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9) The Region 10 vocabulary continuum is a fantastic document to document. Use it!
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The Science Team met and looked over the 5th grade released STAAR. We started digging into some questions that had a higher percentage of students missed. One question asked "Which two processes best complete this diagram?" The answer contained the word "cementation" which was an ah ha moment since that word is no where in our curriculum to teach. Another question was "Which other situation does light bend?" (Besides through air using a prism). The answer is "When light moves through air into water", the second most responses were "When light hits a mirror". The other question we dug into was "Which fact best describes one way this bird changes its environment to meet its needs?" The second to the most responses were "feeds on sugar water and peanut butter at feeders." We had great discussions as to why students probably put the answers they did that they were justifiable. We wished there was a way on the test that students could better explain their thinking.