Exit ticket · The Garden Journal

Exit Ticket

Exit Ticket: 1. Draw the two seeds and label one difference between them.

1. Why do scientists write the date on every journal page?

1. Write one way you will use your garden journal this quarter.

Answer Key / Look-Fors: (1) Drawing shows two distinct seeds with an accurate label (size, shape, color, or texture). (2) So they can compare observations over time and know when each one happened. (3) Any accurate use: recording observations, measurements, drawings, new words in the Concept Clavis.

Expanding Circles — how does this connect to… Self — What is one thing you want to remember about our garden this year? • Classroom — How could our journals help a classmate who was absent? • School — Who else at school might want to read our garden observations? • Community — Who in our community keeps records of plants or weather? • World — Why do scientists around the world keep journals?

Formative Assessment (to sort students, use each student’s first Concept Clavis entry, “Garden,” and their exit-ticket answers about dating journal pages): Meets (3): Journal is dated; both seeds drawn with at least two accurate labels; “Garden” entry in the Concept Clavis has a drawing and meaning.

Approaching (2): Seeds drawn but labels are missing or vague; Concept Clavis entry incomplete.

Not Yet (1): No drawing or date — reteach by co-drawing one seed with the student using the “size, shape, color” checklist.