Tiger News
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!
Front Office Staff
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Kind Kindergarten News!
Hello Kindergarten Families:
Coming Events:
Memorial Day: May 26
DIBELS and MAP Testing Window: May 19-May 30
Field Day: May 30
Kindergarten Promotion: June 9
Thornton(Gunter)/Lewis @ 8:30 am
Shulman/Major @ 11: 30 am
This Week’s Content Focus:
Reading/ELA:
DIBELS Testing
DRA
MAP Reading Testing
Math:
MAP Math Testing
Topic: 15: Stepping Up to First Grade
Science
Building with Recyclables: Making Something New
Social Studies:
Chapter 6 Learning About the Past
Have a great week!
The Kindergarten Team
Fascinating First Grade News!
We hope this message finds you well and you're enjoying the beautiful spring weather! As we move forward in our school year, we want to take a moment to share some important updates and celebrate the wonderful achievements of our first graders.
Important Announcements
Testing Update: We are pleased to report that testing is going well! Our students are showing great effort and determination. Next week, we will start MAP testing.
Field Day: Mark your calendars for Field Day on May 30th! We are excited to announce that our first grade's grade level color is yellow. Students are encouraged to dress down in yellow to show their school spirit!
Community Market Project: The community market project is due next week. Please do not bring edible items.
Please ensure your child brings a reusable water bottle to stay hydrated throughout the day.
Our lessons next week include:
RELA: Persuasive Text
Math: Understanding Fourths and Quarters
Science: Parents and Offspring review
Social Studies: Producers and Consumers
Upcoming Dates:
5.26 Memorial Day- School Closed
5.30 Field Day
6.9 Kindergarten Promotion
6.10 5th Grade Promotion
6.18 Last Day for Students
Best!
First Grade Team
Spectacular Second Grade News!
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.
Together, we can help our scholars succeed both academically and personally!
Testing Has Begun!
Please make sure your child gets plenty of rest, eats a healthy breakfast, and arrives at school on time.
Important Reminders-
Dibels- testing continues
MAP Reading/Math- May 27-28
I-Ready-June 2-6
Thank you for your continued support.
Second Grade Team
Terrific Third Grade News!
In Social Studies, students will begin Chapter 7: Lesson 6 Our Nation's Diversity.
In Math this week, in the midst of MAP testing, scholars are doing a review of everything we've learned so far in 3rd grade. We'll take our 1-16 Cumulative Benchmark by the end of the week.
In Science, we're almost at the end of our unit on Adaptations and Survival! This week we're learning about how organisms adapt to environmental changes.
Fourth Grade Weekly News!
Next week in Reading, students will analyze and evaluate details in a myth. In writing, students will be learning how to write an argumentative essay. In Social Studies, students will know how a central location made the Midwest important in the nation's transportation and trade. In Math, students will begin Stepping Up to Fifth Grade.
Please check Synergy to stay abreast of your scholar's grades in all academic areas.
Let's have a great week on purpose!!
-Fourth Grade Team
Fabulous Fifth Grade News!
Tigers! Let's go! We're embracing the finish line! You have ran the course, now finish the last Quarter of the year! May joy fill you as you see the end of all your hard work as an elementary scholar! We are incredibly proud of you! Thank you for your consistency and insurmountable perseverance. Be encouraged and keep going!
Final 5th Grade Field Trip: Camp Schmidt Camp 'Schmidt is right around the corner! If you haven't turned in your permission slip, please do so as soon as possible. If you are able to donate, please contact Ms. McVeigh for details. There will be a SignUp Genius link that you can use to contribute donations. Thank you for your incredible support.
Field Day Field Day is next Friday, June 30th. Our colors for the 5th grade team is BLUE. Please wear a BLUE colored shirt of your choice. Let's celebrate and honor our progress as CMIT Tigers!
MAP Testing MAP test for the Spring session is next week. Testing will take place Tuesday through Thursday. Starting on Tuesday, we will complete testing in each homeroom class. Each homeroom teacher will test their class (based on the A or B day) and will maintain that testing session (class) until each scholar is complete. We will transition to the next subject class after all test takers have finished their MAP test. Please come to school and be on time. We want to ensure each scholar has all the time needed to be successful.
Subject Content:
ELA: We will read the fictional narrative of "Delivering Justice". Students will analyze characters and interpret language based on the context. Students will also write opinion narratives based on a topic of choice.
Science: This week in Science, students will explore how plants make food using sunlight, air, water, and materials in soil.
Math: This week in Math, we will review fractions with unlike denominators and multiplying decimal by decimal.
Social Studies: Hello, CMIT scholars! We are moving along through the United States. We have been from coast to coast. In Chapter 11 we will explore how business and industry changed in the late 1800's and early 1900's. We will be meeting lots of inventors during this chapter. Inventors like Thomas Edison, George Washington Carver, Andrew Carnegie, and Henry Ford. Are you an inventor? Have you made up a new game or a new food? Inventions come in many ways. This week, invent something new for the summer. Maybe invent a great lemonade. Happy creating! Have an outstanding week, Tigers!
Team 5th Grade
Superior Specials News!
Hi! K and 5th grade are continuing to prepare for their promotion ceremonies. First grade are learning about tempo (largo, moderato, and presto). 2nd grade is finishing learning how to play all of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on the xylophones. 3rd graders are learning to play Super Mario theme song on the xylophones. And, 4th grade is learning how to play Happy birthday on the ukulele for a test grade.
Technology
Hello,
K-2 practiced Digital Citizenship: The Grand Keyboard
3-5 practiced,
Tynker Coding-Space Cadet
In this course Students use simple code blocks to introduce computational thinking and computer science basics. Students learn by connecting code blocks and apply constructs such as loops and conditional logic to create algorithms that solve problems
LEGO
Hello! We will be completing the following lessons:
Kindergarten: We are going to build various characters in this Unit. Scholars are working on building a character from the story Brown Bear. If they chose to do so, they also built a new character that could be added to the story.
1st: The unit is Train to Win. Students will be designing and building a dance floor using gears to create spinning sections of the floor.
2nd: We are starting a new unit called Quirky Creations. Students will begin this unit by building a trash monster.
3rd: The unit is Crazy Carnival Games. Students will design and build a maze.
4th-5th: The new unit is Science of Sports. Students will design and build a land yacht.
STEM II
Greetings! This week in STEM
Kinder: We will read the story The Hike by Alison Farrell. We will explore how plants and animals are connected. Scholars will demonstrate their understanding by choosing a plant and an animal and creating a model showing how they are connected.
1st: We will read Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall which scholars learn about having courage and affirming one another. They will then use catapults made from craft sticks and rubber bands to represent a diving board to see if they can get the paper Jabari to dive into the paper pool.
2nd: Scholars will learn about arch bridges and suspension bridges. Scholars will learn how they are built and we will assess their understanding of this information.
3rd: Scholars will begin building/creating the scenes for their stop motion movie. They may bring in materials from home to help the create their scenes for their movies.
4th: Scholars will begin building their 2-3 hole mini golf courses. They may bring materials from home that they may need to build their course.
5th: What an amazing trip we had to Hershey Park! Scholars will debrief about the trip. For many, this was their first time riding a roller coaster. We will discuss the different aspects of the coasters they experienced. They will revisit the coaster designs that they have drawn and as a group decide on a final coaster design.
Art
Greetings,
The past weeks have included reinforcing the importance of craftsmanship, presentation, and reflection. We are including more student critiques.
Kindergarten students are finishing up their color wheel creations which entail making scenes out of a color wheel.
First grade are putting together their flavorful food combinations in which they are choosing items that don't go together to present them in a tastful presentation.
Second grade is working on their architectural projects to give us their idea of a crazy building that serves a specific community.
Third grade finished their hybrid animal presentations today which you will find an examples of attached to the newsletter.
Fourth grade students are still working on their Notan squares. And exercise in understanding positive and negative space along with how to use reflective symmetry and balance.
Fifth grade is settling down to create some rather intricate entanglements which require attention to detail and a slow mindful approach to their work.
Thank you,
Mr. Dorsey
PE
Hello parents, the last few weeks we have been doing a lot of teamwork activities. This week is another teamwork activity, a hula hoop relay race. Students must figure out how to get the hoop to the front of the line without detaching hands. Please remind your scholars that they have to follow instructions in order to be most successful in PE. Thank you!
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