| Fairmount Park Elementary School's Curriculum
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Reading
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Fairmount Park Elementary School is one of Pinellas County's Reading First schools. This means we have an increased emphasis on reading and have a full-time Reading Coach on site. Our reading curriculum is Harcourt. We are a Title 1 school and receive funding from the national government. With this funding we have the privilege of employing some of the best paraprofessionals in the state to assist with our small group guided reading. We also emphasize the study of vocabulary which assists in fluency and comprehension.
Our reading curriculum focuses on the following areas:
- Predicting
- Main idea
- Author's purpose
- Ability to read a variety of texts
- Fact and opinion
- Comparing and contrasting |
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Mathematics
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In 2004, the new Math textbook was published by the Harcourt company. Information about the Math text can be found on the Harcourt web site, linked above. In addition to the Math textbook, the teachers at Fairmount Park spend time teaching Mathematics with manipulatives, through small groups, and with technology.
The Math strands we cover at all grade levels are:
- Number sense, concepts, and operations
- Measurement
- Geometry and spatial sense
- Algebraic thinking
- Data analysis and probability |
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Science
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Science is an important focus area at Fairmount Park. We have a strong emphasis on the Solar System. The students at our school have the opportunity to participate in an annual Science Fair with projects done individually or in groups.
In addition to the Solar System, the strands taught in each grade are:
- Energy
- Force and motion
- Nature of matter
- Proccesses that shape the Earth
- How living things interact with their environments |
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Social Studies
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Fairmount Park Elementary School has a strong emphasis on Character Education, teaching our students to be respectful, responsible, honest, and self-motivated. We also work hard to teach our classes about other cultures. In addition to this, we cover the following strands:
- U.S. Government
- Local government
- American History
- World History
- Geography
- Economics |
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Writing
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Teachers at Fairmount Park teach writing daily. It is usually our strongest subject on standardized tests. Our students learn how to write many forms including poetry, narrative, expository, research reports, and many more. We incorporate rich literature into our mini-lessons to allow students the opportunity to listen to how professional writing sounds.
We teach our students to:
- Pre-write
- Draft a "sloppy copy"
- Revise the draft for content
- Edit the draft for grammar and spelling
- Publish the piece for an audience |
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