Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Good day.

We started working on our dioramas today. We plotted where to place the things in environments where dinosaurs live. Tomorrow we will paint and use construction paper to make rivers, suns, nests, etc.

DINOSAUR DIARAMA RUBRIC

	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
Name of dinosaur	Student cannot name the dinosaur	Student has a limited knowledge of the name	Student knows the name but cannot say it	Student can say the name easily
What your dinosaur eats	Student cannot list the foods eaten by this dinosaur	Student lists 2 foods this dinosaur eats	Student lists 3 foods this dinosaur eats	Student lists 4 foods this dinosaur eats
Name the country where the dinosaur lived	Student cannot share the country of the dinosaur	Student can share but is not sure where it is.	Student knows the country and where it is on a map.	Student can name the country and continent of the dinosaur
Is the dinosaur a carnivore, herbivore or omnivore and how do you know?	Student cannot say whether plants and/or meat is the food.	Student is not sure whether the dinosaur eats plants and/or meat	Student knows whether plants or animals but not if they eat both.	Student knows whether plants, animals or both are eaten by this dinosaur
What does the dinosaur need in order to live?	Student is not aware of any of the needs of the dinosaur	Student can list 2 needs of the dinosaur	Student can list 3 needs of the dinosaur	Student can list 4 needs of the dinosaur
List 3 facts about your dinosaur.	Student is not able to share interesting facts	Student is able to share 1 interesting fact	Student is able to share 2 interesting facts	Student is able to share 3 interesting facts
What does the name of your dinosaur mean?	Student does now know the meaning of the name	Student is not aware there is a meaning	Student is aware but cannot share it	Student knows the meaning and is able to share the meaning.

This is the rubric for research. Students can use Google for this but are working on the diorama in class. We have read books, watched videos, and chatted about dinosaur needs. I will provide templates to record the information in class. Thank you for helping your child learn about dinosaurs. We are having fun doing this project. We will finish this project next week because report cards go home the 30th.

Thank you

Mrs. Autio