Tiger News
Happy Spring break!
Greetings Tiger Family!
Front Office Site of News & Events
We are always striving to improve daily practices. New ways of communicating and keeping everyone updated are coming from the Front Office, so please take a few moments to view our Front Office Site of News & Events. (https://sites.google.com/cmitelementary.org/cmit-nes-front-office-news?usp=sharing). The site can also be located on the school's website under CMIT Families.
On this site you will find useful information on the HOME, FORMS, SCHEDULE, and NEWSLETTER pages that will help you during the school year. This site is interactive with links to assist you with navigating to important information and forms, so please read it in its entirety. We look forward to working with you and your scholar(s) during the school year!
FORMS
Bounce House Waiver
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeNMZgdKODTaPBfau_LNS3lmZXCRIjj21MLOkjNVwk3GGvZqQ/viewform
Class Dojo Food Waiver
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTtKaG00kQIkt24aocCGYGRIXMsrSzt0ysFoes4aXtwsRcsA/viewform
Front Office Staff
CLICK HERE TO VISIT: https://sites.google.com/cmitelementary.org/cmit-nes-front-office-news?usp=sharing
Kind Kindergarten News
The weather is getting warmer. Our scholars go outside for recess at 9:40 am, and the temperature is sometimes cool in the early morning. Please send your scholar to school with jackets or sweaters so they can enjoy being outside. Also, make sure you are washing coats & backpacks to prevent the spread of germs.
ELA: Unit 4 Week 3, Then and Now. Fiction
Sight words: black, brown, white
Letters/Sounds: Sounds of Short /e/ and Long /e/.
Demonstrate phonological awareness.
Generate questions for formal and informal inquiry with adult assistance.
Listen actively and ask questions to understand information and answer questions using multi-word responses.
Social Studies Chapter 5: Time and Chronology. Weeks and Months
Math Topic 12: Identify and Describe Shapes. Take Topic 12 Assessment then start Topic 13. Analyze and compare two- and three-dimensional shapes, in different sizes and orientations.
Science Topic 6 Environments. Where Plants and Animals Live
***Friendly reminder: The weather is changing and some scholars come to school with colds, runny noses, or sore throats. If your scholar is not feeling well, please keep them home. We are trying to stop spreading germs and keep it to a minimum.
Enjoy your Spring Break!
The Kindergarten Team
Fascinating First Grade News!
Hello First Grade Families,
We are excited to announce that first grade will have a field trip to Port Discovery on April 15th. Permission slips were sent out this week. If you would like your scholar to participate, please use the QR code on the slip for payment.
On the day of the field trip, students will need to bring a bagged lunch in a gallon ziploc bag. If your scholar will need lunch that day, please let your scholar’s teacher know, so the cafeteria staff can provide it.
First grade hopes you all have a restful spring break!
Our lessons for when we return:
RELA: Historical Fiction
Social Studies: Shared Culture
Math: Practicing Adding Using Strategies
Science: Observe Parents and Young
Upcoming Dates:
3.30-4.6 Spring Break
4.15 Port Discovery Field Trip
Spectacular Second Grade News!
We hope everyone is excited about Spring Break! This is the perfect time to rest, recharge, and enjoy a well-deserved break. When we return, we’ll be ready to finish third quarter strong and make the most of the fourth quarter!
Week of April 6th
In Reading, we will continue Unit 4 in ELA. The question of the week is, "How can you get involved to improve your community?" Our phonics spelling pattern is open syllable vowel consonant vowel (V/CV) patterns. In Math, we will begin Topic 12, measuring length. In Science, we will continue the unit on plants and animals. In Social Studies, we will continue topic 5, Our Government. As always, please ensure your scholar reads every night.
We kindly request your support in reinforcing the importance of following our School Motto with your scholars. I will Respect Myself and Others, I will Opt to Be Scholarly, I will Act Responsibly, and I will React with Kindness.
Upcoming Field Trips/Events:
March 30-April 6-Spring Break-
April 9th-Grub with Grandparents
April 23rd-Baltimore Museum of Industry -permission slips were sent home
April Vocabulary Parade- Information will be sent by your scholar's teacher.
Have a wonderful Spring Break!
Terrific Third Grade News!
In Social Studies, students will review chapter 5 and prepare for Chapter 5 Assessment.
In Math, we will continue with Topic 13, which is Fraction Equivalence and Comparison. We will be working on comparing fractions on a number line with the same denominator and the same numerator.
In Science, we are starting topic 6, which is Adaptations and Survival. Students will learn about how living things survive on their own.
Fourth Grade Weekly News!
Lastly, please check grades weekly on Google Classroom & Synergy to stay abreast of your scholar's grades in all subject areas.
Let's have a great week on purpose & enjoy your Spring Break!!
Fourth Grade Team
Fabulous Fifth Grade News!
Tigers! Tigers! Thank you for a wonderful week of hard work and dedication! Flint A., thank you for your Spelling Bee participation! You made it to round three and we are all proud of you! Your diligence, perseverance, and consistency is an excellent example of how Tiger''s ROAR!
Spring Break is scheduled from March 30-April 4th. Have a great Spring Break and we will see you when you return. Thank you for your hard work this quarter. Do something fun and relaxing. You deserve it!
Content:
Math
In math this week, students will continue to explore the volume of rectangular prisms.
RELA
Scholars will continue working with poetry. Students will complete poetry assignments that help analyze figurative language and visualization. They will also complete graphic organizers that will help with comprehension and understanding of the lesson. Students will also work with an opinion writing assignment that helps them with understanding perspective and making claims based on evidence and facts from a topic or point of view.
Science
In science, students will continue exploring the Earth's energy resources.
Social Studies
Students will continue working in Chapter 6 Lessons 1 and 2 of "A New Nation".
Superior Specials News!
Art
Greetings Parents!
Tigers are finishing projects and starting new projects. Kindergarteners are finishing their designs that integrate color wheels into their designs. We are starting our Utopian Environments. 1st grade took their still life designs home and are now working on their landscapes which will include more overlapping. 2nd grade They have planned and are currently working on their landscape projects. 3rd grade chose to learn 1pt-perspective drawing to apply to a cityscape design. 4th grade Are doing presentations of projects that illustrate sound, translating sound into line and color with their Musical Gesture Drawings. And, 5th grade have finished their optical illusions. Their next project involves the merging of a self-portrait and “Zentangles”
Mr. Dorsey
Music
Kindergarten
Songs of the month: Burnie Bee,
Making up their own word rhythm.
1st Grade
Song of the month: Bee bee bumblebee
Reading rhythm and melody patterns.
2nd Grade
Songs of the Month: A Leprechaun wish
Learned about Antonio Vivaldi and his work the four seasons (Spring)
3rd Grade
Learning to play the glockenspiel. Notes B, A and G
4th Grade
Finishing our Staff Lesson unit naming notes on the staff and C Major Scale
5th Grade
Songs of the Month: Chumbara
Create a melody for a song and writing it on the staff
Technology
Hello! K-2 students practiced,Keyboarding: Locate and Type Letters K, L, M, N, and O
The learners receive direct instruction in keyboarding the letters K, L, M, N, and O, recognize the letter sounds, and learn the relationship between the letters on the keyboard and on the screen in this engaging and digital lesson.
3.students practiced, Keyboarding: Upper Row
The learners receive direct instruction and practice with the basic keyboarding techniques needed to type using the upper row keys. The learners gain knowledge about proper finger placement and posture, and are provided a review of the home row keys in this engaging and interactive digital lesson.
4-5 students practiced, Tynker-Coding: Students review the coding basics such as counting loops and sequencing in the initial lessons, and then they learn all-new coding concepts. They learn how to solve hard problems using decomposition and abstraction with real world examples. They also learn to use input and output in their programs, making their projects more interactive. Students even use functions to organize and reuse sections of code.
PE
Good week, This week we are working on our balance by doing a relay race. Please remember to send students in comfortable shoes in order to prevent slipping and injury.
Lego
Hello!
I have been returning quizzes that have been taken over the past few weeks. Please keep an eye out for the returned quizzes.
Kindergarten: We are working on stories and will be listening to the Princess and the Pea and create builds based on the story.
1st: Cave Car: We are learning about what is needed to see in a cave.
2nd: We are finishing up our lesson on carnival swings and taking a quiz about carousels and swings.
3rd: We have learned about helicopters and have been building helicopters with spinning rotors.
4th-5th: We are finishing up our free throw build in which they are building a basketball hoop and a device to throw a “basketball”.
STEM
Greetings,
This week we celebrated with our Dojo Party!
K: Students will build the tallest caterpillar.
1st: Students will create a carrier that will
help your peep/egg safely
down the zipline.
2nd: Students will create an invention or something useful with a box and use up to 5 recycled materials.
3rd: Students will continue building their pinball machines.
5th: Students will learn about centripetal force and explore how kinetic energy, potential energy & centripetal force play a role in how roller coasters operate.
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