7th grade integrated science

Title: Core Mastery Tracker

Description: The tracker is designed for students to measure and record their progress as they learn the state core curriculum.

Materials: It should be used with the Multiple choice tests found on the JSD science website.

Time needed: 25 minutes

Procedures:

1. Explain to the students that this is a test to see what they know. It is recommended you do NOT collect scores for the student’s grade. The goal is the help the students understand what they know and don’t know in a low stakes environment. The tests can be used as pre and post tests to measure student growth in an objective. 2. Have the students take the multiple choice parts of the test. If you wish to use the essay questions, they are not correlated to the tracker but can help students assess what they know in a different way. 3. The number in parenthesis indicates how many test questions are found on the test to measure the indicator. Each test question has a letter in front of it to show which indicator it matches. Have the students check one of the three boxes to the right of the indicator based on the number they got correct. They can judge if 6 of 8 is a “got it” or not. 4. The teacher may walk around the room and look at the trackers to get a good idea of which indicators may need additional instruction. 5. Students with difficulty with a particular topic may need additional help. Several resources are available including:

 Their textbook. It might help if you identified the pages that would help. If a parent is interested in helping their child, this is an excellent way to include them.  The Internet. Help the student will key words that might aid the search. A great source of help is on the Utah Science Homepage. It is the “cybertext” and is accessed at: http://www.schools.utah.gov/curr/sci/student/default.htm

 Pair the student with a more successful student to review classroom activities.

6. Students should be allowed to take and retake the parts of the test they have not mastered. The goal is “got it” for every objective. Standard III Objective 1 7th Grade Core Mastery Tracker

Name______Period ______

Answers: a1.____ a2._____ a3. _____ b4.______b5._____ b6._____ b7._____ b8,_____ c9._____ c10._____ c11._____ c12._____ d13._____ d14._____d15.______d16. _____ d17._____ e18._____ e19.______e20._____ e21. ______

Indicator a b c d e Number Correct Number 3 5 4 5 4 Possible

7th Grade Core Mastery Tracker

Standard and Essential Questions Got Al- Not Objective it. most yet STANDARD III: a. Use appropriate instruments to observe, Students will describe, and compare various types of understand that cells (3) the organs in an organism are b. Observe and label the cell wall, cell made of cells membrane, nucleus, chloroplast, and that have cytoplasm of cells. (5) structures and perform specific c. Know the difference between plant and life functions. animal cells based on cell wall and cell membrane. (4)

Objective 1: d. Model the cell processes of diffusion Observe and and osmosis and relate this motion to the describe cellular motion of particles. (5) structures and e. Gather information to report on how the functions. basic functions of organisms are carried out within cells. (4)