Please be advised that ALL school visits must be scheduled by appointment ONLY (NO WALK-INS). Appointments will be available on Mondays, Tuesday, Thursday, and Fridays between the hours of 8:00 AM - 1:30 PM. Please communicate with the appropriate personnel you would like to schedule an appointment with. Thank you.

Mrs. Virgil, Principal Secretary

Please remember the absence form MUST NOW BE USED in reporting your student(s) absences (ANY absences to include hybrid in-person absences, appointments, early dismissals, tardies, or technical difficulty). A parent written or doctor's note should 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 (or the form can be accessed on the school website at http://cmitelementary.org/ >> PARENTS tab >> SCHOOL FORMS) For questions regarding student absences please email attendance@cmitelementary.org.

Mrs. Virgil, Principal Secretary

Please adhere to the modified hybrid schedules shared by teachers. Students have an adjusted schedule for the fourth quarter hybrid model. Thank you!

CMIT-NES Leadership

FIRST GRADE PARENTS: Please read the attached letter from Dr. White, Chief Academic Officer, regarding i-Ready Diagnostic testing. Please be sure that your scholar is prepared for testing to begin next week. If they are testing out of the building, please ensure that your scholar has a quiet place to work while on camera and a pair of headphones.

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Your Resident Testing Team! Mrs. Brooks-Curry and Ms. Crosby

We are a week into the last quarter of the school year. There will be a great deal of information coming your way over the next several weeks, so make sure you are keeping an eye out in your emails and on dojo for information. We are starting to prepare for our promotion ceremony at the end of the year. Your scholar's teacher will be asking for information from you as well as photos of your scholars to be emailed to the class liaisons. There will also be a poem and a song sent to you in order for you to help your scholar memorize the material. Teachers will ask for your assistance in filming your scholar singing the song and reciting the poem in the coming month. We are moving right along with hybrid learning. Thank you again for your patience and understanding as we have been working through connectivity issues and other tech issues. We ask that you stay patient as we continue to troubleshoot and work through issues. Make sure that you are checking your scholars class story in dojo for updates that may occur throughout the day (ex. moving from Zoom to Google Meet). NOTE: THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE TO THE SCHEDULE. SCIENCE IS NOW AT 1:10. Make sure your scholar is logging on at 1:10 for science. If you log in following the old schedule, your scholar will miss class and assignments. April 22nd is Earth Day. I encourage you to find a simple activity to do with your scholar that helps promote the earth's health. Example, pick up trash around your house, plant flowers/trees. Create a habitat for birds or other living things in your neighborhood. This week in ELA we will: Learn sight words: all, now, pretty Learn long and short /u/ Learn synonyms, personal narrative Continue learning about non fiction This week in Math we will: Review Topic 10- finding parts of numbers 11-19 Take the Topic 10 assessment (on SAVVAS) Learn to count to 30 using patterns and start to count to 100 by ones and tens This week in Social Studies we will: Learn about resources and what they are. How we used them in the past and how we use them now Discuss how to keep our earth's resources safe Discuss recycling This week in Science we will: Take a quiz on the Needs of People Start learning about life cycles Dates to know: April 20--Topic 10 assessment April 20-- Needs of People quiz April 29-- Social studies assessment May 10-14-- MAP Fluency

The Kindergarten Team

In ELA, we're finishing Unit 4 and reviewing before taking our Unit Assessment. In phonics this week, we're focusing on -aw/-au. In grammar, we're working on adverbs. In Math, we're continuing Topic 7: extending the counting sequence. In Science, we're working on our Life Science Unit and learning about the life cycle of a plant. In Social Studies, we are learning about Indigenous culture. In Health, we're back to Sanford Harmony Unit 4: Problem Solving. Please note, we will be taking the i-Ready diagnostic test this week. More information will follow!

First Grade Team

We had a fantastic week in Second Grade! It is great to see some familiar faces in person again! Next week in Reading, we will continue Unit 4: "Making a Difference." The big question for the unit is "Why is it important to connect with other people?" The question of the week is "How can people work together to solve a problem?" Throughout the week, we will focus on biographies. The spelling pattern will be Prefixes un-, re-, pre-, dis-. In Math, we will begin Topic 9. This topic covers numbers to 1,000. 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 great weekend and we will see everyone on Monday!

- The Second Grade Team

Just a friendly reminder to check SchoolMax weekly for your scholar's current standings in all of 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 successful. As a reminder, scholars will have an opportunity to resubmit assignments to improve their grades. Weekly grades will be entered by Sunday at midnight. Parents will have until Wednesday to request a redo of an assignment. Resubmissions must be submitted by the following Sunday. If an assignment is not eligible for a redo, teachers will put "not eligible for redo" in the assignment description. Next week scholars will be starting topic 11, Use Operations with Whole Numbers to Solve Problems. Students will take the assessment on 4/22 and 4/23. In Science, scholars will begin Topic 5 Life Cycle Traits and take a quiz on 4/22 and 4/23. In Reading, scholars will explore the theme of Heroes by working collaboratively to research and write an opinion speech about why it is important to take advantage of opportunities to be heroic. In Social Studies, we will continue with Chapter 5 Citizenship and Civic Engagement. Please remind your scholar to log back into class at the designated time so that they are not missing out on instruction. Our time is limited with students and we would like to maximize our time with students. Please encourage your scholar to log in to Zoom on time for every class. We also 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. Have an awesome week... on purpose!!

Third Grade Team

This week in RELA, we finished our unit on Thunder Rose and we practiced finding the theme of texts. Next week, we will begin our new unit on reading drama stories. We will also continue working on our Writing Unit on opinion writing. This week in Social Studies, we finished Ch. 7 on the Midwest Region of the United States. Next week, we will begin our unit on the SouthWest region of the United States. This week in Math, we finished our topic on decimals. Our next topic is about line plots and interpreting data. This week in Science, we are finishing up the topic on Earth forms and fossils. Our next topic will be internal structures and functions of plants.

Your friendly neighborhood 4th grade team

Good Morning, Our focus in Science this week is the Solar System. In Math, we will divide whole numbers by fractions, and divide fractions by fractions. For Health, our topic is the Respiratory System. In ELA this week, students will read a biography that covers the liberties of African Americans within the United States. They will learn about the hardships faced trying to obtain the same liberties as their counterparts in the south. Within the biographical study, students will need to tell what structure the paragraphs are written in. Students will also cover the skill of irregular verbs. In Social Studies, students will learn that even though conditions were difficult for the patriots they were determined to fight the loyalist for their independence. *****REMINDER******** ****5th Grade VIRTUAL Graduation form**** If you have not done so already, please complete the form giving permission for your child's photo to be displayed during our ceremony. 1. The form is asking for a publicity release so that I may include your child's photo in our end of year slideshow. 2. I ask that you submit ONE clear photo of your scholar to be displayed and included within the slideshow of the fifth graders. 3. If you DO NOT wish to have your child's photo displayed to others I ask that you have them create a bitmoji of themselves so that they are still included within the presentation. 4. Please DO NOT include both a photo AND a bitmoji. I only need one. If you give a picture I will take that over a bitmoji. If you should have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out to me at jsmiley@cmitelementary.org. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd1o8N7RU0BhKZ8S8H8p3sWCFCbQ0EZPYSywe78Su7p-4jTtg/viewform?usp=sf_link Please continue to check SchoolMax. Have a great week everyone and thank you for your continuous support!

Sincerely, 5th Grade Team

Technology: K-2 practiced: Computational Thinking: Patterns The learners receive direct instruction and practice recognizing and analyzing simple patterns to predict what comes next or what is missing from the pattern. They will be introduced to computational thinking and how computers use programs and software to analyze patterns and solve problems in this engaging and interactive digital lesson. 3-5 practiced: Tynker Coding-Programing 1A A puzzle-based introduction to coding concepts for beginners where they learn sequencing, pattern recognition, loops, and conditional logic. Media: Kindergarten and 1st grade: After listening to a text, students will distinguish between fact and fiction. They will draw a picture of a fact or fiction part of their day. This is a two-week lesson. 2nd and 3rd grade: The students will continue to recall facts from the E-book series to answer comprehension questions over the next few weeks. The students have 3 more books left in the series. 4th and 5th Grade: Using various resources, students will focus on how viewers read a work of art as a text. They will complete a photo analysis worksheet after reviewing the work of art with their group. This is a two-week lesson. Encourage students to read for 15 - 30 minutes 3-4 times a week and ask questions about what they are reading. Our greatest natural resource is in the minds of children. – Walt Disney Spanish: Buenos dias! We are already in the 4th quarter! K - 2nd: we are still learning about different types of fruits, its colors and expressing whether you like it or not. We are going to complete different types of activities: - reading and listening - vocabulary - conversation - writing 3rd - 5th: we are learning about words related to spring. Next week, we will complete a Google slide project in which students will create sentences and insert pictures related to spring. Have a nice week! Adios! Lego: K-2nd grade students will build their lego model then explain the reasoning behind the model that he or she has built. Next week, our topic will be "Earth Week" 3-5th grade: We started working with arrays. Arrays are a central and important part of programming and are used very often. Students will understand the concept of an array and its elements.We complete challenges 50-55. Music: Tigers in grades 1 and 3 finished their Fairy Tales unit this past week and grade 2 is about to begin! What a blast it's been allowing the music to ignite our imaginations. Grades 4 and 5 are beginning a "Soundtrack to My Life" playlist project, where they compile songs to fit a mood or their personality into a custom Apple Music/Spotify playlist template. Kindergarteners are experimenting with color, shapes, and sound after learning about the artist Kandinsky. I am loving the creativity among our scholars lately! Keep it up! Physical Education: 2-5 Students have started working on fitness testing. They are working on the pre-test and setting goals for the upcoming fitness test scheduled for this week. Students have been doing a great job setting realistic goals for themselves. K-1 Students are also working on fitness, but we are adding in some math facts with fitness this week. We as a team look forward to continuing to work with your scholars during 4th quarter. Thank you parents for supporting your children during this school year. We appreciate your support!!!

Creative Arts Team