Reduce Stress with Mindfulness & Self-Care Practices: Resources for Children, Families, and Educators below is the link we mentioned at Wednesday’s PTO meeting. Click on the link below to find some wonderful sites to help our young scholars manage stress and anxiety. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RuEaeFTiLudCV-MQV6uomMCHghJvzawHU1CdYPQ88Z0/edit

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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. They 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.

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

Program Coordinators

Hello Parents, Once again we will host another Parent University series. The topic for this session is test taking preparation. This event will be held virtually, on Wednesday March 16, 2022 at 6:00pm-7:00pm. Be sure to look for the Zoom links to join us, on Wednesday March 16th on Class Dojo.

Michelle Crosby, Program Coordinator

We are so excited about our Double Good fundraiser! The event will run from Tuesday March 15th @5pm - Friday March 19th @5pm. Please note that if you have more than one child, both of them will use the same fundraising page for this. Below are the step-by-step instructions. We suggest downloading the app and getting everything set up ASAP since the fundraiser is only a week long. Don't hesitate to reach out to the PTO directly if you have any questions: cmitespto@gmail.com Download the free Double Good app on your iPhone or Android. Click here for the Double Good App. tutorial link Type in the school's unique event code QYB YNH to ensure that your sales are connected with our school. Once the sale has begun, forward the link from your app to friends and family. **Reminder if you have more than 1 scholar they will fundraise as a team using the same link.**

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Teacher Appreciation Week is fast approaching! Help us celebrate our teachers and staff by joining the Teacher Appreciation Week committee! Sign up at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E44AFA82EA2FB6-teacher

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The Robotics Club will no longer meet on Saturdays. 2nd and 3rd grade Robotics is canceled for March 7th.

Program Coordinator

Happy March and Happy Women's History Month!! We will be taking time this month to celebrate women and their amazing contributions to societies around the world. We have started DRA testing and will continue the assessment this week. DRA's allow us to assess your scholar's reading and comprehension levels. Make sure your scholars are getting a good night's sleep and having a good breakfast. We also ask that you help reinforce the importance of taking their time, being focused, and doing their best. As we start transitioning into warmer weather, we ask that you send a water bottle to school with your scholar as water fountains are closed. The fountain section is closed, however they have access to the portion that fills water bottles. Make sure that ALL items are labeled. This helps items get returned to your scholar if lost or misplaced. This week in ELA we will: -Continue learning about Myths -Learn sight words: were, some, funny -Review long and short /i/ and /a/ -Learn compound words This week in Social Studies we will: -Learn about neighborhoods -Create a map of our neighborhoods -Learn about street signs; we see where we live This week in Math we will: -Make numbers 17-19 -Find parts of 11-19, when part is 10 -Introduce place value This week in Science we will: -Learn about the needs of plants -Learn about photosynthesis and transpiration -Learn how plants change and adapt to their environment

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? Story: The Cow and the Tiger Genre: Fable Phonics: Vowel Sounds of y; Syllable Pattern VCCV Literacy: Describe visual details of plot and setting Language and Conventions: Pronouns I and Me Math: Topic 8: 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 3: American Symbols and Documents Science: Unit 4: Weather and Seasons Lesson 2: Weather Changes and Seasons Health: Unit 3: Communication Lesson 1: Listening and Responding to Others 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 begin topic 9. This topic covers numbers up to 1,000. Updates: Students will be taking their DRA 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

Welcome to week 2 of March! In Math, students will be reviewing Topic 9: Fluently Add and Subtract Within 1,000. Their review will be Monday, 3/7. The test for topic 9 will be Tuesday, 3/8. Topic 10: Multiply by Multiples of 10, will begin Wednesday, 3/9. In Science, students will continue Topic 4: Climate. They will learn about climate change in Topic 4, Lesson 2. In Reading, they will learn about poetry. They will be writing their historical fiction stories. The Week 5 quiz on poetry will be Friday, 3/11. Please make sure to go into AAAspell.com. The spelling test will be Friday, 3/11. The title of the spelling & vocabulary is Hero Poetry Spelling Words & Hero Poetry Vocabulary Words. In Social Studies, students will continue Chapter 4, Government, Landmarks, and Symbols. They begin Lesson 2: The Branches of Government on Tuesday, 3/8. The quiz on lesson 2 will be Friday, 3/11. Please make sure students press turn in when turning in their work in Savvas 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 SchoolMax 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! Third Grade Team

Tunisha-Marie Davis

Next week in Reading, students will be comparing & contrasting point of view across two texts and generate questions. 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 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!!

Fourth Grade Team

Greetings Parents! This week in Science, scholars wrapped up Topic 4. Students begin Topic 5- Human Impact on Earth’s Resources, next week. In this topic, scholars will be able to obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment. This week we will focus on “Division of Fractions.” In this topic, your student will be learning how to interpret a fraction as division of the numerator by the denominator and show quotients as fractions and mixed numbers. He or she will solve real-world problems involving division of unit fractions by non-zero whole numbers and division of whole numbers by unit fractions. This week we have continued learning the impact of the Civil War and are moving into Chapter 10. Students have been eager to learn how the Union and the Confederate made intense decisions to fight for what they believed in. The Union won and they learned about the impact of The Battle of Gettysburg. Students understood the impact of slavery and how the choice to fight against it made an impact on our society today. We will assess our Chapter on Monday. We will move into Chapter 10 on Tuesday! This week in RELA, we have finished poetry and focusing on adverbs. Next week, we will be shifting focus to themes and inferences. These should be review skills. Students will be inferring multiple themes within a text. Our spelling skill will be words with syllable patterns. Our grammar skill will be adverbs. Please encourage your students to read at home during their free time. Scholars will begin a Women’s History Month Project. They will work in groups to research a woman who made a great impact on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, or Technology (STEAM); and, they will create a song, commercial, or speech about her contribution to STEAM. Students will work on this project during Science/Health and Reading.

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 March is MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH! Take some time to consider what impact music makes on your family and your community - what does your family listen to in the car? How does music change the mood? We will be talking about these things in music class this month, in addition to making cross curricular connections with music skills and literacy, math, science, and more! Ms. Bautch - Music 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: Tynker Coding-Programming 1A This course uses simple code blocks to introduce computational thinking and computer science basics. Students learn by connecting code blocks and apply constructs such as loops and conditional logic to create algorithms that solve problems. Mrs. Avsar Technology PE News Newsletter Hello parents, congratulations, we have reached out goal for the kids heart challenge!!! Thank you to every parent that signed their child up, and a super thank you for donating!!! Hopefully we are able to celebrate with the idea I have in mind, so stay tuned for the details on that. Thank you again for everything you do for the school! Mr. Livas PE 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 worked on Skyscrapers in STEAM using the Engineering and Design Process. -Ms. Bryant

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