Unit name: Living and Nonliving things, K.

ESTABLISHED
GOALS/
STANDARDS:
K.6Thestudentwill
investigateand
understandthe
differencesbetween
livingorganismsand
nonlivingobjects.Key
conceptsincludea)all
thingscanbeclassified
aslivingornonliving;
andb)livingorganisms
havecertain
characteristicsthat
distinguishthemfrom
nonlivingobjects
includinggrowth,
movement,responseto
theenvironment,
havingoffspring,and
theneedforfood,air,
andwater.

Grade Level: Kindergarten

Teacher: Abigail May

Transfer
Students will be able to independently use their learning in new situations to Identify
items at home as living or nonliving using the questions: Does it need water? Does it
breathe air? Does it need food? Does it move and grow?
Meaning
UNDERSTANDINGS Students will
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: Students will
understand that
explore & address these recurring questions:
Livingisusedtodescribeanythingthatisorhas
What does a living thing need? What is
living? What is nonliving? How do you know
everbeenalive(e.g.,dog,flower,seed,log).
if something is living? Does a living thing
Nonlivingisusedtodescribeanythingthatisnot
nownorhaseverbeenalive(e.g.,rock,mountain, need water? How does a plant get water,
glass,wristwatch).Alllivingthingsgrow,breathe, food and air? How does a plant move?
reproduce,excrete,respondtostimuli,andhave
similarbasicneedslikenourishment.

Acquisition
Students will know That a living thing
Students will be skilled atdistinguishing
is something that is alive and that it
the differences between living and nonliving
eats, breathes, and grows.
and have the ability to identify any given
object and put it in either category with
proof.

Stage 2 - Evidence
Assessment Evidence
PERFORMANCE TASK(S):
Living and Non-living sort- Students will sort pictures into living and nonliving (Day 1)
What 3 things do living things need? Worksheet- Students will identify what a living thing needs and

Unit name: Living and Nonliving things, K.6

Grade Level: Kindergarten

Teacher: Abigail May

categorize pictures based on those needs

Living and nonliving chart graph and pictures- Students will be shown a picture and must answer the
questions on the graph to determine if it is living or nonliving.
OTHER EVIDENCE:
Students will prove knowledge by a round robin exercise at the end of lesson one
Students will help the teacher create an anchor chart of the needs of living things

Stage 3 Learning Plan

Monday
AM Kindergarten:
Students will be read,
Whats Alive? by
Kathleen Weidner.
They will complete a
living and nonliving sort
as a class.
They will be required to
tell the teacher an object
that is living or
nonliving and prove
their answer.
PM Kindergarten:
Computer, no science

Tuesday
AM Kindergarten:
Students will help the
teacher create an anchor
chart of the things a
living thing needs.
They will complete a
living and nonliving
sort, based on the needs
discussed and put on the
anchor chart.
PM Kindergarten:
Students will be read,
Whats Alive? by
Kathleen Weidner.
They will complete a

Wednesday
AM Kindergarten:
Computer, no science
lesson
PM Kindergarten:
Students will help the
teacher create an anchor
chart of the things a
living thing needs.
They will complete a
living and nonliving
sort, based on the needs
discussed and put on the
anchor chart.

Thursday
AM Kindergarten:
Students will be read Is
it Alive? by Marcia
Freeman.
The teacher will show
the students four
pictures of living and
nonliving objects. The
students will have to
determine whether the
image is of something
living or nonliving based
on the questions on the
graph.
PM Kindergarten:

Friday
AM Kindergarten:
Library, no science.
PM Kindergarten:
Students will be read Is
it Alive? by Marcia
Freeman.
The teacher will show
the students four pictures
of living and nonliving
objects. The students
will have to determine
whether the image is of
something living or
nonliving based on the
questions on the graph.

Unit name: Living and Nonliving things, K.6

living and nonliving sort

as a class.
They will be required to
tell the teacher an object
that is living or
nonliving and prove
their answer.

Grade Level: Kindergarten

Teacher: Abigail May

Library, no science
*All students in AM and
PM will plant a seed
with the TA at small
group time.