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September 17, 2025
September 17, 2025
6 Week Progress Reports
6 Week Progress Reports
6-week progress reports were available on Wednesday, September 24th, on Skyward. We also sent a paper copy home. Please review those, sign them, and return them to school. Thank you!
As a reminder, 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.
Stomp Out Bullying - October 6th
Stomp Out Bullying - October 6th
Monday, October 6th is World Day of Bullying Prevention. GCISD is asking students to #BootUp and #BlueUp by wearing boots and blue to show support for the cause and to stomp out bullying!
Fall Parent / Teacher Conferences
Fall Parent / Teacher Conferences
Our goal is to meet with each of you this semester to discuss your child, whether they are struggling at school or not! We have created a Sign Up Genius (linked below) for you to sign up for a conference. We have been given half-day subs on Wednesday, October 22nd, to schedule meetings during the school day. The rest of the available conferences are mostly on Wednesdays and Thursdays during our conference time (11:20-11:55) until December.
Each of us will meet with the families of our homeroom students. If you need to speak with a teacher who is not your child's homeroom teacher, please sign up under that teacher's link. If would like to meet with all 5th grade teachers, please send us an email noting that after you sign up. Before meeting with you, we will speak to your child's other 5th-grade teachers to obtain notes they would like us to share with you during the conference. All conferences will be held on Web-ex, but if you prefer to meet in person please let that teacher know.
Please The sign-up for conferences is below:
Sky Ranch - Payments Due on Oct. 1st!
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:
Save the Date
Save the Date
OCTOBER IS NATIONAL PRINCIPAL MONTH
Monday, September 29th - Friday, October 3rd
-Book Fair
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
Thursday, October 2nd
-MANDATORY Sky Ranch Chaperone Meeting @ 6-7 (Glenhope Learning Commons)
Who Do I Email?
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
Upcoming Curriculum
Reading/Language Arts:
I can analyze the text for the author's craft.
I can identify the author’s message by closely reading, annotating, and examining key ideas, supporting details, text structure(s)/organizational pattern(s), and the author’s use of language.
I will be able to write a narrative story.
I can decode multisyllabic words. .
Math:
Review over Units 3 &4 Multiplying and Dividing Whole Numbers and Decimals
Test over Units 3 &4 October 2nd.
I can estimate sums and differences of decimals
Science:
How do different organisms survive in the same environment?
Social Studies:
What motivated explorers to go to the Americas?
What areas of the Americas were claimed by France, Great Britain, and Spain?
How did geography influence where the colonists settled in the Americas? Why does the United States celebrate Columbus Day?
Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset
Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset
View the video below to learn the differences between a fixed and a growth mindset. It highlights the fact that no one can be completely growth-minded, but we can try to be as growth-minded as possible.
5th Grade Community Service Initiative
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.
GT Corner
GT Corner
We found the article below from Education World to be an accurate depiction of what educators have to think about/do when preparing learning for GT students. It takes a lot to make every GT child feel supported, but it is worth it! We thought you would appreciate understanding some of the things we have to consider and might find some of the information applicable at home.
https://www.educationworld.com/teachers/6-ways-support-your-gifted-and-talented-students
Lead With GCISD
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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