Kindergarten Performance Task
Developed for Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
Authors: Betty Crocker, Janette Fentress, Virginia Malone, Theresa
Weeks, Vanessa Westbrook
Description:
Students create an imaginary animal by assembling
pictures of body parts from pictures of real animals.
Time Frame:
3 to 4 (15 minute class periods)
Materials:
- Story stuch as Eric Carle's The Mixed-Up Chameleon
- Animal pictures cut from magazines, coloring books, etc.
- Boxes or tube labeled: arms, wings, heads, legs, tails, etc.
- Scissors
- Paper
- Glue
- Paper
- Animal Journal
Advance Preparation:
Cut animal pictures from magazines or cut body parts off the animal
picture and sort into the correct box or tub.
Procedure:
- Students close their eyes and randomly select a head, a tail,
arms or wings, and legs from the tubs. Monitor that parts are
selected at random instead of allowing students to sort through
and select a specific part.
- Students arrange the random collection of body parts and draw
in a body to fit with the parts. Glue the parts to the drawn body
to form an imaginary animal.
- Help record information on the imaginary animal and its parts
in students' Animal Journal
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