Fifth Grade News

September 17, 2025

6 Week Progress Reports

6-week progress reports will be available next Wednesday, September 24th on Skyward. We will also send a paper copy home next week for you to review, sign, and return.

We have some students who have had multiple late assignments for over a week now. Those grades have been entered as ONE PERCENT and will be reflected in the 6-week progress report. Students will have until Tuesday, October 7th to turn in all late work (the Tuesday before the end of the 9-week grading period). After that time, the assignment will remain as a 1% in the grade book.

If you receive an email that your child has a late assignment and they are certain they turned it in, please have them go into Canvas and read the feedback on the assignment. Quite often, students have to make corrections or change the share settings on the assignment so we can view it. Just because they have turned it in on Canvas doesn't mean it is finished. We appreciate your help in reminding them to check their grades often in Canvas!

5th Grade Community Service Initiative

We have a goal this year for 5th-grade students to complete 8 hours of community service outside of the school day by the end of the year (4 hours per semester). Students who achieve 4 hours by December 5, 2025, and an additional 4 hours by May 1, 2026, will receive a party to celebrate their achievements. When your child completes community service, please be sure they are logging their time in the Google Form linked below. We have hung a tracker poster (pictured here to the left) we plan to hang in the 5th-grade hallway to track the hours completed as the school year progresses. We cannot wait to see the tracker fill up! This is an optional opportunity for students, but we hope to see several participate!

Also, if you snap photos of your child during their community service, please send them our way! We would love to see the work they are doing.

5th Grade Community Service Log

Sky Ranch - Payments Due on Oct. 1st!

As a reminder, your child's Sky Ranch trip must be paid in full by October 1st. The payment site and other information are linked below:

Sky Ranch Payment Site

Sky Ranch Slideshow

Sky Ranch Informational Packet

Save the Date

Monday, September 22nd

-Professional Development Day (NO SCHOOL for students)

Friday, September 26th

-Pep Rally / Gatorville Day (school-wide) **alternate daily schedule on these days**

(CTMS math remains the same)

Wednesday, October 1st

-Sky Ranch final payments due for students and chaperones

(students) $91 if using payment plan; $273 if paying in full

(chaperones) $136 if using payment plan; $273 if paying in full

Who Do I Email?

We know it can be confusing to determine which teacher to email for a specific situation.

For academic questions/concerns/comments, please email your child's specific teacher:

5th Math - ashley.carter@gcisd.net
Science & Social Studies - christi.robertson@gcisd.net
ELAR - elizabeth.quiroz@gcisd.net

For generic 5th-grade questions/concerns/comments, please email your child's homeroom teacher.

Upcoming Curriculum

Reading/Language Arts:

I can decode multisyllabic words. (2A)
I can identify genre characteristics and structure specific to drama and literary elements.
I can make inferences about characters’ and their relationships by analyzing specific structure of a drama.
I can write responses that demonstrate my understanding of the text I am reading.

Math:

I can use my knowledge of place value to divide numbers that contain decimals, using the standard algorithm.
I can use objects & pictorial models to show the division of decimals. (divisor should only be whole numbers – dividend can be a decimal up to the hundredths)
I can use arrays and area models to solve division problems involving decimals

Science:

I can compare the properties of substances before and after they combine into a solution.

Social Studies:

I can summarize exploration, giving the main idea and details.
I can explain the reasons for English Colonization and settlement.
I can explain the reasons for Spanish Colonization and settlement.
I can describe the impacts and effects of the Columbian Exchange.

Mistakes = Growth

We've been working hard to help students understand the power of making mistakes because those mistakes can lead you to new discoveries. Some are accepting mistakes even easier now than 6 weeks ago but some are still struggling. We will continue to work with them and appreciate your grace and understanding of our own teacher mistakes!

GT Corner

Did you know there are a ton of support groups on Facebook for parents of GT children? Check them out here:

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/on-line_support.htm#facebook

Lead With GCISD

252 GCISD juniors and seniors have earned academic honors from the College Board’s National Recognition Program. To read more about this, please click the link below:

https://www.gcisd.net/article/2393355

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