Tiger News
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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 Families:
Our weather has changed and it is cold. Our scholars go outside for recess at 9:30am, and the temperature has dropped the past week. Please send your scholar to school with winter jackets, hats and/or mittens, so they can enjoy being outside.
STEM FAIR:
***All scholars are required to complete a STEM FAIR Project.
A copy of the STEM Fair packet can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fsDYSuotxgWhQux2Tvho8Ekf8R4wecx-gSrZRJja794/edit?tab=t.0
The STEM Fair Topic and Question were already due. Pace yourself. By now your scholar should be in the hypothesis, material collection, and experimental phase of their project.
Our Field Trip to the Baltimore Science Center is Thursday, December 11, 2025. We are excited to learn and explore more about science. Remember to come to school on time and bring a bagged lunch, if you did not request a school lunch.
ELA Topic: Unit 2 Living Together Week 5
Sight words: go, from, yellow
Letters: Middle sound /e/, “Ww” and “Yy”.
Build background knowledge to connect a reader’s background to text to better understand it. Readers will also be able to read at a pace that is smooth with automatic word recognition.
Social Studies Chapter 3: Work Now and Long Ago
Math Topic 7: Understand Subtraction
Science Topic 4: Earth’s Weather
***Friendly reminder: If your scholar is not feeling well, please keep them home. This time of year comes with colds, runny noses, and sore throats. We are trying to keep from spreading germs to a minimum.
The Kindergarten Team
Fascinating First Grade News!
Happy December! This month we have lots of fun events coming up. First, the dojo party starts the week of the 15th. Please make sure you have signed the permission slip for your scholar’s participation in the bounce house.
First grade is also having a Gingerbread STEM and Movie day the week of the 15th. Permission slips were sent out this week (please make sure you complete both permission slips). We have also sent out a sign up genius if you would like to donate. Thank you for all of your support!
Our lessons for next week:
RELA: Elements of Drama
Social Studies: We are Americans
Math: Adding equations with Three Numbers
Science: Patterns in the Sky review
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_____Upcoming Dates:
12.8- 12.12 Holiday Shop
12.18 Gingerbread STEM Day
12.19 - 3hr Early Dismissal/ Movie Day
12.22-1.2 Winter Break
Spectacular Second Grade News!
Next week, we will continue Unit 2: Nature’s Wonders. Our genre of is informational text , and our Question of the Week is: What migration patterns do we see in some animals? Our spelling pattern will focus on long o-oa, ow, o. In Math, we will begin Topic 6, which focuses on fluently subtracting within 100. In Science, we will begin our new unit, Earth’s Water, and in Social Studies, we will continue with Chapter 2: Earth’s Land and Water.
We also kindly ask for 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, I will React with Kindness.
Lastly, please label your scholar’s school uniform jackets and coats to help us keep track of their belongings.
Upcoming events:
Holiday Shop-December 8-12
Winter Activities-December 17-19 More information will sent out this week.
Terrific Third Grade News!
In Social Studies, will know about early French explorers and settlers in North America.
They will begin Chapter 3: Lesson 4 : Early French Communities.
n Math, we will be starting topic 7, which is all about representing and interpreting data. Students will be reading bar and picture graphs, as well as creating their own bar and picture graphs.
In Science, students are continuing with topic 3 about weather. Students will be learning about seasonal weather changes and weather hazards.
Reminders: School starts at 7:55 AM. Please make sure that your scholar arrives at school on time. Students that are late often are missing instruction time. Also, please make sure students are wearing their coats to school because we have outdoor recess when the temperature feels like 32 degrees or above.
Third Grade Team
Fourth Grade Weekly News!
Students should begin thinking about their testable question for their STEM Fair project. STEM Fair projects are due on January 20, 2026. Families and scholars should utilize the timeline in the STEM Fair Packet to stay on track to have their project submitted on time. No late projects will be accepted. Please view the packet below. If you have any questions, reach out to your scholar's Science teacher.
https://out.smore.com/e/4v50z/Ho_zmP?__$u__&nk=NjhmYjVmZDIzNmFiMDE3NmIyNDA2ZDBiLHlkYW5pZWxAY21pdGVsZW1lbnRhcnkub3JnOjo6ZGIydjI1dXl3NzZlaWxtNQ
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! Great job with persevering this week! I hope you enjoyed your holiday and the holiday spirit week! Continue to stay focused in achieving your goals. We have three weeks to go and we will migrate into winter break. Stay on task, stay positive, and be encouraged. Thank you for being your best everyday!
SUBJECT:
RELA
In reading, scholars will finish reading Hatchet and begin the new story of Tracking Monsters. The reading skills will be to explain relationships between ideas and confirm or correct predictions. The Word Study will focus on prefixes: -il, -in, -im, -ir. We will also continue the writing process in examining and analyzing articles and using a graphic organizer and a standard rubric to write a complete essay.
Social Studies
News Blurb
Some of the explorers and colonists who settled in North America kept journals. They described their journey across the Atlantic Ocean and what life was like in their new home. William Bradford was governor of the Plymouth Colony and kept a journal that described the Pilgrims’ lives. Try and keep a journal of your journey and experiences.
Math
This week in math, we will add and subtract mixed numbers.
Science
This week in science, we will explore geosphere and biosphere.
Continue to ROAR and be the best Tiger at CMIT! We appreciate you!
Team 5th Grade
Superior Specials News!
Art
Greetings Parents!
Tigers are working on their new projects. Kindergarten are creating (mostly landscape) designs that integrate color wheels into their designs. 1st grade is working on their still life designs that challenge their ability to illustrate overlapped inanimate objects. 2nd grade have completed their plans for their landscape designs. 3rd grade chose to learn 1pt-perspective drawing to apply to a landscape instead. Some Tigers are incorporating cityscape features into their landscapes. We may still have time to complete a cityscapes lesson. This may be a collaborative lesson between Art and Legos (We are working on it). 4th grade reviewed oil pastel techniques to prepare them when translating sound into line and color with their Musical Gesture Drawings. 5th grade is still working on their optical illusions, Op Art.
Mr. Dorsey
Music
Kinder - Songs for the month Grumpy Grizzly and Take My Little Car, Teddy Bear. Fast and Slow review. High and Low (Mi-So-La)
1st - Songs for the month Bounce the Ball, Cuckoo, and Peter Rabbit. So - Mi - La solfege with high and low
2nd - Song of the month The Grand Old Duke of York, Doggie Doggie. They learned about accented beats. Timbre: the unique sound for a voice or instrument
3rd - Song for the month Old Brass Wagon, and long legged sailor. Learning about groups of sixteenth notes (tika-tika). Learning about woodwind families.
4th - Learning about new rhythms (tika-tika, ti-tika and ti ta ti) Learning about string family instruments
5th - Songs of the Month Pitter Patter and Our Old Sow Green Sally Up. They learned about rhyming in a song.
Technology
Hello! K-2 students practiced, Digital Citizenship:
In this engaging animated assignment, Truman and Poppy discover ways to “be kind online.”
3rd students practiced, Netiquette in Online Communication
In this animated assignment, Trey and two of his classmates are collaborating on their Virtual Science Fair project in a private chatroom when netiquette issues derail them from their task. The lesson introduces what netiquette is, why it’s important, and shows some of the negative sides of online communication.
4-5 students practiced, Online Safety: Digital Citizenship
The learners receive direct instruction and practice in digital citizenship and responsible use of technology. They learn about digital footprints, the importance of privacy settings and creating a strong password and how to avoid websites that ask for personal information in this engaging and interactive digital lesson.
PE
This week in PE, we are transitioning into throwing and catching. This week will be focused on throwing and next week will be focused on catching. Please remember to send students to school in comfortable sneakers and with their water bottles. Thank you!
Lego
We have completed lessons and have taken our assessments. Make ups are almost complete and we have started our new lessons and builds.
K-1: Outdoor Activities: We are discussing things you can play with at a playground and playground rules. Students will build various pieces of playground equipment.
2nd: Protection from Wind: We will discuss how wind can change the landscape and be harmful to the land. We will discuss windbreaks and things we can do to help protect the land from the wind. Students will build windbreaks.
3rd: Cityscapes. We are cooperating with Mr. Dorsey on learning about what a cityscape is and how to create one. Students will build a cityscape.
4th-5th: Prepare for Natural Hazards. We will discuss natural hazards, specifically earthquakes, and how architects and engineers design buildings to withstand earthquakes. Students will build a building that is 12 inches tall that should withstand an “earthquake”.
STEM
In 1st, We are continuing our unit on Our Table. Scholars will begin collaborative planning within their table group. In 2nd, we began their unit on Fishing for Turkey. Scholars will begin collaborative planning within their table group on how they are going to build their fishing rod. Grades 3-5, we have now begun our Balloons Over Broadway unit! Each grade has learned the history of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. In 3rd grade, scholars begin learning about color coding. In 4th grade scholars will begin independent & collaboratively planning their designs for their shoe box float. 5th grade Scholars will begin collaborative planning the storyline within their table group.
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