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Program Coordinators

Hello Tigers, Our Family Fall Festival & Health Awareness Day will be held on November 19, 2022 from 11:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. We will have vendors, a moon bounce, blood pressure checks, guest speakers, and much more. If you would like to volunteer and/or be a vendor, please clicks on one of the link below. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdwNuL0tMglOtd2xgD6bcOLKCcnBnULBB_mPryg-yL1YfGLLw/viewform?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeTqDsbeF4Nw62Bk1LRUhj2YCZMNGpjjAH8GCAYVvEhezRW4A/viewform?usp=sharing We will have vendor tables available. The fee is $25 for PTO members and $50 for non-members. Please click on the link if you would like to reserve a table. Stay tuned for updated information. Stay tuned for updated information http://www.cmitelementarypto.com/store/c4/Vendor_Categories.html

PTO/HAFDC

Hello Tiger Family! Our next PTO meeting will be on Wednesday, November 16th at 6pm via Zoom. Moving forward for the rest of the year, our meetings will be held via Zoom. So you can join us from the comfort of your home! We will post a link on Dojo on the day of the meeting. Hope to virtually see you there!

PTO

We will have our annual College and Career Readiness Field Trip to the UMD Women's Basketball game at Xfinity center on November 16, 2022. All chaperones should plan on arriving at the school by 8:45 a.m. We will leave at 9:00 a.m. All scholars need to bring a clear ziploc bag with their lunch in it. All chaperones have recommended a confirmation email. If you did not receive a confirmation email, please do not come to the school. Thank you!

Program Coordinator

Our book fair was held November 3rd through November 11th. Online orders can be made until the 17th. View the homepage below to create an ewallet account so your child is able to purchase items from the book fair. https://www.scholastic.com/bf/chesapeakemathanditelement
Thank you to our volunteers!

Program Coordinator

Hello Kindergarten Families: November has come in with some temperamental weather, one day it's 40 degrees and the next 80 degrees. Please check the weather daily, so your scholar is dressed appropriately for outdoor recess. We have read through information that families shared at pastries with the principal and we are going to implement some of your ideas and suggestions. *Homework will be provided on Friday’s for the upcoming week, starting on December 2, 2022. *Communication: Teacher’s will begin reaching out to families via dojo, email, or by phone, to touch base and give you feedback on how your scholar is doing in class. Our goal is to reach out to 1-3 students per week Please be patient and understanding for the feedback from your scholars’ teachers, as we have 23-25 scholars’ per class. As always if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to your scholar’s teacher. Clubs have begun and your scholar’s are excited to be a part of them with their peers. With that being said, if you signed your scholar up for clubs, their afternoon dismissal is for them to be in holding with the enrichment scholars. Please remember the days that your scholar is in a club. If they are usually a car or van rider, they will not be at their regular scheduled dismissal area. If for some reason, they are not to go to club that day, please notify your scholar’s teacher ahead of time, so they can be at the correct dismissal location. This week we will be working on the following in ELA: We will continue reviewing the sight words: “of, are, that, they, you, and do” we will work on the letter “k” and “d” sounds. We will introduce digraphs - /Sh/- Introduce /sh/ categorize pictures that have /sh/ in the beginning and end of words. Social Studies: Our topics we will look at the state flag of Maryland. What are the colors of the flag? What symbols are on the flag? Look at the symbols of Maryland: State Bird, State Tree, State Flower. Math: We will finish up topic 5 continuing comparing numbers 1-10- using number sequence. We will have our topic 5 assessment next week. We will begin exploring addition by mid-week, we will be using manipulatives to assist with the topic. Science: We will learn that Matter has different states. Three of those states are solid, liquid, and gas. We will explore that solids have a shape, liquids hold the shape of the container they are in and flow, and a gas holds no shape. Health: We will discuss what is a Growth Mindset? We will also discuss times when you have made mistakes. How did you feel when you made the mistakes? Did you learn from it or give up? 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 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 scholars’ 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: Topic for your scholar’s Stem Projects are due on Nov. 18, 2022 Thanksgiving Week: Monday and Tuesday are 2 hour early dismissals (11/21 and 11/22) school will be closed 11/23-and reopen on 11/28. Our homework is given every Monday, until 12/2. 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 located in ClassDojo.

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Kindergarten Team

Hello First Grade Families: Upcoming Events: November 18- STEM Fair topics due Reminder: If your dismissal plans change, please notify your child's teacher via dojo as well as the front office before 1:00 p.m. on the day of the change. Content area focus this week: Reading/ELA Unit 2: I Spy Story: "The Life Cycle of a Sunflower Genre: Informational Text Literary Focus: Text Structure; Making inferences Phonics: synonyms Language and Conventions: Sequence words (first, next, then and last) Math Topic 3: Review & Assessment Social Studies Chapter 3: Maps and Models Goal: Identify the parts of a map, including the title, compass rose, legend, and symbols Goal: Recognize that maps can be used to locate and identify places. Science STEM Fair Preparations STEM Fair topics are due November 18. Health/Social Emotional Learning Lesson: Empathy and Critical Thinking Learning Goal: Describe ways to show empathy and caring to someone in a given situation. Have a prosperous week!

First Grade Team

We had a terrific tenth week in second grade. Next week, we will begin Unit 2 in reading, titled, "Nature's Wonder's." The big question for the unit is "What patterns do we see in nature?" Throughout the week, we will identify text structures to facilitate reading informational text. The spelling pattern will be contractions. In Math, we will continue Topic 4. This topic covers fluently adding within 100. In Social Studies, we will talk about Earth and its continents. In Science, changing matter will be the focus. Updates: There may be a chance to be a chaperone coming up! If you have all your paperwork done, please be on the lookout for a Dojo message from your scholar's teacher! 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. 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 this week, students will continue to engage and complete their study guide, review games, and complete practices for Unit 1: Environments Test. In Social Studies, students will prepare for the Chapter 1 Test. Both assessments will be given on Friday November 18th. In Math this week, we are finishing up Topic 4: Using Multiplication to Divide. Students will also take our cumulative test for Topics 1-4. In Science, we are taking a closer look into magnetism, studying how natural and electromagnets work. Reminders: UMD Women's Basketball Game Field Trip - 11/16 Reading- There will be no Spelling Words this week! We are now in 2nd Quarter, please make sure you are checking SchoolMax frequently for updated grades!

3rd Grade Team

In Reading, we will be taking our Unit 1 assessment on 11/14 and begin Unit 2. In Social Studies, we will be finishing up Chapter 2 Americans and Their History and review for our upcoming assessment. 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, students will use various strategies to solve division problems. We will be attending the UMD Women's Basketball Game on 11/16. Please ensure your scholar has a bagged lunch in a clear ziplock bag. Students must be in uniform. As the cold and flu season quickly approaches,we are in need of facial tissue, hand sanitizer, and disinfectant wipes to keep the germs away. 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 11/14 Unit 1 Assessment 11/16 UMD Women's Basketball Field Trip

Fourth Grade Team

Thank you everyone for a very successful Doughnuts with Dads and Dudes event! It is now Second Quarter. Next week in Math, students will solve division problems using partial quotient. Next week in Science, students will explore Earth's Water. This week in RELA, we have officially finished Unit 1. Next week, we will begin Unit 2! This unit theme is Observations. Students will be aiming to answer the question: How do we learn through observations? We will begin reading Far From Shore, focusing on Author's Purpose, Evaluating Details, Open and Closed Syllables, and Subject-Verb Agreement. This week in Social Studies, we learned about the French and Indian War. Next week, we will Review Chapter 4, take the assessment and begin Chapter 5. Remember to keep up with homework, as it is assigned every night.

-Friendly Neighborhood 5th Grade Team

Spanish K-2 Students will be introduced to naming parts of the body. 3-5 students will continue practicing conversations using common phrases. Music Students in grades 3-5 are finally beginning their piano units! We plugged in our mini keyboards to our Chromebooks and practiced our C chord, G chord, and A chord. Scholars will be able to log on to our app (solfege.io) to practice from home on any piano or keyboard as soon as next week! Students in K-2 will begin piano next week. PE Good week parents, this week we are working on our throwing. We are playing a game that builds up our class chemistry/teamwork while also working on our throwing skills. Technology K-2 students practiced Introduction to Online Safety-Protecting Your Privacy This engaging video-based learning object provides the learner with foundational knowledge about the importance of protecting their personal information. The learner will understand that they shouldn't share any personal information online with anyone they don’t know and trust, and they should always log off or lock their device to protect their personal information. 3-5 Students practiced Netiquette in Online Communication In this animated video, Trey and two of his classmates are collaborating on their Virtual Science Fair project in a private chat room when netiquette issues derail them from their task. The lesson introduces what netiquette is, why it’s important, and shows some of the negative sides of online communication. Art Greetings, Scholars will be putting their final touches on projects with landscapes, directional lines, patterns, portraits, and understanding 3D imagery. They are focusing on completing their work, with good craftsmanship. STEM Since this is a short week, I'm giving students free range to expand their mind and build what first comes to mind.

Creative Arts Team