Club will be held in person. We will meet on Thursdays at 3:00 p.m. Thank you for your dedication and support to STEM!

Mrs. Mccain-Wigfall

Saturday Academy will be held. Questions may be sent to: mcrosby@cmitelementary.org. Or bmccain@cmitelementary.org

Program Coordinators

We would like to extend a huge THANK YOU to our CMITES North family for all of your hard work raising money during our Read-A-Thon and Holiday Shop. Thanks to you, the school now has Smart Boards in 100% of their classrooms, specials and special education classrooms included!! We can't thank you enough for your support!

PTO

Our Double Good Fundraiser ends tomorrow (Saturday 3/19) at 5pm!! You still have time to reach your goal! Remember it can be shipped anywhere in the USA. So out of town family members can participate too. Also, if you have anybody that wants to donate but doesn't like popcorn, there is an option to send some to essential workers. Don't hesitate to reach out to the PTO directly if you have any questions: cmitespto@gmail.com.

PTO

The Robotics Club will no longer meet on Saturdays. 2nd and 3rd grade Robotics will be in session for March 20th.

Program Coordinator

We have made it through the winter and Spring is here. There are 3 weeks left in this quarter and before Spring Break so keep an eye on SchoolMax and your scholar's grades. Reach out to your scholars teacher about any missing assignments. As we continue into Spring, the weather is going to continue to warm up so we are asking that you send your scholar to school with a water bottle. The fountain part of the school water fountains are closed, however the bottle filling portions are open and available. It is important that your scholars have enough water throughout the day. If you send your scholar with a reusable bottle make sure you label it. As we enter a new season and are close to a new quarter, it is a good time to check your scholar's school supplies/materials. Your scholar should be coming with the following items daily: -Devices (charged), chargers, and headphones -Pencils, eraser, crayons, glue sticks, scissors -Writing journal This week in ELA we will: -Learn sight words: find, over, again -Review medial short and long /o/ -Learn -ang words -Introduce narrative non fiction and learn about the genres characteristics This week in Social Studies we will: -Review Topic 4 information on maps and globes -Take the Topic 4 Assessment This week in Math we will: -Count to 100 by ones -Count forward starting at any number -Take the Topic 11 Assessment This week in Science we will: -Review needs of animals -Take the lesson 2 quiz on needs of animals Dates to know: April 7-- Last day of 3rd Quarter April 8-- 2 hr early dismissal (12:25) April 11-15-- Spring Break April 18-- No School

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 Review and Assessment will take place this week. Unit 4: Making History Essential Question: Why is the past important? Genre: Biography Text: "Through Georgia's Eyes" Phonological Awareness: Segment and Blend Sounds; Final Sounds; Change Phonemes Phonics: r- Controlled Vowel ar ; Inflectional Ending - es , Plural - es Literary Connections: Personal Narrative Language and Conventions: Action Words Math: Topic 9: Compare 2-digit Numbers Skill: Given a two-digit number, mentally find 10 more or 10 less than the number, without having to count; explain the reasoning used. Topics 1-8 Cumulative Benchmark Assessment Progress Check will be given this week. Social Studies: Chapter 4: Life Today and Long Ago Lesson 2: School and Communities Past and Present Science: Unit 5: Living Things Lesson 2: Animal Parts Health: Unit 4: Problem Solving Lesson 1: Identifying Problems 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 informational text. The weekly question is, "What makes a Native American tradition?" The spelling pattern will be Diphthongs ou, ow, oi, oy. In Math, we will finish topic 9. This topic covers numbers up to 1,000. 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

Welcome to week 4 of March! In Math, students will be reviewing Topic 11: Use Operations with Whole Numbers to Solve Problems. Their review will be Wednesday, 3/23. The test for topic 11 will be Thursday, 3/24. Topic 12: Understand Fractions as Numbers, will begin Friday, 3/25. In Science, students will continue Topic 4: Climate. They will learn about world climate change in Topic 4, Lesson 3, which continues Monday, 3/21. In Health, students will continue Unit 5: Peer Relationships. In Reading, students will begin Unit 4. They will continue to learn about biography. They will begin writing opinion writing. The new spelling words this week will be named Jane Adams Spelling Words and Jane Adams Vocabulary Words. In Social Studies, students will continue Chapter 4, Government, Landmarks, and Symbols. They begin Lesson 4: Landmarks, Symbols, and Documents on Monday, 3/21. The quiz on lesson 4 will be Wednesday, 3/23. Students begin to study for the Chapter 4 test, using the study guide. The test will be on Monday, 3/28. 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 ClassDojo. Please check ClassDojo 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! Third Grade Team

Tunisha-Marie Davis

Next week in Reading, students will be finishing up our Poetry Study. In Social Studies, students will continue Chapter 7 studying The Midwest Region. In Math, students will be using fractions or decimals to solve word problems. In Science, students will be able to describe how rocks and soil form and identify the properties of minerals. 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

In RELA this week we have officially completed unit 3. We are beginning Unit 4. Students will be learning about historical fiction by analyzing characters. They will analyze characters by evaluating details. Our writing skills will be word parts: pro-com-con, adjectives, and analyzing science fiction. In Social Studies, we are learning the path of the American Indians' struggle to survive as the settlers take over the west of the nation. We have been expounding on Expanding West and Overseas. Students have been highly engaged in the course and the lessons of how the acts of immigration can change the course or trajectory of a nation or culture. Students are learning how people impact their environment based on their morals and ethics. Our students have also engaged in deep discussion and conceptual development in the lessons of Industry and Immigration. We will continue on this journey as we focus on the westward expansion, westward movement, and how it impacted our society physically, socially, emotionally and mentally.

-Friendly Neighborhood 4th Grade Team

Greetings, Art: Tigers have done well with their reflections. We will be including more reviews, sharing ideas, critiques, and artist statements for the older grades. The younger grades will be focusing their attention on the last 10% of their projects finishing them neatly and completely. Thank you, Mr. Dorsey Music: The entire school is completing a March Madness bracket this month that compares Cartoon Theme Songs! We are exploring the musical elements used in cartoon music throughout the decades. Which cartoon theme music will end up on top as our “national champion” at the end of this month? Students K-5 are each learning about a prominent female musician for Women’s History Month, and will be playing along to one of their songs using classroom instruments. Artists include Whitney Houston, Tina Turner, Ella Fitzgerald, and Beyonce. Ms. Bautch 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: Software and File Formats The learners receive direct instruction and practice with software programs and file formats as they identify software groups, select task-appropriate software, start and exit software programs, and create, name, save, print, and close files in this engaging and interactive digital lesson. Mrs. Avsar Technology P.E. Congratulations, we have reached our 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 Spanish: 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! Last week we started Sentimientos (Feelings). Students took notes during the lesson. Sentimientos will continue to be covered this week. Ms. Vazquez STEAM: Students will learn about circuits! -Ms. Bryant

Create Arts Team