STUDY GUIDES (click hyperlinks to access, can print at home if needed)
INFORMATION SHEET!!! (<--- Click me!) 1/3
Information sheet 2! (<--- click me!) 2/3
Information sheet 3! (<--- click me!) 3/3
Students will also be given a purple cover review book that is provided by the school. We will begin by having students take a pre-test in the book (will be homework in three sessions [10 questions at a time] where it will test knowledge of K-5 topics). This pre-test will NOT count against student grades! It is an assessment to help Mr. Lellis determine the skill levels of all students in all topics to make instructional shifts needed to review what is needed more or less accordingly. In addition, to make collection of answers easier, Mr. Lellis will provide Google Forms links on here that will be where students will enter their answers only for each question (students should still answer the questions in the review book too!). This will make getting data much more streamlined compared to manually checking books and will make data more accurate for the whole of the grade. When the data from the pre-test is collected and analyzed, Mr. Lellis will prioritize the lessons given in the review book and assign the reading and questions of 1-2 lessons weekly. Collection of the answers to the questions is still to be determined, but students will be asked to read the pages included and answer the questions after that will often be cited using the reading. That said, it will be safe to assume that GRADE 5 will always have weekly homework from Mr. Lellis, while that may not be the case for grade K-4 who do not have a state test in Science yearly. Grade 3-5 will all still have yearly exams in Reading and Science each spring.
Grade 5 NYS Released Science Test Questions from Spring 2025 <--- Click here to access!
Grade 5 NYS Released Science Test Questions from Spring 2024 <--- CLICK THERE! (when you see the title is blue and underlined, it is HYPERLINKED to the item and will bring you there when you click it)
The questions included on the document are from the test this past spring, but does NOT include every single question. At the end is an answer key to the multiple choice (A, B, C, D) questions. You should only check with the answer key when trying a question yourself first and then writing down the answer and thus seeing if your answer is truly correct when consulting the answer key. If you just check the answers without trying, you learn NOTHING.
Question sampler <--- This lets you see what it is like to take the state test in Science, ELA or Math online. State tests going virtual has started spring 2024 and will continue rolling out; the Science test did happen only online last year. Pick the subject, grade and then next drop down will give 4 samplers (five questions each). The objective of this resource is to show parents and students what it's like to take the test online. For instance, students will NOT receive a paper copy of the test and answer the questions online; the screen will SPLIT down the middle and things like text to read, graphs, diagrams and the like will be on the left side of the screen, while questions and space to select or type answers will be on the right side. There are also tools that can help students to better annotate the test while they take it and better navigate it. This is like how on paper and pencil students would underline, circle, highlight and write notes in the margins. This is to help students jot notes as needed, better understand the questions and choices and have a better understanding of what is being asked of them.
Review videos for 5th grade
Click HERE to see a list of videos about topics from kindergarten through fifth grade to help you review for the state test. Each is from less than 1 minute to five or so minutes. We will likely play some in class as we continue learning and reviewing for the test, but watching some for your own review time can help.
Reminder: continue studying your study guides for 5 min per weeknight, 2 min studying vocabulary per weeknight (see below hyperlinks) and then maybe another 5 minutes per weeknight watching videos from this list above. That's 12 minutes! Everyone can spare that time nightly from Monday to Friday :)
See the below for which videos you should be watching weekly as we will be doing review lessons and watching the videos before class will be more helpful to students.
For taking their state Science test simulation, 501 was asked to self-assess their responses to the simulation against the following answer key. Click HERE to go to the website with the simulation, then set to Science, Grade 5, and Sampler 3 to see the simulation you took. I am providing the answer sheet for those questions HERE. Please reread the passages, and questions and be honest if you chose the correct choice for each answer, or if what you written sounded similar to the acceptable answers. As long as your answer was similar enough and included many of the same information, you would get full credit. Not having the needed parts would result in partial credit or no credit.