Tiger News February 10, 2023
Lottery is Open Now!
- Hello CMIT Parents/Guardians,
The 2023-2024 lottery for Charter Schools is still open but closes TODAY, February 10, 2023! If your child has any siblings that are not currently enrolled into Chesapeake Math & IT North, but you wish to enroll them, now is the time to enter for a seat for the upcoming school year. Please be mindful that a sibling is a brother or sister by blood, marriage, or adoption living in the same household (friends, cousins or two separate families living under the same roof do not qualify as siblings.) If your potential student does not have a student ID number please reach out to your boundary school to obtain one.
To find your boundary school click the link below:
https://gis.pgcps.org/schoolfinder/findschool2.asp
To complete the lottery click on the link below:
https://pgcpsmdc.scriborder.com/
***Early entry options are only available for neighborhood schools and do not apply to charter or specialty programs. Residents must meet age requirements by Sept 1.***
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
Parent University
PARENTS! PARENTS! PARENTS!
Come one, come all! Parent University will be on Wednesday February 15, 2023. This meeting will include our Elementary Middle school counselor, Mr. Johnson who will discuss executive functioning and it's meaning for our students. We will also have our grade levels teachers present information on the content areas Reading and Math.
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.
Homework is posted by the end of the day on Fridays, for the upcoming week. Please make sure that your scholar is completing their homework assignments, they are graded on completion weekly. If your scholar is in enrichment, please provide your scholar with a homework journal daily, so they can work on the assignments in enrichment.
If you signed your scholar up for clubs, their afternoon dismissal is for them to be in holding with the enrichment scholars. Please remember the days that your scholar is in a club, if they are usually a car or van rider, they will not be at their regular scheduled dismissal area. If for some reason, they are not to go to their club that day, please notify your scholar’s teacher ahead of time, so they can be at the correct dismissal location.
ELA: We will work on listening actively and ask questions to understand information and answer questions using multi word responses. We will use letter-sounds relationships to decode, including VC,CVC, CVCC words. Provide an oral, pictorial, or written response to a text, and describe familiar people, places, things, and events, with support, provide additional detail.
Math: We are starting topic 10, we will be writing teen numbers 11-19. We will find parts of the numbers 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 when one part is 10. We will identify how counters and equations show 10 ones and some ones We will use counters to show the numbers and draw them in a double ten-frame and then complete the equation to match the picture.
Science: We will be discussing living vs non-living things.
Social Studies: We are talking about parts of a map, and what information is shown.
Health: We are listening to others (Sanford Harmony 3.1) we will describe and demonstrate attentive listening.
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. Bryant: sbryant@cmitelementary.org
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 (uniform) that can be kept in their cubbies.
Please label all of your scholar’s items, sweaters, jackets, water bottles, lunch bags.
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
Kindergarten Team
Friendly First Grade
Greetings First Grade Families:
This Week's Events:
February 14: Valentine's Day
February 15: Parent University
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: Imagine That
Literary Focus: Elements of a Fable; Third-Person text
Phonics: Vowel Sounds of y, Syllable patterns
Language and Conventions: Pronouns I and me.
Math
Topic 8: Understand Place Value
Goal: Read and write numbers 11 to 19.
Social Studies
Chapter 3: Symbols and Traditions of the United States
Objectives: American Songs and Holidays
Science
Weather and Seasons
Lesson: Types of Weather
Health/Social Emotional Learning
Lesson focus: students will be able to describe different thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that may occur in response to a situation.
students will be able to describe how thoughts about a situation can lead to particular feelings and behaviors.
First Grade Team
Sensational Second Graders
This week in reading, we will be finishing up Unit 3 Week 2. Throughout week 2, we will be continuing to focus on traditional tales. We will be taking our weekly reading test. This will test our knowledge on this week's vocabulary words (messenger, moccasins, admiration, medicines, and exhausted), words with comparative endings, and reading comprehension.
In Math, we will begin up Topic 8. This topic is all about money and telling time to five minutes. Please feel free to work on these skills at home. Online clock tool: https://toytheater.com/clock/
In Science we will be talking about the surface of Earth changes and what causes those changes to happen.
In Social Studies, we will continue learning about different community leaders.
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 Reading, we will continue to explore Historical Fiction. Students will review skills prefixes and abbreviations. Students will also work on completing and publishing February writing prompts. In Social Studies, students will begin Chapter 3: Lesson 3. They will explore Early Spanish Communities.
This week we are continuing on with fluently adding and subtracting up to 1000. Scholars will practice using partial sums and differences, regrouping, and working with 3 or more addends. In Science, scholars are still learning about climate, and how climate affects living things in a region.
Reminders:
As the weather is changing, please remember to send students in proper attire. If the weather permits we will continue to have outdoor recess, thank you!
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
Fifth Grade Team: Ms. Tellis, Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Moon & Mrs. Linton-Philp
Black History Month
Great week scholars! We are moving rapidly during this quarter and we have entered into Black History Month! We will celebrate Black History Month by honoring present and past inventors, scientists, activists, doctors, and those who have impacted our society as STEM contributors! Scholars are expected to create a poster and an essay for their selected person. Have fun! We look forward to learning about our STEM inventors and our activists that have transformed our society! Great job scholars! Our Wax Museum celebration will take place on February 28, 2023. Please make sure students are dressed as their person.
Valentine's Celebrations in Class
February 14, 2023 is Valentine's Day and students get excited about celebrating each other with gifts of love and appreciation. Students have the ability to pass out shareables (non-food items) that can express gratitude. If a student wants to pass out candy, they must have permission from a parent via a permission slip that will be distributed by the teacher. Parents must sign the permission slip and turn in before the 14th. If you do not want your student to participate in receiving or distributing candy items, they can participate in distributing cards or toys that express gratitude. Thank you so much for your participation! Have fun!
Scripp's National Spelling Bee
Bee ready to spell! Students are continuing to learn their vocabulary words for the National Spelling Bee. We are planning to have an in-class spelling bee on February 24th, 2023! Make sure your scholars are practicing daily for the Bee. The best speller moves on to the next round! Happy spelling! If you have any questions, please reach out to Ms. Tellis via email: btellis@cmitelementary.org
RELA
This week in RELA we finished U3W1! Next week, we will begin Unit 3 Week 2, focusing on Realistic Fiction, analyzing plot elements, summarizing. In Writing we are focusing on suffixes -ize, -ance, -ence, -ist; pronouns and
antecedents. We have begun to work on our Black History Month Research Essays!
Math & Science
In Math this week, students will use models, equations, and previously learned strategies to add, subtract, and multiply mixed numbers, and to use the same knowledge to make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
In Science, students will continue to explore human impacts on Earth's systems
Social Studies
This week students are continuing to learn about Life in the Young Republic and how the nation establishes its new government.
Happy Learning!!!
5th Grade Team
Captivating Creative Arts
Art
Greetings,
Students will be working on Black History posters.
Music
Hey Tiger families! Students in grades 3-5 are deep in their digital audio workspace unit, and are using this week to REMIX popular songs! We are making a choice between a Beyonce song, a Steve Lacy Song, and a Glass Animals song and adding beats and instruments according to the BPM and KEY of the song! Rock on Tigers!
Grades 1-2 finished up their instrument families unit, and are creating their own imaginary instruments. Grade 1 is the lucky group that will get to execute their designs using recycled materials in two weeks!
Technology
K-2 practiced:
Tynker-All About Computers I
Students learn what computers are, the basic types and parts
of a computer and a few examples of the many amazing things we can do with computers.
3-5 practiced:
Tynker-All About Computers II
In this course, students familiarize themselves with computing concepts as they watch entertaining and educational videos about how computers are used, how the Internet works, data collection and visualization, cybersecurity, the history of computing, and more.
PE
Hello parents, students will learn about famous African-Americans and their contributions to the sport of basketball.
Spanish
K-2 Introduction to “Clothes Words”
3rd grade- Continue verb “ESTAR”
4-5th grade- “ER and IR” verb. Black History, and “Clothes Words”
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.