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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Superior Specials News!
Hello!
Tigers completed their first week by crafting and designing their sketchbooks. Since then we have worked on activities to support their projects, and started new projects. Kindergarten is creating with line, First grade is working on their "I love my hair" portraits, Second grade is working on
their crazy plants, Third grade is working on "Utilitarian Materials" which require a lot of patterns, Fourth grade is working on their "Colorful Name" self portraits and Fifth grade is working on creating three dimensional images on two dimensional paper.
Music
Kindergarten
Songs of the month: Count and go, This is my Speaking Voice, Andy Pandy, A Smile Goes a Long Way, I am a Pizza
Learn to recognize So - Mi patterns visually and audibly
1st Grade
Song of the month: Snail Snail, Choo Choo Train/Chu Chu Tren, The Grand Old Duke of York, Jack and Jill
Learn and show if notes are getting higher and lower.
2nd Grade
Songs of the Month: Engine, Engine Number Nine,Hill, Hill, Bounce High, Paddle in my Kayak
Learn about dynamics in music and how they are effective
3rd Grade
Songs of the Month: Number Concentration, Plainsies Clapsies, Shake the Papaya, Rocky Mountain
Learn about rondo form and composing rhythms.
4th Grade
Songs of the Month: Jolly Jolly Rhythm, Frère Jacques, Chester, Bill Grogan’s Goat
Learn about tie notes and how they add to the note value.
5th Grade
Songs of the Month: Concentration, Mama Don’t Allow, Little Tommy Tinker, Four White Horses
Learning about “Ti Ta Ti’ to recognize and perform them
Technology
Greetings,
K-1: Scholars have been practicing mouse skills.
2-5: Scholars have been practicing Home Row keys as well as letters t, y, w, o, q and p.
PE
Good week parents,
K-2 students are still learning routines and procedures in PE. Please continue to remind them that in order to follow all instructions in order to maintain a fun but safe environment.
3-5 students are working on building teamwork skills in order to practice adapting to different challenges/obstacles.
Lego
Hello, I have returned the scholars' first quiz about lego parts so please ask your scholar about their quiz if you would like to see it.
We have started our first Lego curriculum lessons and builds.
K-1: My World: Community: We have learned what a community is and what can be found in a community. Scholars are building different things they see in their communities.
2nd: Habitats: We have discussed various types of habitats and the animals and plants that live there. Scholars are building habitats which include an animal from their chosen habitat.
3rd:Extreme Weather: We have discussed various types of extreme weather and how houses can be built to help withstand extreme weather. Scholars will design and build a house for the extreme weather they chose.
4th: How Eyes See: We have discussed how light is needed to see and how our eyes adjust to see in various types of light. Scholars will design and build a cave car that includes a “light”.
5th: Matter: We discussed properties of matter and how different materials are good for different things. Scholars will design and build various items and describe why they have chosen the legos they chose (ex, clear piece for glass, gray to represent metal, etc.).
STEM II
Friends in K: Are demonstrating their ability to utilize tools that we will use in STEM this year. This week it’s scissors and glue.
1st: We’re continuing the paper chain challenge. They have completed their first chain and will discuss what they can do differently to make their 2nd chain longer than the first.
2nd: Scholars are collaborating and coming to a consensus on their invention that will protect the food while we are “camping”. Next we are going to go outside to collect materials from the land that they will use to create their invention to protect the food.
3rd: Scholars are collaborating and coming to a consensus on their game idea that they will make using materials from the land. Next we are going to go outside to collect materials from the land that they will use to create their game.
4th: Scholars will be testing their redesigned pillars to see if they are able to hold 10 trays. They will also have an introduction to the next unit, Balloons Over Broadway. For the next unit, your scholar and their group will need a shoebox.
5th: Scholars have completed their shelters built using materials found in nature. The have done a wonderful job. Now, they will write a commercial persuading the consumers why their shelter is the best to protect them from wind and rain. They will also test their shelters to see if they are able to withstand wind and rain. Next week we will begin our next unit, Balloons Over Broadway. Your scholar and their group will need either a shoebox or flexible posterboard.
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