Science+3-5

**Draft Essential Standards for Science 3-5 ** The icon above is linked to the new draft standards. You may download and print the document or right click and open it in a new window.

Please review the standards using the criteria below. For each criteria, discuss the standards with your group (if possible) and make your comments in the comment section. To enter a comment you must first click on "Edit" in the upper right of the screen. **//(If your comment pertains to a particular standard or clarifying objective, please indicate the appropriate number of the standard or objective in your comment.) //**  Please indicate your name or group in your comment in case clarification is needed. When you have finished making comments click on "Save."

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Please review the standards using the six criteria below. However, please do not allow these criteria to limit your thinking or discussion. This template provides a section where groups can include other comments or feedback.   
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Enduring   The Essential Standards equip students for future academic success by preparing them with the knowledge and skills to compete and collaborate in a global society (21st Century Skills). || **Components to Consider:**  ||  <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);"> <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);">Connect to 21st Century skills. <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);">Contain skills and knowledge important for today and applicable in the future. <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);">Require the students to use factual, conceptual, procedural and metacognitive knowledge. <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);">Incorporate learning at multiple levels of the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy including those that require higher-order thinking skills, such as ‘apply' and ‘create'. <span style="font-size: 6pt; color: rgb(0,0,255);"> <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);"> ||
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 * Enter comments here:** <span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,0);">**//<span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);">(If your comment pertains to a particular standard or clarifying objective, please indicate the appropriate number in your comment.) Central Grade 3. We can see how these standards will benefit 3rd grades in the 21 st century but there are alot of new standards being added to the curriculum. //**

<span style="font-size: 20pt; color: rgb(0,8,255);">Measurable <span style="font-size: 6pt; color: rgb(0,8,255);"> <span style="color: rgb(0,8,255);"> The Essential Standards can be measured through formative, benchmark, or summative assessments. <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);"> || <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,255); text-align: center;">**Components to Consider:** <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);"> || <span style="font-size: 2pt; color: rgb(0,0,255);"> <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);"> <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);">Use verbs that clearly indicate the level of learning expected of the student. <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);">Can be assessed. <span style="font-size: 6pt; color: rgb(0,0,255);"> <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);"> || These are appropriate to be measured. Central 3rd grade Comment
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<span style="font-size: 20pt; color: rgb(12,53,223);">Clear and Concise <span style="font-size: 6pt; color: rgb(12,53,223);"> <span style="color: rgb(12,53,223);"> The Essential Standards clearly communicate what students are expected to know, understand, and be able to do <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);"> || <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,255); text-align: center;">**Components to Consider:** <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);"> || <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);">Are clearly stated. <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);">Employ clarifying objectives to assist in "unpacking" the content. <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);">Use verbs that clearly indicate the level of learning expected of the student. <span style="font-size: 6pt; color: rgb(0,0,255);"> <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);"> ||
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Yes. Clear and concise. Central third grade.

<span style="font-size: 20pt; color: rgb(70,92,236);">Prioritized and Focused <span style="color: rgb(70,92,236);"> <span style="font-size: 6pt; color: rgb(70,92,236);"> <span style="color: rgb(70,92,236);"> The Essential Standards provide an in-depth study of content through a narrowed focus. <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);"> || <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,255); text-align: center;">**Components to Consider:** <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);"> || <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);">Differentiate the content by grade level. <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);">Use clarifying objectives to assist in 'unpacking' the content. <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);">Employ verbs that clearly indicate the level of learning expected of the student. <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);">Can be assessed with formative, benchmark, and summative assessments. <span style="font-size: 6pt; color: rgb(0,0,255);"> <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);"> <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);">Represent a scope that is appropriately ambitious for the time available. <span style="font-size: 6pt; color: rgb(0,0,255);"> <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);"> ||
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Very clear. A nice study but not alot of time. Central 3rd.

<span style="font-size: 20pt; color: rgb(0,0,255);">Rigorous <span style="font-size: 6pt; color: rgb(0,0,255);"> <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);"> The Essential Standards provide ambitious expectations of learning for all students as evidenced by differentiation of content from grade-to-grade. || <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,255); text-align: center;">**Components to Consider:** <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);"> || <span style="font-size: 2pt; color: rgb(0,0,255);"> <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);"> <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);">Differentiate the content by grade level. Use clarifying objectives that require higher levels of learning as the student progresses through the grade continuum. <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);">Challenge student learning at multiple levels of the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy, including those that require higher order thinking skills, such as ‘apply' and ‘create'. <span style="font-size: 6pt; color: rgb(0,0,255);"> <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);"> || Very rigorus and demanding. Maybe too much. Central 3rd.
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<span style="font-size: 20pt; color: rgb(0,0,255);">Relevant to the Real World <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);"> <span style="font-size: 6pt; color: rgb(0,0,255);"> <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);"> The Essential Standards are applicable to real world contexts and lend themselves to integration across content areas. || <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,255); text-align: center;">**Components to Consider:** <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);"> || <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);"> <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);">Allow for natural integration of knowledge and skills throughout multiple content areas. <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);">Will be meaningful and important in the future. <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);">Assessment prototypes measure Essential Standard in a way that allows for application to new and novel situations. ||
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Very much so. Central 3rd

<span style="font-size: 20pt; color: rgb(0,0,255);">Other Comments There is alot if infromation that is expected to be taught th 3rd graders. Central 3rd I like the 5th grade Science curriculum but most students find it very difficult to understand and have trouble retaining it. Using a hands on approach does help with the harder concepts. More materials for hands on projects is needed. L. Jones MES
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