First to Fifth Grade

Our Elementary School Program at St. Mary of the Purification seeks to fulfill differentiated instruction through small groups while implementing the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and the Archdiocesan Standards.

The english language arts program utilizes Literacy First Curriculum in line with the Archdiocesan Instructional Model.  Through Literacy First, students in first and second grade are issued phonological awareness, phonics, and fluency assessments at the beginning, middle, and end of the year to track their literacy development.  Teachers then structure students into small groups based on needs from these assessments to teach lessons from Literacy First to increase students' ability to read.  Grammar skills are taught daily through whole group instruction, and classrooms implement writing workshops to increase writing skills. Third through eighth-grade students are assessed on fluency and work throughout the school year similar to first and second-grade structures.

St. Mary’s mathematics program utilizes the Saxon Math Program. This is a complete mathematics program that focuses on fact fluency, computation, and problem-solving. Students are assessed periodically throughout the school year. In the math program, our students are taught in small groups based on their particular needs.

Our science program utilizes the Nancy Larsen Science Program.

The social studies program utilizes the Harcourt curriculum along with the integration of Kamali Academy Black History curriculum infusion into every subject area.