Brenda Flaherty, TL brenda.flaherty@pisd.edu 469.752.4425	Amanda Gorski amanda.gorski@pisd.edu 469.752.4426
Susan Mullen susan.mullen@pisd.edu 469.752.4424	Rich Woodard richard.woodard@pisd.edu 469.752.4423

The program provides opportunities for students to value mathematics, to become confident in their ability to do mathematics, and stresses the importance of experiences that relate mathematics to the real world.  The curriculum is based on the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and is designed to build basic understandings in number, operations, and quantitative reasoning; patterns, relationships, and algebraic thinking; geometry and spatial reasoning; measurement; and probability and statistics.  Problem solving, language and communication, connections within and outside mathematics and formal and informal reasoning underlie all content areas.

The language arts program provides balanced instruction in reading and writing.  This program ties phonics, spelling, and language skills to connected texts in reading and writing.  This integrated language arts curriculum connects all aspects of phonics/word study, vocabulary, reading comprehension, grammar, spelling, and writing in a meaningful context. The scope and sequence provides for instruction that meets the various needs of individual students and is designed to promote acceleration in the language arts.

IC is an integrated approach to teaching Science and Social Studies. 

This year we will be studying the following themes:

The Ins and Outs of Communication

How the Parts Interact to Make a Whole

In Sync with Systems

It’s a Balancing Act

How Variables Cause Change

Strength in Diversity

Fifth grade will be participating in special events this year. 

Some of these events include: history fair, science fair, immigration day, colonial day, Camp Classen, and much, much more.  Be on the look out for more information on these special events.