Fifth Grade Focus
Weekly News from ASPIRE 5th Grade! (Volume 23-24, Issue 29)
Lunch With a Loved One - Get Your Fast Pass!
Our last Lunch With a Loved One is planned for May 2nd and 3rd. As always, it will be weather dependent. If you plan to attend, please follow this link to get a badge preprinted: Fast Pass for LWALO 5/2 and 5/3.
The deadline to complete the form will be 04/24. You will still be able to check in at the kiosk if you don't get it turned in on time, but it may be slower than getting your fast pass.
5th ASPIRE to CTMS Field Trip
We will be taking all 5th ASPIRE students to CTMS on Tuesday, April 30th for a field trip. All 6th, 7th, and 8th ASPIRE students/teachers will be there to greet us as well as answer questions/do activities with us. The purpose of this field trip is to help our 5th ASPIRE students feel more comfortable with their transition to middle school ASPIRE at CTMS.
We plan to leave Glenhope after first period around 9:00 a.m. We will be at CTMS until about 11:30 before returning back to Glenhope. 5th ASPIRE students will still have recess and lunch on this day and our afternoon schedule will remain our normal schedule. **If your child takes math at CTMS first period, they will still have math on this day. They will not get on the bus and return to Glenhope after class, but instead, wait until we arrive and ride back with us at 11:30.**
Field trip permission slip, consent & release, and emergency form are due back by Wednesday, April 24th. Those were sent home with students last Friday, so please let us know if you didn't receive them.
Save the Date
Tuesday, April 23rd
-Math STAAR exam for grades 3-8 and Alg I
Friday, April 26th
-End of 6 weeks
Thursday, May 2nd
-Lunch With a Loved One (grades kinder, 1st, & 3rd)
Friday, May 3rd
-Lunch With a Loved One (grades 2nd, 4th, & 5th)
How Are We Growing Our Brains Next Week?
5th Grade Math:
-STAAR review: financial literacy
-Math STAAR Test - Tues 4/23
-Metric conversions
-Income vs. taxes
-Forms of payment
Reading & ELA
-Class debates
-Mash up poetry
-Begin writing argument essay based on the class debate
Social Studies
-Civil War presentations
-Industrial Revolution
-Great inventions of the 19th and early 20th centuries
Science:
-Circuits
Well-Being:
(GCISD Lead 2.0 Goal 2: Design learning environments that support social and emotional well-being)
-Makerspace
-Guidance (counseling)
-5th grade "Mixer"
Fast Pass - End of Year Activities
If you're planning to attend Gator Games, Kinder celebration or 5th grade graduation at the end of May, please complete this form by May 10th. Your fast pass badge will be ready when you come to the building. If not, you will need to sign in at the kiosk when you arrive for the event.
STAAR Testing
WE ARE ALMOST DONE WITH TESTING!!
You can help your Gators prepare to do their best by ensuring they get a good night of sleep, a healthy breakfast, and have their Chromebook fully charged. Thank you for helping to make sure all our Gators are here and ready to show what they know! If they miss a STAAR exam, students will have to spend an entire day of school when they return to make that test up.
Tuesday, April 23rd
-5th grade math STAAR
-6th grade math STAAR
-8th grade math STAAR (this is the STAAR taken by students in 7th accelerated math)
-Alg I STAAR
(3rd & 4th math STAAR on this date as well)
(CTMS telescopers do not go to CTMS)
Please register your child for school next year!
New and returning students can register for the 2024-2025 school year.
GCISD is in the planning stages for the 2024-2025 school year. It is important for you to register your child as soon as possible, as it will affect the number of teachers retained on every campus in the district. Thank you!
GT Corner
- Sharon Lind (with SENG)
Are you aware of overexcitabilities? We have been teaching students about them and how to identify theirs (if they have any). Read more below:
LEAD With GCISD
Early voting for the upcoming GCISD board election began April 22nd and continues until April 30th. If you miss early voting, election day is Saturday, May 4th. For more details, click the link below:
Stay in the Loop!
For Remind:
go to https://www.remind.com/join/c8cgh94229
We also have an ASPIRE 5 Facebook page. Make sure you check there for notifications as well as pictures and videos! (Click the Facebook icon above)
Website: https://ghes.gcisd.net/o/ghes/page/fifth-grade-aspire
Location: Glenhope Elementary School, Glen Hope Circle North, Colleyville, TX, United States
Phone: (817) 251-5720
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/5thASPIRE/
Twitter: @5thaspire