Our Health Awareness & Fitness Day event has been postponed to a later date. Stay tuned for more information coming soon.

HAFD Committee

Our 2nd Annual Read-A-Thon is off to a great start! Please click this link to signup for the Read-A-Thon if you haven't already! Once you register don't forget to send your personal link out to friends and family for donations! https://app.99pledges.com/fund/cmitnorthe/addme We have received a total of $9,770 so far for our 2nd Annual Read-A-Thon! Thank YOU so much to everyone that's donated and helped raise money for more Smart Boards, projectors, supplies, and curriculum enhancements! Below are the top 5 leaderboard rankings for: Classrooms: Brillantes (1st) Glasper (2nd) Echols (K) Trippe (2nd) Lewis (1st)

PTO

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Program Coordinators

The Club Lottery is officially closed. Parents have been notified if their child made the lottery for a club. Clubs start the week of October 24th. Please do not have your child stay for a club if you have not received an acceptance email. Questions may be sent to bmccain@cmitelementary.org and crichardson@cmitelementary.org Thank you

Club Coordinators

Hey Tiger Family! Our next PTO will be on Wednesday October 26th at 6pm in the cafeteria. We will also on the day of the meeting, post on Dojo, a secured Zoom link for the meeting if you can't make it in person. There will be gently used uniform sale during the meeting. Dinner will be served. Hope to see you there! --

PTO

Our book fair will be held November 4th through November 11th. Volunteer below https://forms.gle/r4jxC4sTcKu3Mfo89 View the homepage https://www.scholastic.com/bf/chesapeakemathanditelement Create an ewallet so your child may shop!

Program Coordinator

Hello Kindergarten Families: This school year is going by so fast, we just completed our 8th week of school. Our scholars have shown growth in independence. They have mastered their way around the school going to and from specials classes, to walking with a friend to pick up their lunch that was dropped off at the office. They still need to be reminded to keep up with their sweaters and their jackets. We encourage you to please continue to label your scholar's items with their first name and last initial, and their grade level. If an item is found and it isn’t labeled, it is brought down to the lost and found which is located in the cafeteria. We are so excited to participate in “Pumpkin Day” on Tuesday, October 25, 2022. It will consist of a virtual field-trip to a pumpkin patch that we will watch after lunch at 10:30 a.m. We will learn about the life cycle of a pumpkin, how the pumpkin patch is maintained throughout the year, and all the cool things related to pumpkins. Our lessons for the day will all be related to pumpkins. We will get to explore the ins and outs of a pumpkin in our classroom. Thank you for the quick responses with signing the permission slips and returning them back to your scholar’s teachers. They should be returned by Monday, October 24, 2022, for your scholar to participate in pumpkin day. Please make sure that you add your scholar’s name to the permission slip were it is requested. Your scholar will be going home with a special treat at the end of the day. Book Character Day Parade will be on Monday, October 31, 2022. It is a schoolwide 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 sent home information regarding this activity and the template for your scholar’s book report on Friday. The completed book report will be an assessment grade for ELA. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to your scholar’s teacher. This week we will be working on the following in ELA: We will review our sight words: “me, for, with, said” we will work on forming words with the letters "b, a, m, l. " 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? We will have our week 5 quiz next Thursday, October 22, 2022. Social Studies: Our topics that we will discuss: What does it mean to be American? Recognize that we all live in a country: The United States. We will discuss and share symbols of the United States of America, Math: We will finish up topic 3 this week; working on problem solving with patterns, and reviewing the ten frame, and working on what is one less than a number and what is one more than a number. We will use counting patterns to solve problems, we will color and write numbers to show counting patterns for groups of objects. We are also learning different ways to show numbers. Science: We will explore STEAM Activities this week in class to motivate our scholar’s to get excited about our upcoming Stem fair and the stem fair projects that will be due on January 27, 2023. Friendly reminder: ClassDojo is one of our main forms 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. 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, and lunch bags. If your scholar's form of transportation changes for dismissal, please inform the front desk as well as your scholars’ teacher. Upcoming events: Pumpkin Day October 25, 2022. STEAM Week October 24-28, 2022 Book Character Report/Parade October 31, 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. 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: As we near the end of October there will be a few fun activities coming up! -October 24th- October 28th will be STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Art Mathematics) week. We will be discussing the scientific method and carrying out various experiments/activities as students begin preparing for their STEM fair projects. More information about the STEM fair will be forthcoming from your child's teacher. -Book Character Day will be October, 31st. Students will bring their favorite book to school and dress up as their favorite storybook character. 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. Content area focus this week: Reading/ELA Unit 2: I Spy 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 Review and Assessment Social Studies Chapter 2: Our Community Big Question: What is the world around us like? Science Topic 3: Sky and Earth Lesson 1: Observe the sky Objective: Students will describe the sun, moon and stars. Health/Social Emotional Learning Lesson: Empathy and Critical Thinking Learning Goal: Students will be able to recognize feelings and emotions in others. Have a prosperous week!

First Grade Team

We had a great seventh week in second grade. Next week, we will finish 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 research about our favorite places and write a persuasive paper. The spelling pattern will be r-Controlled vowels - ar, or, ore, oar. In Math, we will continue 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: CMIT Read-A-Thon continues next week! Let's see how much we can raise for our school!! Now that temperatures are dropping, please make sure scholars are coming to School with jackets. We will continue to go outside for recess. It is HIGHLY recommended that students practice their basic addition and subtraction facts with flashcards regularly at home. We will be looking for chaperones for an upcoming activity, please be on the lookout for a message from your teacher if you are fully cleared to be a chaperone and would like to help out. 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

This week in reading, students will continue their DIBELS testing. Students will continue to explore informational texts and various text features. Students will also continue to learn about similes and vowel digraphs. In Social Studies, students will take a quiz on using the Earth's Resources and then move on to Chapter 1: Lesson 4 Interacting With the Environment. This week in math, we are reviewing and reteaching Topic 3, the Distributive Property (splitting large equations into smaller equations) and the Associative Property (multiplying in any order for more than 2 factors). Then we are taking our Topic 3 Assessment. In Science, it is STEAM Week! We are completing our first topic on forces and motion. Students will work in groups to design a pinball machine using what we've learned so far. In order to design the pinball machines, we are asking for donations of CLEAN cardboard. Reminders: STEAM Week- 10/24-10/28

3rd Grade Team

In Reading, we will be analyzing text structure and summarizing in a biography. In Social Studies, we will learn that the growing nation had deep divisions that led to the Civil War. Students will also learn that the United States became one of the most powerful nations after the Civil War. In Science, we will review 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 estimate using rounding or compatible numbers. Please note that students receive homework on a weekly basis in Math and 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 10/24-28 STEAM Week 10/26 Red Ribbon Day “Celebrate Life, Live Drug Free” Students can wear red shirt with uniform bottoms.

Fourth Grade Team

Social Studies Ms. Tellis Tigers! The adventure continues! We are exploring the migration to the New England Colonies and the government formed to create order and structure in the East. We are connecting to the Big Question: Why do people leave their homelands?" We delved into push-pull factors which cause people to leave and to be drawn to an establishment or land. WE learned about separatist and the House of Burgesses and its effect in North America. Students learned the impact of religious practices in England and why people left for a new start in New England North America. As we close this Chapter, students will be assessed on what they learned and how it has impacted our society. Math Ms. Linton Philp This week in Math, we will close out multiplication of whole numbers with the end of the topic test. Students will move on to multiplying decimals. Science Mrs. Johnson In Science, this week we will continue with Changes in matter. In this lesson, students should be able to use evidence to show that matter is conserved during a chemical change. RELA Mrs. Moon This week in RELA, we have finished U1W4: Poetry Collection. Next week, we begin U1W5: Picturesque Journeys. We will be focusing on Informational Text, Analyzing Text Structure, Making Predictions, Regular and Irregular Plural Nouns, and VCe Syllables.

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

Music Students in grades 3-5 are discovering (or rediscovering) the musical alphabet in preparation for their upcoming keyboard unit. We can’t wait to get our hands on our own piano! Students in grades 1 and 2 are applying solfege names and hand signs to the tunes they already know and love, and even composing NEW music using the notes we’ve learned in class. Kindergarten has completed voice types, loud and soft, and this week - high and low. We’ll begin to use our class songs and games to organize our sounds into patterns next! Art Greetings, Tigers are focusing their attention on completing their work with good craftsmanship. We are reviewing expectations and discussing what completed work looks like.   PS The Chess Club donations came in and we have our chess sets!!!  Special thanks and appreciation to all of our donors! Technology K-1 students practiced: Introduction to Online Safety This engaging video-based learning object provides the learner with foundational knowledge about the importance of protecting their personal information. The learner understands that they shouldn't share any personal information online or agree to meet anyone they don’t know and trust, and they should always log off or lock their device to protect their personal information. 2-5 students have been practicing Home Row Keys including letters e, i, r, and u. PE This week students are reviewing what we have learned this year so far about movement, direction & speed.  Please continue to send your students to school in athletic sneakers for their safety and comfort. Thank you! Stem Welcome to Stem. Students had fun building with legos. Spanish K-2 students will be learning the letter “C” and the phonetic sound. 3-5 students will be introduced to pronouns.

Creative Arts Team