Hurray, we made it through the first month! Give yourselves a huge round of applause for all of your patience and perseverance as you navigated through the drop-off and pick-up process. To ensure the safety of our scholar(s) (Elementary, Middle and High Schoolers), parents, and school staff please be mindful of our surrounding businesses. This is a reminder, please DO NOT utilize our neighboring business parking lots, property, etc. during the morning and afternoon drop-off/pick up process. This includes parking and/or walking through business property to the right and behind the school and grassy areas that are not part of the Elementary school property. With 100% participation we hope to prevent disruption to our neighboring businesses and allow a smooth flow of traffic allowing all to proceed to their next destination. Thank you for your cooperation!

Mrs. Virgil, Principal Secretary

CMIT North Elementary has maintained a positive relationship between our parents and the school which has directly benefited our students, families, and the school community. It is vital to maintain an orderly, respectful, and secure educational environment for students and staff. Therefore, it is essential that families and visitors are aware of their responsibilities and understand that adherence to the PGCPS Code of Conduct for Families, Volunteers, and Visitors guidelines is essential for each school and office. This Code of Conduct applies to all families, volunteers and visitors who interact with schools and offices in Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS). It also applies to those who are present at school, in person or virtually, and school-sponsored activities, meetings, and/or functions during and outside of school hours. Visit the PGCPS link for an interactive handbook: https://www.pgcps.org/parents/code-of-conduct-for-families-and-visitors Or click here to go directly to the pdf version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11h-Gm4qrEq-Jtu4QjdHsygER9eiAQjjz/view?usp=sharing

Mrs. Virgil, Principal Secretary

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Program Coordinators

PARENT/GUARDIAN Reminder: Please provide updated medical documentation to the Nurse as well as any new forms and medication. Please enter any allergy information under My School Bucks for the cafeteria and provide a doctor's note for Nurse Ann.

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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 scholar's first name and last initial on the tag. If items are found and aren’t labeled, it is brought down to the lost and found located in the cafeteria. We will be completing our KRA Assessments by Friday, October 7, 2022. This means that 2 Kindergarten Assessments will be completed and 2 more remaining. Our kindergartners are working hard and pressing through these assessments without any complaints. Please continue to have your scholars get plenty of rest and eat a well balanced breakfast. Scholars that are not well rested tend to have a challenging day and have the potential to be off task during lessons. A routine dinner and bedtime schedule will help ensure that scholars are ready to learn each day. As we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, we are creating an Awareness of the Hispanic culture by learning about Hispanic and Latin American countries and paying tribute to generations of Hispanic Americans who have positively influenced and enriched our society. The Kindergarten Team will be representing 4 different countries during our assembly on October 14. Panama…. Ms. Echols' Class Dominican Republic…Ms. Thornton’s Class Uruguay…Ms. Tate’s Class Honduras…Ms. Major’s class This week we will be working on the following: ELA: We will review our 3 new sight words to our word wall: "he, have, is.” We will talk about using words to make connections, we will use 3-4 words to build sentences, and we will work on correct writing structure, by explain the correct spacing between each word, correct punctuation, and capitalization. We are introducing pronouns and reviewing what a noun is. Social Studies: Our topics are: What a good citizen does? Laws that keep us safe. We will continue to review our school rules that have at school. Math: Topic 2 is a short topic that has 5 lessons. We will review comparing numbers, how to use math to solve problems, and we will review for our math test for topic 2 that we will have on Friday. Science: We will discuss movements of objects. What is the cause and effect of movement? We will explore with hands-on experiments and watch videos on our SAVVAS curriculum to observe and discuss how objects can move. In Health this week, we will continue to talk about germs and how we can prevent them from spreading and how we can keep our bodies safe from getting to many germs. Friendly reminder: ClassDojo is one of our main form of communication for any classroom activities, events, and messages. Please make sure that you are connected to your scholar's ClassDojo. Teacher emails and the communication folder are other ways to stay connected as well. Teacher 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 scholars’ teacher. Upcoming events: Friendly Reminder: There is no school on Wednesday, October 5, 2022. Virtual Parent-Teacher Conferences will be Monday, October 10, 2022. We are starting on our DRA Assessments through October 7, 2022, Dibels Assessments will begin on September 26-October 19, 2022. Our homework is given every Monday, if your scholar attends enrichment in the afternoon, please provide your scholar's homework journal. They can work on it during enrichment. It can be left in their backpack until enrichment. When they complete it, please upload the assignment to 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 scholar's portfolio in ClassDojo. Click on the link below to find out how you can upload to your scholar's portfolio, change your scholars’ avatar, and the other options connected to ClassDojo. https://youtu.be/DK4s4iSZXg4 Thank you

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Kindergarten Team

Hello Families: We had so much fun celebrating fall during Apple Day! Thank you to all of the parent volunteers who were able to join us. Reminder: 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. Upcoming Events: DIBELS testing (which will replace NWEA Fluency testing this year) window will open Thursday, September 29 and continue through October. Please ensure that your scholars are well rested, present, and on time for daily instruction. Content area focus this week: Reading/ELA Story: "Making A Map" Genre: Procedural Text Literary Focus: Correct and confirm predictions about text. Phonics: Short Uu Language and Conventions: sentences with nouns, verbs and adjectives Math Topic 2: Fluently Add and Subtract Within 10 Objective: Students will build upon their understanding of addition and subtraction to add and subtract fluently within 10. Social Studies Lesson 5: My government Big Question: What is government? Science Topic 2: Light Focus: Students will be able to discuss how light interacts with different materials. Health/Social Emotional Learning Lesson: Building Community Learning Goal: Students will reflect on what it means to be a community. Have a prosperous week!

First Grade Team

We had a fantastic fifth week in second grade. 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 informational text. The weekly question is, "How do different places make us feel?" The spelling pattern will be Consonant Digraphs ch, sh, wh, th, ph and Trigraph tch. In Math, we will be finishing Topic 2. This topic covers working with equal groups. We will be taking our Topic 2 Assessment. In Social Studies, we will be talking about traditions. In Science we will continue to learn about properties of matter. Updates: Students will continue to complete DRA assessments and will begin the DIBELS assessment. It is HIGHLY recommended that students practice their basic addition and subtraction facts with flashcards regularly at home. 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

This week in Reading, students will begin peer editing, editing, revising, and publishing their personal narratives. Students will also continue to revisit skills such as simple and compound sentences, synonyms and antonyms, and Inflected Endings. In Social Studies, students will continue exploring various customs and beliefs from different Hispanic speaking countries. This week in Math, we are reviewing our times tables facts for our Topic 2 Assessment. Then we are starting the distributive property, breaking apart multiplication facts into smaller facts we already know. In Science, we are testing contact and non-contact forces that can move or slow down objects.

3rd Grade Team

Next week in Reading, we will be learning about text structure and evaluating details. In Social Studies, we will take Chapter 1 assessment and begin Chapter 2 Americans and Their History. In Science, students will predict changes in energy that occur when objects collide. In Math, scholars will multiply whole numbers using models and partial products. Please note that students receive homework on a weekly basis in Math & Reading. Please encourage your scholar to complete their homework and submit in a timely manner. 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!! Reminder 10/5 No School 10/10 Parent Teacher Conference

Fourth Grade Team

Ms. Tellis Ah! The adventure continues! Scholars tested their understanding of the Age of Exploration and will continue the migration journey to the Americas from Spain. Next week, we will delve into Chapter 3 which will prepare them for the study of colonial development and the impact of migrants and the indigenous people. Let's go Tigers! Mrs. Moon In RELA this week, we began U1W3: Pedro's Journal. Next week we will finish U1W3: working with text evidence that serves a given purpose; and working with point of view, compound/complex sentences, and vowel teams. We will continue to write personal narratives, Mrs. Linton Philp This week, we will start Topic 3 in math. Students are expected to fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers. Topic 2 math assessment will be administered on Friday, October 7th. Ms. Johnson In Science this week, students will use evidence to explain that matter is made of tiny particles too small to be seen. Students will conduct an experiment showing a physical change in matter by adding heat to a material. Lastly, they will discuss the atomic theory and the parts of an atom.

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

Specials News Art: Greetings, Tigers will be finishing up projects, taking their preliminary sketches to final renderings with craftsmanship as a priority. We will also include reviews and discussions to practice reflection activities. Necessary materials include Sketchbooks/Paper, pencils, and colored pencils or crayons. Thank you, P.S. I want to make sure our chess club students have the chess sets they need to succeed, so I  created a request on DonorsChoose: Forethought Wins in Life and Chess.  Giving by October 1 will be doubled by DonorsChoose. Just enter the code LIFTOFF on the payment page and you'll be matched dollar for dollar (up to $50). Music: Students are beginning to experiment and learn on classroom instruments. We have long awaited the opportunity to use pianos/keyboards in class…if this is something you want for your student and the rest of our CMIT scholars, please consider donating to or sharing our fundraiser to acquire a CLASS SET! Thank you in advance for your support of our program. Check it out here: https://www.donorschoose.org/project/tech-savvy-musicians-are-ready-to-upgrad/6850853/?utm_source=dc&utm_medium=directlink&utm_campaign=ifproject&utm_term=teacher_6750564&rf=directlink-dc-2022-09-ifproject-teacher_6750564&challengeid=21473280 Technology: K-1 students will develop 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 including letters t, y, w, o, q and p. Spanish: Students are working on common phrases and reviewing phonetic sounds of the alphabet and numbers from 1 - 10. STEM: Students will be building apartment layouts and apartments buildings in STEM this week. PE: Welcome back to PE! We’re very excited to be back in the building. 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 building sportsmanship.

Creative Arts Team