Congratulations to the members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Incorporated! With an 85.7% poll response, they've won the chance to participate in the Community Service event at CMIT North Elementary School. We look forward to your presentation on Friday February 15, 2019.

Ms. Morino (K-2 ILT)

The Kuk Sool Martial Arts club of CMIT Elementary, Middle, and High Schools is inviting parents, teachers, and students to magical performance. Where:T. Howard Duckett Rec Center Room A Address: 16601 Supplee Lane, Laurel, MD, 20707 When: Saturday, March 30th Time: Doors open 1pm, Showtime 1:30pm Why: To raise money for the students of Kuk Sool Won tournament participation! Who: For kids, teenagers, adults and parents, all ages welcomed! Starring: Mike Spade, a world class magician! Donation: $20 per person TICKETS: MAGIC SHOW The link to purchase tickets is below. Come on out and enjoy the show and support our scholars. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/magic-show-tickets-54958152313?aff=utm_source%3Deb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=new_event_email&utm_term=eventurl_textto

Michelle Tolbert, Club Coordinator

Students are expected to attend all club sessions. I look forward to an exciting year! 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. Our competition in March 29th. 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

Thursday, February 14th students will celebrate Valentine's Day with fun learning activities and crafts. A link has been provided by each classroom teacher for parents to sign-up and donate various items. Unit 3: Week 3 George Washington This Week's Knowledge Goals: Children will understand the importance of history... * when they learn about George Washington *when they learn about the Revolutionary War Genre: Historical Fiction Phonics: /d/ Spelled Dd and /k/ Spelled Kk Text-Based Comprehension: Cause and Effect High-Frequency Words: see, look This week children will acquire the following academic vocabulary/domain-specific words. celebration, barn, arch, sprinted, blacksmith, solider Math: Students will learn single digit and double digit subtraction. Vocabulary: Addition (plus sign, add, join, in all) Subtraction (take away, less, minus, less than) Equal Sign (in all, equation, problem, addition sentence) If you have not already done so, please sign-up with your child's teacher to volunteer to read aloud a book to the students for Black History Month.

Sincerely, The Kindergarten Team

Next Week in First Grade! Reading - We are reading "Abe Lincoln's Hat" by Martha Brenner. Reading skills: making connections, problem and solution, and writing opinions. Phonics: long e - spelled "ea" (ex: beach, clean, teach) Math - We are starting Chapter 10, which is using models and strategies to add with tens and ones. Science - We are learning about the planets and their individual characteristics. Social Studies - We are continuing to learn about buying and selling. Health - We are continuing to learn about growing. We are running low on some classroom supplies. We are asking for donations of glue sticks and pencils. If you can donate, it would be greatly appreciated!! Also, please make sure to check Class Dojo regularly for classroom updates!!

First Grade Team

We had a great week in 2nd Grade this week. Next week in Reading, we will be reviewing Unit 3. Throughout the week we will focus on the different strategies students were introduced to throughout the unit. There will only be one spelling list next week. The words will feature the different spelling patterns that were covered throughout unit 3. In math we will be beginning Topic 6. This topic covers fluently subtracting within 100. 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. Please be on the lookout for a Signup Genius looking for volunteers to come in for read alouds throughout February for Black History Month. Have a wonderful weekend and we will see you on Monday.

- The Second Grade Team

The 8 Rules George Washington Carver lived by: 1. Be clean both inside and out. 2. Neither look up to the rich nor down to the poor. 3. Lose, if need be, without squealing. 4. Win without bragging 5. Always be considerate of women, children, and older people. 6. Be too brave to lie. 7. Be too generous to cheat. 8. Take your share of the world and let others take theirs. Next week in learning: Math: TSW be understand geometry Science: TSW begin to learn about life science S.S.: TSW present their black history essays ELA: TSW compare and contrast various texts Upcoming events: February 13 - PTO sponsored Black History event February 20 - Skatezone Field trip

Third Grade Team

RELA/Social Studies Updates: Next week we will continue to work with “A Gift From the Heart,” a drama about making sacrifices. We will learn how to make generalizations, set a purpose for reading, as well as learn the elements of a drama. In Social Studies we will work on our Black History Month Projects, including research and starting to write our essays. Please remember that essays are due on Monday, February, 25. We will begin the essays in class, but students will still need to complete a majority of the work at home. We will also continue to learn about Maryland’s Environmental issues with a focus on cause and effect. Ms. Ahmed's Updates: In math, we are finishing division Topic 5 and moving on to fractions, which is Topic 8. Please ensure your child is completing all PearsonRealize.com work that is assigned. The February math log will continue to be checked on Mondays after the weekend, so students must study basic division and multiplication facts for review. In science, we will learn about how human activity affects the Earth while discussing types of natural resources. In health, we will explore the muscular-skeletal system of the human body. As part of Black History Month, please consider discussing and researching African-American contributions to STEM areas so that students can continue making connections between what we learn at school and further the conversation at home! Ms. Webb's Updates: Math: We will continue division of up to a 4 digit dividend and 1 digit divisor. We will focus on the area model method. Feel free to watch videos on youtube or Kumon and study your notes. Science: We will continue Earth/Space Science based on Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). We will begin to discuss of slow changes to the Earth's surface and fossils. Health: We will continue discussing the Circulatory System. If there 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.

4th Grade Team

Hello Parents!! ELA: Next week we will focus on Drama. Students will learn the basics of plays, script writing, stage direction, etc. They will be placed into groups to learn a script and perform. We will also be continuing to read our novel Bud, Not Buddy and read chapters 7-8. Social Studies: Students will continue to learn about life in the colonies now that the colonists have arrived and settled. We will learn the jobs that colonists created as well as how they traded with other colonies and countries. Students will imagine that they are a colonists and they will need to create a daily schedule and also write a journal entry explaining their life in their new settlement. Next week, we will be doing a review of all the math concepts thus far and are almost at our final stretch of the fractions chapter. Students are still struggling on fractions so we have decided to slow it down a bit instead of bombarding them with many different concepts at once and just take it one by one. These concepts include, adding and subtracting with unlike denominators, line plot fractions, mixed to improper fractions, multiplication and division of fractions, simplifying fractions, least common multiple, greatest common multiple, finding area with fractions, modeling fractions and last but not least word problems of fractions. As for science and health we will focus on more on sun dials, more on the brain, meta cognition “thinking about your thoughts,” growth mindset and the circulatory system. We will focus on these concepts for the month of February. UPDATES/REMINDERS: February 18- No School February 28- Book Projects Due Please be sure to check your child's Schoolmax weekly as grades are updated. Thanks again parents for all that you, we couldn’t do it without your support!

5th Grade Team

Lego & Robotics I am happy to share this amazing news with you all! I have recently been informed about the upcoming Maryland State Championship from FLL Committee. The FLL Maryland State Championship will be held on Saturday, Feb 23, 2019, at UMBC. We are so excited for the State Championship!! Our FLL Robotics team will compete with more than 72 teams, so wish us luck! Thank you again for all your support and help. Technology Scholars practiced: Hardware Fundamentals: Mobile Devices: In this engaging and interactive digital lesson, the learners receive direct instruction and practice with smartphones, tablets, phablets (larger phones), and applications, and understand how mobile devices connect to a wireless network, store information using cloud computing, and use GPS for tracking. https://www.learning.com/

Technology Team