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.
In 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 scholars have mastered the routines of finding their classroom, putting their items away, and preparing for their day. It is important for your scholar to be in class by 8:00 am every day.
Upcoming Events
10/1 PTO Registration for Read-A-Thon
10/7 Parent-Teacher Conferences (No School for Students)
ELA: We will be reviewing the letters Pp and Cc; identifying words that begin with the letters. We are also identifying basic similarities in and the difference between two texts on the same topic.
We will make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and in society with adult assistance.We will introduce what a plural noun is (adding s), and continue to work on our handwriting skills.
Social Studies: We are learning how people cooperate best in a community. We will Identify leaders who make rules, and identify laws in the community.
Math: We are continuing with greater than, less than, and equal to, and comparing groups to 5 by counting.
Science: We will be learning about our five senses and how we use them daily to explore the world around us.
We are continuing our Dibels testing next week. Please make sure your scholar gets enough rest, eats breakfast, and arrives at school on time.
The Kindergarten Team
Fascinating First Grade News!
First grade enjoyed Apple Day! We had a wonderful time, with STEM experiments, graphing, and tasting! Big shout out to our first grade families, thank you for all that you do!
This week we have also started Dibels as well as DRA testing. Please keep in mind teachers will be able to share and update you on your scholar's growth as soon as time permits. As always, we recommend bringing a jacket for your scholar during recess with their name and teacher.
We have tentative dates for field trips! Please sign up as soon as possible if you are interested in becoming a chaperone. The process may take some, so it is important to start as soon as possible.
https://cmitelementary.org/cmit-families/parents/volunteer-application-and-approval-process/
Next week our scholars will focus on:
RELA: Realistic fiction
Math: Using addition to subtract
Science: How People use sound and review
Social Studies: My Government, making choices in government
Upcoming Dates:
10/7 Parent Teacher Conferences
10/18- School Closed
10/22 Picture Day
Best!
The First Grade Team!
Spectacular Second Grade News!
Happy Fall! As the leaves begin to change, so do our opportunities to grow and explore new ideas. Next week, we will continue Unit 1 in reading, titled, "You Are Here." The weekly question is, How can a new place help us change and grow?" In phonics, scholars will decode words with inflected endings: -s, -es, ed, and -ing. In Math, we will begin Topic 3. This topic focuses on adding within 100 using strategies. In Science, we will continue Topic 1 lesson 4, learning how the properties of some solids make them useful. In Social Studies, we will continue Chapter 1: Families Today and in the Past.
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 scholar. Respect Others, Opt to Be Scholarly, Act Responsibly, and React with Kindness.
Important information:
October 7th-Parent Teacher Conference
October 24th- Sharp's Farm Field Trip- Permission slips will be sent home soon.
November 9th-Health Awareness & Fitness Day
Terrific Third Grade News!
This week in Reading, we will begin reading the informational text Living in Deserts. Students will explore text features of an informational text. The skill for this week will be vowel digraphs ee, ea, ai, ay,ow, and oa.
In Social Studies, students will begin Chapter 1: Lesson 4 Interacting With the Environment. Students will learn how people affect the environment.
This week in Math, we will finish up our topic on the Distributive Property. Scholars this week will be learning about the Associative Property, how we multiply 3 or more factors. Expect a test and extra credit assignment for the end of the week.
This week in Science, we are talking about balanced and unbalanced forces, which will help us estimate net motion. We're practicing describing these forces to predict how things should move.
Third Grade Team
Weekly News!
Next week, students will take the Fall MAP assessment in Science. Please ensure your scholar is on time so that he or she will have an adequate amount of time to complete the assessment. Next week in Reading, students will continue to analyze text structure in a magazine article. In Social Studies, students will review Chapter 1 Geography of the United States and take the assessment. In Math, students will review topic 2 and take the assessment. In Science, students will predict changes in energy that occur when objects collide. Reminders, September 27 three hour early dismissal. Let's have a great week on purpose!!
Fourth Grade team
Fabulous Fifth Grade News!
Tigers! Tigers! Thank you for an amusing week full of adventures! We completed our NWEA testing! Great job on your hard work! Continue to move successfully in excellence. We are proud of you!
Field Trip
Corrected permission slips have gone out for our SKATE ZONE field trip on October 8, 2024 at 10am-1pm. Please use the QR code or the attached link in ClassDojo to pay for the trip. The trip is $37 which is all inclusive. If your scholar needs a bagged lunch, they can bring a lunch or the cafeteria can provide lunch before we depart. Thank you for your support! Let's Roll out Tigers!
Subject Content:
RELA
Tigers! We are wrapping up Pedro's Journal and will begin our poetry lesson. We will learn how to explain sound devices and use figurative language. We will learn rhyming words, stanzas, and how themes connect to poetry. We will continue in narrative writing and create poems to reflect the lesson of figurative language and sound devices.
Math
In Math this week, students will fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers.
Science
In Science, students will continue to explore the different properties of matter.
Social Studies
As we move forward to Chapter 3 and remember everything we learned from Chapter 2, we will embark on a journey of Settling into the North Colonies. We will discuss and learn about the Spanish Colonies in the Americas. The English Colonies in Virginia, Pilgrims, and Puritans in New England. Go Tigers!
Thank you for all you do, Tigers!
Team 5th grade
Superior Specials News!
Kindergarteners are working on Lines and Shapes.
Students will create their own artwork focused on lines and shapes by experimenting with color.
First graders are working on a project called,
I Love My Hair!
Students will create a portrait with an abstract hair design that depicts a particular mood or feeling, using line, repetition, pattern, and color.
Second graders are creating imaginary creatures in
“Monster Mashup”
Students will present their never-before-seen creature hybrids by combining parts from 5 animals to create 1 in its habitat.
Third graders are making Patterned Landscapes. Students will create a landscape that contains patterns.
Fourth grade, Names Revealed Through Color:
Students are creating geometric name designs using color, shapes, lines, and text to express an aspect of their personality.
Fifth graders are making “Monster Line Drawings.” Students create illustrations from random markings to create a 3D image with form and texture.
Music
Hello! K and 1st grade are learning basic rhythms using Ta and TiTi. 2nd and 3rd grade are practicing creating melodies on the xylophone using C (Do), D (Re), E (Mi). 4th and 5th graders are reviewing the notes on the treble clef staff!
Technology
Hello! K-1 students developed mouse skills such as pointing, clicking, double-clicking, and dragging while practicing counting, as well as matching shapes and colors.
2-5 students have been practicing Home Row keys as well as letters t, y, w, o, q and p.
PE
This week, we will be continuing to work on our procedures of class in order to prepare us for next week's activity. Please remember to make sure your scholar is in sneakers! Have a great week!
LEGO
Hello! We have begun our lego education lessons and began building various buildings, habitats, and vehicles based on our lessons. I have begun posting pictures for kindergarten and 1st grade, so keep an eye on your scholars class dojo. Other grades will have posts soon.
K-1: XL World: Build my community
2: Science in Nature & Our Daily Life: Habitats
3: Animals & Their Environment: Preparing for Weather
4-5: Science Connection: How Eyes See
STEM II
Greetings,
This week, we are in the CREATE step in the Engineering Design Process. Kindergarten scholars are learning about COLLABORATION. We read the book Collaboration Station and then they were challenged to think of things that a paper plate can be except for a paper plate. I gave the example that it could be the moon. Some ideas that the scholars came up with were pizza, a donut, a steering wheel or a ball. They worked collaboratively as a team on 1 large piece of paper with their table mates. Next they will learn about compromising. Grades 1-5 have gathered materials from outside to help create their structures for their STEM Survival Camp projects. Thank you to all who have donated materials. The scholars are excited about the plans that they have made and are excited about making their plans come to life. I can’t wait to see their creations!
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