Assessment Activities S1L1 Students will investigate the characteristics and basic needs of plants and animals. d. Compare and describe various animals – appearance, motion, growth, basic needs. Students grouped animals according to observable features (appearance, size, motion, etc.) in Kindergarten. New learning is comparing and describing animals. Limited or Minimum Progress toward achievement of standard (1) Student is not able to describe or compare various animals. Progressing toward achievement of standard (2) Student inconsistently describes or compares various animals. Consistently and independently achieves the standard (3) Student consistently and independently describes and compares various animals. Assessment Activities Use Science journals to: Use graphic organizers to compare or describe different animals to other animals. Sort pictures of animals into groups according to their features. Instructional Notes: Harcourt Science materials provides assessments for each element. In addition, each school has a copy of Picture Perfect Science lessons. Students should know: animals have characteristics of their parent. different animals have different characteristics. animals can be grouped according to their features.