Living, Dead & Never Alive

Mastery Evidence

• Sort a collection of objects into three groups: living, dead (was once alive), never alive
• Give reasons for each sorting decision (e.g. 'the leaf was on a tree so it was alive once')
• List characteristics of living things such as growing, breathing, reproducing, and moving

Assessment Prompt

“If you show [child] a rock, a fallen leaf, and a caterpillar, can they tell you which is alive, which was once alive, and which was never alive?”

Curriculum Standards1 alignment