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 Families:
Upcoming Events
No School (celebration of EID-al Fitr) March 31, 2025.
3 hr. Early Dismissal April 4, 2025.
ELA:. We are Identifying and matching the common sounds that letters represent.
We will use letter-sound relationships to decode, including VC, CVC, CCVC, and CVCC words. Our sight words for the week are: black, brown, and white.
Math: We are analyzing, comparing, and Identifying shapes.
Science: We are learning what people need to survive.
Social Studies: We are learning the concept of time; describing the month, weeks, and year.
Important: We have had a lot of scholars that have been out with an illness over the past week. Please be mindful when sending your scholar to school when they are not feeling well. If your scholar has a fever, or is not feeling well; please keep them home until their symptoms are gone for at least 24 hours. We are trying to alleviate the spread of germs within our classrooms.
The Kindergarten Team
Fascinating First Grade News!
Hello Firstie Families,
It has been a great week in first grade. Please take a look at our information below.
Our lessons next week include:
RELA: Biographies continued
Math: Measurement
Science: Parents and Offspring
Social Studies: American Indians
Upcoming Dates:
3.31 No school
4.4 3 hr. Early Dismissal
4.11 PTO Spring Bling Sneaker Ball
4.14-21 Spring Break
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.
Upcoming Field Trip/Events:
PEEPing into Spring S.T.E.A.M..- April 11- more information to follow.
Baltimore Museum of Industry- Tentative Date May 12th
Have a fantastic weekend!
Second Grade Team
Terrific Third Grade News!
In Social Studies, students will begin Chapter 6: lessons 3 & 4 New Ways to Communicate and New Ideas.
In Math, we are hopping ahead to Topic 15, Attributes of Two-Dimensional Shapes, where scholars are learning about polygons, in particular quadrilaterals. We'll describe these shapes based on angles and sides.
In Science, we are finishing up our unit on Life Cycles and Traits. We'll have an experiment with yeast and balloons to see how the environment affects the traits.
Fourth Grade Weekly News!
Next week in Reading, students will be analyzing and synthesizing characters in a traditional literature. In writing, students will be learning how to write an argumentative essay. In Social Studies, students will know that the Southeast has a history of crisis and rebuilding. In Math, students will take topic 13 test. In Science, students describe how rocks and soil form. Identify the properties of minerals.
Please check Synergy to stay abreast of your scholar's grades in all academic areas.
Let's have a great week on purpose!!
Important Upcoming Dates
3/31 No School
4/4 3-Hour Early Dismissal
-Fourth Grade Team
Fabulous Fifth Grade News!
Quarter 4 begins on April 4, 2025. Grades will be finalized on April 3, 2025. Your scholar's teacher has opened specific assignments that are eligible for make up. They must be turned in by April 2, 2025.
Early Dismissal
On Friday, April 4, there will be a 3-hour early dismissal.
Subject Content:
Social Studies
Students will welcome Chapter 10: Expanding West Overseas.
Math
This week in math, we will write and interpret numerical expressions.
Science
Students will continue with previous weeks lessons.
ELA
Students will work in Unit 4 Week 1. They will study historical fiction "Keeping Mr. John Holton Alive." They will finalize writing argumentative texts and migrate into science fiction narratives.
Continue to ROAR and be your best!
Team 5th Grade
Superior Specials News!
Hello! K is beginning to learn about instrument families. 1st grade is learning about what a melody and their melodic pattern is. 2nd grade is continuing to learn about note values. 3rd grade is continue with writing and playing their own melodies on the xylophones and staff paper. 4th and 5th grade finished being graded on their xylophone projects!
Technology
Hello,
K-2 practiced Keyboarding: Cursor, Spacebar, Backspace, Enter, and Words
Learners receive direct instruction and practice keyboarding to type words as they use the cursor, type letter combinations to form words, the spacebar to add spaces between words, the backspace key to delete mistakes, and the enter or return key to create new lines in this engaging and interactive digital lesson.
3-5 practiced Software Fundamentals: Navigating Ribbon Interfaces
The learners receive direct instruction and practice using the ribbon interface in software including the applications button, help tool, tabs and labels, commands and groups found on each tab, dialog box, shortcuts, and setting up quick access buttons in this engaging and interactive digital lesson.
PE
Good week, this week in PE we are doing relay races to work on our fundamentals and teamwork.
LEGO
Greetings! This week each grade level will begin working on new lessons.
Kindergarten: Story Tales: Vacation Stories. Students will be building scenes from vacations or school field trips.
1st: Great Adventures: Underwater Quest. Students will design and build a submarine or other underwater vehicle.
2nd: Amazing Amusement Park:
Ferris Wheel. Students will build a ferris wheel that spins and has at least 4 seats.
3rd:Happy Traveler: Cable Car. Students will build a cable car that can move from one platform to another along the ‘cable”.
4th-5th: Winning with Science: Gravity Car Derby. Students will be building cars and testing which can go the furthest using a ramp and gravity.
STEM II
Greetings! This week K-2 learned about Katherine Johnson the human computer and her contributions to our space program.
3rd are in the planning phase of their landmarks. They have designed and created paper models of their structures. The next step is making a 2D cardboard model. 4th graders have received their materials and are underway with building their floats!
Our 5th grade scholars have completed their floats. This week they learned that prices do not stay the same day to day. The prices of their supplies increased by 15% which was a surprise to many, but this helped them understand about proper planning.
ART
Kindergarteners are working on lines and shapes. We have reviewed safe scissor use and techniques.
Students will create their own artwork focused on lines and shapes and experiment with collage.
First graders are finishing 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 five animals, to create one 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.
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