Living Things
	Assessment Suggestions

HASP is in the process of learning about assessment. The assessment tools found here are suggestions and perhaps beginnings for your own assessment ideas. Since we are in the revision process, if you choose to use these assignments with your students, please send us your results via e-mail, hasp@dcs.edu

Purpose:

To determine the student's ability to sort, classify, and identify similarities and differences of living and non-living things.

 

Objective:

Students will demonstrate their ability to sort and classify living and non-living things. Students will communicate similarities and differences of two selected items.

 

Materials:

Choose 10 items from the suggested list (or use items of your choice) for children to sort.

leaf	tree branch	stick
feather	rock	pine cone
seed	shell	button
pencil	ivy plant	live animal
ball	glass of water	paper clip
		piece of clay

     

2 sorting mats (mats can be containers, construction paper, boxes, etc.) Label sorting mats: living and non-living.

 

Student Recording Sheet -- Page 1   Student Recording Sheet -- Page 2

 

Task:

Ask students to sort and classify the collection of objects on the labeled mats. The teacher should record their responses on the student recording sheet.

 

Ask each student to select two items from one mat and describe similarities and differences of each.

 

Criteria:

Students will be assessed on their ability to accurately separate items into three categories and describe similarities and differences of each.

 

Student Directions and Scoring Rubric

 

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