Tiger News March 10, 2023
Progress Reports have been released online.
Follow the steps in the document linked below to access the progress report for your child/ren.
Notes from the School Nurse
Hello Parents/Guardians!
As we are now into cold/flu season and also still dealing with COVID-19, this note serves as a gentle reminder regarding a few things related to student health.
WHEN TO KEEP YOUR CHILD HOME FROM SCHOOL
1. Sick children need to be kept home from school; to include excessive coughing, sore throat, runny nose/congestion, vomiting, and/or high body temperatures (fever). Resting at home will help them get better more quickly and will prevent them from exposing other children or the staff to their illness.
2. For additional information and/or questions regarding when to keep your child home from school please visit the link below:
- When to Keep Your Child Home From School: https://www.pgcps.org/offices/school-health/when-to-keep-your-child-home-from-school
Mrs. Virgil, Principal Secretary
Attendance
Please note, we have implemented a Google form for submission of absences/late arrivals and notes. This form is the only acceptable method of communication and must be utilized for reporting absences/late arrivals and uploading doctor/medical notes ONLY for your student(s). With the exception of COVID reporting in which an email in addition to the absence form must be sent to Nurse Ann (sally.warf@pgcps.org), Dr. Fryson (tfryson@cmitelementary.org) and Mrs. Virgil (evirgil@cmitelementary.org). Please click here to access the CMIT North Elementary School Absence Form: https://forms.gle/zoLQx9kZThEH8Gge6 to submit doctor notes, results and any absence notes. ABSENT NOTE SUBMISSION: Please complete this form within three (3) days once your child returns to instruction. Excused absences cannot be placed into SchoolMax until after the child returns to instruction. Family vacations and trips are not considered excused absences. Refer to the Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook for further clarification regarding excused and unexcused absences. For quick reference, you may access the handbook at: https://offices.pgcps.org/student_rights_responsibilities.htm
Mrs. Virgil, Principal's Secretary
CMITNES PTO is Popping with excitement for our next fundraiser1
It's almost time for another amazing fundraiser, our Double Good popcorn sale! This year the event will run from Tuesday March 14th - Saturday March 18th. Please note you have more than one child both of them will use the SAME fundraising page for this. Below are the step-by-step instructions. We suggest downloading the app and getting everything set up ASAP since the fundraiser is only a week long. Don't hesitate to reach out to the PTO directly if you have any questions: cmitespto@gmail.com
Download the free Double Good app on your iPhone or Android.
Click here for a tutorial on how to download and setup the app: https://youtu.be/15vWfEEvjVU
Type in the school's unique event code JHK VDL to ensure that your sales are connected with our school.
Once the sale has begun forward the link from your app to friends and family.
**Reminder if you have more than 1 scholar they will fundraise as a team using the same link.**
Kind Kindergarten
Hello Kindergarten Families,
Please check the weather daily, so your scholar is dressed appropriately for outdoor recess. Please make sure that you are reading any messages via dojo, class story, or emails pertaining to your scholar’s class.
As we prepare for our Kindergarten promotion ceremony which will take place in June, we will send out a save the date when it is finalized. We would like to have a baby picture of your scholar to use in our slide show, please send the picture to your scholar's teacher’s email, which can be found below.
Did You Sign the Publicity Release Form?
If you have not done so already, please fill out the photo release form using the link below. As a reminder, photos will be posted to Class Dojo and displayed during our Kindergarten Promotion video and celebration. If we do not have your permission to use your scholar's photo, they will not be included in videos and such for the promotion ceremony.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdeuJFHXINIRGbGSgubUQP6wPpXJGEKnt-6Hh8W5KiHPEl6vA/viewform
ELA: We will be reviewing compound words, reviewing our sight words; were, some, and funny. Encouraging your scholars to create sentences using these sight words is a great way to help remember each word. We are preparing for our unit 3 assessment for next week.
Math: We are continuing to learn about two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes. We will use a variety of shapes and manipulatives, as well as identify shapes that we see in our environment.
Science: We are continuing to talk about the needs of animals. What are the basic needs that all animals need to survive? What are some ways you think different animals will meet those needs?
Social Studies:We will continue to learn about natural resources vs man-made resources, we will identify them during outdoor recess.
Health: Our topic will be about “Responding to Others” We will discuss what good manners are and why they are important We will demonstrate taking turns listening and talking with a partner. A question we will discuss; If you were talking with a friend, what could happen if you both spoke at the same time, all the time?
Friendly reminder: Class dojo is one of our main forms of communication for any classroom activities, events, and messages. Please make sure that you are connected to your scholar’s Class dojo. Teacher emails and the communication folder are other ways to stay connected as well.
Ms. Tate: krenaudtate@cmitelementary.org Ms. Major: jmajor@cmitelementary.org
Ms. Echols: eechols@cmitelementary.org Ms. Thornton: athornton@cmitelementary.org
Please provide a nut free snack for your scholar daily. Your scholar should have a full set of extra change of clothes that are labeled with their name (uniform) that can be kept in their cubbies.
If your scholar’s form of transportation changes for dismissal, please complete the necessary forms and upload into the document, as well as notify your scholar’s teacher.
Thank you from your Kindergarten Team
Friendly First Grade
Greetings First Grade Families:
Please remember that if your dismissal plans change, notify your child's teacher via dojo as well as the front office before 1:00 p.m. on the day of the change.
Additionally, please ensure that your child is dressed warmly when they arrive to school in the mornings. We have outdoor recess at 10:20 a.m. if the temperature is at or above 32 degrees. It is important that students are dressed appropriately for the weather.
Content area focus this week:
Reading/ELA
Unit 3 Review and Assessment
Math
Topic 10 Use Models and Strategies to Add Tens
Social Studies
Chapter 3: Symbols and Traditions of the United States
Objectives: National Holidays
Science
Chapter 5: Living Things
Lesson 3: People Learn from Plant and Animal Parts
Health/Social Emotional Learning
Lesson focus: students will explore how to differentiate between "kid-sized" problems that they can solve on their own and "emergencies" which require an Adult to assist.
First Grade Team
Sensational Second Graders
This week in Reading, we will be working on Unit 3 Week 4. Throughout week 4, we will read informational text. We will be making connections between author's purpose and ideas in other texts. We will be taking our weekly reading test. The spelling pattern for the week will be vowel teams: oo, ue, ew, ui.
In Math, we will be working on topic 9. This topic will cover number to 1,000.
In Science, we will be talking about the surface of Earth changes and what causes those changes to happen.
In Social Studies, we will discuss producers and consumers.
We are in need of tissues. With the cold and flu season in full affect, we are going through our supplies fairly quickly.
Please ensure scholars are coming to school dressed for the winter weather. We have recess at
10:50 a.m. and will be going outside if the temperature is above 32 degrees.
Please reach out to your scholar's teacher via dojo if you have any questions.
Have a great weekend and we will see everyone on Monday!
Second Grade Team
Terrific Third Graders
In Social Studies, students will be reviewing Chapter 3 Lessons 1-6 in preparation for the Unit test on Friday.
This week in Math, scholars are continuing to learn about fractions. Scholars will be using number lines to compare the sizes of fractions.
In Science, scholars will be learning about inherited traits and characteristics that are passed through generations of organisms.
Third Grade Team
Fantastic Fourth Graders!
We strongly encourage parents to check SchoolMax weekly to stay abreast of your scholar's progress in all academic areas. Students can redo eligible assignments within a week of being posted. Weekly check-ins with your scholar about his/her grades is a great way to set goals and reflect on progress.
We are in need of hand sanitizers, disinfecting wipes, and facial tissues. The cold and flu season is upon us and we would like to continue to keep our classrooms germ free.
Additionally, please ensure that your child is dressed warmly when they arrive to school in the mornings. We have outdoor recess at 11:50 a.m. if the temperature is at or above 32 degrees. It is important that students are dressed appropriately for the weather.
Let's have a great week on purpose.
Fourth Grade Team
Fabulous Fifth Graders
5th Grade Team:
Ms. Tellis, Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Linton-Philp, Mrs. Moon
Great day scholars! Team 5th Grade has been on a roll with achieving greatness this week. We are in the process of MISA testing this week in science. Students have worked very hard this school year and we want to continue to support their achievements and their incredible successes in each subject area!
Let's continue to encourage them and support them in every way so that they are successful in achievement. Continue to monitor their reading assignments such as IXL, iReady, Vocabulary.com, Social Studies, and their weekly reading logs. Their homework calendar shows exactly what they should accomplish each day in reading and other subjects. Let's go Tigers! Great job so far!
SUBJECT CONTENT:
Science:
This week, students will complete the MISA testing on Monday. In Science, we will explore the Solar System.
Math:
In Math, students will analyze data displayed in a line plot.
RELA:
In RELA, we will analyze and work in the genre of poetry. We will use background knowledge of previous lessons and incorporate new reading skills of sensory and exploratory content to connect poetry and creativity. Students will correlate the idea of themes and inferences in a text to understand the big idea of the author''s purpose. Students will also work on their Women's History Month projects. This is a week to be creative, understand the meaning of a theme, and to use of poetry creatively! Let's go Tigers!
Social Studies:
Explorers roar! We have migrated to the west coast of North America and are learning the impact of the industrial revolution. Chapter 8 focuses on the changes that have occurred in our nation and the migration westward toward the pacific. Students will delve into the reason for the Westward expansion and those that were of influence.
Have an outstanding week!
5th Grade Team
Captivating Creative Arts
Art
Greetings,
This week we have continued to reinforce craftsmanship and completeness, the last 5% of their artwork. And what it should look like. They are preparing for presentations, and soon reflections. Projects include: Hybrid animal creations, Building designs, and more mindfulness projects like our Zentanglements and Notan Squares, a lesson into self-awareness.
Thank you,
Mr. Dorsey
Music
Happy Women’s History Month! Students are learning about dozens of famous female musicians this month, and will be playing songs sung by a select few on classroom instruments.
March is MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH! We are bringing the school together with an all-school fun activity, March Madness! Instead of basketball teams, we’re using theme songs of popular cartoons to compete to the end for the NATIONAL CHAMPION title! Who will it be?!
Technology
K-2 practiced:
Digital Citizenship: The Mysterious Map
In this engaging digital lesson, Truman and Poppy learn about the importance of netiquette in communicating emotions.
3-5 practiced:
Tynker- When Something Doesn't Work In this course, students learn about the different types of errors that can occur when we work with computers and how to help troubleshoot them.
PE
Good week parents, this week students will be combining different combinations of exercise in order to complete the relay race.
Spanish
K-2 Students are counting 1-20.
3rd grade ordering food
4th-5th grade Writing sentences using “AR-ER-IR” verbs. Also, using words from their Clothing Vocabulary to dress for the office. In addition, students will be role playing ordering food.
STEM
Greetings,
Tigers are being creative and building designs that first come to their mind.
Mission
In partnership with students, parents and the community, CMIT Elementary School will attain educational excellence by providing a rigorous and technology-integrated education for elementary school students with an emphasis on mathematics, science, and information technologies.
Vision
The vision of CMIT Elementary School is to provide multiple opportunities for Prince George’s County elementary school students by developing an early interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). CMIT Elementary School will create expansive learning opportunities, hands-on activities, and course designs focused on STEM curricula that will connect real world experiences to Prince George’s County students.