S1L1 Students will investigate the characteristics and basic needs of plants
and animals.
c. Identify the parts of a plant – root, stem, leaf, flower.
Limited or Minimum Progress
toward achievement of
standard (1)
Student is not able to identify the parts of a plant.
Progressing toward
achievement of standard
Student inconsistently identifies the parts of a plant.
(2)
Consistently and
independently achieves the
standard (3)
Student consistently and independently identifies the parts of a
plant.
Assessment Activities
Use Science journal to:
 Have students draw a plant and label the parts.
 Have students match pictures of a whole plant with individual part word cards.
Instructional Notes:
Harcourt Science materials provides assessments for each element. In addition, each
school has a copy of Picture Perfect Science lessons.
Students should know:
plants have different parts.
these parts have different functions for survival.