During Book Character Day, students had to select a book and choose a character from the book that they would like to be. Our scholars did an excellent job expressing their creativity skills by embodying a book character. Thank you staff and students for embodying such great school spirit, making Book Character Day a tremendous success. To view more photos, please check out our school website!

Ms. Morino (Reading/Social Studies Instructional Lead Teacher)

PLEASE NOTE CLOSING DATE and LINK CORRECTION! The 2020–2021 lottery for Charter Schools opens to all on Friday, November 1, 2019! For our current parents, if your child has any siblings that are not currently enrolled into Chesapeake Math & IT North, but you wish to enroll them, you will be able to do so also starting November 1st. Please be mindful that a sibling is a brother or sister by blood, marriage, or adoption living in the same household (friends, cousins or two separate families living under the same roof do not qualify as siblings.) THE LOTTERY WILL CLOSE FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2020. PLEASE VISIT THE NEW LINK: https://pgcpsmdc.scriborder.com/family for more information

Ecola Virgil

Welcome to the 2019-2020 Mesa Club. Club attendance is mandatory. All students should register for the Johns Hopkins online website this week. Students may be dismissed from Mesa club if they miss two sessions or have two behavior infractions. Thank you for your dedication to STEM! Thank you for your support!

Mrs. Mccain-Wigfall

Stem Fair time has arrived. Students should start thinking of possible topics for their STEM fair projects. In Ecology, students have begun working on STEM fair questions. Please ensure all students have an Ecology journal. All students are required to complete a STEM fair project. Third through fifth grade must complete a traditional STEM fair project following the scientific method. Lower elementary may select a traditional project or a Model, STEM Occupation, or STEM Person (K-2 only). We are excited to see all the amazing projects again this year. STEM packets link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fo6_-jK05wUNG-Mm7qwM-yNcpeLFxJCH6fkXPcIR0Us/edit?usp=sharing Developing a question: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vx1MjP0zxQhmvbZZvXKqaiuzeDKeeprXuY-QcbXAUY0/edit?usp=sharing Video resources: A testable question https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=118&v=bqfQpURDoCo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO8oENtHv-g STEM Fair topic resources https://www.sciencefaircentral.com/students/scientific-projects https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/science-projects https://www.education.com/science-fair/

CMIT STEM Committee

Come on out and support our awesome Kuk Sool Club. It will be a generous gesture, that will benefit the club students.

Michelle Crosby, 3rd Grade Math/ Science Lead Teacher, Club Coordinator, Enrichment Coordinator

We will have our annual college and career readiness field trip to the UMD Women's Basketball game at Xfinity center on November 5, 2019. All Chaperones should plan on arriving at the school by 8:45am. We will leave at 9:00am. All scholars need to bring a clear ziploc bag with their lunch in it. More details below: https://umterps.com/news/2017/9/13/209689492.aspx

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Benora McCain

CMIT Elementary North will host an open house on the following dates: Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 9 AM to 10 AM (session #2) Saturday, January 11, 2019 at 9 AM to 10 AM (session #3) The open house will be open to the general public to allow perspective new parents to tour the school and learn about CMIT Elementary and the academic opportunities it has to offer. Be sure to share this information with friends and family.

Ecola Virgil

We have made it through the first two months and have only one week left in the first quarter of school. The last day in the first quarter is November 5th. There will be fun projects being sent home this month to spark your scholars imagination and creativity. More information will be sent out with those projects. We are also planning on having a Harvest Celebration before Thanksgiving. Information will be sent out within the next week. Parent Teacher conferences will be on November 11th. There will be a Sign up Genius link posted in the class story for you to use to sign up for your meeting times. The meeting are only for 15 minutes so please have questions prepared. Reminder: Please dress students accordingly to the weather. We will continue to have outdoor recess as long as the weather permits. Names should be written in all clothing in order to help them from getting lost. Also help us reinforce to your scholar to be responsible for their items. Next week in ELA, we will be learning about the main idea of a story, adjectives for colors and shadows, and words with initial and final /p/ sound. Our new sight words are: we, my, like Story of the week: Animal Babies In Math, we will continue to count and compare numbers and groups of 10. On Wednesday, we will take the Topic 4 Assessment. In Topic 5 we will start learning how to classify objects into categories. Upcoming Dates: November 5th- Last day of First Quarter November 6th- 3 hour early dismissal November 11th- Parent/Teacher November ?- Harvest Celebration November 27-29-- No School, Thanksgiving Break

The Kindergarten Team

Reading - We will be reading "Wemberly Worried" by Kevin Henkes. Reading skills: retelling, character traits, making predictions, and making connections Phonics: long u, silent e Math - We are starting to work on Chapter 1, which is solving addition and subtraction problems to 10. Science - We are continuing our unit on Energy, focusing on heat, light, and sound. Social Studies - We are learning about our community. Health - We are continuing to learn about tobacco safety.

First Grade Team

We are coming off an amazing week in second grade! We had an amazing time on our field trip to Clark's Elioak Farm. Thank you to all the parents that volunteered to be chaperones! Next week, we will be continuing our reading unit on working together! The question of the week will be, "Why is it a good idea to work together?" Throughout the week, we will focus on Cause and effect, as well as, story structure. The spelling pattern for List A next week will be plurals. In math, we will be continuing topic 3. This topic focuses on adding within 100 using strategies. As a reminder, it is recommended that students practice their basic addition and subtraction facts with flashcards regularly at home. Please continue to send your child to school in the correct school uniform. The only day children do not have to wear all black shoes is his/her PE day. As always, if you have any questions, please contact your child's teacher via ClassDojo. Have a great weekend and we will see everyone on Monday!

- The Second Grade Team

Students were charged with creating a community of their choice incorporating all that they have learned from our study on communities. It was amazing to see all the creative works of scholars. Great job scholars! Next week in Reading, students will be reviewing skills taught during Unit One by creating a character sketch. In Math & Science, students are finishing unit on Multiplication and Weather. Students will test next week. In Quarter 2, students will have P.E. on fun Friday. Students are to wear their P.E. uniforms on Fridays as well. This will begin on November 8, 2019. Parent Teacher Conferences is on November 11, 2019. Limited slots are available. If you would like to be with your scholar's teacher but there is no time slot that works with your schedule, please reach out to your scholar's teachers to schedule a conference at a later date. Cooper/Otunba https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0849aaa82ea0f85-parentteacher Crosby/ Jeffers https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409084aabae2aa7fd0-parent2 Important Dates to Remember November 2 Culturefest November 4 Quarter 4 ends November 5 UM Basketball Game Field Trip- Students are to bring lunch in a clear bag (ziplock). Students will not be allowed to take backpacks inside of the arena. November 6 Early Dismissal Let's have a great week on purpose!

Third Grade Team

This week in math, we worked on multi digit to single digit multiplication. We discussed the distributive property, the partial product method and the traditional method. Next week, we will be working with multiple digit multiplication to multiple digit multiplication. We will use the partial product method, traditional method and the latis method. We practiced all of these different methods, so students may find one that they are the most comfortable. This week in science class, we will be worked with the scientific method to understand how to identify and create predictions about our test subject. Our test subject were pumpkins. We created a model of what it should look like and then on Thursday we got the opportunity to practice dissection. Students tested their hypothesis. Next week, we will be starting a new chapter in Science. We will be talking about heat and energy. Information about the STEM fair will also be discussed in class. In RELA this week, students learned about Main Idea and Details while reading Letters Home from Yosemite. We also answered text dependent questions and found details to support given main ideas in the video Renewing our National Park Promise. Next, week we will work on author's purpose, while reading The Horned Toad Prince. Students did an AMAZING job on their Character Book Report Project Posters and presented them in class. Students presented their AMAZING Quarter One Survey Project this week, as well!

-Mrs. Michaela Moon, Fourth Grade Lead, Green Team Lead, Green Kiwanis Club Sponsor

Hello Parents! Welcome to November! Here is the week at a glance: In math, we will introduce division skills to our students, and continue to explore different methods and strategies to multiply whole numbers and decimals. Parents, please continue to work on math facts with your child. Knowing math facts is essential for mastery in both division and multiplication concepts. For Science, we will learn about “The Water Cycle and Weather”. This week in ELA, students will be practicing Possessive Nouns and Irregular Plurals with continuing to practice comprehension skill previously taught. Students will be introduced to vocabulary by engaging in fun activities in preparation for next week's story. Being that our 5th grade students will be attending a field trip on Tuesday and have a 3 hour early dismissal Wednesday, students will not receive homework this week! For Social Studies, students will learn about Explorers for Spain! Upcoming events: Nov. 5th – 5th Grade Field Trip Nov. 6th – 3-hour Early Dismissal November 11- Parent- Teacher Conference *Please remember to check Schoolmax weekly* Thank you so much for your support! We value your partnership. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns, we are here to help!

5th Grade Team

Music The music room is welcoming a brand new piano thanks to the families that donated to Ms. Bautch's DonorsChoose project! Tiger Musicians appreciate your support - we can't wait to use this in class every day. To keep up with music projects, Ms. Bautch's DonorsChoose will always have something fun being funded. Check it out! donorschoose.org/we-teach/6750564 Tech We have been practicing keyboarding in Technology classes. 4th-5th; https://www.typing.com/student/lessons 1st-2nd-3rd: https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/articles/z3c6tfr KG: http://www.abcya.com/kindergarten_computers.htm#more-cat Ecology Scholars had a great time in Ecology. We are starting to work on STEM fair project questions. Please ensure your child has a journal for next week's class. I will be out on Tuesday for the UMD field trip. Introductory letter: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Bav0G31iFfUhmJf_DtIBCHuzVuqDvR-m6x1GdhbUSxA/edit?usp=sharing Donor-choose link to projects: https://www.donorschoose.org/MrsMccain5thgrade?utm_source=dc&utm_medium=page&utm_campaign=teacher_profile&utm_term=teacher_2870376&rf=page-dc-2019-09-teacher_profile-teacher_2870376&challengeid=20573570&projects=true Amazon prime wishlist https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3L9K2MUA5Y1PI?ref_=wl_share Teachers pay teacher funding page: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/ClassFund/Benora-McCainWigfall-26009?utm_campaign=ClassFund%20Page Adopt a class link: https://adoptaclassroom.force.com/donors/s/designation/a1m0y000002WrEyAAK/benora-mccainwigfall Lego K-2nd grade students practice talking about some simple feeling and emotions ( fear) and they built their own lego model. They did excellent class work this week. 3rd-5th grade students have built and revise their robot, and brainstorm possible applications for the robot. Our Cmit Tigers are hard working and their imagination is very awesome. PE K-2 students will finish up working on underhand throwing and will move to more overhand throwing and activities that will build accuracy with throwing different distances. 3-5 students will start throwing and working on throwing for accuracy and distance.

Creative Arts Team

We are looking for volunteers to help the board members man the PTO table at CLF's 7th Annual Culture Fest. We will have a loaded chili station and would love to see you lend a helping hand or stop by and say hello! Please click the link below to sign up. Thanks in advance for your help! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E44AFA82EA2FB6-culture ………………………… Please mark your calendar for the following events you will not want to miss! November 8: 3-9pm, PTO Spirit Night at Chuck-E-Cheese, 936 Fairlawn Ave, Laurel, MD 20707 November 13: Chick Fil A Spirit Night November 20: 6pm PTO Meeting

CMIT Elementary PTO