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COMMON FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT PLANNING TEMPLATE --FIRST DRAFT-Grade Level or Course: 4th Grade Science Authors: Ken Martinelli Assessment Topic: Animal & Plant Adaptations 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). B3: Describe how different plants and animals are adapted to obtain air, water, food and protection in specific land habitats. B4: Describe how different plants and animals are adapted to obtain air, water, food and protection in water habitats. BINQ2: Seek relevant information in books, magazines and electronic media. GLEs: 1. Compare and contrast the external features and behaviors that enable different animals and plants (including those that are extinct) to get food, water and sunlight; find mates; and be protected in specific land and water habitats. 2. Explain how behaviors such as hibernation, dormancy and migration give species advantages for surviving unfavorable environmental conditions. 3. Give examples of ways animals benefit from camouflage. 4. Evaluate whether an adaptation gives a plant or animal a survival advantage in a given environment. 5. Design a model of an organism whose adaptations give it an advantage in a specific environment. © 2007 by Center for Performance Assessment All rights reserved. Copy only with permission. (800) 844-6599 Common Formative Assessments Supp Docs Page S-52 Graphic Organizer of “Unwrapped” Concepts and Skills Concepts: Need to Know about Plant/Animal Adaptations Adaptation – Behavioral, Structural Advantage Camouflage Hibernation Migration Predators Leaves Drought 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) Seek (1) Big Ideas from “Unwrapped” Power Standards 1. Animals have adaptations for getting food such as specialized teeth, beaks, claws, smell and tongues. Behavioral adaptations include following herds, spinning webs or stalking. 2. Protection for animals and plants include camouflage, sharp quills, hard shells, antlers, spines, thorns and toxins. 3. Plants have adaptations for surviving in different environmental conditions including dropping leaves, needle-shaped leaves or storing water in thick stems. © 2007 by Center for Performance Assessment All rights reserved. Copy only with permission. (800) 844-6599 Common Formative Assessments Supp Docs Page S-53 Essential Questions Matched to Big Ideas 1. What are some adaptations animals have that help them get food? 2. What are some ways animals and plants protect themselves? 3. How do plants adapt to their environment? © 2007 by Center for Performance Assessment All rights reserved. Copy only with permission. (800) 844-6599 Common Formative Assessments Supp Docs Page S-54