Content Standard: A. Classifying Life forms
Students will understand there are similarities within the diversity of all living things.
Common Assessment(s):

Performance Indicators Students will be able to:	Essential Elements (Specific grade level learning objectives)			Suggested Performance Activities	Suggested Classroom Assessments	Vocabulary
1. Identify the differences between living and nonliving things.	Need to know vocabulary: living, nonliving, sort Need to distinguish between living and nonliving.			Students will brainstorm characteristics of living and nonliving objects, and then will sort objects or pictures into living/nonliving categories. Field trip to Popham Beach	Given the task of sorting living and nonliving objects or things, students will place objects or pictures in proper categories. Student will explain why and how they categorize objects. Assessed by teacher observation in a small group	living nonliving characteristics sort
2. Describe characteristics of different living things.	Characteristics of all living and nonliving things			Teacher and student will create a web naming different characteristics of a living things. In subsequent lessons teacher and students will create webs naming characteristic of other living things (animals and plants)	Given an example of a living thing by the teacher students will describe at least 3 characteristics of that living thing. Teacher observation in a small group. Field trip to Popham Beach collect only non living things.	web characteristics describe