Moore Curriculum

Art, music and physical education are an important aspect of education at Moore.

Students attend classes on a rotation schedule. 

Character Counts is a district-wide program from kindergarten through high school for students and staff. It gives us a common language and encourages outstanding character traits.

A new character trait is introduced each month. The six traits that are emphasized are Respect, Responsibility, Caring, Trustworthiness, Fairness and Citizenship.  Students are awarded by their peers at our monthly Character Counts Assemblies. 

Character Counts assemblies feature a grade level musical performance, special guest speaker, and many other fun surprises.  

The Extended Day Program (EDP) provides safe, alternative educational child care, enhancing the child’s extended day. Recognizing the busy lifestyles of today’s family, the district attempts to work in partnership with home and parents by providing before and after school supervision at the school site.

Moore students identified as gifted/talented are provided an instructional program which supports, enriches and differentiates the regular educational curricula. 

Union Intramural Sports provides Union students opportunities to participate in athletics at a recreational level in flag football, basketball, and volleyball.

Balanced Literacy is a research-based approach that provides students a wide variety of ways in which they will become skilled readers and writers. Children are exposed to a strong reading mentor who instructs on skills, strategies, and discussions about reading. Students engage in high volumes of text that will require high levels of comprehension.

Mastering this will then allow students to move to more complex texts. Balanced Literacy is greatly enriched through the use of the Gradual Release of Responsibility Model.

This is a scaffolding instructional approach modeled first by the teacher (I do), next students practice through active engagement (we do), which is further practiced in a partnership (2 do), followed by independent practice (you do) of the focus skill or strategy.

Balanced Literacy Framework

Literacy Assessments

• Reading Workshop
• Small Group Instruction
• Shared Reading
• Writing Workshop
• Shared/Interactive Writing
• Interactive Read-aloud (to include accountable talk)
• Word Study

First/Second Grade Looping

This same-grade configuration allows for students to remain with the teacher for both their first and second grade years.  This continuity allows for continued academic progress and a greater connection between the student, classmates, and families.  We currently offer one first grade and one second grade looping classrooms.

My Math curriculum is utilized in grade levels K-5. Additionally, teachers collaborate to plan and implement math units designed around essential standards and concept development. 

Moore Math Mentors

In 2014, Moore partnered with Tulsa Area Regional STEM Alliance and Baker Hughes Tulsa to provide our students with content-based mentoring. 

Members from the community support our students on a weekly basis and provide them with excellent math content support.  We are always looking to expand our Math Mentor community to support our students!  If you are interested in becoming a math mentor, please contact the principal's office. 

Moore offers a Multiage Program which is a combination class of first and second grade students.  The students remain with the same teacher for two years. 

Students receive instruction based on their personal academic level regardless of age or grade.  The teacher builds a strong sense of community among the students, while allowing the second year students to be leaders to the younger students.  We currently offer six multiage classrooms.

Fifth graders exhibiting leadership capabilities are able to participate in the school’s safety patrol.  This group aids our staff in supervising the safe arrival and dismissal of students throughout the school on a daily basis.

Discovery Science and Project Lead the Way (STEM curriculum) are utilized in grades K-5.

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) at Union Public Schools is an interdisciplinary approach to learning that encourages students to inquire, explore, and problem solve. 

STEM

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) at Union Public Schools is an interdisciplinary approach to learning that encourages students to inquire, explore, and problem solve. 

Moore implements STEM through the support of Project Lead The Way (PLTW).  PLTW is the nation’s leading provider of STEM education curricular programs for elementary, middle and high school students.

PLTW’s elementary program is designed for students in kindergarten through fifth grades and will align with Oklahoma state standards and Next Generation Science Standards. Through a series of topic-based modules, students will engage in design problems that encourage collaboration, analysis, problem solving, and computational thinking. For more information about STEM or PLTW at Moore, please contact teachers Brittany Gray or Janet Teel. 

TCI is utilized by K-5th Grade.

Union students showcase their art work during YouthArts!

YouthArts! is one of the longest running festivals of its type in the state of Oklahoma. 

Visit the District Fine Arts page.