Students listen to instructions about where to go when visiting the mall, then draw the path to be taken on a map and recall specific information. The assessment focus is on listening, recall, and following instructions.
Task: Match statements about materials that sound travels through, with corresponding science idea. Assessment focus: choosing evidence to support a science idea.
A newspaper story about a runaway weather balloon with a map that tracks its progress is the context for this assessment. Students read it to answer retrieval and inferential questions.
The main focus of this task is punctuation. Students will read Janine's email to her new pen pal and insert eight question marks in the correct places.
Students review their knowledge of greenhouse gases and the effects of global warming. They identify areas where they are unsure, as well as things they know.