Task: Explain how a change in the cockle population has affected one or more organisms in a food web in the short and long term. Assessment focus: Sorting observations and inferences; reading food chains and; using a food web diagram to predict impact of change.
Students create simple then compound sentences to go with a photo, using simple conjunctions to join sentences. A peer sharing task completes the resource.
Retelling a story, myth, or legend is the context for this assessment. Students use pictures, puppets, or other objects to enhance delivery. Oral Language Assessment Guides A, B, and C are suitable for this task.
Students are provided with a series of six labelled diagrams showing a bean seed germinating and developing into a small plant with leaves. Students write sentences describing what is occuring at each stage.
Students use a diagram to answer questions about water reserves, the main difference between lake and sea water, and to explain how water in the ocean could end up falling as snow in the mountains.