We have had a great time at our after-school clubs this year! The last day for clubs will be on Thursday, May 26, 2022. Please make sure you plan accordingly. We look forward to seeing you again next year for clubs!

Cortney Richardson

Our field-day and butterfly events will be held May 27th. Students may wear their grade level colors and comfortable bottoms. Waivers and socks are required for the moon bounce! K - PURPLE 1ST - YELLOW 2ND - ORANGE 3RD - GREEN 4TH - RED 5TH - BLUE

Program Coordinators

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Program Coordinator

Our final PTO meeting of the school year will be held on Wednesday May 25th at 6pm. You can use the link below to pre-register and receive the Zoom link. You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: May 25th 6PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Register in advance for this meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvcOCrrDgtGtFR3oXP1mTjqr8UaC9A8lH4 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

PTO

Our annual Muffins for Moms + Matriarchs will take place on Tuesday May 31st in person from 8:15am-9:30am. Please sign up below to attend and don't forget to include your email address and also list your scholar(s) full name and select their teacher(s). To allow for social distancing each student is allowed to have 1 guest for the morning. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeZhHpb4qZ7ro0buehre-VlgcS5H6uZIJWHJEv4QgHvsR4eyA/viewform ***Please RSVP by Wednesday, May 25th to allow ample time for you to receive the covid protocol information***

PTO

Midterm grades are in and we are officially halfway through quarter 4. There are only 23 days left of the school year and those days are full of assessments and activities. We are going to be busy tigers. MAP Reading Fluency testing has already begun and will continue through the week. DRA assessments will begin on Monday. As we continue with assessments, make sure that your scholar is getting enough sleep and a good breakfast. We ask that you also help us reinforce the importance of taking their time, staying focused, and doing their best. We ask that you send water bottles with you scholar as the temperature is rising to warmer temperatures. It is important that scholars stay hydrated. Make sure names are on water bottles so they may be returned if misplaced. We are in full swing of planning and preparing for our promotion ceremony. Due to social distancing, the ceremony will be held by classroom teachers. Dates and times are as follows: Monday, June 13th 8:30-9:30am- Ms. Thornton's Class 11:00-12:00am- Ms. Barton's Class Tuesday, June 14th 8:30-9:30am- Ms. Major's Class 11:00-12:00am- Ms. Echols' Class This week in ELA we will: -Take Unit 4 Assessment -Learn letters C and T -Review short and long /o/ -Learn sight words: be, saw, our -Learn to find details in text This week in Social Studies we will: -Compare and contrast home life long ago and life today This week in Math we will: -Add and subtract within 20 -Learn fact families -Add 3 numbers (ex 1+3+2=6) This week in Science we will: -Learn how plants and animals change the environment -Learn how people change the environment in positive and negative ways Dates to know: May 23- June 3-- MAP Reading Fluency testing window May 12- June 10-- DRA testing window May 30- No School June 6-10-- MAP Math & MAP Reading testing window June 14 & 14- Promotions June 20- No School June 22- 2hr early dismissal (12:25) June 23- LAST DAY & 2hr Early dismissal (12:25)

The Kindergarten Team

Hello First Grade Families: Please make sure your student has 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 continue to follow proper protocols if your child is not feeling well. Looking ahead to next week: Students will continue MAP Reading Fluency testing this week. To assist teachers with testing, please check that scholars are arriving to school with charged devices this week. Friday, May 27 - Field Day Upcoming Events: Monday, May 30- Memorial Day schools closed Tuesday, May 31-Muffins with Mom Reading/ELA: Unit 5: Beyond My World Genre: Informational Text. Story: "Seasons Around the World" Phonological Awareness: Distinguish Between/u/ and /ū/; Segment and Blend Phonemes Literary Connections: Making Connections; Using Text Evidence Language and Conventions: Transitions and Conjunctions Math: Topic 14 Review & Assessment 2-Dimensional and 3-Dimensional Shapes Topic 15: Equal Shares of Circles and Rectangles Topic Focus: A shape can be divided into equal-sized shares in different ways. Social Studies: Chapter 6: Work In The Community Lesson 1: Needs, Wants and Choices Science: Unit 6: Parents and Offspring Lesson 3: Patterns in Animal Behavior Health: Unit 5: Peer Relationships Lesson 4: Reflecting and Connecting Have a safe and prosperous week!

First Grade Team

We had a great week in Second Grade!! This week we will continue Unit 3 in reading, titled, "Making a Difference." The big question for the unit is "Why is it important to connect with other people?" Throughout the week, we will focus on Biographies. The weekly question is, "How can you get involved to improve your community?" The spelling pattern will be Syllable Pattern VCCV. In Math, we will be working on topic 13. This topic covers shapes and their attributes. Updates: We are entering the testing window. Please be on the lookout for communication from your child's teacher for more information. Testing will include: MAP Reading Fluency MAP Reading MAP Math DRA 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 great weekend! We will see everyone on Monday!

- The Second Grade Team

Goodbye MCAP testing! A big shout out and thank you goes out to you, parents. Thank you so much for the continued support. We made it through, and students worked very hard to push through and showed resilience! Welcome to the fourth week of May! In Math, students will begin Topic 14: Units of Time. In Science, students will have the Topic 5: Life Cycles and Traits review. The Topic 5 assessment will be on Wednesday, 5/25. In Health, students will continue learning about empathy. In Oral/Reading, students will continue learning about informational text. For writing, they will create Haikus on the topic of spring. In Social Studies, students will begin Chapter 7 Lesson 1: What Makes a Community? & Lesson 2: Three Types of Communities. The quiz for Social Studies will be on Thursday, 5/26. Please make sure students press the "turn in" button when turning in their work. They must hit the buttton 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 make-up work form before the student completes the assignment because not all assignments are eligible for resubmission. 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 Class Dojo. 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! Field Day- Friday, 5/27 Third Grade Team

Tunisha-Marie Davis

Next week in Reading, students will be reviewing previously taught concepts in Unit 4 and taking the Unit 4 Assessment. In Social Studies, students will begin studying the West Region. In Math, students will be reviewing skills already taught for the Benchmark Assessment. In Science, students should be able to explain how natural hazards can negatively affect humans and describe some solutions that reduce the impact of natural hazards. 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. Field Day is on May 27th, 2022. Students are encouraged to wear a yellow t-shirt and athletic attire. Please ensure your scholar has a 1-2 bottles of water. 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 and facial tissues to keep our classrooms clean and germ free. Please send 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! TESTING Thank you for getting your scholars to school on time, and well rested so that they could do their very best! MCAP ended Friday May 20th. Students will take the MAP Reading and MAP Math the week of June 6th - June 10th. Classroom assessments will take place on June 7th and June 8th, respectively. **** FIFTH GRADE PROMOTION The end of the year is quickly approaching and we are gearing up for end-of-the-year activities and promotion ceremonies. On Wednesday June 15th, students will participate in a fun-filled day to celebrate their promotion to sixth grade followed by promotion ceremonies on Thursday June16th and Friday June 17th as follows: June 16th Ms. Linton-Philp 8:30 a.m. -9:30 a.m. Ms. Tellis 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. June 17th Mrs. Moon 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Mrs. Williams 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Each family will receive 3 tickets. If your fifth grade scholar has a sibling at CMIT Elementary, that student will not need a ticket to attend. All students are to be dressed in their “Sunday Best”. Girls may wear dresses, skirts, or nice pants outfits. The boys should wear nice pants, dress shirts and a tie. No jeans, shorts, or flip-flops, please. Please reach out to our PTO if you would like to help us prepare for our events. **** LEARNING GOALS We will continue with curriculum instruction and review after testing. This week in RELA we began continued Unit 4 Week 5. focusing on making inferences and explaining author’s purpose. Next week we will complete the progress check and Unit 4 review & Assessment. We are continuing our lesson in World War I & II. As we embark on learning the why of the war and the impact it had. We will delve into the next steps of recovery and rebuilding in Chapter 14 and 15. This week in math, students will review graphing points on the coordinate plane and write the topic test. Students will also be introduced to the geometric measurement. In this topic, students will describe and classify triangles by their angles and sides and classify quadrilaterals according to their properties. This week we will continue exploring and understanding the process of photosynthesis. And we will explain how animals use the energy they get from food.

Have a great week! Your Fifth Grade Team

Greetings, K-1 practiced: Online Privacy. In this engaging animated video, Student will learn why and how to use a username and password. 2-5 practiced: Internet Usage, Safe and Effective Online Searches The learners will receive direct instruction and practice using effective keywords, categories in search engines as they identify successful online searches, and consider their privacy and safety when providing personal information on the Internet in this engaging and interactive digital lesson. Ms. Avsar Greetings, Another friendly reminder that field day will be held next Friday May 27th!!! Please ensure to send your child to school in the proper attire suitable for all activities, and water. Please do not forget to sign your waivers so that your child can participate in the moon bounce! This will be a great day, and I’m super excited. Thank you very much! Mr. Livas Please make sure to check Google Classroom for announcements or content. This week students continued learning Deportes (Sports) vocabulary and sentences. Students practiced repeating sentences about practicing and playing sports. They also completed sports worksheets and practiced questions and answers about specific sports vocabulary. Over the next two weeks students will continue to learn sports and free time activities vocabulary. K-2 need to bring notebooks and pencils to class next week. 3rd-5th must bring devices/notebooks and pencils to take notes or write during the lessons. Ms. Vazquez Students will be reviewing Stem concepts learned this year. Ms. Bryant Students in kindergarten and fifth grade are diligently working on their songs for promotion - we are so excited to sing our hearts out. The end of the year will be filled with opportunities for making music and expressing musical preferences using the knowledge we’ve gained all year. Our students are well equipped to compare, analyze, and improvise along with music of many different styles and uses. Ms. Bautch Hello Parents and Tigers, Tigers have been doing well with their reflections and artist statements. We have included more reviews, critiques, and presentations. We have been working on Architectural themes, collages, portraits, and action figures with special attention to planning and compilation. Thank you, Mr. Dorsey Visual Arts Teacher

Creative Arts Team