A HUGE thank you to ALL the parents who attended Pastries with the Principal. Principal Miller and his team hosted visiting parents by grade level. During this event, our parents were presented with an overview of our school: academic and attendance data, our focus, and plans as we move forward into the future. There were also opportunities for parents to ask questions and share their concerns. We listened to how we can grow more as a school. Parents: Thank you for partnering with CMIT Elementary Charter School.

L. Watkis (Assistant Principal)

Parents and Guardians, On behalf of AP Lewis, thank you for your generosity in giving this past Thanksgiving. AP Lewis spearheaded a CAN drive and our school community responded in kind. You guys are awesome. A BIG thank you to AP Lewis. These were presented to families as well as the Bowie Food Pantry. Thank You TIGERS! You guys rock! Respectfully,

L. Watkis (Assistant Principal)

This past month our bulletin boards told many stories. Our teachers and students showcased their creativity through various exhibits. A BIG thanks to the parents who visited our school decorated boards. This is the home school connection that makes CMIT Elementary Charter the best in Maryland.

L. Watkis (Assistant Principal)

Happy Friday Tiger Family, Week 15 is approaching and we are entering the 3rd week of the 2nd Quarter. Congratulations to all those awarded for their accomplishments and success for the 1st Quarter. We are looking forward to even more growth and success at the end of the 2nd Quarter. As always, we ask parents to review and sign agenda books nightly and review updates in SchoolMax weekly. We want you all to stay informed regarding your Tiger’s performance and SchoolMax is the most accurate and efficient way to do so. Sections 43 & 44 Reading: This week we have started unit 2 in our curriculum and switched back to Reading Workshop. Unit two focuses on adaptations and the essential question- How do living things adapt to the world around them? This week we read the story Feathers: Not Just for Flying by Melissa Stewart. Students focused on what different purposes that animal adaptations serve. While reading this story we worked closely with the main idea and supporting details, context clues, and monitoring comprehension. Next week we will continue to work with our story and end the week with a brochure for this topic. Math: This week in Math we focused on Topic 3-1 Multiplying by multiples of 10, 100 and 1000. We also worked on using previously learned skills like mental math and place value as strategies that can be used to solve multiplication problems. Reminder “Topic 3” Pick A Project is not due until the end of the Topic 3. Science: This week we continued exploring lesson 1 Energy and resource conversation. Students participated in 2 investigations, the 1st focused on comparing how quickly resources can disappear if they are used without being replaced, the 2nd investigation focused on designing a closed circuit using an LED bulb, copper, zinc, potatoes, wires and potatoes. Reminder STEM FAIR Projects are due January 9, 2023. Research papers are to be submitted to Ms. Pavignano. Please remember that students should complete and submit their work. Helping your student(s) is encouraged, we ask that you not write for your student(s). Social Studies: In social studies this week, students started Chapter 2 Lesson 2. They will learn about how the Americans helped shape the land. They will identify different early Americans and what they did that was beneficial to the United states.

Mrs. Jones 4th Grade Math & Science Math Department Chair Engagement & Technology Liaison

Happy Friday Tiger Family, Week 15 is approaching and we are entering the 3rd week of the 2nd Quarter. Congratulations to all those awarded for their accomplishments and success for the 1st Quarter. We are looking forward to even more growth and success at the end of the 2nd Quarter. As always, we ask parents to review and sign agenda books nightly and review updates in SchoolMax weekly. We want you all to stay informed regarding your Tiger’s performance and SchoolMax is the most accurate and efficient way to do so. Sections 41 & 42: Reading: This week we have started unit 2 in our curriculum and switched back to Reading Workshop. Unit two focuses on adaptations and the essential question- How do living things adapt to the world around them? This week we read the story Feathers: Not Just for Flying by Melissa Stewart. Students focused on what different purposes that animal adaptations serve. While reading this story we worked closely with the main idea and supporting details, context clues, and monitoring comprehension. Next week we will continue to work with our story and Math: This week, scholars have built on previous lessons as we learned and practiced the use of partial products and area models in multi-digit by one-digit multiplication. We have also reviewed the Commutative, Associative, and Distributive Properties of Multiplication. Scholars continued the practice of mental math with multi-digit multiplication as well. Our standards this week were 4.NBT.B.4, 4.NBT.B.5, 4.OA.A.2, 4.OA.A.3. Our key terms for the upcoming lessons are Partial Products, Numerical Expressions, Commutative Property of Multiplication and Distributive Property of Multiplication. Our goal next week is to demonstrate mastery of Topic 3 and begin to discover Topic 4; which discusses using the same strategies to multiply multi-digit by two-digit numbers. The standards for the first 3 lessons of our new topic are___. We will continue to use our previous academic language in this topic. IMPORTANT: Math Topic 3 Assessment has been moved to Monday December 5, 2022 To prepare, have scholars review Topic 3 Notes and Resources found in the Modules tab in Canvas. Science: This week, we have dedicated extra time to our first lesson in our Topic 2: Humans Uses of Energy. We have discussed nonrenewable energy sources such as coal, fossil fuels, petroleum, natural gas, and nuclear fuel. The impacts that nonrenewable energy sources have on the environment, as well as, ways to reduce their use have been explored. Our vocabulary terms for the topic are Fossil Fuel, Coal, Petroleum, Natural Gas, Nuclear Gas, Uranium, and Outcome. The standards are 4-ESS3-1, 4-PS3-4, 4-CCC-2, and 4-CCC-5. Next week we aim to conduct our final experiment in the topic, demonstrate our understanding of this topic, and begin Lesson 3 of Topic 2. Lesson 3 unwraps renewable energy sources. Social Studies: In social studies this week, students started Chapter 2 Lesson 2. They will learn about how the Americans helped shape the land. They will identify different early Americans and what they did that was beneficial to the United states.

Mrs. Jones 4th Grade Math & Science Math Department Chair Engagement & Technology Liaison

Hello Second Grade Parents! We have been BUSY in second grade! Please read on to see all of the things we are working on! This week in second grade... RELA We just finished Unit 2- Week 3. In this topic, we explored characters, setting, and plot through a variety of realistic fiction text. We also practiced close reading and visualizing strategies to build comprehension. This week in phonics we will focus on the long e sound spelled /ee/, /ea/, /ey/, and /y/. We will also explore various fiction texts with the purpose of describing character traits and making inferences. Science Students have begun Topic 2 in science. In this unit, students are focusing on changing matter and whether or not those changes are reversible. Social Studies Students will begin Chapter 3. In this unit, students are learning about rules and why they are important. They are also learning to differentiate between rights and responsibilities. Lastly, they will take a deeper look at government, what it is, how it works, and why it is important. Health Students will begin a new topic on food and nutrition. They will learn about the food groups and which foods are healthful or less healthful. Math Students are beginning Topic 4 in math. In this topic, students are continuing with skills from Topic 3. They will continue adding within 100. Students will learn additional strategies to build mental math abilities and in order for them to become fluent with adding within 100. Fluency is being quick, efficient, and flexible in problem solving. By the end of this topic, fluency is the goal! 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. Students should bring a water bottle to school with them daily. 3. 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. 4. Remember to adhere to uniform policy. As it gets colder, please be reminded that outerwear needs to be a CMIT South ES jacket or sweater. All other jackets and coats can be worn outdoors, but should not be worn indoors. 5. Please continue to check SchoolMax regularly. Reach out to your child's teacher with any questions regarding grading. 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

Dear Parents, We live in a world surrounded by technology. And we know that whatever field our students choose to go into as adults, their ability to succeed will increasingly depend on understanding how technology works. But only a fraction of us are learning how technology works. Only 51% of all high schools offer computer science. That’s why our entire school is joining in on the largest learning event in history: The Hour of Code, during Computer Science Education Week (December 5-11). More than 100 million students worldwide have already tried an Hour of Code. Our Hour of Code is making a statement that CMIT Elementary is ready to teach these foundational 21st-century skills. See https://hourofcode.com/us/en/learn for details, and help spread the word.

Mrs. Ak

Parents/Guardians, Thank you for supporting learning at home. Our home hours are almost comparable to the hours utilized at school. This is due to your support of program usage at homne. We can still do better. We can do it. If students spend 15 minutes on math ad 15 minutes on reading each evening, the gains they make would impact their learning at school. Additionally, this practice is instilling study habits that will motivate students as they matriculate through the grades. Thank You parents Keep your students engaged in learning. Respectfully,

L. Watkis (Assistant Principal)

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L. Watkis (Assistant Principal)