Fifth Grade Focus
Weekly News from ASPIRE 5th Grade! (Volume 17-18, Issue 32)
GCISD Decision Week
Gator Games (Field Day) Volunteers Needed!
Save the Date
Monday, April 30th
-GCISD Decision Week kicks off - wear a college shirt!
You Say It's Your Birthday...
-Michael X. (2nd)
How are we growing our brains next week?
Math:
-exploring tessellations with rotations
-building geometric challenges using zometools
Language Arts:
-end of year writing narrative
-exploring and responding to Oliver Hyde's Dishcloth Concert
Science:
-STAAR review
Social Studies:
-exploring convergence of events that led to the surrender at Appomattox
-exploring the assisination of President Lincoln
CTMS Swag
f you are interested in ordering athletic apparel for your incoming Wolf, please visit the appropriate website by May 6th! All orders will be shipped to CTMS in May and held until the beginning of the school year in August. The website will open again in the summer so please check the CTMS Athletic Websites for more information! All incoming 6th graders need any CTMS shirt and black shorts/pants for Pre-Athletics.
Girls’ Athletics Website: http://crosstimbersms-gcisd.ss18.sharpschool.com/activities/athletics/athletics-_girls/
Girls’ Online Store: https://ctmsgirlsathletics18.itemorder.com/
Boys’ Athletics Website: http://crosstimbersms-gcisd.ss18.sharpschool.com/activities/athletics/athletics-_boys/
Boys’ Online Store: https://ctmsfootball.itemorder.com/
If you have any questions, please contact Coach Harper at rachel.harper@gcisd.net
Career Day
Career Day is Friday, May 18th! The students LOVE having their parents talk to their classes about their jobs! If you would be willing to present to your child's class, please fill out the form below. Mrs. Pape will contact you with available time slots in the near future. Thank you!!!
GT Corner
When your children leave Glenhope, they may leave the building but they do not leave our minds and our hearts. We will continue to always wish them well and hope you update us on how they are doing!
With that being said, please read the information below about the Math & Science Team at CTMS. The majority of student names are previous ASPIRE gators!!!!
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The CTMS Math & Science Team attended the TMSCA State Championships at UT-San Antonio this weekend. The following students qualified and competed at the meet:
6th Grade: Drake Arnett, Gregory Huynh, Pravin Mohan, Melody Munoz, Aadi Patil, Eli Pollock, Mary Schnautz, Patrick Shukis, Eric Tong, and Andrew Yu.
7th Grade: Krish Bhayani, Nithya Budda, Akshaya Mohan, Kavya Shah, Mouktika Sripati, Nathan Wilson, and Ethan Zhou.
8th Grade: Xiujia Brown, Brian Jiang, and Aurora Tong.
As a team, our Wolves brought home:
2nd Place Team Sweepstakes
2nd Place Team Number Sense
4th Place Team General Math
5th Place Team Calculator
6th Place Team General Science
In addition, the following wolves also won individual awards:
6th Grade:
Eric Tong: State Champion for both Number Sense and Calculator, 2nd General Math, 5th General Science
Eli Pollock: 3rd Place General Science
Pravin Mohan: 10th Place General Science
Patrick Shukis: 13th Place in Number Sense, 16th General Math
Andrew Yu: 17th General Science
7th Grade:
Krish Bhayani: 18th General Science
8th Grade:
Aurora Tong: State Champion for Number Sense, 5th General Math, 10th General Science, 13th Calculator
Brian Jiang: 4th General Math, 7th Place Number Sense, 18th Place Calculator
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Location: Glenhope Elementary School, Glen Hope Circle North, Colleyville, TX, United States
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