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STEM IS IN THE AIR!
Scholastic Book Fair March 6-13th
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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 cold. Our scholars go outside for recess at 9:30 a.m. and the temperature is still cold. Please send your scholar to school with winter jackets, hats and/or mittens, so they can enjoy being outside.
ELA: Unit 3 Tell Me a Story Week 6, Project Based Inquiry
Sight words: going, know, live
Letters/Sounds: Letter /u/, Sounds of Short /u/. Review Long /a/, short /a/, long /i/, and short /i/.
We will finish Unit 3, review and take Unit 3 assessment.
Evaluate details to determine what is most important
Use text evidence to support an appropriate response.
Demonstrate phonological awareness.
Social Studies Chapter 5: Time and Chronology. Talking About Time.
Math Topic 11: Count Numbers to 100. Start Topic 11 and count using patterns to 30. Then count by ones and by tens to 50.
Science Topic 5: Needs of Living Things. Needs of People.
In preparation for Kindergarten promotion later this year, we are now collecting information about scholars. 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 child in kindergarten. Thank you for your support and prompt responses.
***Friendly reminder: If your scholar is not feeling well, please keep them home. We are trying to keep from spreading germs to a minimum.
The Kindergarten Team
Fascinating First Grade News!
Thank you all for a wonderful “Muffins with Moms and Matriarchs.” Spring is upon us, along with warmer days ahead. Please make sure your scholar has a water bottle daily and the appropriate jacket needed. There are a few events ahead this month. Please be on the lookout for updates.
Our lessons for next week include:
RELA: Biographies
Social Studies: What is culture
Math: Comparing numbers on a number line
Science: Where Plants and Animals Live
Upcoming Dates:
3.27 - 3hr Early Dismissal
Book Fair March 6th -13th
Best!
The First Grade Team
Spectacular Second Grade News!
Next week, we will complete Unit 3, Our Traditions. In unit 3 week 6, we will write opinion letters to our principal. Our spelling pattern are words with the s sound spelled c and j Sound spelled g or dge. In Math, we will begin topic 10, Add within 1,000 Using Models and Strategies. In Science, we will begin topic 5, Plants and Animals. In Social Studies, we will complete topic 5, Heroes Who Make a Difference.
As always, please ensure your scholar reads every night.
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
April 23rd-Field Trip- Baltimore Museum of Industry- permission slips will be sent home soon.
Second Grade Team
Terrific Third Grade News!
In Social Studies, students will learn about what it means to be a good citizen and will begin Chapter 5, Lesson 2.In Math, we are working on topic 12, which is Understanding Fractions as Numbers.
In Science, we are working on topic 5, which is life cycles. We will also be learning about inherited traits.
Remember: we have a field trip on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. Please make sure you have paid on MySchoolBucks and send in the permission slip.
Fourth Grade Weekly News!
connections to the theme of a poem. In Social Studies, students will know that the Southeast’s location gives the region a warm climate and varied weather. In Math, students will finish topic 12 on decimal & fractions. Students will also review & take topic 12 assessment. In Science, students will model how light reflection allows objects to be seen.
We would like to thank all of the moms & matriarchs that joined us on Friday. It is always a pleasure to have you in the classroom to share your stories with our 4th graders. We hope you enjoyed us as much as we enjoyed you.
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!
Great job, 5th grade team for your hard work this week! It has been a strenuous week, but we have pushed through and we conquered! Way to go! Congratulations, Flint, on winning the School Spelling Bee for 2026! You will now prepare for the county championship in hopes of becoming the winner and be a participant in the Scripps National Spelling Bee! The Prince George's County Spelling Bee will be held Friday, March 13th, 7:00 p.m. at The Clarice Smith Center~UMD. Anyone can attend and support if you so desire. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication! Let's go, Tigers!!!
MISA Testing
MISA testing for 5th grade only will take place on Monday and Tuesday the 9th and 10th of March, 2026. There are 2 sessions per day. Please ensure you are ready to test and arrive to school on time at 7:30 am. We will begin testing at 8:15am. Our specials classes will be at 1:05 p.m. instead of 8:00 a.m. on both days. Thank you for your attention and support to the matter. Happy testing, scholars!
SUBJECT Content
RELA
Students will take their progress check for Unit 3 Week 3 and migrate into "Poetry Collection". Students will learn the basics of poetry and apply their skills by writing their own creative piece.
Social Studies
Student will assess Chapter 5 and migrate into Chapter 6: A New Nation.
March is Women’s History Month, a time to celebrate the achievements and contributions of women throughout history. Women like Rosa Parks, Amelia Earhart, Katherine Johnson, and Malala Yousafzai have helped change the world through courage, leadership, and determination. This month, we honor their stories and remember that everyone has the power to make a difference.
Science
In science, students will be able to identify the natural resources that humans use for energy and the responsibility to use them responsibly.
Math
This week in math, we will explore volume of rectangular prisms.
Have a wonderful week!!!
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, Spelling Star: In this interactive digital lesson, the learner visits a planetarium to practice hand-eye coordination using a mouse or trackpad to drag and drop letters to form words as they explore the stars.
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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