Welcome to Alexander Middle

School

5th GradeBengals

Mrs. Suarez

Family

• I have worked for Pearland ISD for 6 years but this is my first year as an Alexander Tiger.

Pearland ISD

• Matter and Energy• Classifying Matter• Forms of Energy

• Force and Motion• Uses of Energy

• Earth and Space• Water Cycle• Alternative Energy• Weather and Climate

• Organisms and Environment• Structures and Functions• Food Chains/Webs

Curriculum Highlights

Students will receive vocabulary homework each week.

• Monday: Draw mental model pictures

• Tuesday: Cloze Passage• Wednesday: Connections

Activity• Thursday: Study for

Vocabulary Quiz

Homework

• All daily assignments below 70 should be corrected at home and returned by the

following Monday.

Tests and quizzes will be corrected on

W, TH, F during AP

Corrections

Science Textbook- Online• (please see instruction packet

for login instructions)Science ISN

Interactive Student Notebook- This should be going home each night. This will aid in

studying for quizzes and tests.

Textbook & ISN

• Extension Activities• Group and at home projects• Building creative thinking and problem

solving.

Examples: Rube Goldberg Model3D Moon Phase ProjectNewscast FilmingGo Green- Alternative Energy Solutions

Advanced Science

Sign up for Class Reminders

• I am Somebody• I was Somebody when I came

• I’ll be a better Somebody when I leave.• I am powerful and I am strong.

• I deserve the education I get here.• I have things to do, places to go and People

to impress.

~Rita Pearson

Our Class Moto