Greetings CMIT Families, Please click the link below for the November Principal Tiger Den Monthly Update. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lLYb5B3VTO6r56RJ4LNwA9c9LRLVm9QA/view?usp=sharing

Dr. Fryson

CMIT North Elementary was ranked in the top 30% of Maryland elementary schools on the Best Schools Report. For charter schools, CMIT North Elementary was ranked #3 in the state of Maryland. Thank you, Dr. Fryson for your leadership.

Program Coordinator

Hello Tiger Family, Below is the Zoom link to preregister for all of the PTO general body meetings for this school year. They all start at 6pm and will last for about an hour, sometimes less. Your scholar will receive 10 Dojo points when you attend and sign-in. The Dojo points will be given to your scholar by the PTO Teacher Rep. The link below allows you to preregister for the meetings and adds the Zoom link to your calendar so it's easier to log on. Thanks to those of you that attended on Wednesday and we are looking forward to seeing you at our next meeting! You are invited to preregister for a Zoom meeting. When: Nov 17, 2021 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Register in advance for this meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvcOCrrDgtGtFR3oXP1mTjqr8UaC9A8lH4 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

PTO

Thank you CMIT families! We raised over $31,000 for our 1st Annual Read-A-Thon!! What an amazing job! With these funds we’ll be able to provide more curriculum enrichment, technology, and classroom supplies, including making sure each homeroom has a smart board! To celebrate, today each scholar has received a coupon for a free Frosty Jr. from Wendy’s! --

PTO

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CMIT North Elementary staff

The online book fair will be available from 11/5-11/18 https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/homepage.do?method=homepage&url=chesapeakemathanditelement1 Free shipping on book orders over $25!

Program Coordinator

The CMIT Tigers 3rd Annual (Virtual) Health Awareness and Fitness Day will take place on October 30, 2021 from 9am-1pm. Join us for an INCREDIBLE day of Virtual Activities, conversations regarding mental health, yoga, healthy breakfast demonstration, and the MOST Memorable Guest Speakers! Last year, Olympic Champion Jackie Joyner Kersee was one of our special guests. We can't wait to hear from this year's special guest. Who will it be? Stay tuned, you wouldn't want to miss it! Please register https://pgcps-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEqce-hrjksG9F1173gQdJLPY8FbvX3Ys7J During the event and in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we will also raise awareness and funds to support the Ora Lee Cancer Research Foundation. You will hear information about the organization and the founder Dr. Haydiah Nicole Green. Don't forget to mark your calendar! Hope to see you there! https://www.pledge.to/cmit-elementary-9071

Health and Wellness Committee

We have made it through another calendar month and almost through the first quarter of kindergarten. The last day of the first quarter is November 16th. We are moving along in our curriculum which means we have started doing the various curriculum lesson quizzes and Topic/Unit Assessments. Scholars have been doing a great job learning how to navigate to their Google Classroom and other various platforms. Make sure that you continue to label all of your scholar's materials with first and last names and if possible grade level. Again, this will help ensure that your scholars get their items back if found and also make them identifiable in the lost and found. This is more important as we move into the colder months and jackets, glove, hats, etc. are being sent with your scholar to school. If you wish for your scholar to have a snack, you can send them with a peanut free snack. The school does not provide snacks for snack time. This week in ELA we will: -Workbook pages 192-198 and 206-208 -Learn sight words: she, see, look -Review short /i/ and short/a/ -Continue learning about author's purpose. -Take the Unit 1 Assessment This week in Social Studies we will: -Take the Chapter 1 Assessment -Start Chapter 2 on National and American Symbols -Discuss what it means to be an American This week in Math we will: -Workbook pages 121-129 and 141-148 -Topic 3 Assessment -Compare groups to 10 -Compare numerals up to 10 This week in Science we will: -Learn about the 5 senses: What are the 5 senses and how we can use them to observe and learn about the world and objects around us Dates to know: Nov. 16-- Last day of 1st quarter Nov 17-- 2 hr early dismissal Nov 24-26-- No School. Thanksgiving Break

The Kindergarten Team

Hello First Grade Families: Reminders: Please be sure that your child is connected to their teacher's Google Classroom, if you have any questions reach out to your child's teacher directly. Homework is assigned on Monday and should be uploaded no later than 3:25 p.m. on Friday (or the last day of the school week). Your student should have their charged PGCPS issued device, charger, and 1 set of headphones daily. Please use a sticky to add their username and password to their device so that students are able to log in. Please contact help@cmitelementary.org if you have any questions or issues concerning technology. Students need to have at least 3 sharpened pencils, 1 sharpener, 1 box of crayons, 1 pair of scissors, 1 glue stick, 2 folders, 3 composition books, 1 personal hand sanitizer, and at least 1 extra mask in their backpack daily. Please be sure to contact your child's teacher directly (via email or dojo) if dismissal plans change. Please follow proper protocols if your child is not feeling well and complete the Frontline health check before your child comes into the school building. Looking ahead to next week: Reading/ELA Unit 2: Essential Question: How do living things grow and change? Story: " The Life of a Frog" Genre: Information Text. Phonics: Initial Consonant blends, Final Xx /ks/ Literacy: Finding Main Idea and Important Details Language and Conventions: Simple Sentences; Sentences with consonant blends Math: Topic 3: Addition Facts to 20. Using Strategies to Add: Adding with a number line, doubles, near doubles and ten-frames Social Studies: Chapter 1: Rights and Responsibilities as Citizens Lesson 4: Making Choices in Government Science: End of Chapter 2: Light Beginning of Chapter 3: Sky and Earth Lesson 1: Observing The Sky Health: Unit 1: Diversity and Inclusion. Lesson 4: Building a Community DRA Tests (Developmental Reading Assessment) will continue this week. Have a fantastic week!

First Grade Team

We had an excellent eighth week in second grade. Thank you to all the students who showed their school spirit by dressing up for the different daily themes of spirit week! Next week, we will continue Unit 1 in reading, titled, "You Are Here." The big question for the unit is "How do different places affect us?" Throughout the week, we will focus on realistic fiction. The weekly question is, "How can a new place help us change and grow?" The spelling pattern will be Inflected Endings -s, -es, -ed, -ing. In Math, we will be finishing Topic 3 and taking the Topic 3 Assessment. This topic covers adding within 100 using strategies. Updates: Students will begin taking their DRA assessment. It is HIGHLY 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

This week in Math, scholars will begin Topic 4: Using Multiplication Facts to Divide. In Science, students will continue Topic 2. In Reading, they will be finishing Unit 1, Week 5 - Myth. The UNIT test will be on Wednesday 11/3. The skills they will be reviewing are Diphthongs ou, ow, oy, oi. In writing, they will continue personal narrative. New words for spelling have been given on AAA spell. In Social Studies, students will continue Chapter 2: Economics. Students will be turning in all homework assignments by each Friday on Google Classroom. Please make sure students press 'turn in' when turning in their work. Class Dojo is our main form of communication. Please join your scholar’s homeroom teacher’s Class Dojo. Please check ClassDojo for any updates and new information to be shared. If you would rather use email as your main form of communication, please tell your scholar’s teacher. Lastly, please be sure to check SchoolMax for all graded assignments. As a reminder, scholars will have an opportunity to resubmit assignments to improve their grades. 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. All students should be bringing their school devices with them to school daily. Have a great week! Third Grade Team

Tunisha-Marie Davis

First quarter is slowly coming to an end. We have completed our fall testing, students are getting adjusted to fourth grade, and the stakes are being raised. We have been collecting lots of data to see where our scholars are and how we can continue to enhance and supplement their learning. Next week in Reading, students will be summarizing and analyzing text structure in a biography. In Social Studies, we will continue Chapter 2 focusing on how the growing nation had deep divisions that led to the Civil War. In Math, students will continue working on multiplying whole numbers and in Science students will be learning about how humans use energy. Please check SchoolMax weekly to stay abreast of your scholar's grades in all academic areas. Students can request a re-do of an assignment using the Google Form that is posted in Google Classroom. Only assignments that have been assigned or entered in SchoolMax within the last week can be redone unless noted otherwise. Please have your scholar complete one form for each redo request. Once the form has been submitted your scholar's teacher will give out additional information. If students are granted a redo, the assignment(s) must be completed within 3 days from the date assigned. We also want to stress the importance of students using the time assigned in class to complete assignments. Many students have been submitting incomplete assignments or not even making an attempt to complete assignments. Once students fall behind it is very hard for them to catch up. Please encourage your scholar to pay attention in class, ask questions when they don't understand, and submit assignments when they are due. Just a friendly reminder that ClassDojo is the best way to contact us. We are available from 7:55 am-2:55 pm.

Fourth Grade Team

Greetings Parents! Students had fun this week participating in Read-a-Thon Spirit Week! Thank you for your support! In RELA this week, we began Unit 1 Week 5, reading informational text, focusing on text structure and predictions. Students have been writing personal narratives. Next week, we will finish Unit 1 week 5, by taking our progress check and writing our final drafts. In Social Studies this week, we learned about settling in early North American colonies in chapter 3. Next week, we will take the chapter 3 assessment and begin chapter 4 learning about life in the colonies. In Math, we are working in Topic 3: Fluently Multiply Multi Digit Whole Numbers. Your student is learning to fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers using various strategies, including standard algorithm. To help your scholar review multiplication, have them review basic multiplication facts and ask them to explain how to multiply 2-digit by 2-digit numbers and 3-digit by 2-digit numbers. Topic 2 in Science is all about changes in matter. After completing this topic, your scholar will be able to measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved. Students should start thinking about a topic for the STEAM Fair. The topic choice is due to their Science teacher on December 3rd. For more information, here is the link to the STEM Fair packet: https://bit.ly/STEMfairpacket We have just three weeks left in the first quarter which ends November 17th. Also, look out for information regarding November's Parent University. Have a great week!

Your Fifth Grade Team

Hello Tiger's Den! College and Career readiness is something we discuss with even our tiniest of Tigers :) It is so wonderful to engage in exploratory conversations that ignite curiosity and inspire future goals! In order to make this part of our curriculum as rich as possible, I am turning to you all, our wonderful Tiger Den Parents and Guardians (and all your many connections in the communities outside our own!) In place of one big Career Day at the end of the year, we infuse career conversations and presentations all year long! The different exposures and real life interactions that our Tiger's receive from our Career Chats program is priceless. Will you please be a part of it?! Below is a form to sign up to share 30-45 minutes of your time and yourself with our Tigers. All of our chats will be virtual, and so you can do it from anywhere! Share what you do, how you get to where you are and field some inquisitive minds with creative questions :) You can speak in as many different classes and grade levels as you would like! You can reach out to stakeholders that may not be directly affiliated with the Den and host them to speak! I will work with you to schedule a time with the classroom teachers and, Poof! Just like that you have had an even bigger impact on the future! I am so excited to get these Career Chats going. Start signing up! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13kbNTAwB00U_5TJglwAUiIhiieCg0PL1bnHonMAneRk/edit?usp=sharing

Graciously, Your School Counselor [Ms. Whitney Green]

Join me for a casual chat over coffee (or whatever you prefer) as we explore Power Struggle-type behaviors. What they look like, feel like, sound like, and getting to the root of why they present themselves so we can best address them appropriately :) We will meet virtually, so you can join in from wherever! When: Friday, Nov 5, 2021 @ 9:00am Where: https://pgcps-org.zoom.us/j/3558172053?pwd=Rng0cEJ4YnBvMUZjZFFDWFFkdzZ6dz09 Meeting ID: 355 817 2053 Passcode: Green11

Graciously, Your School Counselor [Ms. Whitney Green]

Art Tigers will be starting projects, taking their preliminary sketches to final renderings with craftsmanship as a priority. We will also include reviews and discussions to practice reflection activities. Necessary materials include: Sketchbooks/Paper, pencils, and colored pencils or crayons. Music K-2 students are exploring the concept of pitch and second grade is beginning to place pitches on the staff! Third grade is learning note names of the treble and bass clef and 4th and 5th graders are extending their knowledge of the staff to identify melodies and harmonies and play them on instruments. Technology Greetings, K-2 practiced: Keyboarding: Locate and Type Letters F, G, H, I, and J During this engaging and interactive digital lesson, the learners receive direct instruction and practice in keyboarding the letters F, G, H, I, and J as they locate and type the letters, recognize the letter sounds, and learn the relationship between the letters on the keyboard and on the screen. 3-5 practiced: Troubleshooting Basics for Online Learning In this animated video, Trey and Summer help fellow classmates and a teacher troubleshoot some technical problems related to the virtual classroom. Topics include no internet, no audio and downloading software. PE Another great week in PE. This week we learned about our heart rate and we did some different activities in order to build our heart rates up. Then we compared our resting heart rate to our active heart rate. Happy spirit week! Spanish Hello! I am Ms. Vazquez your new Spanish teacher. All students will need a Spanish composition journal labeled with their name, teacher, and grade. Journals need to be available starting Monday, November 1st. Thank you! STEAM Scholars continue to explore CER’s (Claim, Evidence, Reasoning) and work on their writing prompt this week.

Create Arts Team!