TIC-TAC-TOE ASSESSMENT – BIOMES
1. Illustration
Follows Drawing criteria
card___
2. Information Cube
Follows Information Cube
criteria card___
3. Fairy Tale
Has a creative plot appropriate
for the setting in a forest___
Has the shape of a state with a
freshwater biome___
Each side of the cube is about
one of the biomes: forest,
desert, tundra, freshwater,
marine and grassland___
Characters have interesting
things that happen to them in
the forest___
Accurate information___
Has illustrations of 5 plants and
5 animals indigenous to this
biome___
Forest is clearly described___
Accurate information and
drawings___
Extension: Do a similar set of
drawings using a state with a
different biome.
Extension: Make an
Information Cube game to play
with your classmates.
Extension: Find at least three
fairy tales that are set in the
forest. Write down the
similarities you find in all of
them.
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4. Song
Follows Song criteria card___
5. Diorama
Follows Diorama criteria
card___
6. Acrostic Words
Each of the six biomes written
vertically___
Focuses on one biome___
New word created from each
letter___
Tells about at least 5 plants and
5 animals found in a
marine biome___
Song refers to how they live in
this biome___
Extension: Listen to songs
about life in the marine biome.
Make a list of these songs, what
you learn from them and
whether they are fact or
fantasy.
Uses materials found in
nature___
Accurate depiction of the plant
and animal life___
Extension: Write a short report
about this biome to go along
with and explain your diorama.
Each word describes the biome
in some way___
Accurate descriptions and
words___
Extension: Use
www.tagxedo.com to create a
word cloud using these words.
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7. Comic Strip
Follows Comic Strip criteria
card___
8. Word Cloud
Uses www.wordle.net to create
the word cloud___
9. Museum Box
Focuses on the tundra
biome___
Depicts an adventure in a
biome___
Uses at least 20 words about
biomes___
Shows details about the biome
in pictures, descriptive words
and actions___
Some words are bigger than
others to show their
importance___
Shows the following: animals,
plants, landforms, climate,
industry___
Extension: Have the comic book
characters travel to more than
one biome.
Extension: Make six word
clouds, one for each biome.
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Uses
http://museumbox.e2bn.org to
create the museum box___
Has maps, pictures and text___
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