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

Congratulations to the MESA club on their win of second place in Storybook Theme-Park Ride, wearable technology, expandable device, and app development. We are so proud of all our scholars!

Mrs. Mccain-Wigfall

Do you have some important news you want to share with your school family? Share it on the form below! We want to hear about all your accomplishments in and out of school. https://clfmd.org/main/clf-spotlight/

CMIT Content Creator

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

Join us for our Virtual Talent show at 6:00pm on April 30, 2021. Please send your pre-record presentation to bmccain@cmitelementary.org no later than April 24, 2021!

CMIT Content Creator

Continue to keep an eye out for important information regarding our promotion ceremony in June. If you have not already done so, let your scholar's teacher know your scholar's shirt size and if they may use your scholar's image during the promotion presentation. We are in the final stretch of the year with only 7 weeks left. The updated last day of school is June 15th with June 14th and 15th being half days. In May, we will be taking our final MAP Fluency assessment the week of May 10th. Later in the month, we will take the final reading and math MAP assessments. This week in ELA we will: Review short and long /u/ and start learning about the short and long /e/ Review fiction, characters, and setting We will also review nouns, verbs, and adjectives This week in Math we will: Continue learning to count to 50 and 100 using patterns This week in Social Studies we will: Finish learning about neighborhoods Take an assessment for chapter 4: lessons 4, 5, and 6 This week in Science we will: Learn about the life cycle of plants and start learning about the life cycle of butterflies. Dates to know: April 29--Social Studies assessment May 10-14---MAP Fluency May 13--No School

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 -ew/-eu//ui. In grammar, we're working on conjunctions. In Math, we're continuing Topic 7: extending the counting sequence. In Science, we're working on our Life Science Unit and learning about pollination. In Social Studies, we are learning about immigrants. In Health, we're starting Sanford Harmony Unit 5: Peer Relationships. Please note, we will be taking the MAP Fluency, and MAP Reading and Math coming up. More information will follow! This week, we will also have a guest speaker from Camp Schmidt to talk more about pollination. Ms. Hutchins and Ms. Psyhojos class will have this speaker on Thursday 4/29, and Mr. Brilliantes and Ms. Lewis' class will have this speaker on Friday 4/30!

First Grade Team

We had an amazing week in Second Grade! 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 you get involved to improve your community?" Throughout the week, we will focus on persuasive text. The spelling pattern will be Syllable Pattern VCCV In Math, we will continue 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

We have entered the final quarter of Third Grade. We are almost finished. Let's continue to encourage our scholars to continue to work hard and finish the year strong. 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 14 Solve Time, Capacity, and Mass Problems. In Science, scholars will continue Topic 5 Life Cycle Traits. In Reading, scholars will take the Unit 3 Progress Check and begin Unit 4 Events. In Social Studies, we will finish 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 learned about the Elements of Drama while reading La Culebra. We also wrote our rough drafts of our Opinion Essays. Next week, we will read Secret of the Winter Count and practice inferring theme and making connections in historical fiction. We will begin editing our Opinion Essay rough drafts. This week in Social Studies, we started our new unit about the SouthWest region of the United States. Next week, we will continue studying the culture and history of the SouthWest region. This week in Math we are finishing up line plots. Students will review next week and take an end of topic assessment either Thursday 4/29 or Friday 4/30 depending on which day they have math. Our next topic will be on measurement. Students will need a ruler so please make sure your scholar has access to one. This week in Science we finish up learning about the internal structures of plants. Our next topic will be on the external structures of plants.

-Friendly Neighborhood 4th Grade Team

Hello parents! We are almost there, full steam ahead with 4th quarter. Here is your week at a glance. In Math, we are working on dividing fractions and will close this short chapter with a chapter test at the end of the week. Students should know how to divide fractions with whole numbers, mixed numbers, and improper fractions. In addition recognize them in a word problem. This is Topic 9 in Savvas. In Science, we will continue to learn about our solar system which includes patterns in the sky such as the constellations and the phases of the moon. In addition, students should understand how solar and lunar eclipses form. In Health, we will talk about the respiratory system and continue with our Harmony Health Curriculum focused on building an interactive and inclusive class environment. In Reading, students will be reading the historical fiction "Ezekiel Johnson Goes West." Students will continue to work on the skill latin roots and revisit indefinite pronouns. In Social Studies, students will be working on Chapter 5, Lesson 5 Winning Independence. ****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 Reminder: Check SchoolMax weekly

5th Grade Team

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Graciously, Your School Counselor [Mrs. Whitney Green]

Greetings CMIT Tigers, Technology: K-2 practiced - Computational Thinking: Directions The learners receive direct instruction and practice with computational thinking and using directions as a list of ordered steps that explain how to accomplish a task, achieve a goal, or solve a problem. They collect and organize information to create a set of directions that they test for accuracy and completeness in this engaging and interactive digital lesson. 3-5 practiced - Tynker Coding: Sequencing A puzzle-based introduction to coding concepts for beginners where they learn sequencing, pattern recognition, loops, and conditional logic. Music: Fourth and fifth grade musicians are creating playlists and using music to describe and express feelings. It's so fun to learn about their musical tastes and what feelings they attribute to musical genres. First and third graders just finished up their Fairy Tales unit, and will be moving on to musical articulations. Second graders finally got to begin their Fairy Tales and will be finishing next week. Kindergarteners are hard at work preparing songs for kindergarten promotion - they are so excited for grown ups to hear! Media: Kindergarten and 1st grade: After listening to an E-series, students will answer comprehension questions. 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 2 more books left in the series. 4th and 5th Grade: Using various resources, students will continue to 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. 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 Lego: K-2nd grade students will build their lego model then explain the reasoning behind the model that he or she has built. 3-5th grade: We are working with arrays. Students will understand the concept of an array and its elements.They will learn how to use indexes to access array elements. They will complete challenges 55-60. Art: Tigers are being encouraged to focus on their craftsmanship and presentation as they finish their projects and create video artist statements. Emphasizing the importance of neatness, details, and completeness before reflecting on their work. Physical Education: Students will continue to work on Fitness Testing and we will complete the test this week. In the month of May, we will start to work on volleying. Thank you for allowing your children to move around freely at home this year, it has been so much fun to watch on Zoom.

Creative Arts Team

Greetings CMIT Tigers! It's almost time for our Monthly PTO Meeting! Join us Wednesday, April 28th at 6pm via Zoom for our meeting. Please use the link below to preregister for the meeting and receive the Zoom information. The meeting will be from 6-7pm and as a thank you for your attendance your scholar(s) will receive 10 Dojo points! Meeting preregistration Information: You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: Apr 28, 2021 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwsd-mpqz4uGtXSK7CT6fF7pbyjpeD36ObF After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. We hope to see you next week!

PTO