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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 there is a little chill in the air. Our scholars go outside for recess at 9:30am, and the temperature has been in the low 50’s the past week. Please send your scholar to school with weather appropriate outerwear, 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
I strongly suggest keeping track of the schedule to ensure that your scholar's project will be completed by the due date.
ELA Topic: Unit 2 Living Together
Sight words: one, two, three
Letters: “Aa” and “Hh”
Listen actively and ask questions to understand information.
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative texts that name a topic and supply information about it.
Social Studies Topic: Our National Holidays
Math Topic:6 Understanding Addition
Science Topic: Sunlight and the Earth’s Surface
Fall Picture Day
Picture Day Date: November 18, 2025
Picture Day ID: EVTJT4DP8
Kindergarten should wear Burgundy or Blue polo shirt, khaki or navy blue bottoms
Students should plan to arrive at school on time!
ARRIVAL BEGINS AT 7:35 AM
***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,
We had an amazing time at Donuts with Dads and Dudes. Thank you for all dads and dudes, and volunteers that made this day possible.
Next week we have picture day. Please note all students must be in their school uniforms.
Please note first grade will send out a sign up genius for supplies towards our constellation stem project happening the week of the 11/24.
Our lessons for next week:
RELA: Poetry
Social Studies: My State
Math: Use Addition to Subtract
Science: Observe the Sky continue…
_________________________________________________________________ _____________Upcoming Dates:
11.18 Picture Day
11. 26-11.28 Thanksgiving Break
Thank you,
The First Grade Team
Spectacular Second Grade News!
A special thank-you as well to everyone who attended our Parent University! We hope the information shared was both informative and helpful in supporting your scholar’s growth and success. If you were unable to attend, your scholar’s teacher will share the link to the presentation.
Next week in Reading, we will continue Unit 2: Nature’s Wonders. Our genre for the week is realistic fiction, and our Question of the Week is: How does a tree show patterns as the seasons change? Our spelling pattern will focus on -ie. The letters ie can make the long e sound (as in chief) or the long i sound (as in pie). In Math, we will continue Topic 5: Subtracting Within 100 Using Strategies. Students will practice using various strategies to solve subtraction problems accurately and efficiently. In Science, we will begin Topic 2, Lesson 3: Matter Within Objects. Students will explore how different materials make up the objects we use every day and how properties of matter help determine their purpose.
We will begin working on our STEM Activity (2nd Grade CMIT Day Parade Floats). Please send a small shoe box and crafts items. Students will design and present their shoebox during our grade level parade.
As we continue to settle into the school year, 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. Lastly, please label your scholar's school uniform jackets and coats.
Important information:
Picture Day- November 18th
Thanksgiving Break-November 26-28
Terrific Third Grade News!
In Social Studies, students will begin Chapter 3, Lesson 2: Early Explorers. They will learn about the causes and effects of European exploration and understand how these events influenced history.
In Math, we will be taking our Topic 5 Assessment on Fluently Multiplying and Dividing within 100. The extra credit study guide is due on Wednesday, November 19, 2025. We will be starting topic 6 on Thursday, which is Connecting Area to Multiplication and Division.
In Science, we will be starting Topic 3, which is about Water and Weather.
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! Tigers! Thank you for persevering and striving for excellence this week! Keep up the good work. Remember to use your reading, math and writing tools to help you as you progress in learning new skills. IXL, iReady and Vocabulary.com are great tools for you to use to practice your skills to be successful students during your 5th grade year! Let's Gooooooo, Tigers!
Subject Content
RELA
Students will migrate to "A Place For Frogs" and learn how to: monitor comprehension and analyze text structure. Students will continue to analyze an article and write about its text structure with the use of rubrics and graphic organizers for support. Word study: FInal Stable Syllables -le, -tion, -sion
MATH
This week in math, we will use different strategies to divide whole numbers.
SCIENCE
This week in science, students will use evidence that matter is conserved during a chemical change.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Students will take the Chapter 3 "Settling in the Colonies" Assessment by the end of the week.
Happy learning, Tigers!
Team 5th Grade
Superior Specials News!
Art
Greetings Parents!
We have finished plans for our second quarter projects. Kindergarten are creating designs that require their imagination to integrate color wheel images. 1st grade is working on understanding overlapping to be used with other skills in their still life creations. 2nd grade is in the initial planning stages of their landscape designs. 3rd grade is in the beginning stages of the cityscapes lesson. This may be a collaborative lesson between Art and Legos (We are working on it). 4th grade is sorting out how to translate sound into line and color with their Musical Gesture Drawings. And, 5th grade is creating optical illusions, Op Art.
Mr. Dorsey
Music
Hello, Kinder - Songs for the month Grumpy Grizzly and Take My Little Car. Fast and Slow identification
1st - Songs for the month Bounce the Ball, Cuckoo, and Peter Rabbit. So - Mi solfege with high and low
2nd - Song of the month The Grand Old Duke of York. Reviewing musical terms for Tempos. Timbre: the unique sound for a voice or instrument
3rd - Song for the month Old Brass Wagon. 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 brass family instruments
5th - Songs of the Month Pitter Patter and Our Old Sow. Performing songs in ¾. Understanding the duration of dotted quarter notes.
Technology
Hello! K-2 students practiced, Online Safety & Digital Citizenship: Introduction
3rd students practice Commenting in the Virtual Classroom
In this animated video, Trey introduces the learner to an online classroom, his class message board, the right ways to leave comments online, and what to do if you see someone cyberbullying.
4-5 students practiced, Hardware Fundamentals: Scanner During this engaging and interactive digital lesson, the learners receive direct instruction and practice using a scanner for images or objects, saving a scanned image as a file, identifying components such as the scanning surface and scanning beam, and understanding how a scanner works.
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 are continuing with the next lesson in the LEGO curriculum.
K-1: Traveling around. We will discuss how people can use public transportation to get around the city. Kindergarten will build a bus, plane, and boat. 1st grade will build a bus and bus stop. Both grade levels will take a quiz on the lesson.
2nd: Classify & Choose Materials. We will discuss why materials are used for different things and the importance of choosing correct materials. We will build a chicken coop.
3rd: Animal Behaviors. We will discuss why some herd animals behave the way they do and build a herd animal.
4th-5th: Energy Resources. We will be discussing renewable and non-renewable resources. Students will build a windmill/ wind turbine in which the blades will spin.
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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