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Irving ISD
2621 W. Airport Freeway
Irving, Texas  75062-6020
(972) 215-5063

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Third, Fourth and Fifth-grade

There are two ways in which gifted and talented services may be offered:
 
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Placement within a self-contained classroom ALL day or,

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Through "pull-out" by coming into the self-contained classroom for a specific period of instruction in the student's identified area of giftedness or by being "pulled-in" to the self-contained GT classroom to meet the need in their area of giftedness.

Students in Third, Fourth and Fifth-grade are provided accelerated instruction in the four (4) core subject areas:

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Language Arts

Students are introduced to both the process skills of critical/analytical reading AND the foundation skills and concepts of written and oral language.

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Mathematics

    Students explore the vast mathematical spectrum by investigating basic, as well as advanced, mathematical concepts and applications.

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Science

    Students are introduced to BOTH the process skills of the scientific method and the foundation science concepts of life, earth and physical science.

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Social Science

    Students are given an opportunity to examine their community, state and country within a humanities framework.