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:
DIBELS and MAP Testing Window: May 19-May 30
Field Day: May 30
Kindergarten Promotion: June 9
This Week’s Content Focus:
Reading/ELA:
DIBELS Testing
DRA
Math:
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!
First grade and Kindergarten had a wonderful time at the Maryland Science Center. A huge shout out and thank you to all parents who chaperoned for our field trip. We could have not done it without you!
Our last round of testing starts next week for first grade. Please make sure your scholar continues to come on time to school. May is filled with many fun events as we continue to learn, but also wrap up the year.
Hopefully we see some sunshine tomorrow, so please make sure your scholar has a reusable water bottle.
Our lessons next week include:
RELA: Informational text continued
Math: Equal Shares
Science: Parents and Offspring review
Social Studies: Goods and Services
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!
Next week, we will continue Unit 5- Our Incredible Earth. Students will explore how natural features shape our world. In Social Studies, we’ll start Chapter 4 – People Who Supply Our Goods and Services, exploring the roles of workers, producers, and consumers in our community. In Math, we will continue Topic 15 – Graphs and Data. In Science, we’ll begin Lesson 3 – Living Things in Water Habitats.
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- week of May 19
MAP Reading/Math- week of May 26
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 5 Cultural Celebrations.
In Math, we are finishing up our last 3rd grade topic! After this, we'll start on our Step up to 4th grade lessons.
In Science, we are getting towards the end of our unit on Adaptations and Survival.
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!
Great day, Tigers! Thank you for being a wonderful 5th grade scholar and choosing excellence everyday! You made it to the end of this week and we are now counting down to our Promotion Ceremony Celebration that will be held June 10, 2025!!! Each 5th grade teacher is assigned a ceremony time-slot. Please govern yourselves accordingly!
Hershey Park Chaperones:
Thank you for all your support and dedicated time to ensure our scholars enjoyed themselves at the amusement park! We appreciate you dearly! We look forward to our next field trip at Camp Schmidt!
June 10th Promotion Ceremony Time-slots:
Wiggins & Linton-Philp: 8:30-9:30
Tellis & Black: 11:30-12:30
Camp Schmidt Donations:
Camp Schmidt is right around the corner! We are asking for donations for the lunch cookout activities and the campfire Smores' kits. Please see Ms. McVeigh for the SignUp genius link and for further details. Thank you for your support as each scholar endeavors for a fabulous overnight camping experience on 6/12-13/2025. Happy Camping!
Subject Content:
Social Studies:
This week in Social Studies, we will be discussing Native American Leaders. In the west many Native Americans had to fight for their rights to be on the land. Sitting Bull had become the principal Sioux chief in 1867. At the battle of of the Little Big Horn, Sitting Bull led his warriors to victory
Math
This week in Math, we will explore measuring angles and apply understanding of angles to real-world examples.
Science
This week in Science, students will be able to explore energy in food and how it was once energy from the sun.
RELA
Students will learn the power of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights as a human being!
Students will write opinion and persuasive essays that explore comprehension and reasoning of a topic and subject (of choice or assigned).
Happy learning, Tigers!!
5th Grade Team
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,
Computational Thinking: Algorithms
As part of computational thinking, the learners receive direct instruction and practice using algorithms to solve a problem, make a decision, or accomplish a task. They analyze a situation, create an algorithm to solve the problem, test for reliability and accuracy, and understand that computers use algorithms, called programs, to complete tasks or help solve problems.
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!
LEGO
Hello! We will be working on 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
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