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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 getting warmer. Our scholars go outside for recess at 9:30 am, and the temperature is sometimes cool in the early morning. Please send your scholar to school with jackets or sweaters so they can enjoy being outside. Also, make sure you are washing coats & backpacks to prevent the spread of germs.
As a reminder, please check your scholar’s backpack because the Literacy workbooks for Unit 3 were sent home. Leave this book at home because their backpacks would be heavy.
ELA: Unit 4 Week 2, Then and Now. Narrative Nonfiction
Sight words: all, now, pretty
Letters/Sounds: Sounds of Short /u/ and Long /u/.
Use vocabulary related to time and chronology, including before, after, next, first, last, yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
Demonstrate phonological awareness.
Describe personal connections to a variety of sources.
Social Studies Chapter 5: Time and Chronology. Measuring Time.
Math Topic 12: Identify and Describe Shapes. Identify and describe solid figures including circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, and hexagons.
Science Topic 5: Needs of Living Things. Take Topic 5 Assessment. Start Topic 6 Environments.
In regards to preparing for our kindergarten promotion, we want to thank you for submitting your baby photos and T-Shirt sizes. If you have not done so, please 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 in kindergarten.
***Friendly reminder: The weather is changing and some scholars come to school with colds, runny noses, or sore throats. If your scholar is not feeling well, please keep them home. We are trying to stop spreading germs and keep it to a minimum.
The Kindergarten Team
Fascinating First Grade News!
Hello First Grade Families,
First grade continues to grow as we become rising second graders. Please stay updated on our changing weather, it seems we may see signs of winter (despite the warmer temperatures). We ask that you continue to bring reusable water bottles for your scholar, and labeling their jackets with their name and teacher.
Our lessons for next week include:
RELA: Elements of Biographies
Social Studies: Customs, Traditions, and Celebrations
Math: Add tens and ones using a number chart
Science: Plant and Animal Life Cycles
Upcoming Dates:
3.20 Regular school day
3.26 - Sneaker Ball
3.30-4.6 Spring Break
Best,
First Grade Team
Spectacular Second Grade News!
We are wrapping up topic 10 in Math with a review and assessment and will begin topic 11, subtracting within 1,000 using models and place-value strategies.I
n science we are continuing Topic 3: Plants and Animals, focusing on how living things grow and interact with their environments.
In Social Studies, we will continue topic 3, Governments Around the World.
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.
Special Event: Spring into S.T.E.A.M.!
We are excited about our Spring into S.T.E.A.M. activity next week! This will be a hands-on activity of experiments, building, creating, and problem-solving. A permission slip will be sent home soon. Items will be be needed and your scholars teacher will be reaching out to you.
Upcoming events:
Sneaker Ball- March 26th
Spring into STEAM-March 27th
Baltimore Museum of Industry-April 23rd
Thank you for all you do to support our scholars!
Second Grade Team
Terrific Third Grade News!
In Social Studies, students will begin Chapter 5: Lesson 4 American Heroes. Students will know about the lives of certain American Heroes.
In Math, we are working on topic 13, which is Fraction Equivalence and Comparison. Students can use IXL to practice equivalent fractions.
In Science, we are finishing up Topic 5, Lesson 3, which is Traits Influenced by the Environment.
Don't forget that we are taking a field trip to the Bowie Center for Performing Arts on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. Students must wear their uniforms for the trip.
Fourth Grade Weekly News!
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! Tigers! Thank you for a wonderful week of hard work and dedication! Flint A., thank you for your Spelling Bee participation! You made it to round three and we are all proud of you! Your diligence, perseverance, and consistency is an excellent example of how Tiger''s ROAR!
Spring Break
Spring Break is March 28-April 4th. Have a great Spring Break and we will see you when you return! Do something fun and relaxing. You deserve it! Thank you for your hard work this Quarter!
Sneaker Ball
Hear ye! Hear ye! Got fresh kicks? Got nice gear! Well, show off your kicks and gear at the Sneaker Ball on Friday, March 27th, 2026! Be dressed to impress! We will enjoy the Ball during our recess and lunch time in the cafeteria. Let's have a good time! See you there :)
Content:
Math
In math this week, students will continue to explore the volume of rectangular prisms.
RELA
Scholars will work with poetry. Students will complete poetry assignments that help analyze figurative language and visualization. They will also complete graphic organizers that will help with comprehension and understanding of the lesson. Students will also work with an opinion writing assignment that helps them with understanding perspective and making claims based on evidence and facts from a topic or point of view.
Science
In science this week students will explore Earth's energy resources
Social Studies
Students will work in Chapter 6 Lessons 1 and 2 of "A New Nation".
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: Burnie Bee,
Making up their own word rhythm.
1st Grade
Song of the month: Bee bee bumblebee
Reading rhythm and melody patterns.
2nd Grade
Songs of the Month: A Leprechaun wish
Learned about Antonio Vivaldi and his work the four seasons (Spring)
3rd Grade
Learning to play the glockenspiel. Notes B, A and G
4th Grade
Finishing our Staff Lesson unit naming notes on the staff and C Major Scale
5th Grade
Songs of the Month: Chumbara
Create a melody for a song and writing it on the staff
Technology
Hello! K-2 students practiced,Keyboarding: Locate and Type Letters F, G, H, I, and J
The learners receive direct instruction in keyboarding the letters F, G, H, I, and J, recognize the letter sounds, and learn the relationship between the letters on the keyboard and on the screen in this engaging and digital lesson.
3.students practiced, Keyboarding: Upper Row
The learners receive direct instruction and practice with the basic keyboarding techniques needed to type using the upper row keys. The learners gain knowledge about proper finger placement and posture, and are provided a review of the home row keys in this engaging and interactive digital lesson.
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.
STEM
5th grade scholars will finish editing their stop motion movie. Next week we will have movie day where we will watch each groups movies
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