Please note we have implemented a Google form for submission of absences/late arrivals and notes. This form is the only acceptable method of communication and must be utilized for reporting absences/late arrivals and uploading doctor/medical notes ONLY for your student(s). With the exception of COVID reporting in which an email in addition to the absence form must be sent to Nurse Ann (sally.warf@pgcps.org), Dr. Fryson (tfryson@cmitelementary.org) and Mrs. Virgil (evirgil@cmitelementary.org). Please click here to access the CMIT North Elementary School Absence Form: https://forms.gle/zoLQx9kZThEH8Gge6 to submit doctor notes, results and any absence notes. ABSENT NOTE SUBMISSION: Please complete this form within three (3) days once your child returns to instruction. Excused absences cannot be placed into SchoolMax until AFTER the child returns to instruction. Family vacations and trips are not considered excused absences. Refer to the Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook for further clarification regarding excused and unexcused absences. For quick reference, you may access the handbook at: https://offices.pgcps.org/student_rights_responsibilities.htm

Mrs. Virgil, Principal Secretary

Hello Parents/Guardians! This note serves as a gentle reminder regarding a few things related to student health. MEDICATION 1. Please keep in mind that under no circumstances should a student have on the person, at any time, any form of medications (i.e., prescriptions, over the counter medication, to include cough drops). 2. If your student requires medication please visit the link below to obtain the necessary forms in order to have medication properly managed and maintained in the nurse/school health office. - Health Forms for Parents and Prescribers: https://www.pgcps.org/offices/school-health/health-forms-for-parents-and-prescribers WHEN TO KEEP YOUR CHILD HOME FROM SCHOOL 1. Sick children need to be kept home from school. Resting at home will help them get better more quickly and will prevent them from exposing other children or the staff to their illness. 2. For additional information and/or questions regarding when to keep your child home from school please visit the link below: - When to Keep Your Child Home From School: https://www.pgcps.org/offices/school-health/when-to-keep-your-child-home-from-school

Mrs. Virgil, Principal Secretary

We are looking for a photographer to help with our "Fall Family Photo Fundraiser." If you are interested please email us at cmitespto@gmail.com. Our first PTO meeting of the school year will be on Wednesday, September 28th at 6pm in the cafeteria. Dinner will be served and details on the menu will be sent out closer to the meeting date. You will have a chance to meet the E-Board and get all of the dates for the wonderful events and fundraisers that we have planned for the year. We will also provide a Zoom link for anyone that can’t make it in person. We hope to see you there! Our uniform sale will be held during our first PTO meeting. Volunteers are needed, you must be cleared via PGCPS. If you would like to receive text updates from the PTO about upcoming events, fundraising, volunteer opportunities, please text @cmitespto to 81010.

PTO

PARENT/GUARDIAN Reminder: Please provide an updated medical documentation to the Nurse as well as new forms and medication. Please enter any allergy information under My Bucks for Cafeteria and provide Doctor notes for Nurse Ann.

Nurse Ann

Hello Kindergarten Families: Happy Fall…It is starting to become cool in the morning and we have seen several scholars come in with their CMIT jackets and sweatshirts. Please make sure that they are labeled with your scholars first name and last initial on the tag. This week our scholars are settling in with following our routines and procedures, along with becoming independent with 1,2, 3 step directions in their class. ELA: we will introduce vowels and introduce them in CVC words (consonant, vowel, consonant) and we are continuing to work on handwriting. We will also learn about realistic fiction as well, and our vocabulary words are; crawls, peeks, unpacks, plunks. Social Studies: Our topics are - How are children sharing? How are children cooperating? How are children solving problems? Math: we will review the numbers 0-5 and understand one on one correspondents using manipulatives Science: We will continue with Push and Pull and how objects move, and connect and investigate through hands on experiences. Health: We will talk about “germs” and how they get into your body. Friendly reminder: ClassDojo is one of our main forms of communication for any classroom activities or events, and messages, please make sure that you are connected to your scholar's ClassDojo. Teacher's email and the communication folder are other ways to stay connected as well. Teachers emails: Ms. Tate: krenaudtate@cmitelementary.org Ms. Major: jmajor@cmitelementary.org Ms. Echols: eechols@cmitelementary.org Ms. Thornton: athornton@cmitelementary.org Please provide a nut free snack for your scholar daily. Your scholar should have a full set of extra change of clothes (uniform) that can be kept in their cubbies. Please label all of your scholar's items, sweaters, jackets, water bottles, lunch bags. If your scholar's form of transportation changes for dismissal, please inform from the desk, as well as your scholar's teacher. Upcoming events: We will begin our DRA Assessments starting on Monday, September 19-October 7, 2022 so please make sure that your scholar gets enough rest and eats a good breakfast so they can complete the assessments with ease. We are continuing our KRA Assessments through October 7, 2022. Dibels Assessments will begin on September 26-October 19, 2022. Our homework started last week and our scholars are excited to complete the assignments and post them into their portfolio in ClassDojo. Keep up the good work scholars and parents. The homework assignments will be posted in your scholar's class story on Mondays, which is in ClassDojo. The assignments can be turned in by taking a picture of the completed assignment and uploading it to your scholars’ portfolio in ClassDojo. Click on the link below to find out how you can upload to your scholar's portfolio, change your scholar's avatar, and the other options connected to Class Dojo. https://youtu.be/DK4s4iSZXg4 Thank you Kindergarten Team

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Kindergarten Team

Hello Families: On September 29, first grade will be celebrating APPLE DAY! We have a fun filled day full of activities and learning planned. If you would like your scholar to participate, please sign and return the permission slip sent by your child's teacher by September 26. Chaperones are welcome! Please join us, if you can. Reminders: If your dismissal plans change; please notify your child's teacher via dojo as well as the front office before 1pm on the day of the change. Content area focus this week: Reading/ELA Story: "Look Both Ways" Genre: Information Text Literary Focus: Responding to informational text Phonics: Short Oo Language and Conventions: simple sentences Math Topic 1: Understanding Addition and Subtraction. Objective: Solve problems involving putting together or taking apart. Social Studies Lesson 1: Rights and Responsibilities as Citizens. Big Question: Who is responsible for making and enforcing the rules? Science Lesson 1: Sound Focus: Uses of Sound Goal: By the end of this lesson, students should be able to identify how people use sound. Health/Social Emotional Learning Lesson: Discovering Commonalities Goal: Students will complete activities to identify things they have in common with peers. Have a prosperous week!

First Grade Team

We had a terrific third week in second grade. Next week, we will continue to work on classroom routines. We will also continue using our curriculum. Students will still be able to access all assignments either through Google Classroom or their workbooks that should have been picked up from the school. If there are any assignments where this is not the case, your child's teacher will reach out to you and let you know. Next week, we will continue Unit 1 in reading, titled, "You Are Here." The big question for the unit is "How do different places affect us?" Throughout the week, we will focus on realistic fiction and informational text. The weekly question is, "How does living in a community help people?" The spelling pattern will be consonant blends. In Math, we will be finishing up Topic 1. This topic covers fluently adding within 20. Students will be taking their Topic 1 Assessment. It is HIGHLY recommended that students practice their basic addition and subtraction facts with flashcards regularly at home. Over the next few weeks we will be continuing to complete DRA Assessments. 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

In Reading, we will finish up Personal Narratives. Students will begin Unit 1: Lesson 2 Folktales. They will begin reading "Why the Sky is Far Away," A Nigerian Folktale. In Social Studies, we will continue learning about our environment. Students will finish up Chapter 1: Our Environment Lesson1: Land and Water. Students will begin Lesson 2: Weather, Climate, and Forces of Nature. In Math, we are reviewing and taking our first topic assessment on multiplication and division. Then we're starting our next unit on reinforcing multiplication fluency through times tables. In Science, scholars are designing bridges as we finish up our first section on position, motion, and speed.

3rd Grade Team

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Back to School Night!! It was a pleasure meeting everyone and we look forward to working together in making your scholar's fourth grade journey a memorable one. If you missed Back to School Night, here is the presentation that was shared on that night. If you have any questions please reach out to your scholar's respective teachers. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1sTk---pnsAHPpSHgjSNH-SvAupLBE6Bt0NssSrpeFw0/edit?usp=sharing Next week in Reading, we will take Unit 1 Week 1 Progress Check. We will also begin Week 2 lessons, learning more about narrative nonfiction by analyzing the main idea and generating questions. In Social Studies, we will begin discussing how each region has natural resources that are used to make products. By the end of this week's Science lesson, students will investigate how energy causes changes in motion that can be observed, described, and measured. In Math, scholars will continue with whole numbers and place value relationships including numbers to 1 million, place value relationships and rounding. Just a friendly reminder, please notify the front office of any dismissal changes using the following link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6hNFsCdCGcGxk_VisjTdTRghFW6zsX0o76aCwSjyjOO-vmw/viewform Let's have an awesome week on purpose!!

Fourth Grade Team

Social Studies Bianca Tellis Good day scholars! Welcome to another week of adventure and exploration! We have been learning the culture of Native Americans and how they impacted our society. Next week, we are migrating into the Age of Exploration! The Age of Exploration gives scholars the opportunity to see why people explore and how exploration affected society. Let's take this journey and delve into the adventure of exploration! Students will have daily homework according to the lessons topic. Please ensure your tiger is completing their assignments so that they are ready for discussion and learning. We will begin lesson 1 on Tuesday. The adventure awaits!!! RELA Michaela Moon This week in RELA we finished U1 W1: The Path to Paper Son. Students have taken their MAP Reading assessment. We have started U1 W2: Life on Earth and Beyond. Our focus skills are Making Inferences, Text Features, Words with Greek Roots, and Independent and Dependent Clauses. Next week, we will continue and write personal narratives. Science Christina Johnson This week in 5th grade science, students will describe, compare, and contrast different materials. Students will finish their lab on matter in preparation for an upcoming quiz. The lab and quiz will assess the understanding of observing properties of matter. Math Hilma Linton-Philp This week we will finish up topic one on place value in math and move on to topic two. Students will use models and strategies to add and subtract decimals. Students will also write the math topic one assessment on Friday.

Bianca L. Tellis 5th Grade RELA & Social Studies Teacher CMIT Elementary

Art: Greetings, We are finishing up our Brave Space projects and starting experiments with the art elements, like line, and shape.  Projects and activities will direct scholars to share their interpretations through two-dimensional works of art.  Our tigers will work on linear observations transitioning into depth of field for some grade levels, and changing the context of imagery for others.  Necessary materials include:  Sketchbooks/Paper, pencils, and colored pencils or crayons Thank you, Mr. Dorsey Music: Students in 1-5 are diving into musical meters, finding the strong and weak beats in meters of 2, 3, 4 and 6/8. They are using iPads and QR codes to log into interactive activities to show their knowledge. Kindergarten musicians are practicing their four voice types and discussing when they’re appropriate to use. We have plenty of silly examples to make these distinctions clear. Ms. Bautch Technology: K-1 students developed mouse skills such as pointing, clicking, double-clicking, and dragging while practicing counting, as well as matching shapes and colors. 2-5 students have been practicing Home Row keys. Ms. Avsar STEM: Students will be building apartment layouts and apartments buildings in STEM this week. Ms.Bryant PE: This week in PE, students are playing a game involving different color hoola hoops and doing different motor skills in each hoop to practice movement, direction following, and to build sportsmanship. Mr.Livas Spanish: This week students will be reviewing the alphabet, numbers,and colors. Ms. Reid

Creative Arts Team