Fifth-grade newsletter

 

5th Grade Newsletter Cycle 3  January 6 - March 13   

Team information/emails/Conference time       

Anastasia Walton (5th Math/Science) - awalton@garlandisd.net

Kaitlyn Cummings (5th ELAR)  - kcummings@garlandisd.net

Ricardo Izquierdo (4th/5th SLAR) - rizquierdo@garlandisd.net

Mariela Gomez (4th/5th Spanish Math/Science) - mgomez2@garlandisd.net

Trang Doan (4th/5th Vietnamese Math/Science) - XDoan@garlandisd.net 

Krissy Huynh (4th/5th Vietnamese Language Arts)  - KHuynh@garlandisd.net 

About our grade level: 

Our lunch for Ms. Walton’s class, Mr. Izquierdo’s class, Mrs. Cummings’s class, Ms. Gomez’s classes is 11:20-11:50

Our lunch for Ms. Doan’s class & Mrs. Huynh’s class is 11:50-12:20

Cycle 2 (January 6, 2026 - March 13, 2026)

Progress Notice 1  (1/6/2026 – 1/26/2026)       Progress Notice 2 (1/6/2026 – 2/13/2026)      

Cycle 2 Report Card (1/6/2026 – 3/13/2026)

This cycle we are learning…

Language Art

  • Paired Passages
  • Information Text
  • Genre Types
  • ECR/SCR Writing
  • STAAR Review
 

Math

  • Multiplication & Division of Fractions
  • Addition & Multiplication with Volume & Area
  • Problem Solving with the Coordinate Plane & Data
 

Science

  • Earth’s Processes and Cycles 
  • Patterns of the Sky
  • Organism Survival
  • Energy Flow & Ecosystem 
 

Social Studies 

  • Westward Expansion - Reconstruction
  • The United States in the 20th Century

Upcoming events

  • Choice of School application window closes - 

January 12

  • MLK Day - No School - January 19 
  • RLA Mock STAAR Window - February 3-5
  • Elective field trip to Hudson Middle School - 

February 6

  • 5th STAAR Interim RLA - February 12
  • Presidents’ Day - No School - February 16
  • 5th Math Mock STAAR Window 

February 24-25

  • 5th STAAR Math Interim - March 3
  • 5th STAAR Science Interim - March 5