Lower elementary in class STEM FAIR WINNERS 2019 65 prizes Maalik Waritay- Grand Prize 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 Cayden Watts Aarush Bhut Marissa Arnold 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 Second- 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 Upper elementary 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 *Riley Bryant: Smile of A Child-Creative/Art award- *Evan Smolen: Microwave Mayhem-Unique- * Frank Calhoun-Honorable mention * Danielle Gilliam- parent choice

CMIT STEAM Committee

Teacher Appreciation Week Planning call will be Friday February 22, 2019 at 7:00pm. Please call 712-832-8330 and use access code 8691365. Our next meeting will be February 27th at 6:00pm. Our next fundraiser will be March 1st- March 22nd. We will be selling popcorn. Your support is needed. We are trying to get smart boards for each class. Our fundraiser trip Limo ride to Chuck-E-Cheese is schedule for March 22nd pending approval. 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. 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.

CMIT ESN PTO

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 week. We are in need of the items below. Our competition is March 29th and will be an extended day trip. Lastly, we are close to the competition. All students must put forth 100% effort or they will be suspended from club. We do not have time to waste. All club members are expected to give 100% participation.

Mrs. Mccain-Wigfall MESA Coordinator

Unit 3: Week 5 Then and Now This Week's Knowledge Goals: Children will understand that many things from the past * have changed to be more efficient *have changed as technology improves Genre: Nonfiction Phonics: /o/ Spelled Oo Text-Based Comprehension: Draw Conclusions Conventions: Verbs for Now and the Future / Meaningful Word Groups High-Frequency Words: they, you, of This week children will acquire the following academic vocabulary/domain-specific words. gears, webcams, phonographs, headphones, handwritten, newspaper Math Topic 8: More Addition and Subtraction Vocabulary: Addition (plus sign, add, join, in all) Subtraction (take away, less, minus, less than) Equal Sign (in all, equation, problem, addition sentence) Upcoming Events: Field Trip to the Baltimore Aquarium on Tuesday, March 26, 2019. More information will be sent home and through Class Dojo from your child's teacher.

Sincerely, The Kindergarten Team

Next Week in First Grade! Reading - We are reading "The Moon Seems to Change" by Franklyn M. Branley. Reading skills: making connections, retelling, inferences, and writing opinions. Phonics: long i - spelled with 'ie' or 'igh' (ex: tie, pie, light, bright ) Math - We are continuing with Chapter 10, which is using models and strategies to add with tens and ones. Science - We are continuing to learn about the planets and their individual characteristics. Social Studies - We are continuing to learn about spending and saving. Health - We are continuing to learn about responding to emergencies. We are running low on some classroom supplies. We are asking for donations of glue sticks. 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 continue to go over Unit 4. The story of the week will be "A Froggy Fable." Throughout the week we will continue focus on drawing conclusions and background knowledge. In math we will be starting Topic 7. This topic covers solving problems involving addition and subtraction. 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

While this has been a very short week, we are still expecting our third graders to do their best. Please encourage your scholar to "ROAR" so that they may have the privileges that come with making positive choices. In the upcoming weeks, we will be preparing our third graders for the PARCC test. There will be a small amount of class time dedicated to preparing students and introducing them to the format. Please take a moment to visit the PARCC website, http://parcc.pearson.com/practice-tests/. Please read the weekly homework sheets for updates and assignments. Next week in learning: ELA: Students will continue to identify the central theme of a text. S.S: Students will continue to learn about the trials and tribulations of black americans Math: Students will investigate measurement Science: Students will investigate animal habitats Upcoming Events: Tuesday February 27- Skatezone Field trip *Classrooms are in need of hand sanitizer, disinfecting wipes, and kleenex. Dojo points will be given to scholars who donate. We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Third Grade Team

Hello parents ! Welcome to the end of February, yes, already! Next week here is what we will be covering, Health, circulatory system and introduction to HIV, Science, properties of matter, Math, end of fractions review, fractions, unit exam and coordinates in a plane. Thank you for all the feedback, communication and support for our kiddos! Ya'll rock. For ELA, we will be reviewing story elements. Students will read a story and have to be able to fill in the characters, setting, main events, and character traits. They will need to use text evidence to prove why they feel the character exhibited these characteristics. Students will continue to read Bud, Not Buddy this week and complete activties related to the chapter. For Social Studies, students will be learning about the French and Indian War. Students will know how Great Britain became the greatest colonial power in North America. Students will learn the vents leading up tot eh French and Indian War as well. UPDATE/REMINDERS February 28- Book Projects Due and WAX MUSEUM Please be sure to check your child's SchoolMax weekly to stay up to date with your child's grades.

5th Grade Team

Hello Tigers' Den! I can not emphasize enough, now more than ever, the importance of teaching and modeling resiliency in our children. It is, without a doubt, what I spend most of my 1:1 and small group counseling time addressing in a reactive scope. Just think: if we were proactively instilling, dialoging, practicing and reflecting on independent resilience, how our children would approach obstacles. What a powerful mindshift! [and if they are reading, its a double dip in skills we are building on! :)]

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Graciously, Your School Counselor [Mrs. Whitney Green]

Technology 2-5 Scholars practiced: Software Fundamentals: Desktop In this engaging and interactive digital lesson, the learners receive direct instruction and practice using the desktop, working with files and folders, navigating file structures, moving and opening files and folders, and deleting files. Hardware Fundamentals: Network Basics The learners receive direct instruction and practice with networking concepts, such as LANs, WANs, and file format compatibility. They gain knowledge about how to use remote equipment and review the intellectual property in this engaging and interactive digital lesson. Internet Usage: Online Information Basics In this engaging and interactive digital lesson, the learners receive direct instruction and practice browsing the Internet as they examine the difference between a web page and website, browse by following a series of hyperlinks, and learn to differentiate the Internet from the World Wide Web. https://www.learning.com/ K-1 scholars practiced: Keyboarding: Locate and Type Letters F, G, H, I, and J The learners receive direct instruction and practice in keyboarding the letters F, G, H, I, and J 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 in this engaging and interactive digital lesson. https://www.learning.com/

Technology Team