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PTO

Hello Parents, Summer make-up tutoring will end this Friday, October 14, 2023. You should resume your normal dismissal starting October 17, 2022.

Michelle Crosby, Program Coordinator

The Club Lottery is officially closed. Parents will be notified by Friday October 14th if their child made the lottery for a club. Clubs start the week of October 24th!

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. Please remind students not to share any food!

Nurse Ann

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Program Coordinators

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Program Coordinator

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 they are not labeled, the items are brought down to the lost and found located in the cafeteria. The Kindergarten Team has started the next 2 assessments, Dibels and DRA. We are looking forward to completing them and using the data to help assist with instruction and identify areas your scholar may need additional support. Our kindergartners are working hard on completing these assessments. Please continue to have your scholars get plenty of rest and eat a well balanced breakfast so they will be soaring scholars throughout the day. A routine dinner schedule and a routine bedtime schedule will help elevate sleepy scholars and promote good behaviors. Book Character Day Parade will be on Monday, October 31, 2022. It is a school-wide event that your scholar may participate in. Your scholar may choose a character in a book to dress up as and have the book with them. Costumes must be age appropriate, with NO MASK, and it should be easily accessible for your scholar to get on and off by themselves. We are asking that our Kindergarteners create a book report about the book they bring in. We will send home information regarding this activity within the next week. if you have any questions, feel free to reach out to your scholar’s teacher. This week, we will be working on the following: ELA: We will continue to review our sight words:” make, my, he, have, is, like, to, am, the” We will review vowels and cvc words. We are working on recognizing spoken alliteration and groups of words that begin with the same spoken onset or initial sound. We will discuss what is a setting of a story? Social Studies Topics: What a good citizen does? Laws that keep us safe. We will continue to review our school rules that have at school. Math: We will start on Topic 3, learning to read, write, and make numbers 6,7,8,9,10. We will name number 1-9 and count to determine the total number of objects in a group. Counting tells how many are in a group no matter the order. Science: We will discuss “states of matter” (liquid, solid, gas). We will explore with hands-on experiments and watch videos on our SAVVAS curriculum to observe and discuss the different states of matter. Health this week, we will talk about our emotions…emotions are what we feel, and it is ok to have Big, or Little Feelings. They can affect how we interact with others. If you are happy you will be nice to your friends. Discuss the questions: What makes us feel angry? How can we express ourselves safely? 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 scholars’ ClassDojo. Emailing teachers and using 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 scholars’ items, sweaters, jackets, water bottles, lunch bags. If your scholars’ form of transportation changes for dismissal, please inform the front office, as well as your scholar's teacher. Upcoming events: Parent-Teacher Conferences will be Monday, October 10, 2022. (Virtual) Hispanic Heritage Assembly October 14, 2022. Book Character Day Parade October 31, 2022. Friendly Reminder: If you have not done so, please provide your scholar a Spanish journal for class. 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. Thank you,

Kindergarten Team

Hello Families: October is Hispanic Heritage Month! Students will be learning about and exploring the diversity of Latin and Hispanic cultures and history this month. If you would like to share or join in the celebration, please reach out to your students teacher. 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 continue through October 14. Please ensure that your scholars are well rested, present, and on time for daily instruction. Content area focus this week: Reading/ELA Unit 1: Review and Assessment Story: "The Life of a Frog" Genre: Informational Text Literary Focus: Main Ideas and Details Phonics: Initial Consonant blends; Final Xx Language and Conventions: Simple Sentences 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: Making Choices in Government Big Question: How do we choose our leaders? Science Topic 2: Light Focus: Students will be able to discuss how light is used 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 superb sixth week in second grade. It was great to see everyone in their college shirts on Friday! 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. The weekly question is, "How can a new place help us change and grow?" The spelling pattern will be Inflected Endings -s, -es, -ed, -ing. In Math, we will begin Topic 3. This topic covers adding within 100 using strategies. In social studies, we will continues to talk about communities. In science, matter will be the focus. Updates: Parent-Teacher Conferences will be on Monday 10/10. 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 next week!

- The Second Grade Team

In Reading, Students will begin DIBELS Testing. We will also continue to explore the genre of Realistic Fiction. Students will continue to analyze and close read with the text Cocoliso. They will continue practicing their skill for the week base words and endings. Students will take their Spelling, Reading, and Social Studies test on Friday October 15th. In Social Studies, students will continue to read Chapter 1: Lesson 2 Weather, Climate, and Forces of Nature. In Math this week, we are continuing on with the distributive property. We are splitting larger multiplication facts into easier to solve facts. In Science, we are focusing on our non-contact forces, discussing how magnetism, electricity, and gravity affect motion. Reminders: Parent Teacher Conferences- October 10th

3rd Grade Team

Next week in Reading, we will be learning about text features and predictions on an informational text. In Social Studies, we will learn that the United States grew out of the English colonies and became an independent nation. In Science, give examples of energy being transferred from place to place. Students will also explain how heat flows from hot objects to cold objects. In Math, scholars will multiply whole numbers using an appropriate strategy. Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on October 10, 2022. Please use the link below to sign up to meet with your scholar's teachers. Daniel/Williams https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409084aabae2aa7fd0-parent1 Terrell/ Cooper- No sign ups are available at this time. Please reach out to set up a meeting if you are interested. 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 10/10 Parent Teacher Conference No School

Fourth Grade Team

RELA Mrs. Moon In RELA this week, we finished U1W3: Pedro's Journal. Next week we will begin U1W4: Poetry Collection, working with figurative language, visualizing; common, proper, collective nouns, and suffixes -able and -ible. We will continue to write personal narratives. Social Studies Ms. Tellis The adventure continues! We are migrating through the journey of exploring the settling of the colonies in North America! Students will assess their understanding of the process of migration and the establishment of colonies in the east. They will continue to explore Chapter 3 and how the indigenous peoples were impacted by the invasion of the eastern territories from the Europeans and the result of the process. The adventure continues! Tigers Roar!! Science 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 show their understanding of matter on an assessment. Math Ms. Linton-Philp This week in Math, we are continuing multiplication of whole numbers. Students will multiply 2-digit and 3-digit numbers by 2-numbers by adding partial products or by using the standard algorithm.

5th Grade Team

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. 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.  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 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 including letters t, y, w, o, q and p. Spanish: K-2 students will be practicing the alphabet and reviewing the days of the week. 3-5 students will be introduced to numbers 11-20 in the word form. STEM: Students will be building apartment layouts and apartment buildings in Stem this week. PE: This week in PE, students are playing a game involving different colored hoola hoops, and doing different motor skills in each hoop to practice movement, direction following, and to build sportsmanship.

Creative Arts Team