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As we continue to build relationships with our families, we will host a Virtual Movie Night. This event will be held on December 18th at 6:00pm! Please sign up for Movie Night below. For our movie night we will have a STEM challenge to build a "Drive thru movie car." This car can be made out of cardboard. During movie night scholars will take a picture and tag us on social media with the hashtag #cmitnesmovienight. The best car will get a prize! Tag and Follow us at... Twitter @CMIT_Elementary Facebook @CMITNorthElementary Instagram cmit_north_elementary https://drive.google.com/file/d/19o3Unk8jDSQGCYfcr31Zc-eIjNscZy0d/view?usp=sharing https://forms.gle/HqD9WA3PJnhomBiz5

CMIT North Elementary Leadership

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gq93zRptqyaLL41VxOXS53tKyzl4rzQE/view?usp=sharing 1. Please review the STEAM Fair packet! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Izc2skjTrKVDejQHEqKCOlHSciqBfpiFUwPL5Y7SuaY/edit?usp=sharing 2. Sign up for STEAM Night. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YY_icLi_4IVFdunbjIGCjxhr6r-S9KyEySAt9WqYd10/edit?usp=sharing 3. Write down any questions you may have. https://padlet.com/BMccain/s4ut6le0is82zmjs Topics due 12/4/2020 Testable Questions - https://youtu.be/D-OD0AGib2s Scientific Method- https://youtu.be/bUa-ilQqEv0

CMIT North Elementary STEAM Committee

January 12, 2021 at 6:00pm we will have an Open House for prospective families. Please join us using the link below. https://pgcps-org.zoom.us/j/99905007393?pwd=VzMrT0pzc2I2b1cybHB6R25CeGNVdz09

CMIT North Elementary Staff

My oh my, time sure does fly. We have reached the mid-mark for the second quarter. Progress report grades will be coming out this week and you will be able to retrieve them via the SchoolMax portal. As we continue to finish the second quarter, please take advantage of the winter break to review the following skills: sight words, create reading and writing activities, and applying math strategies. Please also continue to provide them with the tools to be independent. As we continue to use various platforms throughout the school day, we encourage our scholars to be able to access them with as little help as possible. Therefore, please take the time to have them practice sharing their screen, finding pages in the book, going to different platforms, and etc. This week your scholar will review and learn the skills listed below. ELA: Introduce sight words do, you, and they. Identifying letters sounds Dd, Kk, and Oo and words that begin and end with the letters. Understanding adjectives and being able to create sentences using adjectives. Social Studies: Focus on the symbols of the State of Maryland and Washington Dc and American Heroes. Math: Identify ways to sort objects and graph the data using tally marks. Compare groups to determine which of the groups are greater/less than or equal to one another. Math assessment on sorting and classifying objects into categories on Friday, December 18th. Science: Taking a quiz on the different types of weather on Tuesday, December 15th. Learning about different weather patterns. Dates to know: Science Quiz - December 15th Math Assessment - December 18th Winter Break - December 23rd - January 1st

The Kindergarten Team

Reading - We will be doing lessons 2-5 with a focus on drama and plays. Grammar: We will focus on imperative sentences. Phonics: -al sound Math - We will finish Topic 3: Addition Facts to 20. Science - We are continuing to work on our STEM Fair projects and our Gingerbread Boat Project. Building and testing will begin/continue. Social Studies - We are learning about My State (Maryland). Health - We are starting Sanford Harmony Unit 3 to learn about Effective Communication.

First Grade Team

We had another great week in second grade! Next week in Reading, we will continue 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 "How do patterns of behavior in animals help keep their young safe?" Throughout the week, we will focus on fiction. The spelling pattern will be Long e: ee, ea, ey, y. In Math, we will continue 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 also begin planning out STEAM Fair projects! You can check the packet that was sent out for all of the different due dates! 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 want to remind parents to check SchoolMax weekly for your scholar's current standings in their classes. Encourage your scholar to stay on top of their assignments and complete their work in a timely manner. It is very easy to fall behind and we want to ensure that all scholars are successfully. Next week in Math, scholars will continue with Unit 6: Connect Area to Multiplication & Division. In Science, scholars will begin Electricity and Magnetism. In Reading, scholars will be analyzing the structure of informational texts. In Social Studies, we will continue our study 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. Students should be working on their STEM Fair Project and Research Paper. Both are due on January 19, 2021. 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. Have an awesome week on purpose!!

Third Grade Team

This week in RELA, we completed our Feathers progress check. We also began reading our first fiction text of the year. Our focus has been on plot and setting. We conducted research for our STEM fair papers and projects. Next week, we will begin writing our research essays. Please ensure your student has an approved topic and has completed background research for all parts of their project before Monday 12/14. We will continue to work with plot and setting in reading as well. In Math, we continue to work on 2 digit multiplication using the area model. Our next topic will be division. Students should continue to work on fact fluency in both multiplication and division. In Science, STEM fair topics should have been approved. Students will be working on different aspects of their project to learn about variables and data. This week in Social Studies, we reviewed Chapter 3 and took our Chapter 3 Assessment about what makes the United States government special. Next week, we will introduce Chapter 4 and learn about the United States economy and how it meets citizens needs and wants.

-Friendly Neighborhood 4th Grade Team

Hello Parents, This week our focus will be on division of multi-digit numbers by one and two digit divisors, the solar system, and nutrition. Please note that your scholar should formulate a good STEM question and be ready to begin their experiment and research after it has been approved by the teacher. It MUST be a testable question and appropriate for the given time frame allotted for the STEM Fair. STEM E-Projects are due on January 18th. Please follow the timeline in the Stem Fair packet. The packet is uploaded in Google Classroom under "class" work then “STEM Fair deadlines" for easy access. In ELA, students will be reading the story "Let Wild Animals Be Wild, Don't Release Animals Back to the Wild." This is an argumentative text. Students will work on Parts of Speech this week more specifically nouns and adverbs. In Social Studies, students will be learning about Pilgrims and Puritans in New England. Students should be able to tell the key events in establishing the colonies in New England. ***REMINDER*** 5th grade T-shirts are on sale now! If you would like your child to have a class shirt for the school year they are $9.75 and can be purchased using your MySchoolBucks account. Please fill out the form below to indicate the size your scholar needs. All shirts are in adult sizes. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf5TdfQFTFoa-QI8PimwC-jR7Q1jZmEcWpRqwiGYKpfNkcM-w/viewform?usp=sf_link Thank you all for your partnership!

Sincerely, 5th Grade Team

Hello Tigers Den! I wanted to share with you some of the fun (ok, its fun to Me!) articles that I have been reading recently, and provide some activities to go along with them! Here is an awesome article, talking about the power of our inner monologues and how we can ensure they are being used for good! (motivation, confidence, resiliency...) http://selfcontrol.psych.lsa.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/KrossJ_Pers_Soc_Psychol2014Self-talk_as_a_regulatory_mechanism_How_you_do_it_matters.pdf Here are some positive affirmation songs and follow up conversation to help support that positive self talk in your Tiger(s): Sesame Street: I Wanna Be Me Song https://youtu.be/cp51HP0eisc After listening to the song, talk about what message Cecile is trying to send. How does Cecile feel when other people are telling her how to be or who to be? How does she feel about being herself? Yes, I Can! | Animal Song For Children | Super Simple Songs https://youtu.be/_Ir0Mc6Qilo After listening to the song, talk about the different things the animals can do. How does it make them feel to list all the things they can do? Tell me about all the things that YOU can do? How does it feel to see all those things? I Am Smart: Positive Self-Talk that gives Children Self Confidence Consider playing this song in two parts. The first part is touches on different affirmations (called affies in the song). The second part touches on being smart. https://youtu.be/YmY4g27k73k Sesame Street: Will.i.am Sings "What I Am" https://youtu.be/cyVzjoj96vs After listening to the song, talk about the different things that Will.i.am can do. What do the animals tell him he is? How does Will.i.am feel? Why do you think that is? Next, have students finish their own sentence starter: I am … How does it make them feel to list all the good things they are?

Graciously, Your School Counselor [Mrs. Whitney Green]

Physical Education: We will complete our rolls/weight transfers this week, along with jumps and landings. Students will need space to move again this week. They may also need a softer floor if possible or the use of pillows, blankets, or mats. Students will be receiving their first independent activity next week so please be on the look out for that activity on Wednesday, December 16th. Students also have the jumping and landing week 15 quiz due on Tuesday, December 15th. Ecology: This week in Ecology students explored Reptiles. Next week, students will be making play-doh. https://jinxykids.com/super-easy-play-dough-recipe-flour-salt-oil-water/ Attachment above has the ingredients you will need to make play-doh. Music: Students have been enjoying watching The Nutcracker and making predictions in the story based on musical clues. We will be playing Nutcracker GUESS WHO? next week in the Land of Sweets with 2nd - 5th graders...WHO is dancing to this music? What instruments or musical elements give you musical clues to make that connection? Kindergarten and first grade will be doing a Sugar Plum Fairy movement activity to pair with The Nutcracker. Technology: 3-5 practiced: Code a Cartoon with Scratch: Bring some of your favorite Cartoon Network characters to life by coding your own animation. Add more characters and make them jump, fly, and talk. https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/331474033/editor/?tutorial=code-cartoon Keyboarding: Home Row: This engaging and interactive digital lesson provides direct instruction and practice in the area of basic keyboarding techniques needed to type using the home row keys. The learners gain knowledge about proper finger placement and posture. K-2 practiced: Introduction to Digital Citizenship: Cyberbullying: This colorful and engaging video introduces students to the basics of dealing with cyberbullying on the internet. Media/Library: Kindergarten and 1st grade: Students will compare and contrast familiar stories with a newer version of a story. This week they will use Jack and the Beanstalk. 2nd and 3rd grade: Students will listen to and respond to literature in a group setting. Scholars will explore stories navigating student life using cartoons. 4th and 5th Grade: Students will continue, “Is it Cyberbullying?” After completing the lesson, students will be able to: identify strategies for dealing with cyberbullying and how they can be upstanders for those being bullied. Lego: K-2nd grade students will build their lego model then they explain the reasoning behind the model that he or she has built. Next week, our topic will be winter sport. 3-5th grade students will continue using simple loops, and will deepen their understanding on why it is important to use loops. They will complete challenge 30 on Coding Adventure.

Creative Arts Team