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October 26th, 2025
October 26th, 2025
Red Ribbon Week
Red Ribbon Week
We are excited to celebrate Red Ribbon Week! Please know these dress up days are optional and there is no pressure to do "all the things!" Do what you can and we are ready for an insane week! :)
Snack
Snack
Snack will be at 9:10 each morning. If your child wants a snack, they need to bring a nut free snack. Due to allergies, we are no longer allowed to provide snacks.
Library
Library
Library will be each week. Please remind students to keep their library books safe in their backpack!
Ms. Amy homeroom: Tuesdays
Mrs. Cottle homeroom: Mondays
Ms. Lee homeroom: Wednesdays
ELAR
ELAR
This week: We began Module 4: Heroic Feats. We read a fairy tale, explored text and graphic features, point of view, and theme. Our writing focus this unit will be narrative.
Next week: We will read narrative nonfiction and a myth/play. We will synthesize, discuss text structure, ask and answer questions, and explore elements of drama and as figurative language. We will continue writing narrative stories, including plot elements.
Math
Math
This week: We compared decimals using models, number lines and other strategies. Number lines are important to understand because this preparest them for positive and negative numbers in the future!
Next Week: We will talk about adding and subtracting decimals as well as how it relates to financial literacy.
Science
Science
This Week : We finished up our chapter about structures and functions of plants, learned about mediterranean cypress trees and how they can slow forest fires, and we began our next chapter - inherited and acquired traits of plants and animals.
Next Week : We will continue and finish our chapter on inherited and acquired traits, we will learn about plants response to severe weather and outside factors (branches broken, animals making homes in trees). Other examples include - plants with yellow flowers drop seeds that make plants with more yellow flowers. If my dad has green eyes it is likely that I do too.
(If you would like to follow along with our learning this chapter is pages 299-308 in McGraw-Hill)
Social Studies
Social Studies
This Week : We began our week ten newspaper about early Texas settlers and Spanish Missions. We learned about the difference between presidios, missions, pueblos, and ranchos. France and Spain's claims to Texas became stronger with more settlement, and they began to fight over the territory.
Next Week : We will begin our week eleven newspaper about the Mexican War of Independence from Spain. We will construct a timeline of events leading up to the revolution and discuss important figures (Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and Moses Austin) and the Mexican Constitution of 1824.
Contact Information
Contact Information
Ms. Amy (Science/Social Studies): julia.amy@gcisd.net
Mrs. Cottle (Math): jennifer.cottle@gcisd.net
Ms. Lee (ELAR): maisie.lee@gcisd.net
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