get one point for each animal they
correctly categorize.
Teacher uses the results on the rubric to determine if the
concept needs to be re-taught.
Informal Evaluation
Teacher takes notes on the students responses to the
Pre-Assessment questions.
Teacher collects the Video Guide and makes sure each
student has completed it.
After students classify their animals, teacher records
their reasons for classifying them the way they did.
Teacher asks students how they met the objectives at
the end of the lesson.
Closure
Summary & Review of the Learning
Teacher brings students back together as a whole group
to go over the correct answers.
Teacher asks students which animals belong in each
category.
The correct answers are:
Mammals- bear, rabbit, bat, cheetah
Fish- clown fish, shark, trigger fish
Birds- parrot finch, spoonbill
Amphibians- newt, frog
Reptiles- snake, iguana, alligator
Arthropods- butterfly, grasshopper, spider
As they check the answers, teacher asks students to
follow along and make sure they have the animals in the
correct categories.
Teacher asks students to take a picture of the animals in
the correct categories with their iPads. This will be used
for their own reference.
Teacher has the students restate the objectives.
Teacher asks students how they met the objective. This
results in a discussion.
Teacher
Self-reflection