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Who Should Win? Animal Comparision Book

Students worked in partnerships to research facts about their animals. Each partnership used mostly facts and some opinions to select which animal would win in a fight. This assignment is based on Jerry Pallotta's book series Who Would Win?

Rubric Code: K9X6C5

By ahobson

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Subject: Science

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: K-5

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	Poor - U 0 pts	Needs Work - S- 1 pts	Fair - S 2 pts	Good - S+ 3 pts	Great - O 4 pts
Interesting Facts	Poor - U Lists 0 interesting facts about animal.	Needs Work - S- Lists 1 interesting fact about animal.	Fair - S Lists 2 interesting facts about animal.	Good - S+ Lists 3 interesting facts about animals.	Great - O Lists 4 or more interesting facts about animal.
Animal Classification	Poor - U Does not identify correct animal classification.	Needs Work - S- -	Fair - S -	Good - S+ -	Great - O Identifies the correct animal classification.
Favorite Foods	Poor - U Describes 0 favorite foods that animal eats.	Needs Work - S- Describes 1 favorite food that animal eats.	Fair - S Describes 2 favorite foods that animal eats.	Good - S+ Describes 3 favorite foods that animal eats.	Great - O Describe 4 favorite foods that animal eats.
Coloration	Poor - U Does not identify colors of animal.	Needs Work - S- -	Fair - S -	Good - S+ -	Great - O Identifies colors of animal.
Size	Poor - U Does not tell weight or length of animal.	Needs Work - S- -	Fair - S -	Good - S+ -	Great - O Tells weight and length of animal.
Ecosystem	Poor - U Identifies incorrect ecosystem.	Needs Work - S- -	Fair - S -	Good - S+ -	Great - O Identifies correct ecosystem.
Special Body Feature	Poor - U Does not give an example of animal's special body feature.	Needs Work - S-	Fair - S	Good - S+	Great - O Explains how body feature helps animal.
Locomotion	Poor - U Doesn't explain how animal moves.	Needs Work - S-	Fair - S	Good - S+	Great - O Explains how animal moves.
Neatness	Poor - U Handwriting is sloppy and difficult to read. Illustration coloring appears rushed and not colored with care.	Needs Work - S- Handwriting is tricky to read. Illustrations are partially colored.	Fair - S Handwriting is readable on a few pages of book. The illustrations are partially colored.	Good - S+ Handwriting is readable throughout most of the book and illustrations are colored.	Great - O Readable handwriting and illustrations are colored with care.
Cooperation	Poor - U Individual had difficulty working with partner in a cooperative way. Teacher was needed more than once to help partnership resolve conflict in a responsible way. These conflicts kept the partnership from continuing research and kept teacher from working with other students.	Needs Work - S- Individual had some trouble communicating with partner. Teacher was needed to help partnership resolve conflict in a respectful way. Conflict was resolved and partnership was able to continue research.	Fair - S Individual communicated with partner and this communication often led to distractions.Teacher needed to redirect partnership to complete research.	Good - S+ Individual communicated with partner in an effective way. Most research was completed respectfully and timely.	Great - O Individual worked extremely well with partner during research. Both partners demonstrated strong teamwork strategies while completing research in a timely way.

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animal comparison Who Should Win?

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