Tiger News
STEM IS IN THE AIR!
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
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeNMZgdKODTaPBfau_LNS3lmZXCRIjj21MLOkjNVwk3GGvZqQ/viewform
Class Dojo Food Waiver
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTtKaG00kQIkt24aocCGYGRIXMsrSzt0ysFoes4aXtwsRcsA/viewform
Front Office Staff
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Kind Kindergarten News
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.
ELA: Unit 3 Tell Me a Story Week 3, Poetry
Sight words: down, her, how
Letters: “Zz” and “Qq”.
Interact with sources in meaningful ways.
Manipulate syllables within a multisyllabic word.
Use illustrations and texts the student is able to read or hear to learn or clarify word meanings.
Develop drafts in oral, pictorial, or written form by organizing ideas.
Social Studies Chapter 4: Geography of the Neighborhood, Globes and Maps
Prepare for Black History Month and learn about historical people.
Math Topic 9: Count Numbers to 20. Count forward from any number to 20, count to identify how many, and solve problems that involve counting on.
Science Topic 5: Needs of Living Things. Introduce the topic and ask an essential question: What do plants and animals need to survive?
100 Days of School is February 19th. Students are encouraged to dress up as a 100 year old person.
***Friendly reminder: If your scholar is not feeling well, please keep them home. The beginning of the school year comes with colds, runny noses, sore throats, and scholars not feeling well. We are trying to keep from spreading germs to a minimum.
The Kindergarten Team
Fascinating First Grade News!
Hello First Grade Families,
First grade had a wonderful week. Thank you to all parents and guardians who volunteered to make Friendship Day a success, our scholars had a great time! It seems as though there may be six more weeks of winter! Please continue to bring your scholar in their heavy coat, and with a reusable water bottle
Our lessons when we come back:
RELA: Fable review
Social Studies: Life Today and Long Ago Review
Math: Count groups of tens and ones
Science: Plant Parts
Upcoming Dates:
2.16 Schools Closed
First Grade Team
Spectacular Second Grade News!
In Math, we will start topic 9 which covers how to count, read, and show numbers to 1,000. Please work on these skills at home.
In Science, we will continue discussing Earth changes and what causes those changes to happen. In Social Studies, we will continue topic 5, What Makes a Hero?
Reminders:
Black History Divine Nine Project due February 20th
No school- Monday, February 16th
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!
Second Grade Team
Terrific Third Grade News!
In Social Studies, students will know why the United States has three levels of government and what each level does.
In Math, we are continuing with topic 9. We are adding and subtracting within 1,000. We are working on finding partial differences and subtraction with regrouping.
In Science, we are learning about climate change.
Don't forget to turn in your permission slip for the Arts on Stage field trip!
**We are currently running low on pencils in our classroom and would truly appreciate any donations to help restock our supplies.*** Thank you!
Fourth Grade Weekly News!
Next week in Reading, we will continue exploring author's purpose in an autobiography. In Social Studies, students will know that cities in the Northeast are centers of commerce & culture. In Math, students will continue topic 10 multiplying fractions. In Science, students will investigate properties of waves.
Students went home with a permission slip for our upcoming field trip on February 20, 2026. We will be going to the Chesapeake Arts Center to see a play that explores the Civil Rights Movement through the eyes of a 12 year old. The cost of the field trip is $27 which includes admission to the theater and transportation. Students are encouraged to bring a bagged lunch as we will have lunch when we return back to school.
Please use the MySchool Bucks link below to pay for the field trip.
https://www.myschoolbucks.com/ver2/prdembd?ref=ZZHVZTLU9O052WP_ZZ69NL2J4ESS6GL
Permission Slip
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hKa8PoqDd9RNwrfKOutCVVKADDgQo7YH/view
Lastly, please check grades weekly on Google Classroom & Synergy to stay abreast of your scholar's grades in all subject areas.
Upcoming Dates
2/16 Presidents' Day No School
2/20 Field Trip Chesapeake Arts Center
Fourth Grade Team
Fabulous Fifth Grade News!
Great job Tigers! Continue to persevere, have fun and be your best everyday!
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” - Maya Angelou
Future Events
President's Day
Monday, February 16th is President's Day. There is NO SCHOOL on Monday. Please use this time to relax and reset. We will see you on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
Class Photo Day
On Wednesday, February 18, 2026, we will take our 5th Grade class photo. Please make sure you are dressed in your Oxford shirt with tie and bows and uniform pants. If you do not own an oxford shirt, please wear your usual uniform.
Camp Schmidt
Camp Schmidt will take place on February 26-27, 2026. Please fill out the permission slip
as soon as possible. The cost for the trip is $61.00. If you'd like to purchase a t-shirt, please put $15.00 with the cost of your trip. T-shirt money must be cash only.
Black History Month Project
Black History Month projects have been assigned. They are due on February 25, 2026. Please ensure students write a research paper of their subject, they create a poster or diaroma, and they dress as the person for the Blacks and Wax Museum Display. We are excited and motivated about each project and we look forward to seeing the wonderful projects in action!!! Way to go!
STEM FAIR
The STEM FAIR will take place on February 21, 2026. Congratulations to each and every one of you for your wonderful projects! We know you have worked so hard and we appreciate all the work you have done. If you were invited to the STEM FAIR, please follow the directions given and be prepared to display your work on Saturday the 21st. Thank you again for everything you have done!
SUBJECT CONTENT
RELA
Students will learn realistic fiction through the story of "A Pet for Calvin". They will dive into the reading skills of summarization and analyzing plot elements. The Word Study will be -ize, -ance, -ence.
Social Studies
Students will study the American Revolution in Chapter 5.
Math
Students will explore division of fractions using models.
Science
Students will explore Earth's freshwater and saltwater.
Thank you for all your hard work! This quarter is flying by fast! Do your best, be your best, and support others in the process!
Way to go, Tigers!
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: Snowman Joe, Old Mother Brown
Ear training for high and low/So - Mi
Practice singing a major scale
1st Grade
Learning about the musical story Peter and the Wolf. Clarinet represents the cat and Basson represents the Grand Father.
2nd Grade
Songs of the Month: Apples Peaches
Learning about composer J. S. Bach and his music
through dancing and listening.
4th Grade
Songs of the Month: Clock Round, Kookabura
Singing in a round and creating movements.
Play music with boomwackers
5th Grade
Songs of the Month: Follow the Drinking Gourd, When the Saints
Playing When the Saints on the Glockenspiel
Technology
Hello! K-1 students practiced, Computer Fundamentals: Pointers and Making Choices
In this engaging and interactive digital lesson, the learners receive direct instruction and practice choosing which items to select with their pointer device.
2-3 students practiced, Computer Fundamentals: Selecting Multiple Objects
In this engaging and interactive digital lesson, the learners receive direct instruction and practice using a mouse and a trackpad to select multiple objects at the same time.
4-5 students practiced, How Does AI Work? The Bean City Science Fair
In this engaging animated video, Mia uses AI to create a robot pigeon and teaches it how to walk! While doing so, Mia learns more about how to train AI tools, including using algorithms and machine learning.
PE
Good week, we are off to a great start in PE in 2026! 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
We are wrapping up Quarter 2 and have completed quizzes for our last assignment. Quizzes will be returned soon so keep an eye out for your scholar's work.
K-1: Landmarks: We will discuss famous landmarks and landmarks that may be in our communities. Students will build a landmark that they know
2nd: Amazing Amusement Parks is our next theme. Our first build will be creating a ticket booth.
3rd: Habitats: We will be reviewing habitats. Scholars will choose a habitat and build that habitat along with a plant or animal that lives in their chosen habitat.
4th-5th: Track & Field: Students will be designing and creating a device that will allow a LEGO character to jump.
STEM
Hello! In Kindergarten we are learning about coding and using the Indi Sphero robots.
1st grade Students will discover how light helps us see things in the dark.
2nd grade Students are continuing to create their puppet show about online safety.
3rd grade We are beginning our new project, pinball machines! Students reviewed different types of forces. We also explored different parts of a pinball machine and how it works.
4th grade We are continuing with our float project. Groups have been allotted $80 (not real money of course) and a list of materials with the cost. They are responsible for identifying the materials and quantities that are needed to build their float and stay within their budget. Each group is responsible for providing a shoe box for their project.
5th grade Students are finishing up building their set and characters for their stop motion project.
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