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Suggested Instructional Strategy: Question of The Week Protocol
Select a question to tackle as a class. Have students try independently and then share their solutions with an elbow partner or the whole class. Have students support their solution or answer selection. Model thinking through the solution or answer selection and correct any misconceptions. See a potential protocol and resources below.
Special thank you to the 4th grade science team at Oakland Elementary for sharing this practice!
NEW! Slides to support this Protocol
NEW! Slides to support this Protocol
The slide deck below combines all the questions we have access to in one deck and includes a clickable menu (slide 2) aligned to 4th-grade performance expectations. This menu will allow you to be more intentional with your selection of questions throughout the year.
NOTE: The SCDOE will be releasing 10 more items soon, and they will be added to the deck and the menu.
Slide 2 of the deck below.
Slide decks from 24-25
Slide decks from 24-25
This google slide deck was created by Megan Stewart at Springfield Elementary and contains several practice questions on the Energy PEs formatted to fit the Question of the Week protocol.
You can make your own copy using this link. Check out the speaker notes for info on each question including the standard, test, and answers.
This google slide deck was created by Paul Visser at NCCAES and contains practice questions from a variety of PEs formatted to fit a modified Question of the Week protocol.
Speaker notes contain PE if applicable.
You can make a copy of this slide deck here to edit and make it your own.
You can make a copy of this slide deck here to edit and make it your own.
Speaker notes contain PE addressed and explanation of correct answer.
Note: Energy questions from the WI sample test are included in are included in slide deck above.
Teachers, Please Note:
We have curated a few 4th Grade Science Practice Tests from other states that have adopted the Next Generation Science Standards. It will be helpful to expose your students to the question types found in these practice tests prior to taking the 4th Grade SCReady Science test in Spring 2025. As these tests are from other states, we do not expect that the SCReady Science test will look exactly like any of these examples. We do not recommend using these tests for grades for your students.
TN Grade 4 Science Practice Test - Note that while TN standards are based on the same source material (A Framework for K-12 Science Education), they vary slightly from SCCCR Science standards. See this document for an item alignment guide.
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