"Class of 2007"

  
 
Meet the Fifth Grade Team

Erica White

Erica White is a graduate of the University of North Texas.  She joined Gulledge in 2001. She is the Pace team teacher. She received her Master Degree August, 2006.
E-mail her at erica.white@pisd.ed

Bob Farris

Bob Farris has a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwest Missouri State University. He obtained his teaching certificate through the Region 10 certification program. Mr. Farris was named Gulledge's 2005-2006 Teacher of Excellence.
E-mail him at bob.farris@pisd.edu

Jason Cox

Jason Cox is a Fifth Grade Teacher at Gulledge Elementary School. He received his Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of North Texas in Denton. He went through his student teaching at Brinker Elementary in  third and fourth grade. He grew up in Plano and graduated from Plano Senior High School. Jason began teaching at Gulledge in 1998.
E-mail him at jason.cox@pisd.edu

Beth Donnelly

E-mail her at beth.donnelly@pisd.edu

Leah Black-Lynch


E-mail her at leah.black@pisd.edu

 

Fifth Grade Curriculum

The fifth grade curriculum is fun, interesting, and integrated. Social studies, science, and health concepts are blended into the integrated curriculum while reading and writing strategies are taught.  Fifth grade students will study the following concepts in these six organizing ideas:

1.  Communications -The Ins and Outs of Communication - Students will be introduced to communication from a geographic and a scientific perspective.

2.  Interactions - How the Parts Interact to Make a Whole - Students will learn the relationship of the parts to  the whole as it relates to the building of our nation.

3.  Systems - In Sync With Systems - Students will investigate man-made and natural systems. They will study Colonial America and the forming of our nation's government and explore the solar system.

4.  Balance and Stability - It's a Balancing Act - The students will explore the concept of balance and stability as it applies to the areas of body systems and the period of our history from 1800 to the 1870's.

5.  Continuity and Change - Continuity and Change - The students will focus on the concepts of variables and how they cause change to occur. They will identify various types of variables and use them in Math, Science, and History.

6.  Diversity - Strength in Diversity - The students conclude with a study designed to increase student awareness of the diversity in our world.  They will study the diversity of our leaders, issues that have faced our country, and the diverse energy resources available in our country for the production of electricity.

Camp Classen, the outdoor school, is always a memorable experience for our fifth graders.  The great outdoors provides a unique classroom for teaching science and environmental concepts.

Math is skill grouped to maximize success for all students.  Math classes and groups are flexible based on student need.  The following math concepts are studied in fifth grade:
          Problem Solving
          Operations
          Fractions
          Place Value - Whole Numbers and Decimals
          Measurement - Customary and Metrics
          Geometry

Technology provides many interactive learning opportunities for fifth grade students.  Computers, calculators, laser printers, laserdisk and videotape players, CD-Rom drives, numerous software titles, and access to the internet are available to our students to enhance our integrated curriculum.
 

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