Mrs. Chadwick is teaching a unit on marine mammals with her 5th grade class. Her principle outcome is for students to understand the difference between a whale and a dolphin. She has used an inductive-type lesson, in which students were given examples of marine mammals, and they cooperatively created a definition of the concept. Which type of assessment is both aligned and age-appropriate?


1. Student groups will complete a Venn diagram of a whale and a dolphin's characteristics

2. Students will write a short story about whale and dolphin friends.

3. Student groups will create paper mache models of marine mammals, graded with a rubric.

4. Students will write a 10-page compare and contrast essay with at least 5 references on the similarities and differences of whales and dolphins