Tiger News
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Scholastic Book Fair Thank you!
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
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Class Dojo Food Waiver
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Front Office Staff
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Kind Kindergarten News
The weather is getting warmer. Our scholars go outside for recess at 9:30 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.
ELA: Unit 4 Week 1, Then and Now. Narrative Nonfiction
Sight words: find, again, over
Letters/Sounds: Letters /Uu/, Sounds of Short /o/ and Long /o/.
Use vocabulary related to time and chronology, including before, after, next, first, last, yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
Listen actively and ask questions to understand information and answer questions using multi-word responses.
Respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate.
Social Studies Chapter 5: Time and Chronology. Talking About Time.
Math Topic 11: Count Numbers to 100. Finish the topic and take the Topic 11 assessment. Review and take Benchmark 1-11 assessment as well.
Science Topic 5: Needs of Living Things. Life Cycles
In regards to preparing for our kindergarten promotion, we want to thank you for submitting your baby photos and T-Shirt sizes. If you have not done so, please look in your scholar’s class Dojo for the form and enter their T-Shirt size and upload a baby photo to be used only during the actual promotion ceremony. These are DUE BY March 27, 2026. Please complete one (1) form for each student if you have more than one in kindergarten.
***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.
The Kindergarten Team
Fascinating First Grade News!
Hello First Grade Families,
Our scholars have been working hard this week. The first grade team would like to remind all parents and guardians to check dojo for updates and to reach out to your scholar’s teachers if you have any questions or concerns. As always, we thank all parents and guardians for your continued support.
Our lessons for next week include:
RELA: Biographies Review
Social Studies: What is culture review
Math: Comparing numbers on a number line review
Science: Parents and Offspring
Upcoming Dates:
3.26 - Sneaker Ball
3.30-4.6 Spring Break
Best,
First Grade Team
Spectacular Second Grade News!
Next week, we will begin Unit 4, Making a Difference. Our spelling pattern is V/CV Open Syllables words. In Math, we will continue the topic 10, Add within 1,000 using models and strategies. In Science, we will continue topic 5, Plants and Animals. In Social Studies, we will continue Chapter 3, Our Government.
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 Events and Field Trip:
PEEPing into Spring S.T.E.A.M.- TBD
Baltimore Museum of Industry- Tentative Date April 23rd. Permission slip will be sent home soon.
Have a fantastic weekend!
Second Grade Team
Terrific Third Grade News!
In Social Studies, students will begin Chapter 5, Lesson 3: Taking Action for Our Rights. Students will learn about individuals who fought to protect and expand the rights and freedoms of citizens in the United States.
In Math, students will finish up topic 12, which is Understanding Fractions as Numbers. Students will take the Topic 12 Assessment on Wednesday, March 19, 2026. The
In Science, students will be starting Topic 5, Lesson 3, which is traits influenced by the environment.
Just a reminder we will be taking a field trip to the Arts on Stage to see Superhero Math, please make sure to submit your permission slips and payments.
Fourth Grade Weekly News!
Quarter 2 Honor Roll Assembly is on March 20, 2026. Please check your scholar's homeroom ClassDojo for additional details.
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!!
Fourth Grade Team
Fabulous Fifth Grade News!
Tigers! Tigers! Great job persevering this week! We have completed MISA testing successfully! Thank you for you patience in the changes we made this year for grade wide testing in the cafeteria! You all did an outstanding job in ensuring you were on your best behavior and staying focused for each session! We are so proud of you!
Hershey Park
Permission slips have be distributed for the Hershey Park field trip that will take place on May 26, 2026. The cost is $153.00. There are payment plans that you can sign up for to fulfill the cost of the trip. Please use MySchoolBucks.com to use the options available. If you have any questions or need support, contact Mrs. Virgil or Ms. Carter for details. Happy rollercoaster riding!!!
Subject
RELA
Students will begin the poetry collection and learn rhyming, stanzas, and metaphors in language. They will create their own poems based on a theme given.
Math
Students will continue to explore the volume of rectangular prisms.
Science
Students will explore Earth's energy resources.
Social Studies
Students will study Chapter 6: A New Nation. The Articles of Confederation will be studied in Lesson 1.
Keep up the good work!
Team 5th Grade
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: Kangaroo, If you’re happy and you know it, Alice the camel.
Making up their own melody
1st Grade
Song of the month: When I was one, We are dancing in the forest, Michael row your boat ashore.
Reading rhythm and melody patterns.
2nd Grade
Songs of the Month: Ham and Eggs, A Sailor went to sea, Cut the cake.
Defining different tempos.
3rd Grade
Learning letter note names on the staff.
4th Grade
Songs of the Month: Lets catch a Rooster.
Learning letter note names on the staff
5th Grade
Songs of the Month: Lift Every Voice and Sing
Analysis and discuss different performances of lift every voice and sing
Technology
Hello! K-2 students practiced,Keyboarding: Locate and Type Letters A, B, C, D, and E -
During this engaging digital lesson, the learners receive direct instruction in keyboarding the letters A, B, C, D, and E, recognize the letter sounds, and learn the relationship between the letters on the keyboard and on the screen.
3.students practiced, Keyboarding: Home Row
This engaging and interactive digital lesson provides direct instruction and practice in the area of basic keyboarding techniques needed to type using the home row keys. The learners gain knowledge about proper finger placement and posture.
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! We are continuing to move along with our LEGO education lessons. I will be returning quizzes for Kindergarten and 1st grade. I will also be returning a quiz for Ms. Kelley & Mrs. Richardson’s classes as Ms. Cannon and Mrs. Tate’s classes took their quizzes online. All grade levels are moving on to the next lesson.
K-1: StoryTales- Settings. We are learning about settings and will build settings from stories.
2nd: Amazing Amusement Parks. We will begin learning about carnival swings and how they work. We will build a model of the swing.
3rd: We have started learning about different modes of transportation. Our first build is to build a model of a taxi.
4-5th: Free throw. Students will build a model of a basketball net and a device to launch a “ball” into the net.
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