We are continuing to safely navigate through this pandemic, the cold and flu, but now allergy season is approaching. If your scholar has allergies please make sure they take their allergy medication daily to minimize confusion with COVID-19. CMIT North Elementary would also like to friendly remind 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 scholar will be kept home due to illness, the acceptable method of communication to be utilized for reporting absences/late arrivals and uploading doctor/medical notes for your student(s) is the CMIT North Elementary School Absence Form. With the exception of COVID reporting, in which an email in addition to the absence form must be sent to Nurse Ann, Dr. Fryson and Mrs. Virgil. Please click here to access the CMIT North Elementary School Absence Form to submit doctor notes and any absences: https://forms.gle/JrYasoKgjVMd33Ag6 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

This is a friendly reminder that masks will continue to be required for now inside all PGCPS schools and office buildings. Students may remove masks outdoors while at recess and participating in spring sports. Please ensure your scholar(s) have a mask prior to entering the CMIT North Elementary school building daily. Thank you.

Mrs. Virgil, Principal Secretary

Club will be held in person. We will meet on Thursday at 3:00 p.m. Projects are due 4/1 and students should wear their shirts so we can record. 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

Greetings Tiger Family, Thank you for participating in our Double Good Popcorn Fundraiser. We had a tremendous success. Congratulations to our winners! 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

The Robotics Club will no longer meet on Saturdays. 2nd and 3rd grade Robotics will not session for March 28th!

Program Coordinator

We hope that you have enjoyed your first week of Spring. There are only 2 weeks left of the 3rd quarter so make sure that you are checking SchoolMax for your scholar's grades. If you see that your scholar is missing assignments reach out to their teacher to discuss completing the assignments. If the assignment is in Seesaw, you will be able to complete on your own. Devices, headphones, and chargers should be sent to school daily. Make sure that ALL items are labeled. As we enter into warmer weather, it is important that your scholar has water to help stay hydrated. You may send a reusable water bottle or single use water bottle to school with your scholar. Make sure that the water bottle is labeled. We are able to fill up water bottles at the water fountains if needed. We have resent the publicity release form to be filled out. This form informs us of the scholars who have and do not have permission to be in the photos and videos that we use for dojo and our end of the year promotion. If your scholar's teacher reaches out to you, please complete the form as soon as possible. This week in ELA we will: -Learn sight words: pretty, all, now -Learn phonics: ar, or, and bossy e -Review short and long /o/ -Practice writing sentences focusing on nouns and verbs -Take Unit 4 Week 1 check-in This week in Social Studies we will: -Introduce time and chronology -Learn vocabulary: past, present, and future This week in Math we will: -Identify 2 and 3 dimensional shapes -Name shapes as flat (2D) and solid (3D) -Identify and describe circles, triangles, squares, and rectangles This week in Science we will: -Learn about the needs of people -Learn how people meet their needs -Explain the similarities of people and animals Dates to know: March 7-- Quarter 3 ends March 8-- 2 hr early dismissal (dismiss at 12:25) March 11-15-- Spring Break March 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 4: Making History Essential Question: Why is the past important? Genre: Biography Text: "Jackie Robinson" Phonological Awareness: Segment and Blend Phonemes; Change Phonemes Phonics: r- Controlled Vowels er, ir, ur; Endings-ed, -ing Literary Connections: Problems and Resolutions Language and Conventions: Antonyms Math: Topic 9: Compare 2-digit Numbers Assessment Topics 10 & 11 Skill Focus: 10 more and 10 less. Adding 10 and Subtracting 10 using a hundreds chart, number and mental math. Equations with 10 more and 10 less. Social Studies: Chapter 4: Life Today and Long Ago Lesson 3: Daily Life Past and Present Science: Unit 5: Living Things Lesson 3: People Learn from Plant and Animal Parts Health: Unit 4: Problem Solving Lesson 2: Solving Problems Have a safe and prosperous week!

First Grade Team

We had a wonderful week in second grade! Next week, we will be continuing Unit 3 in reading, titled, "Our Traditions." The big question for the unit is, "How does food help make a tradition?" Throughout the week we will focus on realistic fiction/procedural text. The spelling pattern will be Vowel Teams oo, ue, ew, ui. In Math, we will start on topic 10. This topic covers adding within 1,000 using models and strategies. Reminders: It is Highly recommended that scholars practice their basic addition and subtraction facts with flashcards regularly at home. Your scholar should be reading each night. Please ensure that your scholar is studying their spelling words daily and completing the homework Homework should be completely daily and returned on Friday. Have a fantastic weekend and we will see your scholar on Monday!

Second Grade Team

Welcome to the last week of March! In Math, students will begin Topic 12: Understand Fractions as Numbers on Monday, 3/28. In Science, students will take the Topic 4 Lesson 3 quiz on Tuesday, 3/29. They will have a review on all of Topic 4: World Climates Wednesday, 3/30. They will have the climate test Thursday, 3/30. In Health, they will continue Unit 5: Peer Relationships. In Reading, they will continue Unit 4. They will continue to learn about biography. They will continue with their opinion writing. The new spelling words this week will be named Frederick Douglas Spelling Words and Vocabulary Words. In Social Studies, students will take the Chapter 4 test on Monday, 3/28. They begin Chapter 5: Citizenship and Civic Engagement on Tuesday, 3/29. The quiz on Chapter 5 Lesson 1: The Reasons for Rules and Laws will begin Thursday, 3/30. 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 redo before they complete 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. ClassDojo 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 SchoolMax for all graded assignments. Have a great week! Third Grade Team

Tunisha-Marie Davis

Next week in Reading, students will be finishing up following a research plan and writing an argumentative letter. In Social Studies, students will study the resources and farming of the Midwest. 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 redo 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 begun Unit 4. Students learned about historical fiction by analyzing characters. They analyzed characters by evaluating details. Next week, students will take their U4W1 Progress check and move into Unit 4 Week 2. Students will work on Synonyms and Antonyms and Word Parts anti-, mid-, trans-. Our reading skills will be historical fiction and inferring multiple themes. Students will begin writing science fiction. In Math this week, students solved problems involving division of whole numbers and unit fractions. Next week, we will explore line plots and solve problems using measurement data. In Science, scholars have completed the fifth grade MISA. They put forth their best effort and we are proud of their diligence! This week students continued to describe and explain natural resources, including renewable and nonrenewable resources. Next week, students will identify where energy on Earth comes from and compare and contrast energy resources from the past and present. Parents, continue to implement testing strategies and review the MCAP practice tests for Reading and Math at home. You can find more information from our Parent University presentation here: https://bit.ly/36rWniH Have a great week!

Your Fifth 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