Category: Test Prep and Review
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Week Twenty-Six Science Lessons: Plant Adaptations and Animal Adaptations (Structures and Functions)
Grade 5 Science Week Twenty-six Lessons This week we will start the Organisms Unit. We are going to take a look at how the structures and functions of plants and animals work, and why they are important. Links to actual materials and lessons are provided throughout this post. I hope you can find something to help make planning this…
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Week 24 Science Lessons: Carbon Dioxide – Oxygen Cycle and Photosynthesis
Grade 5 Science Week Twenty-four Lessons This week we will continue the Environments Unit. We are going to take a look at how the carbon dioxide- oxygen cycle and photosynthesis work, and why they are important. Links to actual materials and lessons are provided throughout this post. I hope you can find something to help make planning this…
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Week Seventeen Science Lessons: The Water Cycle
Grade 5 Science Week Seventeen Lessons This week we will start the Space Unit. Space in 5th grade looks at the interactions between space and earth. We will be exploring the Water Cycle this week. Students will observe and diagram the steps of the water cycle. Here is a lesson to help you plan. Links to actual…
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Getting ready for the 5th grade STAAR Science test
As a fifth grade Science teacher, I am very familiar with the panic that sets in about this time of the year. It’s getting too close to time for the standardized testing to begin. This is when I start to question my efforts for the school year. Did I cover all of the standards? Have…