February 13, Day 2

PW/ Utilized the "Daily 5" lesson format for vocabulary. Asked the students to write down the word life in the centre box. Then had them write a definition in box 1, the characteristics of a living thing in box 2, examples of living things in box 3, and examples of non-living things in box 4. We then worked backwards as a group to share and list the contents of all the boxes. Under characteristics of a living thing we generated a list of a dozen items and pared them down to

Breathing
Eating
Drinking
Moving
Growing (at some point in life)
Can be killed

This, then, became our definition of a living being.