Thank you to all the parents that participated in STEM night! Please see the presentation link below: https://prezi.com/cuhnzqyk4kkk/stem-night-presentation/ Stem Fair time has arrived. In Ecology, students have began working on STEM fair questions. Questions are due by November 22nd. Questions should be written in Ecology journals and signed by parents. Please ensure all students have an Ecology journal. All students are required to complete a STEM fair project. Third through fifth graders 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. A Newsflash video with important STEM fair details. https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cqXin4U1Bk 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 STEAM Committee

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 education! Students should be completing their team projects Each Thursday during club. Students may also want to consider meeting up at additional times to work on their group project. Time is valuable!

Mrs. Mccain-Wigfall

Have you heard the great news? CMIT North Elementary School is enrolled for the 2019-2020 Spelling Bee Competition! This opportunity will be offered to fifth grade students only, as they will prepare to send one student to the Prince George's County Spelling Bee Competition on Friday March 13, 2020. More information will be provided to all 5th grade parents. We are looking forward to taking the trophy home!

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

Thank you for your support. We sold more than $11,000 worth of books! That equals over 2,500 books! Thats a lot of reading! Go tigers!

STEAM committee

This week in ELA, we will be reading A Bed for Winter and learning about sequencing and adjectives. Our sight words are: he, for Our letter of the week is Ii. We will be working with the initial and medial /i/ sound. On Thursday, we will take an assessment on adjectives In math, we will begin learning about addition. We will be learning how to put numbers together, using the plus sign, and learning addition equations. Please work on the STEM Fair projects and keep up with the deadlines given. Please send your scholar to school with a winter coat as we will be having outdoor recess as long as the weather permits. Make sure you label your child's items to keep from items being lost or taken by another. Dates to know: Nov. 21st-- Fundraiser order Pick-up Nov26th-- Harvest Celebration Nov 27-29-- No School, Thanksgiving

The Kindergarten Team

Reading - We will be reading "Turkey Trouble" by Wendi Silvano. Reading Skills: retelling, making predictions, text features Phonics: long a, spelled 'ai' Math - We are continuing to work on Chapter 1, which is solving addition and subtraction problems to 10. Science - We are continuing to learn about the Engineering Design Process. Please be on the lookout for a sign-up genius from your child's teacher about how you can help us learn about the Engineering Design Process. Social Studies - We are continuing to learn about finding places on a map. Health - We are continuing to learn about alcohol safety. On Monday, November 18, students will receive a homework assignment to "Disguise a Turkey" - just like the turkey in the story "Turkey Trouble." This assignment will be due on Monday, November 25.

First Grade Team

We are coming off a STEAMtastic week in second grade! We are currently working on a STEM activity where we use recyclable items to create our own versions of the Mayflower. Students competed to see who's book could carry the most "pilgrims" while keeping float. If you signed up for bringing donations in for second grade, please bring them in no later than Monday 11/18/19. The Signup Genius link is https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0F44A9A82DA5FE3-donations Next week, we will be continuing our reading unit on working together! The question of the week will be, "How can we work together to solve problems?" Throughout the week, we will focus on comparing and contrasting, as well as inferring. The spelling pattern for List A next week will be vowel patterns: a, ai, ay. In math, we will be finishing up topic 3 and taking the assessment. This topic focuses on adding within 100 using strategies. We will also be beginning topic 4. This topic covers fluently adding within 100. 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

We will like to thank all the parents who came out on Parent Teacher Conferences this past Monday. It was great discussing scholars' progress and action plans for continue growth.If you missed conferences and would still like to meet with your scholars teacher, please reach out to us to schedule a conference. All students should be working on their STEM project. Projects are due on December 16th. Students are also required to have a research paper to go along with their projects. Information regarding STEM Fair Projects, procedures and guidelines and be found at the following link. Please reach out to your scholar's Math/Science teachers if you have any questions. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fo6_-jK05wUNG-Mm7qwM-yNcpeLFxJCH6fkXPcIR0Us/edit?usp=sharing Gmail accounts will be issued soon. As we continue to be a forward-thinking school with technology and prepare our students for future endeavors, we are now going to utilize the gmail accounts to create lessons. If your child does not have an account they will not be able to complete the assignments. This will negatively impact your scholar as they will not be able to participate in the activities and lessons that will be assigned. Please take the time to complete the form attached below to ensure your scholar is able to keep up with the direction the school is moving. We are preparing to discuss internet expectations and responsibilities and do not want your child to be left out of the conversation. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfoSPxAtUGW7lgs3NOn55zu_aWbxYF7vv1iD6kdphlxr2cPAA/viewform?usp=sf_link We will be engaging in STEAMsgiving activities on November 26th. Students will spend the day rotating through each third grade classroom to complete Fall activities. We are in need of supplies and volunteers. Please check the sign-up genius to assist in any way you can. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0849aaa82ea0f85-steamsgiving In Reading, students will continue looking at how various text features help readers better understand the text. In Social Studies, we will be looking at landforms. In Math students will be taking Math Topic 4 Unit Test on multiplication and division. In Science, students will begin studying Force & Motion and will be creating balloon powered cars. Please check sign-up genius for materials needed. Let's have a great week on purpose!

Third Grade Team

This week in RELA students read and analyzed the trickster tale: The Fox and The Tiger. Our grammar skill was Compound Sentences. Next week, students will begin reading The Man Who Named the Clouds and focus on analyzing text features. Our grammar skill will be: Common and Proper Nouns. Please continue having students work on the skill of using text evidence. This week in Social Studies, students learned about the ways people adapt to the environment around them. Next week, students will take their Chapter 1 Social Studies Assessment, recalling information learned about Land Regions in the United States, Weather and Climate, Regions and their Resources, and adapting to the Environment. In Math this week, we had a Topic 3 Test, we are starting Topic 4 which is 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication. Students are expected to be fluent in multiplication facts -please review multiplication facts and work with your scholar on their memorization. Reminder - it is expect that students work on IXL for 30 minutes every night or until they master a skill (gold star). In Science this week, we had a STEM fair orientation with Mrs. McCain. She talked about some great ideas for the STEM fair. Please make sure that they know that there will be a trifold board and a research paper. They should mimic each other. Please review the rubric on what format should be like. Their topics were due this Friday and they will be starting their research project next week. Please ensure students are wearing winter appropriate jackets. To be worn inside, students must continue to be in uniform and are only permitted CMIT jackets in class.

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

Hello Parents! It’s mid-November already! Here is your next week- at -a glance. In math, we will continue to divide multi-digit whole numbers and decimals by two-digit divisors using different strategies. In science, we will continue to read Chapter 5 and learn about “The Spheres of the Earth and Weather”. STEAM Fair, students need to start working on their topics. All final projects must be on Tri-Fold boards, no e-projects for 5th grade will be accepted. In ELA, students will be reading the story "The Ch'i-lin Purse. We will be covering the skill of compare and contrast as well as action and linking verbs. Students will also begin reading their second quarter novel titled "Abby Takes a Stand". In Social Studies, students will review chapter 2 content in preparation for the overall chapter 2 test on Thursday. REMINDERS/UPDATES: November 15-STEAM Fair Topics due to Science Teachers November 18-IXL paper due November 19- Math Quiz (Division of Multi digit numbers) November 20- Science Quiz (Chapter 5 Lesson 3 & 4) November 19- 1st Quarter Report Cards Released November 27-29 Thanksgiving Break School Closed December 2- November Book Project Due December 6th- November STEM Project Due Thank you again for all your continuous and wonderful support!

5th Grade Team

Ecology Scholars had a great time in Ecology. We are continuing to work on STEM fair projects. Please ensure your child has a journal for next week's class. 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 practiced talking about feeling and emotions ( angry) and they built their own lego model. 3rd -5th grade students understood that drawing model is an important job of scientists, and practiced drawing models of the robot they build. Tigers did excellent class work this week. Physical Education Kindergarten-second grade students are going to be working on overhand throwing skills, ask them to show you, tell you how to do it, have them explain to you why we want to step with our opposite foot, or how they know what hand to throw with. Third-fifth grade students are to continue to use both underhand and overhand, while deciding during skill activities which throw would be more beneficial and why. Also parents, the homework will be posted this week, but the code will only work with the scholars when they are signed in via their CMIT email address. If they do not have a CMIT email, they will not be able to complete any homework and this is 10% of their grade each quarter. So no homework means the highest grade they can reach is a 90%. Technology 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 Music Every class has been working so hard on their preparations for the winter music assembly. The assembly will take place in the morning on Friday December 13th. We have a total of twelve songs and more than 20 spoken lines that are almost ready to perform! These songs and spoken words honor holidays like Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa, and other fun things about winter like snow, family time, and more. While we do not have room in our performance space for all of our parents in addition to all CMIT students, I am planning on having the concert live streamed so you can watch your student(s) sing from home or work! They've been working so hard, and some of these songs are too cute not to share. Keep your eyes peeled for the page/link for live streaming, and ask your student about their song! I love to hear that so many students are practicing at home. Media We are finishing up the book fair and will resume our media education lessons this week, thank you all who came in to help ensure that everything ran smoothly.

Creative Arts Team