Dogs

Dogs

Pencil and paper
Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
Working with Students
This task is about grouping ideas that belong together.
German Shepherd Spaniel Poodle Labrador Boxer

In the box below is the brainstorm Sam made about everything he already knows about dogs.


Sam's Brainstorm

 

 

 
 

Help Sam by sorting the words into the best four groups on the mind map. There will be some words left over that do not belong in any of the four groups. Put the left over words in the dog kennel.

(A) Kinds of dogs (B) Food (C) Equipment
 
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(D) Care
 
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Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper.
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
English, Creating meaning, Writing
Key Competencies: 
Thinking
Keywords: 
mind map, organisation, categories, information skills
Description of task: 
Students complete a mindmap to show they are able to group ideas.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can be used to help to identify students’ ability to create texts to meet the writing demands of the New Zealand Curriculum.
 

Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Writing:
This resource could be used to help to identify students’ ability to:
  • create content that conveys ideas relating to the topic with some details
as described in the Literacy Learning Progressions for Writing at: http://www.literacyprogressions.tki.org.nz/The-Structure-of-the-Progressions.

 

Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Using writing to think and organise for learning, set 2
within the Writing Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 

 

  

Y4 (10/2002)
1 mark
(for all 5 breeds included)		 a) Groups all 5 dog breeds together:

  • German shepherd
  • spaniel
  • labrador
  • poodle
  • boxer

easy
easy
easy
easy
easy
2 marks
(for all included)
or
1 mark
(for one omission)		 b) Groups all 3 foods together:

  • dog roll
  • biscuits
  • jelly meat

very easy
very easy
very easy
2 marks
(for all included)
or
1 mark
(for one omission)		 c) Groups all 4 equipment types together:

  • collar
  • leash
  • food dish
  • water bowl

easy
easy
easy
easy
2 marks
(for all included)
or
1 mark
(for one omission)		 d) Groups all 3 care words together:

  • exercise
  • vet
  • injections

moderate
easy
moderate
1 mark e) Students identify the following 3 words as not fitting
into the map:

  • cuddly
  • fun
  • friend
  
Diagnostic and formative information: 

Extra words included in mindmap groupings:

Food 19% of students included food dish.
10% of students included water bowl.
Equipment 6% of students included injections.
Care 33% of students included cuddly.
18% of students included friend.
11% of students included fun.