The 1st and 2nd Grade classes discussed our primary interactive science notebooks this week in STEM Science Class. The classes helped planned out what would be required and what they felt was acceptable goals for the highest grades in their journal entries in science. The criteria for their primary interactive science notebooks focuses more on writing skills than the intermediate/3rd through 5th grade notebooks as they are still learning the writing process. Both 1st and 2nd grade classes decided they wanted each area to have a maximum of 2-points if they met the criteria in the rubric, while 2nd grade Agents of Science added in a section for recording their observations from their science experiments and investigations.
Second graders may receive a total of 10 points per journal entry in their primary interactive science notebook for:
- Having the date written correctly
- Labeling all drawings with at least two labels, and a title
- Including a prediction, materials list, results/observations, and conclusion in their experiment reflections
- Using their vocabulary words in compete sentences and having the word circled in the sentence
- Having very neat and organized reflections/write ups using correct capitalization and punctuation
Second grade Agents of Science will also be introduced to a Table of Contents this year in STEM so that they understand its purpose and how to keep track of their interactive science notebook entries. However, they will not be graded on the Table of Contents until the 4th Quarter as they are preparing to move up to 3rd grade.
First graders may receive a total of 8 points per journal entry in their primary interactive science notebook for:
- Having the date written correctly
- Labeling their drawings with at least two labels
- Using their vocabulary words in their reflections written in complete sentences, and having at least two sentences written
- Circling their vocabulary words they used in their reflections
Each of the classes were given copies of the rubrics to glue inside the back covers of their primary interactive science notebooks next to their quarterly grading page.
