Our CMIT scholars participated in the Regional Mesa competition. They took home the first place Storybook Theme park ride. First place wearable technology. Second place basswood bridge. Second place scratch. These scholars did a great job. Our school will move to the state competition for Storybook and wearable technology. Go Tigers! The state Competition will be May 18th. We will meet at the school at 7:00am. All club members may meet us at the John Hopkins Applied Physics laboratory. Parents must stay with their child. All members in wearable technology and storybook theme park should ride the bus. Parents of those students may meet us at the event. We should arrive back at school by 2:45pm. Thank You for Your dedication to excellence!

Mrs. Mccain-Wigfall MESA Coordinator

We are still in the throws of testing for kindergarten, finishing up both DRA and MAP testing this week. Please make sure that your scholar is well rested and has a good breakfast. Also, help us by reminding your scholars that they should take their time and do their best on the assessments. This week has a couple special days. Monday, we are having our muffins with Mom's day which will include garden planting and our annual butterfly release. Thursday is field day and we expect to have a lot of fun. Due to testing and special events, there will be no homework. Please continue to read 20 min a day and working on IXL.

The Kindergarten Team

Reading - We are reading "Surprising Sharks" by Nicola Davies and "Sharks" by Anne Schreiber. Reading skills: nonfiction text features, informative vs. narrative, retelling. Phonics: 'f' sound, spelled 'ph' and 'gh' (ex: phone, tough) Math - We are completing chapter 6, which is representing and interpreting data. We are starting Chapter 14, which is shapes and their attributes. Science - We are continuing our unit on Life Science. This week we will continue to explore the parts of a plant by conducting an experiment with flowers and food coloring. Social Studies - We are learning about different types of transportation and getting from one place to another. Health - We are learning about nutrition. Thank you to all the parents that volunteered to chaperone on our trip to the zoo. We all had such a great time! Also, please make sure to check Class Dojo regularly for classroom updates!!

First Grade Team

Reading - We are reading non-fiction books about Sharks. Reading skills: informative texts, text features, writing non-fiction Phonics: -gh/-ph sounds Math - We are finishing chapter 6, which is representing and interpreting data. We will be starting Chapter 14, which is shapes and their attributes. Science - We are continuing our unit on Life Science. This week we will explore what plants need: nutrients, decomposition, photosynthesis, and pollination. Social Studies - We are continuing to learn about our environment. Health - We are continuing to learn about safety in the home. We are running low on some classroom supplies. We are asking for donations of glue sticks, pencil top erasers, and expo markers. If you can donate, it would be greatly appreciated!! Also, please make sure to check Class Dojo regularly for classroom updates!!

First Grade Team

Next week in Reading, we will be working on Unit 6 Week 2. The story of the week will be "Red, White, and Blue: The Story of the American Flag." Throughout the week we will focus on author's purpose, as well as summarizing. The spelling pattern for list A is abbreviations. In math we will be finishing up Topic 12 and taking our topic test. This topic covers measurement with inches and centimeters. Monday, May 20th is our annual Butterfly Release and Mom's Breakfast. We will be doing butterfly crafts all day with our Mom volunteers and our butterfly release will be at 1:30pm. Field trip permission slips are due on Thursday, May 23rd. Please make sure to send the money, permission slip, and medical form in by then! Have a wonderful weekend and we will see you on Monday.

Second Grade Team

The third grade team is so proud of our scholars and how well they did during testing. Thank you all so much for having your scholar to school on time and ready to test. We will ask that you do this again on Wednesday and Thursday of next week as we take the Measurement of Academic Progress Assessment(MAP). This well establish how much your scholar has learned this year. Next week, we will also be having field day on Thursday, May 23. Scholars should bring water and sun block should be applied prior to them coming to school. Thank you for your continued support. Upcoming Events: Monday, May 20 - Muffins with Moms and Butterfly release Wednesday, May 22 - MAP testing Thursday, May 23 - Field day Friday, May 24 - Map Testing

Third Grade Team

It's an exciting end to the year! We have a lot of fun events planned for the final four weeks of school! We are officially done with MCAP testing! Students did an amazing job persevering through this rigorous exam. The fourth grade team commends all of our students for a job well done! Our field trip to Annapolis and the Naval Academy is next Friday, 5/24. Please send all permission slips and payments in no later than Monday, 5/20! This is our last field trip of the year! Our second annual Vocabulary Parade is on Tuesday, May 28. All students should have brought home a permission slip with their selected word to be signed by a parent and returned by Monday, 5/20. We can't wait to see all of the creative costumes! Field Day is next Thursday, 5/23 and our Butterfly Release is on Monday, 5/20! Ms. Webb's Updates: Math: We will continue studying fractions and decimals. We will add and subtract them. Feel free to watch videos on youtube or Kumon, and study your notes nightly! Science: We will begin Physical Science (NGSS). We will discuss energy and motion. Health: We will continue our discussion of the Digestive System by discussing our sense of taste and nutrition. Please send in a Nutrition Facts label by Wednesday. The Digestive System exit ticket will be Wednesday so please study! RELA Updates: We will continue with our Inquiry Unit on Immigration. Spelling and IXL homework will resume starting on Monday.

4th Grade Team

Hello parents! Next week we will be starting or continuing our end of the year projects ! For math we will be creating a review book that the kiddos can take on to 6th grade. It will include animations and problems of topics we have discussed this year. As for science the students will be also working in an end of the year projects that is both math and science combined. Students will construct their own community and understand what is needed. They will also use geometry to measure the areas, perimeters and volumes of the pieces made in the community. ELA: Students will continue to read Maniac Magee ad complete comprehension tasks. Students WILL get homework next week. Students will be practicing for promotion in the morning right after specials. UPDATES/REMINDERS: May 20- Butterfly Release Day May 21- Reading MAP May 23- Math MAP and Field Day May 27- NO SCHOOL May 30-31: Camp Schmidt June 3- May Book Reports Due *No Late Projects Accepted*

5th Grade TeammAY 21

..."An emotionally unpredictable parent actually poses a threat to a child. Here's how it works: Your child's brain, just like yours, is hard-wired to zone in on threat (real or perceived). In the presence of threat, the brain prepares to do one of three things: Fight, Flee or Freeze. The ability to problem solve and learn is shut down. When this happens, the emotional brain is in charge (what Dan Seigel refers to as a “flipped lid”). No learning or problem solving can occur when lids are flipped. Don't even try – you will make it worse. Wait for calm..." READ MORE HERE! :) https://impactadhd.com/manage-emotions-and-impulses/can-you-actually-improve-your-childs-executive-function/

Graciously, Your School Counselor [Mrs. Whitney Green]

Field day will be Thursday May 23, 2019. K-2 in the morning and 3-5 in the afternoon. Thank you all who volunteered your time or signed up for donations already. If you want to help please look for my classdojo school story post to get to the signup genius pages to sign up. Students will dress down but must come in their grade level color: K - Red 1st - Blue 2nd - Green 3rd - Yellow 4th - Orange 5th - Purple Please remember that students are to be dressed to participate in field day, that is outside and the forecast is calling for sun and for it to be hot. Thank you all for your help to make this a great day for all.

Jesse Hamms

CMIT North Elementary involved Sunfish and student program this year and around 100 PG schools involved this program this year. CMIT 3rd grade students have released 4 sunfish to WSSC ( Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission) in Laurel and did many environmental activities. The program was between November 13 to May 15. Students have learned about many environmental lessons such as Chesapeake Bay watershed, Patuxent River, Sunfish and other fish types, taking care of sunfish, wild life, etc.

Technology Team

On May 22, 2019 at 6:00pm we will have our final PTO meeting and executive board election at 6:00pm. Meet executive board candidates and vote (must be a pto member to vote). Meet the candidates below... https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tnRARvU2RPPAPl-_YJ3uIzXoEsAvjKsepIA9L3Jubyk/mobilebasic On Monday May 20th we will have our Mission Moms and butterfly garden events. Registration is now Closed. Thank you to All the families who Signed up to support this event. The butterfly release will be at 1:35pm! Volunteer signup forms: Men please sign up to serve the moms at our Moms on a mission event. https://forms.gle/egddsvbBXDRVmXeV7 Last years butterfly release event! https://youtu.be/YLgeIJIVyjU Email butterfly release related questions to bmccain@cmitelementary.org. Grade level times to Plant Flowers in the garden are below. Kindergarten planting inside gate 10:45 am First grade planting inside gate 11:15 am Second grade planting inside gate 11:45 am Third grade outside gate 10:45-11:15 am Fourth grade outside gate 11:15-11:45 am Fifth grade 0utside gate 11:45am -12:15 pm

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