California Building A Presence California Building A Presence
California Building A Presence For Science

text size: 
Small Text Regular Text Large Text  
About Key Leaders Points of Contact Resources
Comments   

These correlations are for older materials. They do not cover the materials adopted in 2006.
  Navigate these Grade 4/5 Standards Correlations:
4th grade: Physical | Life | Earth | Investigation & Experimentation | Grade 4 Map  
5th grade: Physical | Life | Earth | Investigation & Experimentation | Grade 5 Map  
You are here: Correlations >> 5th Grade I & E >> Standard 6h >> Houghton Mifflin 

Standard:
6h Draw conclusions from scientific evidence and indicate whether further information is needed to support a specific conclusion.


Holistic Rating: In-Depth coverage of this standard.
Only a few of the activities ask students to analyze whether further information is needed to support a scientific conclusion. Most of the activities cited in the Teacher's Edition provide only moderate coverage, and many do not address grade 5 science content.

Activities on pages C46, E16-E17, and E28-E29 provide in-depth coverage. Eleven activities provide moderate coverage of this standard and also address Grade 5 science content (pages A14-A15, A34-A35, A36-A37, A44-A45, A54-A55, B32-B33, C16-C17, C44-C45, C64-C65, D16-D17, and E8-E9).

Pages S2-S11 provide background on science process skills. The Wrap-Up for each Unit (pages A96, B96, C96, D64, and E96) also provide moderate coverage of this standard.

Aspects that help student learning:
Each Unit Wrap-Up asks students to pose a question to investigate, and provides a sample question. The directions then lead students to "Make a Hypothesis," "Plan and Do a Test," "Record and Analyze," and "Draw Conclusions." Examples are provided based on the sample question.


Aspects that do not help student learning:
The "Plan and Do a Test" section in the Unit Wrap-Up assumes students will investigate the suggested sample hypothesis rather than investigate their own question! This needs to be clarified for students so they investigate their own questions.


previous | next