What an amazing turn out we had at our Parent Workshop! Parents were provided with information about the Common Core Standards, testing expectations for all grade levels and helpful strategies to implement with helping our young scholars manage testing anxiety. This workshop was very engaging and provided a lot of clarity to our dedicated parents and guardians. Thank you for your continued support and I look forward to seeing you at the final workshop of the school year.

Ms. Morino (K-2 ILT)

Congratulations to Mrs. Glasper's second grade class, Ms. Moon's fourth grade class, and all third grade classes! All classes had 100% participation for the Black History Poster Contest! AMAZING ! Classroom teachers will provide me with more information about the best date for the class pizza party. Great job scholars !

Ms. Morino (K-2 ILT)

Thank you to all our volunteers who made Grub for Grandparents a success. Thank you to all our parents who came out to learn about our new pto line up. Mrs. Khadija Bowen is our New president. Mrs. Tahira Oliver is our new Vice President. Mrs. Adrienne Settles will cover both secretary positions. Mr. Jeff Caler is our Treasurer. Mrs. Benora Mccain’Wigfall is our school representative. Ms. Michelle Tolbert’Crosby is our Principal Representative. Our new team is excited to work to meet the needs of our scholars. On February 1st 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

Students are expected to attend all club sessions. I look forward to an exciting year! We did not meet on Thursday the 24th, but classes will resume next week. 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

Lego/Robotics Dear Parents/Guardians, FLL Robotics team will contest this weekend at PGCC. They will run three rounds Project, Robotics Design, and Core Values. They worked hard to win the upcoming robotics competition.

Technology Team

The Kindergarten Team would like to start this newsletter by sending out a big THANK YOU to all the grandparents that came to spend time with our students. We appreciate their willingness to come in and spend time with not only their grandchildren, but others as well. This week we finished our unit for addition in math and the ELA lesson on Jack and the Beanstalk. In math we continued to work on using number lines to solve addition problems, how to solve word problems and double digit addition. In ELA , we continued working on sight words he and for. We also continued learning about realism and fiction and working with the letter Ii. Please note that we have started our midyear assessments. We ask that during the next few weeks you make sure your scholar gets plenty of rest and eats breakfast, as this will help ensure their best work. Please also try and have limited absences at this time to ensure that your scholar is not only here for the assessments, but for reviews that may occur. Have a great week, The Kindergarten Team

Kindergarten

Next Week in First Grade! Reading - We are reading many different stories, such as "Harriet Tubman" by David Adler, "Follow the Drinking Gourd" by Jeanette Winter, and "Henry's Freedom Box" by Ellen Levine. Reading skills: making connections, opinion writing, Phonics: contractions (ex: isn't, can't, don't, didn't) 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 are designing and building simple machines. Social Studies - We are continuing to learn about goods and services. Health - We are continuing to learn about families.

First Grade Team

It was great meeting all the grandparents that came in for "Grub for Grandparents!" Next week in Reading, we will be beginning Unit 3, Week 4. We will be reading "Rosa and Blanca." The question of the week next week will be, "When does a creative idea lead to a surprise?" Throughout the week, we will be focussing on sequencing as well as predicting and setting purpose. The spelling pattern for list A next week will be vowel patterns i, ie, igh, and y. In math we will be finishing up 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 on Monday.

- The Second Grade Team

The third grade scholars did such a wonderful job on their posters and we will be featuring them in our newsletter. We hope that you enjoy them! Next week in learning: All third graders will take their SLO assessment next week. ELA: Scholars will be identifying the main concept or theme or a story. Social Studies: Scholars will review Lesson 3 and be tested on their knowledge of regions Math: Scholars will review fractions Science: Scholars will prepare for end of the unit assessment Upcoming Events: January 28 - Two-hour dismissal and Class Dojo dress down "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Nelson Mandela

Third Grade Team

Ms. Ahmed's Updates: Students met with me to discuss MAP progress goals. I am very proud of the growth our students made in math- let's keep up the great work as we begin Quarter 3. In math, we will be learning about division (long division, models and strategies) as well as relating division to decimals and fractions. This is Topic 5. Students will need to review basic division facts related to 0-12, which may be added to the math logs for nightly revision. In science, we are nearing the end of our Earth science unit and will be studying fossils and natural disasters. In health, we will study the human body's digestive system. Regular homework will be posted on Class dojo, as there are no projects this week. RELA Updates: We will continue to work with the non-fiction text "Eye of the Storm." We will focus on cause and effect, identifying important facts in a non-fiction text, and learn the differences between first hand and second hand accounts.

4th Grade Team

Hello Parents !! We’re almost into February! Whoop! ELA: Next week students will continue with reading unit 3. We will focus on the story "Mahalia Jackson". We will be conducting research of past and present music to see how the music has changed over time. We will also be continuing our novel for the quarter Bud, Not Buddy and completing activities based on the chapters we read. Social Studies: For this week we will be reviewing all of what we have covered within chapter 3. Students will have homework this week for Social Studies and will be bringing home their books in order to complete the work. Students will also need to use Pearsonrealize.com in order to complete one piece of the homework. We will review in class with a group activity using task cards. Students will test on Thursday. Math: More on fractions, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Conversion of improper fraction to mixed number. Science: Sun’s path, the shadow it creates and more on the brain and how it is affected by substances. Homework: IXL paper due next Monday(it has a picture of race cars at the top left corner). REMINDERS/UPDATES: January 25- End of 2nd Quarter January 28- 2 Hour Early Dismissal for Students January 31- Book Report Project Due January 31- SLO Post Tests in both Reading and Math Please be sure to check your child's Scholmax weekly in order to stay up to date with their progress.

5th Grade Team

Technology 1-5 Grade Scholars practiced: Hardware Fundamentals: Scanner During this engaging and interactive digital lesson, the learners receive direct instruction and practice using a scanner for images or objects, saving a scanned image as a file, identifying components such as the scanning surface and scanning beam, and understanding how a scanner works. https://www.learning.com/ KG Scholars practiced: Keyboarding: Locate and Type Letters A, B, C, D, and E During this engaging and interactive digital lesson, the learners receive direct instruction and practice in keyboarding the letters A, B, C, D, and E as they locate and type the letters, recognize the letter sounds, and learn the relationship between the letters on the keyboard and on the screen. https://www.learning.com/

Technology Team