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COMMON FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT PLANNING TEMPLATE
--FIRST DRAFT-Grade Level or Course: 3rd Grade Science
Authors: Ken Martinelli
Assessment Topic:
Rocks & Minerals
Selected Power Standards: List standards by number and include the full text
here. Then “unwrap” to identify what students need to know and be able to do.
Underline the concepts (important nouns or noun phrases) and circle the skills
(verbs).
B5: Describe the physical properties of rocks and relate them to their
potential uses.
B6: Relate the properties of rocks to the possible environmental
conditions during their formation.
BINQ1: Make observations and ask questions about objects, organisms
and the environment.
GLEs:
1. Differentiate between rocks and minerals.
2. Use the senses and simple measuring tools to gather data about
various rocks and classify them based on observable properties
(e.g., shape, size, color, weight, visible markings.
3. Conduct simple tests to determine properties of different minerals
(e.g. color, odor, streak, luster, hardness, magnetism), organize data
in a table, and use the data and other resources to identify unknown
mineral specimens.
4. Summarize nonfiction text to compare and contrast the conditions
under which igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks are
formed.
5. Observe and analyze rock properties (e.g., crystal size or layers) to
infer the conditions under which the rock was formed.
6. Evaluate the usefulness of different rock types for specific
application (e.g., buildings, sidewalks, stone walls, statues or
monuments.
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Graphic Organizer of “Unwrapped” Concepts and Skills
Concepts: Need to Know about Rocks & Minerals
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Property
Classify
Texture
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Fossil
Crystal
Mineral
Streak
Luster
Hardness
Skills: Be able to do
(Next to each skill, write number in parentheses indicating approximate level of
Bloom’s Taxonomy of thinking skills. Refer to Bloom’s Taxonomy resource in
supporting documents.)
Describe (2)
Relate (2) (Compare/Contrast)
Observe (1)
Big Ideas from “Unwrapped” Power Standards
1. Rocks can be sorted based on properties such as shape, size, color,
weight (mass), and texture. Properties of rocks can be used to identify the
conditions under which they were formed.
2. Rock properties make them useful for different purposes. Rocks can be
used for buildings, statues, concrete and sheetrock.
3. Minerals make up rocks and are used in many ways, depending on their
properties. Some are used to make jewelry; others can be useful for
making powders.
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Essential Questions Matched to Big Ideas
1. How can rocks be used to identify environmental conditions?
2. What are some different uses of rocks?
3. What is the difference between minerals and rocks and how can minerals be
identified?
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