STUDENT SUBMISSION DEADLINE is JANUARY 25, 2019! Submit POSTERS and HARD COPY of ESSAYS to: Chesapeake Lighthouse Foundation c/o CLF PR Office 6151 Chevy Chase Dr. Laurel, MD 20707 Polished student essay files can be emailed to CLFPR@CLFMD.org We encourage all students K-12 to work with their TEACHERS, especially polishing drafts with your English teachers, asking History questions, Artistic insight, and all STEM departments to develop the most polished essays and/or posters celebrating this "student's choice" theme for Black History Month! Please complete entry by close of Business Day on Jan. 25th! Files can be sent to CLFPR@CLFMD.ORG. FINALISTS and WINNERS....TBA. ALL CLF K-12 STUDENTS that submit by the deadline are eligible for competition, including prizes and finalists and their parents will be invited to BHM Month Award Reception scheduled in FEB 2019.

Community Partnerships

Hello Parents, We will be having our second Parent Workshop on Thursday January 24, 2019 from 6-7P.M. Childcare will be available. This workshop will provide you will information about the different kinds of testing that your child is expected to complete in his/ her grade level. You will also be provided with helpful tips and strategies to help your child with managing testing anxiety. More information will be provided at a later time, but mark your calendars NOW because this is valuable information that you do not want to miss.

Ms. Morino (K-2 ILT)

Hello Parents, Would you like the chance to help your child win a pizza party for their class? If so, you can do so by encouraging them to participate in the Black History Poster/Essay Contest. Students from grades K-5 can create a poster that gives recognition to the role/impact of an African American on shaping culture, history and/or industry. The contest expectations are posted in the flyer. All work must meet the requirements or else it can not be submitted. Please be advised that fifth grade students only, can choose to challenge their self by writing an essay instead of completing a poster board. This choice is optional. If a fifth grade student is interested in completing an essay, their work will be submitted with the middle school and high school students instead of the elementary group of students. The class with the most participants wins a Pizza Party! The winning class will be announced Friday January 25, 2019.

Ms. Morino (K-2 ILT)

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Grub for Grandparents Friday January 25th (times vary) To celebrate CMIT Grandparents Day, we will be having our annual Grub for Grandparents on Friday January 25th (flyers will be sent home this week). Grandparents will need photo ID to sign in. They will gather in the media center and then be escorted to the cafeteria for lunch. Following lunch, Grandparents will exit the cafeteria and join their grandchild in their classroom. In the classroom there will be an opportunity to assist students with classroom activities and/or project for 35-45 minutes. To RSVP please click the Google form link below. RSVP deadline is Friday January 18th and we are not accepting same day registration for this event. RSVP: https://goo.gl/forms/JEhJ7HD1baHyxv882 Please note each grade has it's own arrival time: K: 9:45AM, 1st: 10:20AM, 2nd: 10:55AM, 3rd: 11:30AM, 4th: 12:05PM, 5th: 12:40PM We are also looking for fingerprinted volunteers and donations for this event. Please click the link below to sign up if you are able to do either. Thank you so much in advance for your help and support! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E44AFA82EA2FB6-cmit4 Our next spirit night will be January 11th at the Laurel Chuck-E-Cheese 936 Fairlawn Ave. Laurel MD 20707. On January 22nd students who sold 10 items or more will participate in our Fundraiser party during school hours. Thank you for your support. Ways to Support Year Round... Image result for giant a plus Register Your Giant Card- -Please register your Giant Card for the A+ school rewards. You can register online the school's ID is 18383. If you have already signed up before you don't have to do it again. If you haven't yet below is information on how to do it: http://files.constantcontact.com/e7bfdf5a001/50a87b93-de63-45c2-be16-984572499d55.pdf Boxtops: Collect and Save your Boxtops from all those wonderful summer cookouts and family gatherings this summer. On Amazon Don't forget to SMILE please click the following link http://smile.amazon.com/ch/47-2051473 to help make us smile.

CMIT ESN PTO

Lower elementary in class STEM FAIR WINNERS 2019 Kindergarten (21) Maalik Waritay-Parent choice/Grand prize winner for Lower elementary Esen Daniel Aleah Corsey Kyree Thompson Gabriel Oyegoke Aiden McAllister Mesgana Eskinder Michelle Olaoye Sarai Bazemore Mila Johnson Madison Theisen Elijah Solomon Atinuoluwa Olabayo Evan Crocken Taj Logan Kenston Jordan Ivan Akitobi Elise Mason Jason Adewunmi Arianna Ajabi Ryan Ogamba First grade winners -22 students Cayden Watts Aarush Bhut Marissa Arnold Phoenix Snowden Webster Brown Aidan Smith Sage Ferguson Steven Winston Craig Douglas Ayonwi Ambe Jordyn Byron Jaiden Wingate Miracle Wigfall Malia Fontaine Hans Jackson Moyosoreoluwa Osifeko Alexia Jackson Caden Green Zoe Adams Nathaniel Thomas Nimatu Sise Phoenix Snowden-Parent choice Second- 23 students Carter Hodge McKenzi Butler Erick Roque A'vielle Lewis Erick Roque Charles Allen Zimerah Howard Rhonda Bell Andrew Akinmutimi Warner Brown Ruby Anacleto Caballero Jayden Clement-Njoku Edward Mendez Quintana Carter Meadows Isa Imeokparia Mya Marzo Amaya Johnson Joseph Settles Mia Tavarez Beruk Yiheyis Mason Meadows London White Carlyn Salisbury-Parent choice STEAM FAIR WINNERS 2019 Our Grand Prize Winner Adedamola Adeleke: The Effect of Temperature on Conductivity. He was our third grade parent choice award winner from our Gallery walk. He was also a Judge favorite at our STEM fair. His hard work and dedication is to be commended. THIRD GRADE WINNERS *1st Sahir Fahran: Solar power *2nd Ellis Wilson: Magnetic cereal *3rd Jacory Wright: So fresh and so clean clean *4th Gabriella Mbakop: Wet diapers everywhere! * 5th - Charles Pettus- The Three Carteers *Creative - Daniel Burrios- Crazy corn *Creative - FAULKNER, KHALEAH- From nothing 2 something *Unique - Kaylyn Parker: All bottled up *Unique - Sela’jah Edwards: Filtering the Color *Unique- Kai Logan How do some trains go with no wheels below? *Art awards- Aiden Hodge: Gimme a beat *honorable mention - Adrielle Kaje: To grow or not to grow *honorable mention - Aarav Bhut: Impact of various substances on melting point of ice FOURTH GRADE WINNERS *1st- Emerald Ferguson: Building up *2nd - Dami fawehinmi: The iron nail rust *3rd - Lukas Anderson: How does the bounce of a golf ball... *4th - Vivian Akinfe: Does lemon juice salt water and pure water affect the rate of dehydration 5th* Sean Caldwell:The Electrolyte Challenge *Unique- Jaden Nguyen: Raw verses filtered *Unique- Toni Oliver: Rubber bands and the effects of temperature *Creative- Oluwaseyi Agboola: Oxygen in water *Creative- Faith Holden Fit itnup *Art award - Joshua Henry: Does the power of hydrogen for different liquids vary and what does it mean? *honorable mention - David Landrum: The electromagnet challenge *Honorable mention - Naliyah Thomas: Purple or white light *Honorable mention - Ava Gill:Oil can be so crude *Honorable mention - Yonan Yiheyis: Superb bridges *Qwynn Johnson-parent choice Fifth grade winners *1st - Jinar Millet-Williams: What’s in the Pot * 2nd Titus Kelley: Acid rain in pain *3rd Omari Pearson: water is the spot *4th -Amaris Tappin: Homemade PH paper *5th Sydney Russell: Balloon morphings/Users/benora.mccain/Desktop/Screen Shot 0031-01-09 at 11.43.26 AM.png *Creative/Art award- Riley Bryant: Smile of A Child *Unique- Evan Smolen: Microwave Mayhem *Honorable mention - Frank Calhoun * Danielle Gilliam- parent choice ALL PRIZES WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AT THE SECOND QUARTER HONOR ROLL ASSEMBLY. Thank you to all the students who completed STEM fair projects. Thank you to all our volunteers.

CMIT STEAM Committee

Students are expected to attend all club sessions. I look forward to an exciting year! We will meet every Thursday. We have a busy few week ahead of us so it is important that all students are present each weeks. We are in need of the items below. 1. boxes 2. bottle tops 3. hot glue sticks 4. Old small motors or old motorized things 5. wires 6. hot glue guns 7. small figures or old lego people (preferably star wars themed) 8. Anything useful

Mrs. Mccain-Wigfall MESA Coordinator

Please be mindful of our upcoming in-school Field Trip. On Tuesday, January 16, 2019 In a Perfect World Foundation will be coming to visit each of the Kindergarten classes here at CMIT. In preparation for Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, they will be teaching our students about empathy, understanding and giving. Your child will participate on the 16th. Your guidance at home will help to reinforce what they learn and to apply these tools in real life situations. Your child will learn about making a difference in the world. Having a growth mindset is about believing YOU can make a contribution to the world.

Sincerely, The Kindergarten Team

Next Week in First Grade! Reading - We are reading "Martin's Big Words" by Doreen Rappaport. Reading skills: retelling, making connections, and making inferences Phonics: long u - spelled 'ue' Math - We are continuing with Chapter 9, which is comparing two-digit numbers. Science - We are continuing to work on The Engineering Design process by working on our in class STEM project of The Elves and The Baker. We will be designing and building simple machines. Social Studies - We are learning about goods and services. Health - We are learning about families.

First Grade Team

We are so proud of all of our scholars for doing such a wonderful job on MAP testing this past week! Next week in Reading, we will be beginning Unit 3, Week 2. The question of the week next week will be, "In what creative ways do we communicate?" Throughout the week, we will be focussing on drawing conclusions and visualizing. The spelling pattern for list A next week will be o, oa, ow. In math we will begin Topic 5. This topic is about subtraction within 100 using strategies. Over the next few weeks the second grade team will begin conducting our second round of DRAs. This will give us even more data on the students' reading levels. Have a wonderful weekend and we will see you next week.

- The Second Grade Team

We have noticed that many scholars are coming to school without the proper outerwear. If the temperature is above 32 degrees, scholars will have outdoor recess and should be dressed appropriately. We have also noticed that many scholars need to have their school supplies replenished. All third grade classrooms are in need of Clorox Wipes, Kleenex, hand sanitizer, and white board markers. Scholars will receive dojo points for any donations they bring in. In learning: ELA: Students will be able to infer while reading fiction and nonfiction text. SS: Students will continue discussing the settlement of the United States Math: Students will continue learning about fractions. Science: Students will continue to learn about magnets Upcoming Events: January 15- Field trip Skate Zone January 18- Black History Poster Due January 21 - MLK Day no school January 25 - Black History Essay Due "Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it."- Marian Wright Edelman

Third Grade Team

Ms. Webb's Updates: Math: We will begin multiplying 2-digit by 2-digit numbers. Students will choose the following methods: Traditional (partial products), area model, and lattice. Feel free to watch videos on youtube or Kumon to get a head’s up. Videos: traditional (partial products) - https://youtu.be/q-6Owg7joIQ and lattice method - https://youtu.be/4QHKVwInkm8 Science: We will continue Earth/Space Science based on Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). We will discuss weathering and erosion of the earth's surface. We will do an activity called My Pet Rock! Students should bring in a rock from home. Then students will use art materials to make a pet rock. Please have your child find a rock at the playground or in the neighborhood. Health: Students will present a Public Service Announcement PSA poster or commercial concerning the effects and/or dangers of drug use/abuse. The instructions, rubric, and due date will be discussed in class. We have already viewed examples. We will continue discussing body systems. We will focus on the Circulatory System next If their are any parents that are health professionals that could come in and give a brief presentation on some sort of health topic (i.e. drug use/abuse, nutrition, body systems, etc.) please let me know. RELA Updates: This week we continued t work with the myth "How Night Came from Sea." Next week we will read another myth titled "The Ant and the Bear." We will create a story map of the text, and continue to work on theme and making inferences. We will closely re-read both texts to analyze the characters to get a better understanding of their thoughts, words, and actions and what impact that they had on the story. At the end of the week, we will write an essay that compares and contrasts the elements of both myths. Ms. Ahmed's Updates: Math: We will finish Topic 4 and have the topic test. Then, we will move onto division strategies in Topic 5. Science: We will do STEM Current Events presentations and pet rock experiments with creative writing. We will continue our unit on Changes on Earth's surface. Health: Students will learn about the human body systems, with a focus on the immune system. Reminder: Skate Zone Field Trip is Wednesday, January 16. Please turn in permission slips and fees to Mr. Hamms ASAP if you plan to attend.

4th Grade Team

Hello Parents! Last week students took the math and reading MAP assessments. Once our students completed their test it was scored automatically and they received a grade. Thus, feel free to ask them what they received and have a discussion with them. Some question you may want to ask are: How challenging was the exam? Why or why not was it challenging? Did you feel like you understood many of the questions? Why or why not? What do you think would help you understand the questions or material better. What steps do you think you need to take to increase your score. Looking forward this week we will be covering: Math: More on multiplying and diving fractions Recapping adding and subtracting fractions with uncommon denominators. Possible quiz/test on these concepts Monday on Pearsonrealize. IXL HW is due Monday January 14th. It was passed out Monday January 7th. Science/Health: Solvent, solutes, mixtures, matter, particles and subjects along these lines. Brainstorms: Your Central Nervous System, overview of the it’s structure and different functions of the brain, the effects of drugs on the brain, and common injuries and disorders that impact the central nervous system. For Reading/ELA we will be reading the story Leonardo's Horse. We will still be working on the skill of Main Idea. Students will begin reading our new novel Bud, Not Buddy. We will read chapters 1-2 and complete activities. For Social Studies we will continue with chapter 3 and work on Pilgrims and Puritans in New England. Students will work within their books to complete activities as well as on Pearsonrealize.com Updates/Reminders: January 17- Field Trip to Skatezone January 21- NO SCHOOL January 31- Book Report Projects Due We hope you have a wonderful weekend! Cheers!

5th Grade Team

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Lego&Robotics Congratulations to the 4th grade CMIT Elementary FLL team for winning 2nd Place at the FLL Qualifiers at the Universities of Shady Grove! The team managed to maintain their second place standing thanks to a stellar performance in the second round. Again, congratulations to the coaches, parents, and students for their commitment! Technology 3-5 Grade Scholars practiced; Computational Thinking: Modeling: As part of computational thinking, learners receive direct instruction and practice using models to represent a process, data, or solutions. They organize information using simulations and prototypes, develop and test algorithms, and define solutions. They are introduced to binary language, how digital tools use this language, and the importance of algorithms in computer programming. Hardware Fundamentals: Printer The learners receive direct instruction and practice using a printer, previewing and printing entire documents or selected pages, and troubleshooting common printer problems in this engaging and interactive digital lesson. https://login.learning.com/ K-2 Grade scholars practiced : Computer Fundamentals: Processors, Input and Output Devices: The learners receive direct instruction and practice identifying and caring for basic computer components such as the processor, keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, printer, and to classify the component as either an input or output device in this engaging and interactive digital lesson. https://login.learning.com/

Technology Team