THIS IS A FRIENDLY REMINDER MESSAGE Your scholar(s) has participated in the Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook (SRRH) review with their teacher(s). Please review the Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook with your child. After you have reviewed the Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook and the Code of Student Conduct with your child, please complete the attached form for EACH of your child(ren) at school: Acknowledgement Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfzlmjrA8Ej4vX5BdyAb4PwFln8GCP6dBf2d_RfZ-9dQEjT6g/viewform?usp=sf_link Thank you For quick reference, you may access the handbook at: https://offices.pgcps.org/student_rights_responsibilities.htm (IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED A RESPONSE PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT AGAIN. YOUR RESPONSE HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND RECORDED)

Mrs Virgil, Principal Secretary

CMIT North Elementary has implemented a Google form for submission of student absences. This Google form makes it more efficient to capture reported absences and store doctor notices. Effective October 26, 2020 this form MUST BE USED in reporting your student(s) absences. A parent written or doctor's note can be uploaded directly into the form. Late or make-up work will not be accepted unless the absence is an excused absence and a form has been completed within three (3) days once your child returns to instruction. Below is the link to the form. Click here to access the form: https://forms.gle/v2ZL6VfACUeFLSCZA For questions regarding student absences please email attendance@cmitelementary.org. Thank you in advance for your understanding and patience as we work on more efficient practices.

Mrs Virgil, Principal Secretary

Each school year Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) requires parents/guardians to fill out a Publicity Release form for each student. Throughout the school year PGCPS and the Prince George’s County Board of Education conduct activities that may be publicized by local or national news media or used to promote the school system. Publicity activities include interviews, photographs or videos of individuals or groups of students, or student works (including, but not limited to, artistic works, athletic activities, performances and competitions) that may be used in websites, social media such as Facebook and Twitter, print or online publications, or videos. This is a friendly reminder that IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO, please fill out the attached Electronic PGCPS 2020-21 SY Publicity Release Form by checking only one of the boxes to GRANT or NOT GRANT PERMISSION. This Form will remain in effect through September 2021. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1u5EjL_KSPRWIzwMXkpX3ULCFdPJOpRDLPFjBXXvIrok/edit (IF YOU HAVE ALREADY FILLED OUT THE FORM PLEASE DO NOT FILL IT OUT AGAIN. YOUR SUBMISSION HAS ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED AND RECORDED)

Mrs Virgil, Principal Secretary

CMIT North Elementary Yearbooks for the 2019-2020 school year are here and available for purchase for 1st through 5th grade elementary students as well as the 6th grade middle school students. Purchases should be made online through MySchoolBucks. In the search bar type CMIT NES to see the CMIT NES 2019-2020 SY Yearbook option to make a payment. A Sign-Up Genius link will go out after purchases have been made. There is a limited supply of the yearbooks; therefore, purchase availability is on a first come first served basis. Payments will be accepted beginning Friday, November 6th through Friday, November 20th. CLICK HERE: https://www.myschoolbucks.com/

Mrs Virgil, Principal Secretary

The 2021-2022 Charter Schools Lottery will be available from Monday, November 2, 2020 through Friday, January 29, 2021. If your child has any siblings that are NOT currently enrolled into Chesapeake Math & IT North Elementary, but you wish to enroll them, you may complete the application now at https://pgcpsmdc.scriborder.com/. 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 2021-2022 charter school lottery application is for “NEW” incoming students who are NOT currently enrolled (if your scholar is currently enrolled in CMIT Math & IT North Academy (K-12), this will not apply to you). CLICK HERE TO BEGIN THE APLLICATION: https://pgcpsmdc.scriborder.com/

Mrs Virgil, Principal Secretary

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CMIT North Elementary staff

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CMIT North Elementary staff

The Book Fair will be available from 11/2/2020 through 11/15/2020. This event is virtual. All book only purchases of at least $25 will earn free shipping! Lets read, read, read! https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/homepage.do?method=homepage&url=chesapeakemathanditelement

STEAM committee

It is hard to believe, but we are officially in the second quarter of the school year. First quarter was full of challenges and learning new platforms and we are proud to say that we did it. Thank you for your patience and persistence. We will be giving out information about the school STEM Fair Project soon, if you have not already received it. This project will happen over the course of 2 months. This week in ELA, we will be learning about: Print awareness, author purpose, and expressing the ideas of a story. We will also work on using letter sound relationships to decode, including VC, CVC, CCVC, and CVCC words. Our sight words will be: me, with, for Focus letters: Bb, Rr This week in Math, we will be learning about: Counting and writing the number 10 How to use counting patterns to solve problems Review number sequence This week in Science, we will learn about: Sunlight and the earths surface. How does the sun warm up the earth. Why is there day an night. Answer various questions the students have about the sun. This week in Social Studies, we will learn about: We will continue learning about what makes a good citizen and start learning about people and what made them good citizens. Dates to know: Nov 13: Dojo Celebration Nov 16: ELA- unit 1, week 5, progress check up test Nov 17: Math Topic 3 Assessment Nov 17: Science Topic 3 Assessment (due to change) Nov 24: Harvest Celebration Nov 25-27: NO SCHOOL....Happy Thanksgiving

The Kindergarten Team

Reading - We will be continuing informational texts. Grammar: We will be making sentences with nouns, adjectives, and verbs. Phonics: silent e with u (u_e) Math - We will be continuing on Topic 15: Equal Shares of Circles and Rectangles. Science - We are starting our quarterly unit on the Engineering Design Process. Social Studies - We are learning about Our Community with relative locations-learning how to read maps. Health - We are continuing Sanford Harmony Unit 2 to learn about Empathy and Critical Thinking.

First Grade Team

We had a terrific tenth week in second grade! Next week in Reading, we will begin Unit 2: Nature's Wonders. The big question for the unit is "What patterns do we see in nature?" The question of the week is "What patterns can we notice in a garden?" Throughout the week, we will focus on informational text. The spelling pattern will be contractions. In Math, we will begin Topic 3. This topic covers 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. If you have any questions, please contact your child's teacher via ClassDojo. Have a terrific weekend and we will see everyone on Monday!

- The Second Grade Team

We are moving into quarter two and looking forward to seeing students grow academically in all subject areas. Moving forward, we want to encourage students to complete assignments during the time allotted and to turn assignments in once completed. Checking SchoolMax weekly is recommended to keep abreast on your scholar's progress in all areas. If your scholar is having an issue with submitting an assignment, please encourage him/her to let the teacher know. For students experiencing technology or loading issues, please make sure that they only have tabs that are necessary for class opened. Next week in Math, students will finish up applying properties of multiplication and take the assessment on 11/10. In Science, students will end the unit on Force & Motion and take the assessment on 11/12. In Reading, students will analyze descriptive language in myths. In Social Studies, students will begin Chapter 2 on Economics. We just want to share with families that Class Dojo is our main communication platform to share information with families quickly. Please check Class Dojo daily for any updates and new information shared. Also, Wednesday small group schedules are posted in Google Classroom for Math & Reading. Please keep in mind that your scholar may be meeting with both teachers on Wednesdays. Schedules are updated weekly. Let's have a great week on purpose!

Third Grade Team

In Social Studies this week, we explored how the USA became a world power after the Civil War. Next week, we will be learning about immigration in American history and analyzing how timelines help us better understand historical events. In RELA this week, we finished reading Life at the Top. We focused on text features and making predictions. Next week, we will begin reading "Barbed Wire Baseball." This is a biography. We will be focusing on summarizing a text and wrapping up our focus on text structure. In Science, we started Topic 2: Human Uses of Energy. In section 2-1 Energy Conversions, we talked about the different forms of Energy and how they are collected/distributed. Next week, we will talk about 2-2 Non-Renewable Energy Sources and will focus on fossil fuels, natural gas, and coal. STEM fair is coming. We will be participating in STEM day on Monday, November 1,6 make sure fresh materials are stocked in your Makerspace! In Math, we are finishing up topic 7 and will be taking the end of topic assessment on Monday November 9. We will then start 2 digit x 1 digit multiplication, Topic 4. Parents, if your scholar is not fluent with their multiplication facts please encourage them to learn them. Scholars who know their facts tend to comprehend multi digit multiplication much more readily. IXL and Prodigy are great tools to work on these skills. Make sure to complete extra practice time.

-Friendly Neighborhood 4th Grade Team

Hello Parents, Welcome to week 10. First quarter is now behind us! These are our topics for this week: For Math, we will be continuing multiplying whole numbers by one-digit and two-digit numbers. In Science, we will be finishing up the chapter on Earth’s Systems. In Health, we will start the chapter of “You are What you eat.” This covers investigating the basic nutritional guidelines, different nutritional needs throughout the lifetime, illnesses associated with food handling, and advocating for nutritional health. As for Reading, students will begin Unit 2 : Observations. They will read their story of the week "From Far from Shore." Students will work on the skill Open and Closed Syllables V/CV and VC/V. For Social Studies, students will be learning about the Columbian Exchange. Upcoming Events: Fast 1 Science test – Nov. 16th Have a wonderful week everyone and please continue to check grades on SchoolMax.

Sincerely, 5th Grade Team

First quarter has gone by so fast and the team would like to thank the parents for helping us teach your children in this tough time. We look forward to an even smoother 2nd quarter with more fun and learning in the creative arts lessons. PHYSICAL EDUCATION: K-5 students will continue to work on throwing and catching. PLEASE allow your scholars to have space for class. They will need a soft ball or a rolled up sock to throw and catch with; a laundry basket, bucket, bin, or large bowl; tape, paper. I will be posting a video this weekend on Google Classrooms for what students will need for PE as well. TECHNOLOGY: 3-5 practiced: Hardware Fundamentals: Scanner During this engaging and interactive digital lesson, the learners receive direct instruction and practice using a scanner for images or objects, saving a scanned image as a file, identifying components such as the scanning surface and scanning beam, and understanding how a scanner works. K-2 practiced: Keyboarding: Cursor, Arrows, and Tab In this engaging and interactive digital lesson, the learners receive direct instruction and practice with keyboarding using the cursor, arrows, tab, backspace, and delete keys as they move the cursor, remove text, and create large spaces. MEDIA: Due to multiple days off last week, students were not able to complete the assignments. Kindergarten and 1st Grade: Students will use stories to gather information to continue to sequence and find the main idea. 2nd and 3rd Grade: Students will continue the lesson - Ouch that hurts - The Power of Word and begin the correlating assignments. 4th and 5th Grade: Using information from Online Safety- Password Power-Up, students will display the skills learned by completing assigned worksheets. Reminder: Our scholars should read for 15 – 30 minutes about 3-5 times a week. Please make sure the students have a notebook dedicated to Library and Media. SPANISH: This week we are going to continue reviewing and practicing the following thematic unit: - The seasons and the weather. - Students will be able to interpret and communicate interpersonally the different seasons and types of weather. We will learn the vocabulary in context by practicing the words in small conversations and by doing some interpretative reading activities. Remember to complete the tasks in Rockalingua. LEGO: We have passed the introductory part of Coding Adventure. Our 3-5th grade students now hold basic programming skills. Next week, we will focus on loops. There are different kinds of loops, like "for loop" and "until loops," but first we will learn how to use a simple loop. Our Lego club is on Monday at 3:00pm. For the last two weeks, we have had a club with 1st graders. I have sent the Zoom link through Class Dojo ( Lego club). Please use this link to join the club if your child is in a Lego club. MUSIC: Kindergarten, first, and second grade learned about the music and traditions of La Dia de los Muertos this past week - we loved making connections to the movie "Coco!" Third and fourth graders have packed a lot of new content into the last few weeks, GREAT JOB! They'll be playing multiple surprise review games collaboratively to test their knowledge. Fifth grade has done incredible work discussing the music used in protest and propaganda in US history. They will finish this unit and work collaboratively on review games as a reward for their hard work. I am so proud of them! ART: Visual Arts class has made a couple of adjustments for the 2nd quarter. Tigers will be using "Padlet" to supplement their Google classroom. This platform should provide a more efficient uploading process for artwork.

Creative Arts Team