COVID-19 Test Kits and masks were distributed Friday, Feb 18, 2022 to go home with your scholar(s) in their bookbag. Please remember to administer the tests on the following dates: Test # 2 - Sunday, February 27th Please follow the directions below CAREFULLY on how to upload the kit per instructions by PGCPS. ALL RESULTS NEED TO BE UPLOADED! How to Upload COVID-19 Test Results There are two ways to upload weekly home COVID-19 test results: 1ST WAY -- Weekly Emailed Upload Link (sent on Fridays to students’ PGCPS email) STEP 1 – Log into student’s email https://gmail.pgcps.org/ and open COVID-19 test email. Username: students PGCPS email address WITHOUT the @ pgcps.org extension Password: cpeakmmdd (student's date of birth mm=month, dd=date format) STEP 2 – Click on the form link to share test results (indicate if the test was negative or positive). STEP 3 – Upload an image of the test result and submit. 2ND WAY -- Website Upload STEP 1 – Go to the PGCPS website (https://www.pgcps.org/) and click on "Home COVID Test-Kit Weekly Results" (https://forms.gle/drGZZuQ4hGRkVdyd8) STEP 2 – Log in with the student's PGCPS username and password. Username: students PGCPS email address WITHOUT the @ pgcps.org extension Password: cpeakmmdd (student's date of birth mm=month, dd=date format) STEP 3 – Complete the form and upload an image of the test result. Important Testing Timeline COVID-19 tests must be taken within 24 hours of returning to school – do not administer the test prior to Sunday. Please use only one test each week. One box should last for two weeks. Step-by-Step: How to Submit Test Results Directions: How to Submit Your COVID at Home Test Results: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sBBwRik4nkVTx58c_VB_y87TlJo0VdSirnEKyk7PY3Y/edit?usp=sharing PRUEBAS DE DETECCIÓN DE COVID PARA REALIZAR EN CASA: Envíe sus resultados: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zizlo5ftSkEPt0hboN6LTUZ_hNfupZAdXWcHoUoXbZ0/edit?usp=sharing TEST DE COVID à DOMICILE : Soumettre vos résultats: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MwlH5pS57sDQMp4EyppV7_8Ovalf_gPyytO0T_5bXlE/edit?usp=sharing

Mrs. Virgil, Principal Secretary

As we continue to safely navigate through this pandemic and the cold and flu season, CMIT North Elementary would like to send a friendly reminder to parents/guardians to keep their child(ren) home if they are not feeling well. Resting at home will help them get better more quickly and will prevent them from exposing other children or the staff to their illness. If your child is running a fever of 100.4 or greater, feels nauseous or vomits, and/or has diarrhea they are not permitted to come to school. In addition, they should be fever free and symptom free without medication for a full 24 hours from the onset of the fever or symptoms prior to returning to school. If you have any questions regarding your child’s health and well being, you may reach out to their healthcare provider or you may contact the school nurse, Nurse Ann at sally.warf@pgcps.org. Please review the attached document for additional information: Department of Student Services - Office of School Health “WHEN TO STAY HOME FROM SCHOOL/WORK” - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hipCbk8oPoiXRxt7OEC6juGllBLqwi9t/view?usp=sharing

Mrs. Virgil, Principal Secretary

Saturday Academy will be held! Questions may be sent to bmccain@cmitelementary.org and mcrosby@cmitelementary.org.

Program Coordinators

Club will canceled on Thursdays March 3rd. Thank you for your dedication and support to STEM!

Mrs. Mccain-Wigfall

We will have a Virtual Honor Roll Assembly on February 28th. The second and third grade assembly will be 8:30-9:30 a.m. The fourth and fifth assembly will be 9:30 a.m-10:30 a.m. Invitations will be sent to students who made Principal Honor Roll, Honor Roll, and Perfect Attendance. Go Tigers!

CMIT North Elementary Staff

We have made it through another month and are welcoming in March. We are continuing our countdown to the end of the school year and first grade. We only have 75 days left. Over the next few weeks we will be administering our DRA assessments. This reading assessment is completed one-on-one with the teacher. We not only check on your scholars ability to read a story, but also their ability to comprehend/retell a story. Scores are based on reading and comprehension ability. This week in ELA we will: -Do our Unit 3 Week 3 check-in -Learn sight words: away, give, little -Review short and long /i/ -Learn sm, sp, st blends -Learn about Myth This week in Social Studies we will: -Take a quiz on maps -Learn about neighborhoods -learn about absolute location This week in Math we will: -Take out Topic 9 Assessment -Learn to make numbers 11-19 -Learn teen numbers are 10 and more ones This week in Science we will: -Learn the difference between living and nonliving things -Learn what qualifies things as living -Start learning needs of plants Dates to know: March 4- 3hr early dismissal (11:25)

The Kindergarten Team

Hello First Grade Families: 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 3: Essential Question: How Can We Use Our Imaginations? Poems: “Poodle Doodles”; “The Box” &“Sandcastle” Genre: Poetry Phonics: Long e Spelled e , ee ; Inflectional Ending - ed Literacy: Elements of Poetry. Making connections to other poems. Language and Conventions: Pronouns Math: Topic 7: Extend the Counting Sequence Assessment Topic 8: Understand Place Value Focus: Write the digits of two-digit numbers in the correct columns of a place-value chart. Social Studies: Chapter 3: Symbols and Traditions of the United States Lesson 2: American Symbols Science: Unit 3: Observe the Sky Solar System and Planets Health: Unit 3: Communication Lesson 2: Engaging in Communication Have a safe and prosperous week!

First Grade Team

We had a great week in second grade! Next week, we will be continuing Unit 3 in reading, titled, "Our Traditions." The big question for the unit is "What makes a tradition?" Throughout the week, we will focus on folk tales. The weekly question is, "How can a traditional story be told in different ways?" The spelling pattern will be r-Controlled Vowels: er, ir, ur. In Math, we will finish up topic 8. This topic covers money and time. Updates: Students will be taking their MAP Assessments 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

Goodbye February, and hello March! Students have been working really hard this month, and have persevered through one of the busiest months for us. In math, students will be learning Topic 9: Fluently Add and Subtract Within 1,000. In science, students will continue Topic 4: Climate. The climate quiz will be on Monday, 2/28. In reading, they will continue learning about historical fiction. They will be writing their historical fiction stories. The Week 4 quiz on historical fiction will be Thursday, 3/3. Friday, 3/4, students will be introduced to Week 5: Biography. Please make sure to go into AAAspell.com. The spelling test will be Friday, 3/4. The title of the spelling & vocabulary is Mama Miti Spelling Words & Mama Miti Vocabulary Words. In Social Studies, students will begin Chapter 4, Government, Landmarks, and Symbols. They begin Lesson 1: The American Government on Monday, 2/28. The quiz on lesson 1 will be Thursday, 3/3. 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. Lastly, please be sure to check School Max for all graded assignments. All students should be logging into the correct zoom for each subject. Please make sure your student is following the virtual schedule for their homeroom class. Have a great week! Honor Roll Assembly- Monday, 2/28 3- Hr Early Dismissal- Friday, 3/4 Third Grade Team

Please continue to encourage your scholar(s) to stay focused in class, be active participants and ask clarifying questions when they do not understand something. As we continue to move along in fourth grade, the concepts will begin to become more challenging and we want to ensure that students are staying on top of their work and seeking help when needed. Next week in Reading, students will be identifying author's purpose and making connections in an autobiography. In Social Studies, students will continue Chapter 6 The Southeast Region. In Math, students will be using line plots to solve word problems. In Science, students will be able to develop a model of waves using patterns in wave properties. We are strongly encouraging parents to please check SchoolMax weekly to stay abreast of your student'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 student complete one form for each redo request. Once the form has been submitted, your student'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. Please remind your scholars to charge their devices nightly and to bring their chargers to school. All students should also have extra masks in their backpacks. We are in need of disinfectant wipes to keep our classrooms clean and germ free. Please consider sending in 1-2 bottles or packages with your scholar in the upcoming weeks. Thanks in advance. Let's have a great week on purpose!! Upcoming Dates/ Reminders *3/4/2022 3hr Early Dismissal

Fourth Grade Team

Greetings Parents! In Science, students are finishing up learning about Earth’s Oceans and how water is distributed across Earth. Next week students will draw conclusions about Earth’s water, making connections between the water cycle, fresh water and ocean water, and take the Topic 4 Assessment. Students are finishing up Multiplying Fractions and getting ready to take the end of the topic test. This week we will introduce division of fractions. Students will learn to use concepts of division to extend their understanding of the fraction a/b to a ÷ b = a/b This week in RELA we began our week on poetry. Our focus is imagery, visualizing, and figurative language. We are working on Indefinite & Reflexive Pronouns and Suffixes –ous, -eous, -ious. This will continue into next week, the progress check will be Thursday. We are wrapping up our Black History Month projects. Essays, recordings and posters have been turned in. Our Wax Museum is Monday 2/28. We have finished learning all about Building our Country in social Studies, and next week we are starting to learn about the Growth of our Nation. We will start with Expanding West and Overseas. This week students received their scores from the 4th grade Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program (MCAP) that they took in the Fall. Mark your calendars for Parent University on March 9th. Our focus will be on understanding MCAP expectations. Students in grades 3-5 will take their grade level MCAP in Math and English/Language Arts. Dates to Remember: 2/28 Honor Roll Assembly 3/4 3-hour early dismissal 3/7 is now an instructional day for students 3/9 Parent University

Your Fifth Grade Team

Greetings, Tigers are encouraged to be mindful of good craftsmanship, effort, neatness, details, and completeness. We have had more presentations and reviews to bring more awareness to the importance of craftsmanship when concluding projects. Mr. Dorsey-Art Students in grades 4-5 are sharpening their ukulele skills and will learn up to four chords by the end of this week! K-3 has been learning about and exploring the music of dozens of influential Black musicians such as Billie Holiday, Muddy Waters, Michael Jackson, DJ Kool Herc, Ella Fitzgerals, Louis Armstrong, Grandmaster Flash, and more. Ms. Bautch - Music Greetings, K-2 practiced: Keyboarding: Locate and Type Letters During this engaging and interactive digital lesson, the learners receive direct instruction and practice in keyboarding the letters 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: Software Fundamentals: Desktop In this engaging and interactive digital lesson, the learners receive direct instruction and practice using the desktop, working with files and folders, navigating file structures, moving and opening files and folders, and deleting files. Ms. Avsar PE News Hello parents, we are still going hard on our kids heart challenge push, we are almost halfway to our goal!!! Who knows, if we reach our goal before the end of the month, the students might have an opportunity to pie Mr. Livas!!! But in other news, this week we are taking it back to the blacktop days & learning how to jump rope! It’s gonna be a little road to travel, but I can’t wait to get rockin! Thank you all for all of your donations & everything you do for the school!!! Mr. Livas Please make sure to check Google Classroom for announcements or content. All students will need a Spanish composition journal labeled with their name, teacher, and grade. Thank you! This week we started Sentimientos (Feelings). Students took notes during the lesson. Sentimientos will continue to be covered next week. Ms. Vazquez STEAM Students have completed their STEM Fair projects. Donations for crayons, color pencils, construction paper, and and other craft supplies are greatly appreciated. Our STEM Fair was last weekend. Congratulations to the winners! -Ms. Bryant

Create Arts Team