Review for 5th Grade Science EOG Using Formative Assessments

Goal 4:The learner will conduct investigations and use appropriate technologies to build an understanding of forces and motion in technological designs

Learning Contract / Tasks / Deliverable(s)
C1 First Word – Last Word / 1A. Write a brief sentence for each of the letters in FORCE-MOTION
1B. Revise your sentences if needed based on feedback from the teacher. / 1A. Initial sentences.
1B. Revised sentences.
C2 A/D Statements for Force and Motion / 2A. Complete the A/D statement for Competency Goal 4.
2B. Explain your answers to another student
and be prepared to explain your answers to the teacher. / 2A. A/D statements with answers and thoughts.
2B. Handout.
C3
Card Sort / 3A. Work in teams of two to sort the cards for force and motion concepts in ways that make sense to you.
3B. Explain your “sort” to another team of students. / 3A. Copy of your card sort.
3B. Initials of other students on your card sort.
C4 Page Keeley’s Probes / 4A. Complete at least two of Page Keeley’s probes and discuss with another student.
4B. Do the other two probes! XC / 4A. Probe with your responses.
4B. Probes with your responses.
C5 Annotated Student Drawings / 5A. Draw, label, and briefly describe a picture that illustrates all the forces that act on an airplane flying and a car moving at a constant speed on the highway. / 5A. Pictures with annotations.
C6
Odd One Out / 6A. Complete the Odd One Out for Goal 4 – Force and Motion
9B. XC Design your own Odd One Out. / 6A. Completed sheet.
6B. Share with class!
C7 Fact First Questions / 7A. Answer a minimum of five Fact First Questions assigned by your teacher. / 7A. Answers to five questions
C8 Two Minute Drill! / 8A. Team up with two classmates and do a “two minute drill” on the topic of force and motion. Be sure to take turns talking and listening and timing. / 8A. Demo with teacher.
C9 Frayer Diagrams / 9A. Complete5 Frayer Diagrams for science vocabulary that you still are unsure about or assigned by your teacher. / 9A.Completed Frayer Diagram
C10
Six Word Summary / 10A. Do three Six Word Summaries as evidence of what you have learned about force and motion. / 10A. Six Word Summary

The format for this syllabus is from “Individualized Teaching System”, an innovative approach to organizing and assessing student learning that allows students to assume ownership of their learning. © Wayne Fisher April 2009