Curriculum

In CISD, we believe each learner must have equal access to a rigorous college and career-ready curriculum. CISD uses the process of backward design to ensure the alignment of the written, taught, and assessed curriculum. The curriculum of CISD focuses on the development and deepening of understanding and the transfer of knowledge and skills through the intentional design of learning experiences that integrate content with global dispositions and require high cognitive demand.

Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills (TEKS)

Curriculum Standards

Because of student mobility, Texas has adopted curriculum standards that are to be used in all the state's public schools. The current standards, which outline what students are to learn in each course or grade, are called Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). The standards are adopted by the State Board of Education, after extensive input from educators and other stakeholders.

Below are links to the current standards, as well as information about the adoption process:

TEKS Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills

TEKS in Spanish

TEKS Review

Required Curriculum

School districts and charter school must provide instruction on the essential knowledge and skills of the appropriate grade levels in the foundation curriculum and enrichment curriculum.

Foundation Curriculum

English Language Arts and Reading
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies

Pre-Kindergarten Curriculum

THE ALL NEW FROG STREET PRE-K IS HERE!

Frog Street Pre-K 2020 is a comprehensive, dual-language curriculum designed to meet the needs of diverse learners while supporting 10 learning domains! Features include:

Research-based scope & sequence for literacy, math and content domains
Conscious Discipline® strategies that build a strong social-emotional foundation for solving conflicts and managing emotions
Strategies for differentiated instruction, special needs adaptations, cultural responsiveness, and English Language Learner support
Flexible & easy-to-use weekly instruction to ensure implementation fidelity

Frog Street Pre-K is organized around 9 thematic units integrating literacy, math, science, social studies, social-emotional connections, STEAM, technology, assessment, and family engagement. All print pieces in Frog Street Pre-K 2020 have a companion digital component for quick and easy access to support virtual learning environments.

Frog Street Pre-K is designed to celebrate the joy of learning while children travel down the road to success. Come along for the ride!

K-5th Grade English & Language Arts Curriculum

Kindergarten through 3rd Grade

Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ (FPC) is a cohesive, multi-text approach to literacy instruction for all students in grades PreK–6. The System is designed to support whole-group, small-group and independent learning opportunities including: interactive read-aloud, reading minilessons, shared reading, phonics/spelling/word study lessons, guided reading, book clubs, and independent reading collections. Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ is rich with authentic texts, lessons or conferring cards, minilessons and professional tools & learning for a systematic, transformative approach to literacy instruction.

These documents are alignments of the Texas Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for English Language Arts and Reading to The Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Continuum, Expanded Edition.

4th and 5th Grade

myView Literacy is a comprehensive K-5 curriculum built for the new TEKS. The resources provide a balanced approach to teaching reading, writing, speaking, listening, and thinking through Reading and Writing Workshops. The all-new, print and digital curriculum includes authentic texts and minilessons, flexible resources, and meaningful differentiation. Inspire every student to see the world with fresh eyes, to share their ideas and shape their stories.

myView

6th-12th Grade English & Language Arts Curriculum

6th Grade - High School English

“The teaching of literature needs to focus on engaging a new generation of learners,” writes author Ernest Morrell. myPerspectives Texas is a 21st century, balanced Language Arts and Reading curriculum built for the new TEKS. It provides powerful teaching opportunities through multi-genre texts, media-rich literacy, collaboration, and authentic reading and writing experiences. Create a student-centered, literacy-rich classroom. Integrate reading, writing, speaking, and listening with purposeful technology. myPerspectives Texas helps middle school students see the world in new ways and promotes their ideas and their stories.

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K-5th Grade Mathematics Curriculum

Kindergarten through 5th Grade

Math instruction is always evolving, with new approaches to pedagogy, engagement, and technology. GO Math!^® meets students and teachers on their math journey, raising student achievement scores and supporting teachers along the way.

Designed by the same author team across K–8, GO Math! incorporates the latest thinking in its comprehensive approach and engages digital natives with cross-platform technology. It helps teachers to differentiate instruction, building and reinforcing foundational math skills that translate from the classroom to real life.

Math 6-8

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