TAG Center School Curriculum Overview

Reading/English/Language Arts

  • English Core Curriculum

  • 1st and 2nd Quarter PGCPS RELA Curriculum Framework Guide – compacted – differentiated instruction

  • Curriculum Compacting

  • Pre-assessment

  • Enrichment

  • Acceleration (pacing and instructional level)

William and Mary Language Arts Curriculum

  • Lesson 1 – Pre-assessment

  • Lesson 2 – Concept Lesson (Change or Utopia)

  • Incorporate William and Mary Instructional Models with Houghton Mifflin/Language of Literature Anthology when appropriate

  • Concept of Change

  • Paul’s Reasoning Model

  • Hamburger Writing Model

  • Literature Web – analysis

  • Vocabulary Web – analysis

William and Mary Language Arts Textbooks

Grade 2 - Beyond Words

Grade 3 – Journeys

Grade 4 – Literature Reflections

Grade 5 - Autobiographies

Instructional Models

Paul’s Reasoning Model

Hamburger Writing Model

Research Model

Literature Web – analysis

Vocabulary – analysis

Supplemental Curriculum Resources/Opportunities (optional)

Junior Great Books (shared inquiry/high level thinking strategies) -trained teachers

Novel and Author Studies (advanced/accelerated reading materials)

Independent Study/Research

Mathematics

  • Curriculum Compacting

  • PGCPS Math Curriculum Framework Guide – Accelerated based on pre and post assessments (off grade level/accelerated instruction, as needed)

  • Grade 2 options – Grade 2 or 3

  • Grade 3 options – Grade 3 or 4

  • Grade 4 options – Grade 4 or 5

  • Grade 5 options – Grade 5 or Math 6

  • Supplemental Curriculum Resources/Opportunities (optional)

  • Math Competitions (Sum Dog, Stock Market Game, etc.)

Science

  • PGCPS Science Curriculum Framework Guide – Differentiation Strategies

  • Supplemental Curriculum Resources/Opportunities (optional)

  • Lab sciences (Delta Hands-on Science Kits to enrichment curriculum)

  • Science competitions (Science Bowl, Stem Fair, Consumer Fair, Invention Convention, etc.) - based on student interest

PGCPS Social Studies Curriculum Framework Guide – Honors Curriculum - Differentiation Strategies

  • Incorporate William and Mary Instructional Models with Houghton Mifflin/Language of Literature Anthology when appropriate

  • Paul’s Reasoning Model

  • Hamburger Writing Model – Persuasive Writing

  • Model Supplemental Curriculum Resources/Opportunities

  • Independent Study

World Language -

(Required courses)

Foreign language study – International Culture and Language (1 unit per quarter)

Grade 2 - Languages: Japanese & French ICAL

Grade 3 - Languages: Chinese & Italian ICAL

Grade 4 - Languages: Russian & Spanish ICAL

Grade 5 - Languages: Spanish, Japanese, and French