Content Knowledge
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Language Skills
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Performance Task/Evidence
of Student Learning
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Migratory animals have different characteristics.
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-Identify, describe, and compare migratory animals.
-Ask simple questions about migratory animals.
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-Read or interpret visual aides to complete a graphic organizer
about the needs and physical characteristics of some migratory
animals.
-Compare two animals using a Venn diagram.
-Ask/answer questions with a partner about different animals.
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Geographical locations, directions and habitats of migratory
animals vary widely.
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-Name and describe habitats, continents and/or countries in
which migratory animals live.
-Express/give directions (north,
south, east, west) for migration patterns.
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-Create a color key for five migratory animals and color in
their locations on a world map.
-Role-play migration using directions and maps.
-Complete a chart on the characteristics of six habitats.
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Animals migrate for different reasons and other environmental factors affect an animals' behavior.
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-Identify an animal's needs that cause it to move.
-Name a few types of pollution that affect an animal's
habitat.
-Role play the cause and effect of environmental changes
on animals.
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-Match animals to their needs by cutting and pasting food/water,
shelter, and animal mate into a mini-book for students to read
to each other.
-Color in items that do not -belong in an environment.
-Role-play the degradation of a forest by removing trees and
plants to show how animals lose food and shelter.
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There are a few global organizations that advocate the
protection of migratory animals.
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-Name and locate several important organizations in different
countries that advocate for animals.
-Create an advocacy group for a particular animal.
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-Visit a web site or read a brochure about the efforts of a
global organization such as the UNEP (United Nations
Environmental Program).
-Create the name of an advocacy organization.
-Provide information about an endangered migratory animal to
raise awareness about the global cooperation needed to solve
this problem.
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