Meet the teachers

Mrs. Martinez, Mrs. Johnson-Lightsey, Mrs. Esme Jimenez, Mr. Jackson 

Contact your child's teacher

Teachers' email addresses are listed below. You are welcome to email at anytime with questions or concerns.

• Mr. J. Jackson 
• Mrs. Jimenez
• Eunice Johnson-Lightsey
• Mrs. Martinez
   

Daily schedule

• Conference Time: 1:45-2:35
• Lunch Time: 12:20-12:50 
• Recess Time: 12:50-1:20 

4th grade topics

Mathematics

• Place value with decimals

• Adding and Subtracting decimals

• 2-Step problems

• Geometry and Measurement

• Fractions

• Khan Academy

• Imagine Math

• Prodigy Math

We differentiate with depth, complexity, and compacting the curriculum.

English Language Arts Reading

• Evidence (informational text)

• Central ideas and inferences

• Sentence structure

• Comparing genres

• Parts of speech

• Grammar Usage 

(their, there, they’re, doesn’t and don’t, too, two, to, your and you’re)

Mechanics (punctuations)

• As part of the English Language Arts gifted curriculum, fourth graders in the academy program are engaged in a special language arts unit called Patterns of Change, created by the College of William and Mary. The unit is designed specifically to meet the needs of high-ability students.

Social Studies

• Regions of Texas

• Native American Groups

• First Missions in Texas

• Texas Battles

• Texas Oil, Railroads, Cowboys

• Texas Government

Science

• Organisms and Environments

• Force, Motion, and Energy

• Earth’s Patterns 

• Matter

• Moon and Weather Patterns

• We also participate in the GISD STEAM challenges, as well as utilizing performance projects and EiE curriculum for the magnet students.

As part of the magnet program, we also integrate Texas Performance Standards Projects (TPSP) to make connections with the real world in all areas of curriculum.