Click the following link to view Friday, September 16, 2022 newsletter:: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F7AJybYUwFVWJTY92LF_NHmOJLnpKw_yv5adIwrAo0U/edit?usp=sharing *We would like to thank all parents/guardians for attending our Annual Back to School Night. We sincerely apologize for the mishap regarding the capacity of the zoom link. We do understand the importance of the parents/guardians meeting their child teacher(s) and learning the expectations for each class during Back to School Night. This is duly noted and corrections have been made for upcoming virtual events. Please click on the following link ( https://jamboard.google.com/d/196lM-BFHxWpLuGwIhE1ou96bdZgDw3kzaKF_kgOMUFo/edit?usp=sharing ) in order to leave two things you like or enjoy about our school and one thing we can focus on to improve. Below you will find access to the Back to School night recording and presentation for the general meeting and each grade level presentation. Please click on the following links in order to access: General Back to School Night presentation :https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_FGrF_ziD-PoPGGq9-oN5cM_B1pnZbsJO8xfFB7Obg0/edit?usp=sharing General Back to School Night Recording: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1orbvyQFa0ejybtSLd9v2VT1uWnkPbmTl?usp=sharing Kindergarten Presentation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-2QCqOiEyJK2y_vRQ5AYcgExwuIGERcW/view?usp=sharing 1st grade Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ELdHbxkKScMfBmLjDy4pv2bX4Auun_aWtCdp1yU2jnE/edit?usp=sharing 2nd grade Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1sEd7_wMH2FgH-vXHopnEibCvnoyCioRWtAE0HGJZqoM/edit?usp=sharing 3rd grade Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1sFRMcN-rjAZNS9ei-_d8TM-CVhQyUTQn3gFd3wJeijA/edit?usp=sharing 4th grade Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18PXZlPFDjhSbNKAZr_bG6WfrxFjctV07tujO7o0vBGI/edit?usp=sharing 5th grade Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/120GGzvAK1aQdvU8irdbkHrzOi_49yEY3pWEgBZdh1EI/edit?usp=sharing *STEM fair parent night meeting will be held virtually Wednesday, September 21, 2022 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Learn about the STEM fair projects and how to support your child. Zoom link will be provided the day of the meeting. Please click the following link for the STEM FAIR Packet. *Our AWESOME Read-A-Thon and Donation Drive Fundraiser kicked off Thursday, September 14, 2022 and we are super excited!! Our students will be doing some extra reading and using teamwork to unlock rewards! Let's make the annual Readathon the best ever! We are raising money that will go directly to your student’s education. Money raised will be used for purchasing playground equipment and ChromeBooks! We have created a special donation page for your student. Check it out: Click on this link and type in your student's name! --->https://cmitessouth.pledge-drive.net The student Donation website and email correspondence will be the primary method of communication throughout the program. We hope we can count on your generous support. With 100% participation, we will be able to reach our donation goal! Click on the Video Button to watch the Daily Reading Challenge and read more about what we are raising money for on your student's page! WE NEED YOUR HELP! Here are some tips: Make your donation now to set a good example for other potential donors to follow. SHARE your donation page with at least 10 family and friends with the email function on your donation page. Forward this message and the link to family and friends. From your donation page you can easily post on FACEBOOK, send TEXTS, and post to SOCIAL MEDIA! Can’t find your student by name? Click HERE https://cmitessouth.pledge-drive.net/register to register your student! *Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15 - October 15, 2022. The month honors anniversaries of independence for Latin American countries of Mexico, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. (Library of Congress) During this month we focus on the contributions Hispanic Americans have made to American culture. PGCPS staff, students and families are invited to join the celebration by submitting an artifact that captures your Hispanic/Latino identity. Whether it’s a poem, song, recipe, photograph, art, story or something else special, be creative in sharing something that represents who you are! Make your submission between September 6 -October 6, 2022 to be featured in the showcase! Be sure to share YOUR voice with the PGCPS community! SUBMIT HERE (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1BN1zVss8CxYuWJoaHvalp1qCz9KhRFQ1ne4D1XzroEw/edit?ts=630e5a9f) Important Dates to Remember 9/13 - 10/3 : iReady Diagnostics (Reading) 9/15 -10/15 - Hispanic Heritage Month 9/17- Constitution Day 9/21 -International Day of Peace 9/26-27- Rosh Hashanah( Starts at sunset 9/25)r 9/29 - Schoolwide Pep Rally 9/30 - School closed for students- Professional Development for teachers

Tauheedah Lewis Assistant Principal (3rd - 5th)

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L. Watkis (Assistant Principal)

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L. Watkis (Assistant Principal)

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L. Watkis (Assistant Principal)

Make sure you are checking agenda books each night! Students will be writing homework assignments there as well as important communication about upcoming dates for parents to know. In math, students will be working on whole number multiplication and division as well as the decimal number system. Students are working to understand the inverse properties of multiplication and division to solve real-world problems. Students will also be working to understand decimal place value as an extension of whole number place value, where each place value to the left of another is ten times greater than the one to the right, and each value to the right is 1/10 of the place to its left. In science, students will be studying the properties of matter. Students will investigate what causes matter to change from one state to another and the similarities and differences between the states. In reading, students will be reading informational texts and answering questions using textual evidence. Students will be taken on a Journey (Unit 1’s theme) to Angel Island Immigration Station to learn about the immigrant experience of Chinese immigrants in the 1930s as we follow the path of a father and his 13 year-old son’s journey to open a restaurant in Wichita, Kansas. The essential question for this week is, “What motivates someone to move from a place that they call home.” To support your student at home, have a conversation with them about your personal family history or visit the Planet World museum in Washington, DC at 925 13th St NW. These are this week's words for spelling lists. Students will be assigned a list after the pre-test on Monday. We are continuing with the suffixes -ic, -ive, and -ism. List 1 historic federalism atomic tourism secretive narrative kinetic realism defensive representative List 2 interactive legislative progressive competitive exceptionalism activism altruism organic acrobatic antiseptic In social studies, we will be continuing with our first topic and learning about the first Americans. Our essential question for this unit is, “How does geography influence how people live?” We will also be spending some time in the Social Studies Skills Handbook at the beginning of the curriculum to work on essential skills like reading different types of maps and the fundamentals of social studies.

5th Grade Team Mrs. McCargo Ms. Thomas Ms. Jenkins Mr. Rowland

Hello Second Grade Parents! Another incredible week down in second grade! RELA We are continuing unit one, “You are Here” in our curriculum. Our unit essential question is “How do different places affect us?” Our weekly question will focus on, “How can people improve their neighborhoods?” Students will explore this topic more through a variety of Realistic Fiction Texts. We will also focus on handwriting. Science We will continue learning about properties of matter. Students will be able to describe matter and distinguish between solids, liquids, and gases. Social Studies Students will continue learning about our community and country and how they fit in. Students are examining what a citizen is, how to be a good citizen, and what it means to be a citizen. Health In this month's issue, we are focusing on safety. Students are learning more about how to be safe in both their school community and home community. Students are also learning more about rules and laws, how to handle common emergencies, and about how they can help to keep their friends safe. Math We are continuing Topic 1. This topic involves fluently adding and subtracting within 20. Students are refreshing their skills on basic addition and subtraction in order to build their mental math abilities so that they can start solving problems quickly and accurately. Updates and Reminders: 1. Please be sure to check your scholar's purple folder every night! Sign their calendar nightly in acknowledgement of daily behavior. 2. All second grade classes will have afternoon snack. Snacks should be healthful. Please be mindful of students with allergies and attempt to send allergy friendly snacks. 3. Students should bring a water bottle to school with them daily. 4. Homework is in full effect! Students should be completing 4 spelling assignments weekly in their spelling notebook AND 5 DreamBox lessons weekly. Remember, DreamBox is an application accessed through Clever. Participation in homework will be graded. 5. Many students are still missing their necessary school supplies! Please check to make sure you have sent in all requested school supplies. If anyone is able to donate composition notebooks or colored folders (red, yellow, green, blue, purple), we would be so appreciative! Thank you for all of your support so far this year! We are thankful for every one of you!

Mrs. Valera Ms. Barboza Ms. Womack Ms. Convert

This week in reading we continued reading "Reaching For the Moon" by Buzz Aldrin. We worked on vocabulary and text evidence throughout the story. We even touched a little on subject and predicate. Students ended the week taking there Reading MAP tests and I will have the final scores Monday. Next week we start a new story with new vocabulary and spelling words. Weekly homework also starts on Monday.

-Ms. Pavignano

Hi everyone! We hope you all had an amazing long weekend! Hi everyone! This week, we had back to school night Wednesday @ 6pm! We were so glad to see a lot of you in attendance! We did post the presentation on Class Dojo for anyone who missed it! Additionally, this week students took their MAP Assessments this week in reading and math! We have sent home test scores so make sure you have them! If not, please contact your teacher and she can assist you! Next week, students will be taking their IReady Assessments in reading! There are always a few tests close together in the fall as it is the beginning of the year and they are helpful baselines for teachers and parents to see where students are at. Please see the IReady letter on class dojo. Students have started having homework assignments in their classes so please make sure to check Canvas and the weekly calendar we have to help keep students on track! If anyone needs assistance using Canvas or Readworks, please let your teacher know so we can assist you! We will be using both frequently this year! Also, please make to be checking Class Dojo frequently as we do post a lot of information there for you all. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to the 3rd grade teachers and we will be happy to help! Please use the 3rd grade Google Site for lots of helpful resources and links as well as an assignments page to help keep parents in the loop of everything we are doing! https://sites.google.com/pgcps.org/3rdgradeclasssite22-23/home From your 3rd Grade Team! :)

Leah McDonagh Kylie Fleet Tamara Mathews Rashidah Balogun

Dear Parents, CMIT south Elementary is pleased to inform you that students in Kindergarten through grade 5 will continue using i-Ready for Reading. i-Ready is an online program that will help your student’s teacher determine your student’s needs, personalize their learning, and monitor progress throughout the school year. The i-Ready platform consists of two parts: Diagnostic and Personalized Instruction. The i-Ready Diagnostic Assessment will be administered between September 16, 2022 and October 3, 2022 to students in grades 1 through grade 5. Students in Kindergarten will take their first Diagnostic Assessment in January 2023. The i-Ready Diagnostic is an adaptive assessment that adjusts questions based on your child’s responses. It is expected that your child will not be able to answer every question correctly. The i-Ready Diagnostic is untimed, but most students complete the assessment in 45-60 minutes. The results of the i-Ready Diagnostic Assessment will be used by teachers and staff to implement and improve instructional practices and to set your child’s online learning path for i-Ready Personalized Instruction. The purpose of this assessment is an instructional tool for teachers and no grade will be assigned. Please send our scholars to the school with fully charged Chromebook. If you have any questions, please reach out to your child’s Reading Teachers or to the STC Mr. Metin. Have a Restful Weekend.

Fatih Metin Program Coordinator & Testing Coordinator

We encourage and welcome all Tiger Family volunteers to share any knowledge or engaging activities with our class. There will be a monthly SignUp Genius link provided to families for volunteer opportunities beginning in the month of October. Families may sign up to volunteer to share: - Cultural Stories - Arts & Crafts - Read Aloud - Directed Drawings - Science Experiments - Exercise Sessions - Any other approved academic, or social/emotional activity In order to volunteer at our school, you must conduct a background check, SafeSchools trainings, fingerprinting, and submit any other required documentation. All information can be found at https://www.pgcps.org/fingerprinting/

- KINDERGARTEN TEAM

Parents, Thank you for teaching scholars the importance of positive behavior away from home. We appreciate the effort that you take to remind them daily of the following: -Listen attentively to the teachers -Wait your turn -Respect all school rules -Listen when someone is speaking. Each homeroom is working to earn tiger paws toward the different end-of-month activities at school. Additionally, they earn individual class dojo points. Remind and encourage the value of hard work, consistency in demonstrating positive behaviors, and commitment to citizenship. Thank you for all that you do to support the teaching-learning environment. Your school needs your support.

L. Watkis (Assistant Principal)

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L. Watkis (Assistant Principal)

Parents/Guardians, As you think about and plan to become volunteers, please ensure that you are fingerprinted. Please use the following information to start the process. Thanks for strengthening the home-school connection. Ms. Watkis

L. Watkis (Assistant Principal)

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L. Watkis (Assistant Principal)