Academics
Mimosa Elementary School utilizes many resources to create a learning experience that is rich, interactive, and supportive of each student's needs. Provided here is an overview of our school's curriculum. For full details, please review the FCS Curriculum Hub for Parents.
Mimosa Elementary's Instructional Approach
With instruction always grounded in best practices, Mimosa Elementary employs a variety of instructional models in which selected teaching strategies, approaches, and student activities achieve the greatest student understanding, engagement, and outcomes.
Standards
The Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) provide schools and families clear guidelines for teaching and learning. The standards explain what students should know, understand, and be able to do at the conclusion of a grade level or course. The standards define the level of rigor expected in the work enabling the teacher to know "how good is good enough." The standards provide the framework for Fulton County Schools to prepare students to be college and career ready.
Literacy: English/Language Arts
Philosophy
Whether reading is used to enter into the imaginative world of fiction; learn from academic texts; meet workplace demands; acquire insight and knowledge about people, places, and things; or understand a graphic on an Internet website; readers must adapt their skills and strategies to meet the comprehension demands of a particular task at hand.
Fulton County Schools believes that students’ literacy skills and strategies can be cultivated to do so in all content areas. Literacy-rich classrooms integrate the teaching of disciplinary literacy skills and strategies into real-world contexts and give students opportunities to read and respond critically to text; write creatively, expressively, and analytically; develop effective oral language skills; investigate and present topics of interest using research methods; and use media and technology to communicate for a variety of purposes.
Mathematics
Fulton County Schools implements the Georgia Standards of Excellence for mathematics. The Fulton County Schools Mathematics curriculum stresses rigorous concept development, presents realistic and relevant applications, and keeps a strong emphasis on computational skills. Teachers strive to create student-centered classrooms where students engage in rich mathematical tasks and experiences that create mathematical discussions among students. Teachers will ask purposeful questions that draw out evidence of student thinking and motivate students to persevere in their problem-solving process. Teachers build math fact fluency in students based on conceptual understanding, so procedures are meaningful and can be replicated over multiple years. The use of technology and manipulatives further support the conceptual development of mathematical concepts and skills.
Social Studies
The purpose of the Fulton County School System’s social studies curriculum is to prepare students to become citizens who participate in a democratic society in an increasingly interdependent world. Through social studies education students should acquire a continuing interest in their society; develop a respect for the dignity and worth of all persons; and achieve the depth of understanding, the loyalty to democratic ideas, and the skills necessary to accept responsibilities and rights of citizenship.
Science
At each grade level, kindergarten through fifth grade, the content is divided into three domains or strands: (a) Physical Science, (b) Earth and Space Science, and (c) Life Science. Integrated into these content strands are science and engineering practices and crosscutting concepts. The science and engineering practices, content, and crosscutting concepts are used throughout K-12 science courses and build towards a progressively deeper understanding of the dimensions as students’ progress through the years. Hands-on, student-centered, and inquiry-based approaches should be the emphasis of instruction.
Exceptional Children Services
Mimosa Elementary provides services to students with disabilities. The services are provided through a continuum of educational environments from regular class placement to full day programs in specialized environments. The type and degree of services provided are determined through the development of an Individualized Education Program (I.E.P.)
For additional information, please contact our IST Ted Ittig at Ittig@fultonschools.org or visit Services for Exceptional Children on the Fulton County website.
Speech Services
Mimosa Elementary provides speech services to identify and evaluate students who meet eligibility requirements for speech-language impairments. We work collaboratively and communicate with professionals and parents to integrate speech and language goals into the classroom and school environment.
For additional information, please contact our IST Ted Ittig at Ittig@fultonschools.org.