Tiger News
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!
Front Office Staff
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Kind Kindergarten News!
Hello Kindergarten Families:
We have had an amazing year teaching your scholars. We have watched them grow, work hard, and mature and are so excited to celebrate their promotion to the first grade!
Coming Events:
Kindergarten Promotion: June 9
Thornton(Gunter)/Lewis @ 8:30 am
Shulman/Major @ 11: 30 am
This Week’s Content Focus:
We will be completing DRA testing this week.
Student textbooks and supplies will be sent home this week.
IXL MAP Skill Plans
Science
IXL MAP Skill Plans
Social Studies:
Lesson 3 Chapter 6 Celebrate our Past
Have a great week!
The Kindergarten Team
Fascinating First Grade News!
First grade had a wonderful time during field day! We engaged in various games in and around the building! Thank you to all volunteers that participated, we could not have done this without you. As our year comes to an end, we still have fun events underway. First grade will have a pizza fraction day on Monday June 9th. Please send the permission slip back to your scholar’s teacher, if you would like them to participate. As always, please remember to have your scholar bring their reusable water bottle to school each day..
Our lessons next week include:
RELA: Fiction
Math: Step up to second grade
Science: Science Review Wrap
Social Studies: Specialized work
Upcoming Dates:
6.9 First Grade Pizza Fraction Day
6.9 Kindergarten Promotion
6.10 5th Grade Promotion
6.18 Last Day for Students
Best!
First Grade Team
Spectacular Second Grade News!
As we wrap up the school year, we’re focused on finishing strong and gearing up for third grade! Next week, students will take their Unit 5 Reading Test. In Math, we’ll continue working on Topic 16: Step Up to Third Grade, helping students build confidence for what’s ahead. In Science, we’ll complete our final unit with engaging activities and reflections.
Testing is complete, and we’re so proud of all the progress our students have made.
Reminder:
Please reinforce the importance of following our School Motto with your scholar. I will Respect Myself and Others, I will Opt to Be Scholarly, I will Act Responsibly, and I will React with Kindness.
Upcoming Event
June 11th – End of the Year Celebration
Permission slips were sent home. We’ll celebrate our final Math unit with a fun and interactive lesson on fractions, using pizza as a teaching tool to enhance understanding. It’s a great way to combine learning and fun as we close out the year!
Second Grade Team
Terrific Third Grade News!
In Social Studies, students will review and take their Chapter 7: Celebrating our Communities Assessment.
In Math, we're on track to finish up our Step up to 4th Grade work! We're giving our 3rd graders a head start on adding fractions, describing lines, rays, and angles, as well as measuring angles.
In Science, scholars are learning about different types of fossils and how they form.
Third Grade Team
Fourth Grade Weekly News!
Next week in Reading, students will analyze text features and make inferences in an informational text. In writing, students begin writing poems. In Social Studies, students will know that American Indians and Spanish settlers have shaped the history and culture of the Southwest In Math, students will continue Stepping Up to Fifth Grade and wrap up end of year Math activities. In Science, students study the human body and the impact of natural hazards.
Please check Synergy to stay abreast of your scholar's grades in all academic areas.
Let's have a great week on purpose!!
-Fourth Grade Team
Fabulous Fifth Grade News!
Linton-Philp/Wiggins 8:30 a.m.
Black/Tellis 11:30 A.M.
Tigers! Tigers! Let's get ready to finish strong! Way to go! Congratulations on all your hard work!
Student of the Year
Congratulations to Naseer Loutan for being the Student of the Year! Thank you for demonstrating excellence as a 5th-grade scholar!
Camp Schmidt
Please see all pertinent details sent by Ms. McVeigh via email and Class Dojo. All permission slips are due ASAP. We are now placing scholars in groups for the trip. If you desire to donate, please contact Ms. McVeigh and use the SignUp Genius for donations. Thank you for your support!
Subject Content:
ELA
Students will continue with the genre of fictional texts. "Delivering Justice" allows students to analyze and summarize the texts and its characters. It teaches about the theme of injustice and what it means to function in a society that operates unfairly based on race, religion, ethnicity and national origin. Students will be able to infer the text and give their opinion on the message of justice and equality as a human race.
Social Studies
Students will migrate into Chapter 12 and learn "The Struggle and Reform" of the United States as a growing nation.
Math
This week in Math, we will explore parts of a circle.
Science
This week in Science, students will explore how plants make food using sunlight, air, water and materials in soil.
Keep rising to the top, scholars!
Team 5th Grade
Superior Specials News!
Specials Rotation:
Thursday Rotation 2
Friday Rotation 3
Hi! K and 5th will show their hard work at their promotion ceremonies. First graders are learning about tempo (largo, moderato, and presto). 2nd grade is finishing learning how to play all of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on the xylophones. 3rd graders are learning to play Super Mario theme song on the xylophones. And, 4th grade is learning how to play Happy birthday on the ukulele for a test grade.
Technology
Hello,
K-2 practiced Digital Citizenship
3-5 practiced,
Tynker Coding-Space Cadet
In this course Students use simple code blocks to introduce computational thinking and computer science basics. Students learn by connecting code blocks and apply constructs such as loops and conditional logic to create algorithms that solve problems
LEGO
Hello,
We will be working on different challenges for the remainder of the year.
K- Build a boat that will float
1st-3rd- Table tower challenge. Which table group can build the tallest tower.
4th- Students are building a catapult and seeing which can throw a mini marshmallow the furthest.
5th- Lego challenge cards
STEM II
Greetings! This week in STEM
Kinder: We will read the story The Hike by Alison Farrell. We will explore how plants and animals are connected. Scholars will demonstrate their understanding by choosing a plant and an animal and creating a model showing how they are connected.
1st: We will read Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall which scholars learn about having courage and affirming one another. They will then use catapults made from craft sticks and rubber bands to represent a diving board to see if they can get the paper Jabari to dive into the paper pool.
2nd: Scholars will learn about arch bridges and suspension bridges. Scholars will learn how they are built and we will assess their understanding of this information.
3rd: Scholars will begin building/creating the scenes for their stop motion movie. They may bring in materials from home to help the create their scenes for their movies.
4th: Scholars will begin building their 2-3 hole mini golf courses. They may bring materials from home that they may need to build their course.
5th: Scholars will revisit the coaster designs that they have drawn and as a group decide on a final coaster design.
Art
Greetings,
The past weeks have included reinforcing the importance of craftsmanship, presentation, and reflection. We are including more student critiques.
Kindergarten students are finishing up their color wheel creations which entail making scenes out of a color wheel.
First graders are putting together their flavorful food combinations in which they are choosing items that don't go together to present them in a tasteful presentation.
Second grade is working on their architectural projects to give us their idea of a crazy building that serves a specific community.
Third grade finished their hybrid animal presentations today which you will find an examples of attached to the newsletter.
Fourth grade students are still working on their Notan squares. And exercise in understanding positive and negative space along with how to use reflective symmetry and balance.
Fifth grade is settling down to create some rather intricate entanglements which require attention to detail and a slow mindful approach to their work.
Thank you,
Mr. Dorsey
PE
Hello parents, the last few weeks we have been doing a lot of teamwork activities. This week is another teamwork activity, a hula hoop relay race. Students must figure out how to get the hoop to the front of the line without detaching their hands. Please remind your scholars that they must follow instructions to be most successful in PE. Thank you!
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