5th Grade Science Newsletter
Third Six Weeks Edition 2015
Kemp fifth grade science students get first hand action powering up a spinning, whirling electrical circuit.
We have added additional question sets to the "Show What You Know Collection". Following this link to access the collection. The collection contains a pattern for a game board along with sets of question cards for a variety of standards. Use them as warm-ups, stations, practice, centers, or other creative venues to get your students to interact with the content. Need a specific topic? Let us know -- debra.richards@bryanisd.org
Five Places to Get Engaging, Aligned Reteach Activities/Ideas
Now that you have benchmark data, you may be looking for ways to reteach specific standards. Here are four sets of aligned activities we have available:
1. We have added additional question sets to the "Show What You Know Collection". The collection contains a pattern for a game board along with sets of question cards for a variety of standards. Use them as warm-ups, stations, practice, centers, or other creative ways to get your students to interact with the content. Need a specific topic that's not in the collection? Let Debbie Richards know.
2. Don't forget that we have a collection of short, aligned station activities that can be used for reteaching specific SEs. This set of activities are located in the Stations on Standby folder in Team Connect.
3. STEMscopes has a section called RETEKS that provides additional activities for our tested standards. This is another good place to get ideas and activities for reteaching.
4. The BrainBox Game is designed to give students practice using process skills, interpreting graphs and making observations. We will be adding to the collection over the next few weeks. We welcome any cards you want to contribute. :)
5. Here are some Quizlets aligned to some of our high need student expectations. With Quizlet, students practice definitions and then use their knowledge to play two different games. This is a good tool to add to your collections. These collections may include one or two extra words but are overall good practice.
5.5B Quizlet (freezing point/boiling point)
5.5C Quizlet (mixtures)
5.6A Quizlet (uses of energy)
5.6D Quizlet (forces)
5.6D Quizlet (experimental design)
What's Coming Up in 5th Grade Science?
Please be sure to read through the Evidence of Mastery documents for each of the student expectations as you plan your units. Here are links to other important planning documents.
There is a fun sedimentary rock formation card game in Stations on Standby.
Third Six Weeks 5th Grade Science District Assessment is scheduled for Dec. 16, 2015.
Vocabulary -- Its a BIG Deal
Check out the new vocabulary videos in the Explain Picture Vocabulary section of STEMscopes.
Big Buzz Theory is coming our way in the spring. Your instructional coach can let you know what day to expect the program on your campus.
Bryan ISD Elementary Science
Debbie Richards, K-12 Science Coordinator
Amanda Pannkuk - Kemp/Carver, Lucy Chalker - Neal, Jackie Wolf - Milam, Katie Kerbow - Jones