Kiwanis club will continue to host the care package drive. Please continue to send food, hats, gloves, blankets, scarves, homeless care-packs, hand sanitizer, tissue, toys, socks, masks, water bottles, and hygiene supplies. If you did not get to donate, please send items in by December 15th. We are amazed at the support from our CMIT Family thus far! We have collected over 10 boxes of supplies!

Program Coordinator

Tutoring started on December 6th. This invitation only enrichment program will help build student math and reading skills. Students will need to bring a journal, pencil, and their Chromebooks. Students may bring a light snack. Thank you!

Program Coordinators

Saturday Academy will continue this Saturday, December 11th. This invitation only enrichment/acceleration program will help build student math and reading skills. Students who accepted their invitations will start Saturday Academy this weekend. School uniforms are not required. Students will need to bring a journal, pencil, and their Chromebooks. Students may bring a bottle for water or a water bottle. Thank you!

Program Coordinators

Show your CMIT North ES Tiger Pride with spirit Wear! Spirit Wear hoodies and zip hoodies are allowed to be worn in the building by all students as an alternative to CMIT embroidered jackets or sweaters. T-shirts are also approved P.E. uniforms for 3rd-5th graders. We also have masks and gear for parents as well! A portion of your purchase goes towards our technology fund. Spirit Wear can be purchased at: https://teamlocker.squadlocker.com/#/lockers/cmit-north-elementary-spiritwear?_k=r85vva. Stay in touch: PTO Website Link: www.cmitelementarypto.com Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/CMITElementaryParentTeacherOrganization?fref=ts when you like the page, be sure to hover over "liked" - you'll get a drop down box - click "get notifications" otherwise, we will not show up on your feed. Text Updates via Reminder.com: Text @cmite to 81010

PTO

As we move on to celebrating the upcoming holidays, we're providing a new way to support the PTO and the school, with Honeybaked Ham gift cards! If you plan on buying a Honeybaked Ham or Turkey for any of the upcoming holidays, or just for a night off of cooking dinner, you can buy gift cards to use to purchase the ham or turkey and support the PTO in the process! Honeybaked Ham gift cards also make wonderful gifts. You can use your HoneyBaked Gift Card to shop online or in-store at any HoneyBaked location nationwide. And the most satisfying part? 20% of your purchase goes directly to support the fundraiser. Click the link to order a gift card for yourself and/or family and friends! https://honeybakedfundraising.com/fundraisers/cmites_north_pto_honeybaked_ham_fundraiser

PTO

December 11, 2021 we will have an Open House for prospective families. Please join us using the link below. The event will start at 12:00 p.m. https://pgcps-org.zoom.us/j/99905007393?pwd=VzMrT0pzc2I2b1cybHB6R25CeGNVdz09

CMIT North Elementary Staff

Greetings Tiger Family, We have 2 amazing items that were donated for our Holiday Shop's silent auction! Use the link below to visit the website and place your bids on the items listed below. The auction will run from today until Thursday December 16th at 10pm EST, You will be notified Friday December 17th if you have won the item and then you can email the PTO to arrange to pick it up from the school during school hours. Thanks so much for your support!! https://www.32auctions.com/CMITESNPTOHolidayShop2021 An official stamped Ravens team football signed by Ray Lewis, Ed Reed and Jonathan Ogden 2 tickets to the Washington Nationals Baseball Game

PTO

We are almost half way through quarter 2. Make sure that you are submitting any late or missing assignments. We are also only 9 1/2 days away from winter break. As we have moved into colder weather it is important that your scholars are dressed appropriately for when we are outside for recess. They need to be in winter attire (coats, leggings, pants, hats, etc). Wind breakers, blue fleeces, and thin coats on their own do NOT count. Scholars not in appropriate winter attire will be kept inside for recess. As you send winter items, make sure that the items are labeled with your scholars name. Make sure that you are charging your scholars' devices. Scholars should also bring their chargers and headphones daily along with their device. This week in ELA we will: -Review letter H and L, review digraphs wh, th, ch, sh, and review sight words: one, two, three -Learn letter G -Learn -ack and -ick words -Learn about fiction This week in Social Studies we will: -Learn about National Holidays -Take Chapter 2 assessment This week in Math we will: -Continue addition -Learn equations to explain addition -Solve addition problems This week in Science we will: -Learn about the sun -Observe how things are warmer in sunlight than shade Dates to know: Dec 23-- 3hr early dismissal (dismiss at 11:25) Dec 24-31--Winter 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. Looking ahead to next week: Reading/ELA Unit 2: Essential Question: How do living things grow and change? Story: "How Do Baby Animals Grow?" Genre: Information Text. Phonics: final consonant blends, Inflection ending -s Literacy: Text Features- Using headings to locate key facts or information in a text. Language and Conventions: Declarative and Interrogative Sentences Writing Skill: appropriate spacing between words. Math: Topic 4: Subtraction Facts to 20. Using Strategies to Subtract: Adding with a number line, doubles, near doubles, and ten-frames Social Studies: Chapter 2: Geography of a Community Maps and Models Science: STEM Fair/ Building and Engineering Unit Health: Unit 2: Empathy and Critical Thinking Lesson 3: Explaining Feelings Have a fantastic week!

First Grade Team

We had a terrific thirteenth week after a much needed break in Second Grade! Next week, we will continue Unit 2 in reading, titled, "Nature’s Wonders." The big question for the unit is "What patterns do we see in nature?" Throughout the week, we will focus on realistic fiction. The weekly question is, "How does a tree show patterns as seasons change?" The spelling pattern will be Vowel Digraph ie. In Math, we will continue topic 6. This topic covers subtracting fluently within 100 using strategies. Updates: It is HIGHLY recommended that students practice their basic addition and subtraction facts with flashcards regularly at home. https://toytheater.com/math-flash-cards/ 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

In Math, students will continue Topic 6: Connect Area to Multiplication and Addition. The topic 6 assessment will be given on Wednesday, 12/15. In Science, students will begin Topic 3 Lesson 1: Weather. In Reading, they will take their quiz on Monday, 12/13. They will be on Unit 2: Week 4, which introduces them to persuasive text. The skill they will work on is comparing and contrasting the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic. They will focus on identifying words with syllable VCe patterns. In Writing, they will learn how to edit. Students will take the Wolf Island Spelling Words List test on Monday 12/13. New words will be given out on Monday for spelling. It will be named Welcome Back Wolves Spelling Words List. In Social Studies, students will be taking their quiz for Chapter 2, Lesson 4: Human Capital and Your Future on Monday, 12/13. They will begin the study guide for Chapter 2 on Tuesday, 12/14. The chapter 2 assessment will be on Thursday 12/ 16. Chapter 3 begins Friday, 12/17. Please make sure students press turn in when turning in their work in Saavas AND in google Classroom. Please note that we follow the grading policy from PGCPS. Please look over the policy. Students are required to fill out the make-up form BEFORE attempting to redo the assignment (located in google Classroom). Also, teachers have to approve the student before they do the assignment because not all assignments are eligible for make-up. Please express to your scholar the importance of turning in their own work on time. If they have not attempted to complete the assignment and it is late, it will NOT be accepted, per the PGCPS Grading Policy. 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. Class Dojo is our main form of communication. Please join your scholar’s homeroom teacher’s Class Dojo. Please check Class Dojo 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. All students should be bringing their school devices with them to school daily. Have a great week! Third Grade Team

Tunisha-Marie Davis

Next week in Reading, students will be analyzing poetic language & elements and visualize imagery. In Social Studies, we will begin Chapter 4 The Nation's Economy. In Math, students will be working on multi-step problems with mixed operations. Please encourage your scholar to work on memorizing their multiplication facts. In Science, students will be describing how the use of different natural energy resources affects the local and global environments and evaluate how technology can improve the environmental effects of using a given energy resource. 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. Students should be in the beginning phases of their STEM Fair project. Below you will find the link for the STEM Fair Packet. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rJBJKZv4tP1p30WRlIWntBmn1VD05wAaX15Ql-gLO5U/edit Just a friendly reminder that ClassDojo is the best way to contact us. We are available from 7:55 a.m. - 2:55 p.m.

Fourth Grade Team

Greetings Parents! Scholars have been tirelessly working on Science concepts of the Earth’s systems (hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere and geosphere). All students completed the Science Benchmark and many have completed the Topic 3 Assessment, which will continue next week for those who were not able to complete it. We will then begin Patterns in Space - Topic 7 as we continue learning Earth Science. We will also implement more writing during Science In Math, Mathematicians completed Topic 4 by taking the End of topic assessment. We then completed the Savvas Benchmark assessment for Topics 1-4. Students assessed their background knowledge of dividing multi-digit numbers by 1-digit and were introduced to dividing multi-digit numbers by a 2-digit divisor. Next week we will continue practicing division and apply strategies such as partial quotients and area models to divide. In RELA this week, we began Unit 2 Week 3. While reading Hatchet, focused on r-controlled vowels, irregular verbs, point of view, and generating questions about a text. Our writing centered around informational article writing. Next week, we will complete Unit 2 Week 3. This week we have been delving deep into The American Revolution and the road to battle during Social Studies. We have learned how the British Army was much more powerful than the Continental Army and how they were preparing for a battle they had never experienced but were willing to fight for their independence, no matter what! This lesson is teaching perseverance, unity, tenacity, and taking authority over what is valuable and precious. Scholars have been highly involved and connected to the lessons with great strides and great motivation! Let's go scholars!!!

Your Fifth Grade Team

What an exciting opportunity! The Washington Post 2021-22 Principal and Teacher (or Counselor!) of the year awards has extended the deadline for nominations to January 7, 2022! We all know that there is no place like the Tiger's Den, lets shout it out <3 Completed application packets should be submitted to communications@pgcps.org. One teacher and one principal will be selected to represent PGCPS in the contest.

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Graciously, Your School Counselor [Ms. Whitney Green]

Happy Holidays from the Specials team! Please ensure your scholar is completing all assignments by the due date. Please ensure your scholar is prepared each day for specials. Thank you for your support!

Create Arts Team!