Tiger News
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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
CLICK HERE TO VISIT: https://sites.google.com/cmitelementary.org/cmit-nes-front-office-news?usp=sharing
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
9:30 a.m. 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:
A copy of the STEM Fair packet can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fsDYSuotxgWhQux2Tvho8Ekf8R4wecx-gSrZRJja794/edit?tab=t.0
***A Google form to submit your scholars topic will be available the week of November 7 (topics are due November 7).
I strongly suggest keeping track of the schedule to ensure that your scholar's project will be completed by the due date.
***There will be a Parent University Zoom help session on November 5th at 5:00 p.m. to provide guidance. Meeting ID: 824 3768 2244. Passcode: 572456
ELA Topic: Unit 2 Living Together
Sight words: are, that, of
Letters: “Tt” and “Dd”
Social Studies Topic: Symbols & Monuments of our country.
Math Topic: Classify and Count Data.
Science Topic:The Sun
***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!
First grade had an eventful week! Our scholars had fun during the book character day parade, as well as starting OLSAT testing last week. This upcoming week we start fresh into the second quarter as students continue their learning.
Keep on the lookout for some exciting announcements this week.
Our lessons for next week:
RELA: Informational text continues
Social Studies: Maps and Models
Math: Solve Addition Word Problems within 20
Science: Intro to Sky and Earth
Upcoming Dates:
11.10 Donuts with Dads
11.11 Parent Teacher Conferences
11.12 Parent University
11.18 Picture Day
11. 26-11.28 Thanksgiving Break
Best!
The First Grade Team
Spectacular Second Grade News!
Next week, we will start Unit 2 theme Nature's Wonders. The weekly question is, what patterns can we see on a prairie? Our spelling pattern is long a-ai, ay, ey, ea, and ei . In Math, we will finish up Topic 4. This topic focuses on fluently adding within 100.
In Science, we will begin Lesson 3, Matter within Objects. In Social Studies, we will continue chapter 6, Our American Culture.
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.
Important information:
Donuts with Dad & Dudes-November 10th
Parent University-November 12th-6pm Virtual
Picture Day-November 18th
It is highly recommended that scholars practice their basic addition and subtraction facts with flashcards regularly at home. Here's a great tool to use:
https://toytheater.com/math-flash-cards/
Second Grade Team
Terrific Third Grade News!
In Social Studies, we’ll spend the week reviewing Chapter 2 and getting ready for our Economics assessment on Friday.
In Math, we will be completing the Topics 1-4 Cumulative Assessment on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. On Wednesday, we will be starting Topic 5, which is to Fluently Multiply and Divide within 100. Students will be working on using a table to multiply and divide and looking at the patterns in multiplication.
In Science, we will be finishing up Topic 2. Students will be taking a test on Electric and Magnetic Forces.
STEM Fair topics are due on Friday, November 7, 2025. Please check Google Classroom for the Google Form to submit the topics for approval. Please do not start working on the project until you receive approval from your teacher.
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://docs.google.com/document/d/11T4af_1SgAszSIJCkUngOkMcn4bh_U-Wabv6e5GTZSU/edit?usp=sharing
Our field trip to Skate Zone will be on Friday November 7, 2025. Lunch will be included. Students will be served 1 slice of pizza with a drink. The concession stand will be open for students to purchase additional items if they wish. Students may also bring their own lunch.
Below is the link to the electronic copy of the permission slip.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nFxUBmSuUtnsYmpuUkSIymF5FzvNdKFI/view?usp=sharing
Here's the link to pay for the trip via MySchool Bucks.
https://www.myschoolbucks.com/ver2/prdembd?ref=ZZHVZTLU9O052WP_ZZ68IB5VDZ8NTXD
Lastly, please check grades weekly to stay abreast of your scholar's grades in all subject areas.
Upcoming Dates
11/7 Skate Zone Field Trip
Let's have a great week on purpose!!
-Fourth Grade Team
Fabulous Fifth Grade News!
Tigers! Tigers!
Great job with completing a full week of STEM activities and strong classroom instruction! Continue to be your best in every aspect!
Field Trip
Thank you so much for a successful field trip!
Clubs
Dismissal for each Club is at 4:00 pm, unless specified otherwise. Please be sure to pick up your scholar at 4:00 p.m. Please contact the Club sponsor via Class Dojo if you have any questions. Thank you for your support.
Read-a-Thon
cmitnespto.org/rat. (Use this link for more information)
It's reading time! CMIT PTO is having a Read-a-Thon for every grade level, and we are competing with each grade level! Let's go 5th grade! Please be sure to register and support the Read-a-Thon!
It’s Read-a-Thon Time, Tigers! 🐾📖 Our BIGGEST fundraiser of the year is here—fueling over 70% of the PTO’s annual budget!
🔥 We currently have 131 readers registered, that’s 21% of our student body! Currently we have raised $6,565 which is 13% of our $50,000 goal.
Every registration counts toward supporting our amazing school programs and events. Let’s show everyone what Tiger Pride looks like! 💪💛
🌐 Home base for all things Read-a-Thon: cmitnespto.org/rat
🚀 How to Get Started:
1️⃣ Visit our fundraiser page → givebutter.com/cmitnesrat25
2️⃣ Have multiple scholars...check out this trick https://www.cmitnespto.org/rat#h.trkivoeedxv7
3️⃣ Scroll to “Team Members” and click +Fundraise
4️⃣ Add your info and hit submit
5️⃣ Join your scholar’s homeroom team
Need help making your page pop? Check out sample stories 👉cmitnespto.org/rat#h.ib6e24g16r5f
Let’s read, rally, and raise those funds—Go Tigers! 🐅💥
Subject Content:
RELA
Students will continue to connect with "Far from Shore"---an informational text. Students will begin writing about informational texts based on articles of various themes and subjects.
Social Studies
Early explorers traveled for long distances on their journeys. They needed strong, capable sailors to assist them. Knowing what items were needed to bring along was important.
You are the captain of a ship or ships about to sail west from Europe and cross the Atlantic Ocean. What type of people and provisions, or items, do you need? How many ships will you take?
Math
This week in math:
1. Students will do their Cumulative/Benchmark Assessment
2. Students will use models and properties to divide with 2-digit divisors.
Science
This week in science, we will be exploring changes in the states of matter.
Thank you for your hard work! Go Tigers!
Team 5th Grade
Superior Specials News!
Greetings Parents!
We have finished our sketch journals/portfolios and have started plans for our first projects. K-1st grade are starting with lines, shapes, and color elements. 1st and 2nd are working on portraits features. 3rd grade has repetition, patterns, rhythm, and unity principles to illustrate. 4th grade has to create character infused names. And, 5th grade are creating prompt inspired creatures.
Mr. Dorsey
Music
K- We learned about different types of voices
1st - We learned about Mozart
2nd- We learned about dynamics and a children Ghana song
3rd - We sang shake the papaya
4th - We learned about tied notes in music
5th - We learned about (ti ta ti) rhythm
Technology
Hello! K-1 students developed mouse skills such as pointing, clicking, double-clicking, and dragging while practicing counting and matching shapes and colors.
2-3 students have been practicing to type the letters x and z and also learn how to make capital letters and type three more keys: the apostrophe, slash and full stop.
4-5 students practiced Troubleshooting Basics for Online Learning: In this animated assignment, Trey and Summer help fellow classmates and a teacher troubleshoot some technical problems related to the virtual classroom. Topics include no internet, no audio and downloading software.
PE
Good week, 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
Hello! Lesson 1 assessments will be coming home this week so please ask your scholar about them if you would like to see them. We are starting our second lesson this week.
K-1st: My XL World: We will learn about different community helpers.
2nd: Science in Nature & Our Daily Lives: We will be learning about pollination and the ways in which animals help pollinate plants.
3rd: Animals & Their Environment: We will be learning about life cycles.
4-5th: Science Connections: We will be learning about elephant trunks and its many uses.
STEM
Greetings!
This week scholars in K are learning about the forces push and pull. Scholars in 1st are continuing to learn how to work as a team to solve a problem. Their challenge was to create the longest chain using 1 piece of paper. Scholars in grade 2 are in the planning phase of the Engineering Design Process of trying to keep food safe while camping. Scholars in 3rd grade are in the planning phase of the Engineering Design Process. Their challenge is to create a game from materials in nature. 4th grade scholars are in the Imagine phase of the Engineering Design Process as they are learning about Hiking Backpacks and how they are made. Our 5th grade scholars are in the Planning phase of the Engineering Design Process as they are planning out how to create a shelter that can withstand and protect its occupants from different weather.
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