Anthy Baracos

Performance Task - Using GRAPE

What understandings or standards will be assessed through this task?
Standard:
S1L1. Students will investigate the characteristics and basic
needs of plants and animals.
a. Identify the basic needs of a plant.
1. Air
2. Water
3. Light
4. Nutrients
b. Identify the basic needs of an animal.
1. Air
2. Water
3. Food
4. Shelter
c. Identify the parts of a plantroot, stem, leaf, and flower.
d. Compare and describe various animalsappearance, motion, growth,
basic needs.
TAG Standards included in this lesson:

Advanced Communication Skills

4. The student uses a variety of multi-media and innovative technology to create
illustrations, models, charts, tables, and graphs as tools for communication.
Creative Thinking & Creative Problem Solving Skills
1. The student develops original ideas, presentations, or products through synthesis
and evaluation.
Higher Order Critical Thinking Skills (HO/CTS)
2. The student responds to questions with supporting information that reflects indepth knowledge of a topic.

Task: A kindergarten teacher has asked the first grade students to create a display
gallery of posters. The teacher wants the students to illustrate a picture of a plant and
animal. Each poster must have a plant with each part labeled. Also, it needs to display
an animal. The student must label the basic needs of the animal (example: show the
animals shelter in the poster). After all posters are complete, the class can create one
PowerPoint that compares and contrasts the different animals that the students selected.

GRAPE:
Goal:
Your goal is to create an informative plant and animal poster for the kindergarten
gallery.
Role:
Your job is to be a Scientist and
Audience:
K and 1st grade students.
Product:
You will create a plant and animal poster that includes all of the required elements.
Expectations (Criteria for Success):
A successful poster will include all the expectations of the rubric.