Spring Elementary Science Preview

5th Grade

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2nd Semester

January 5, 2015 (District PD Day)

K-5 Science Curriculum Preview (will preview curriculum from Jan. 5 through March 4)

February 3, 2015 Kindergarten PLC

February 4, 2015 1st Grade PLC

February 10, 2015 5th Grade PLC

February 11, 2015 4th Grade PLC

February 17, 2015 3rd Grade PLC

February 18, 2015 2nd Grade PLC

March 4, 2015K-5 Science Curriculum Preview Meeting (will preview curriculum from March 4 through EOY) Location TBA

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Night of No Limits – May 28, 2015

• This is an evening where your students bring projects and present them in a classroom or in a gallery.

• The projects should be based on your grade level TEKS and should reflect the student’s inquiry into something that they design.

• Although all academic subjects will be expected to participate, science lends itself easily to the inquiry process.

• More information about the Night of No Limits will be provided at your grade level PLC mentioned in the previous slide.

Project Overview: Northwest ISD is using an abundant amount of non-renewable resources to power its schools. To conserve resources, Dr. Thornell has asked fifth grade students to research and create an interactive website that he can share with the board on alternative energy resources.

Upcoming CurriculumAlternative Energy PBL

(All information is on Netschool)

• Order Eco-Column Materials ( We will have vouchers again this year. Tammy has them ordered and they should be arriving soon. Make sure you are prepared for the arrival of fish and snails. Make sure the office knows when you expect delivery. Tammy can help you with ordering these if you are new to 5th)

• Food Webs• Environmental Changes• Adaptations (Both Plant and Animal)• Inherited Traits and Learned Behaviors• Interdependency (ECO-COLUMNS ARE HERE)

See Netschool for further curriculum topics

Upcoming Curriculum on Netschool:Unit 6: Life Systems (Feb. 2-March 20, 2015)

5th Grade District Assessments

Earth/Space CBA • The assessment calendar calls it Product/Earth/Space only the

multiple choice assessment is put into AWARE. • This is a VERY long test (36 multiple choice questions) but it is a

solid assessment that will help build stamina.

Window: January 28-30, 2015

Scanning due: February 4, 2015

5th Grade District Assessments

Benchmark• Students will take the released 2014 STAAR test. Bubble sheets

are ready in AWARE and your CITs/APs have been sent the test (English and Spanish).

Window: February 17-20, 2015

Scanning due: February 25, 2015

5th Grade District Assessments

Life Science CBA• 13 multiple choice and 2 essay questions

Window: March 23-25, 2015

Scanning due: March 30, 2015

5th Grade STAAR

April 22, 2015

43 Multiple Choice + 1 griddable+ approximately 10 field test questions

Curriculum Station Demonstrations

Digital Resource Exploration• Want to make accessing resources in

HMH easier? Some resources have a web address that can be copied for easy access during your lesson. Watch as your presenter clicks below to see how these links take you right to a leveled reader and a digital lesson.

http://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/science/fusion/tx/gr3/level_reader_red_app_9780544115347_/book91/index.html

http://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/science/fusion/common/dlo_player/digital_lessons/tx/G3_EC_10008/index.html?type=teacher&grade=3

5th Grade STAAR Prep

Digital Resource Exploration• Want to make accessing resources in

HMH easier? Some resources have a web address that can be copied for easy access during your lesson.

Turn and Talk:

In what way can this “trick” make your academic life easier???

Digital Resource Exploration• This only works if the resource has a web

address. • Just log in as a teacher, find the resource

and see if it has a web address. • Cut and paste that into something that is

easy for you to access. You won’t even have to log in to show the resource when you access the link.

• It might be an accident that this works but let’s take advantage of it as long as it does work.

Happy New year…

Take out your “Fortune Fish” and lay it flat on your hand. Observe to see your special New Year Fortune.

What questions do you have about this “toy”?

Did everyone’s fish act the same way?

What do you think caused it to move the way it did?

What kind of fair test could you design to test your hypothesis?