5th Grade Report Overview

The instructional materials reviewed for Fifth Grade do not meet expectations for Alignment to NGSS, Gateways 1 and 2. Gateway 1: Designed for NGSS; Criterion 1: Three-Dimensional Learning does not meet expectations. The materials do not consistently integrate the three dimensions into learning opportunities for students. No opportunities for student sensemaking occur with the three dimensions and few opportunities for student sensemaking are two dimensional with SEPs and DCIs. The summative assessments are not consistently three dimensional and do not consistently measure the three dimensions for the topic-level objectives (PEs). The lesson level objectives are also not three dimensional. Gateway 1: Designed for NGSS; Criterion 2: Phenomena and Problems Drive Learning does not meet expectations. Phenomena and problems are not present and there is a missed opportunity for them to connect to DCIs, to be presented directly as possible, and to elicit or leverage student prior knowledge related to the phenomena or problem. The program does not include phenomena or problems that drive learning and use of the three dimensions within or across lessons.