Greetings Tiger Family,

We have started MCAP testing in earnest! Thank you, families, for making sure students are arriving on time and prepared to demonstrate to the state of Maryland how hard we work as a school community, here at CMIT South Elementary. Next week we will have MCAP testing with the 5th grade April 24-28, followed by the 4th grade May 1-4, and wrapped up with the 3rd grade May 8-12. Once MCAP is finished we will move to NWEA MAP testing for Reading and Math K-5 at the school level and DIBELS reading testing for grades K-3 at the county level. Please continue supporting your Tiger’s success through consistent academic practice and extensions at home and regular on-time school attendance.

I also want to recognize all of our parent volunteers and chaperones who have attended field trips and supported us throughout the year. We have several upcoming field trips, field days, and promotions occurring in the 4th quarter. Please ensure you have completed background checks and volunteer applications to support. Families, also have conversations with your students regarding appropriate bathroom behavior, utilizing restrooms not as a social gathering place, but for their intended purpose. We are finding students attempting to gather in restrooms during arrival and dismissal for social reasons or not respecting the facilities. The use of the restroom is a privilege and students who cannot respect facilities will be given other options to supervise their visit to the restroom.

We also have an opportunity to attend a DC United Soccer game this Wednesday, April 26, 2023, with discounted tickets. If you are interested, please use the following link and meet us at Audi Field. We are excited to partner with D.C. United for their Open Cup Match as they take on the Richmond Kickers. Cheer on the Black-and-Red as they begin their journey in North America's most historic soccer tournament, the US Open Cup! Educators, teachers, and families start at just $15 per ticket! Click U.S. Open Cup: D.C. United vs. Richmond Kickers (fevo.com) to purchase tickets for the match! Lastly, as a reminder school will be closed for all staff and students in Prince George’s County this Friday, April 21, 2023, in observance of Eid. Have a safe and wonderful weekend Tigers.

Mr. Ronald A. Miller, Jr.

Principal

Chesapeake Math & IT Academy South Elementary

Prince George’s County Public Schools

CMIT South Elementary’s April Themes

Character Theme: Ambition

STEM Theme: STEM Careers

"Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Please take note of these April and May calendar reminders:

• Tuesday, April 18, 2023 - 3rd qtr. Report cards release online

• Friday, April 21, 2023 - School Closed - Eid al-Fitr

• Saturday, April 22, 2023 - Earth Day

• Monday, April 24, - Thursday, April 27, 2023 - MCAP (5th grade)

• Tuesday, April 25, 2023 - 3rd qtr Report Cards Release (hard copy)

• Thursday, April 27, 2023 - Last day for Clubs

• Monday, May 1,- Thursday, May 4, 2023 - MCAP (4th grade)

• Monday, May 8, -Thursday, May 11, 2023 - MCAP (3rd grade)

• Thursday, May 18, 2023 - Career Day

• Monday, May 29, 2023 - School Closed -Memorial Day

• 2022-2023 SY Calendar

• April Lunch Menu

Spring allergy season has arrived! Parents should START ALLERGY TREATMENTS AT THIS TIME.

Signs & Symptoms: sneezing, coughing, watery eyes, and nose.

~~NO continuous coughing, sneezing, draining eyes or nose in the school building~~

Nurse Aneke has medication forms available for all medication that must be administered at school.

April is World Autism Month! It is a time dedicated to raising awareness, understanding, and acceptance for individuals on the autism spectrum.

The Board of Education approved the 2023-2024 school calendar during their March 23 meeting. The first day of school will be on August 28, and winter break has been extended through January 2, 2024.

Summer is just around the corner and programs are beginning to open up for registration. As we learn about more programs, we will add them to the newsletter. Please click on the following programs to view and/or register your child:

Prince George’s County Department of Parks and Recreation

Summer Camp and Summer Programs Booklets were mailed out last week to residents. You can also view camps and programs at the following link or in person at PG Parks facilities.

Prince George’s County Department of Parks and Rec Summer Programs

Lacrosse

Kettering Largo Mitchellville Boys & Girls Club is working to establish a lacrosse program. A flyer for our upcoming clinic is attached. If you have any questions please see the link attached below.

https://www.klmbgc.com/

Marlboro Boys & Girls Club is working to establish a lacrosse program. Please see the link attached below.

https://www.mbgc.org/boyslax

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Want to send a Shout Out to a Teacher/Staff Member?

Do you want to say thank you or SHOUT-OUT a teacher or staff member for their great job? Complete and submit the SHOUT-OUT Google Form link and it will be shared with the faculty at an upcoming meeting and/or morning announcements.

Remember: masks remain a tool to reduce the spread of illness and vaccinations continue to be the best defense against COVID-19. When children are sick, please keep them home.

• Understanding that clocks and calendars measures time

• Interpreting timelines

• Vocabulary: measuring, calendar, clock, day, night, week, month,

• Measuring time in days

Please encourage and support scholars to read for at least 20 minutes each evening. After reading, engage learners to recall details from what was read. These past two weeks have been decoding words with inflectional endings (-ed, -s, -es), learning to construct questions before, during and after reading, as well as using illustrations and details to describe characters, setting, and event.

Making Connections is a comprehension strategy that students are learning to use. Therefore, as you read to, and with students, ask questions to help them make connections to their own ‘real life’ experiences. For example: “Does this remind you of something you've seen or done before?” Many reading skills are ongoing so students will continue learning and reviewing for the next week.

Hello Second Grade Families! Our team has just a few updates and reminders for the coming week.

• Students will be invited to participate in an in-school field trip on Friday, May 22nd. Field trip permission slips will come home on Monday, April 24th. Please be on the lookout for these. Only exact change, and checks, will be accepted.

• Please continue to check SchoolMax for up-to-date grades.

• Students should be completing 4 spelling assignments and 5 DreamBox lessons weekly for homework.

• Please remember to check interventions for completion. Students working on iReady should have at least 4 lessons per week. Students working on Lexia should have between 8-12 units done per week as determined by the program and discussed with their teacher.

This week in reading, we will begin Unit 5-Our Incredible Earth. Students will read informational texts about landforms and practice comprehension strategies.

In phonics, students will learn about homographs. Homographs are words that are spelled the same, but have different meanings. For example, a bat can be a flying animal, but can also be what you use to hit a ball in baseball.

We are working through Chapter 5- Plants & Animals. Students are exploring plant and animal life cycles, plant needs, animal needs, and how animals can help plants to reproduce.

Students are working through Chapter 6 in Social Studies. In this chapter, students are learning about American Culture. Subtopics in this chapter include what culture is, cultures in our country, American stories, and American holidays.

Students are beginning the next unit on "Babies... And How You Grew." They will learn about how they have grown and changed over time, from new babies to children. They will explore why families are important to the growing process. They will also review how food contributes to growing.

This week, students continued on in Unit 3 which is about heroes. We are reading many historical fiction stories this unit. We are also continuing working on comprehension questions and understanding how to look back in the text to find direct evidence. We are working on abbreviations, and we finished up prefixes this week. We are also focused on MCAP prep with our vocabulary words, practice tests, and test taking strategies!

This upcoming week, students will be learning about perimeter. We are also focused on MCAP prep with our vocabulary words, practice tests, and test taking strategies!

Students will also be learning about life cycles and traits.

We are on to chapter 4 which is about civics and government! We will continue discussing the branches of government and how our government was first created.

Happy Weekend Parents,

Reading: This week we continued our preparations for MCAP. Students compared and contrasted common themes given across two different myths. In the myths, students learned the story of how good and evil got on Earth. Students found the common theme for both myths and identified how the actions of character affected the fate of others.

Next Week: We will continue our preparations for MCAP. Students will read a drama (play) that will have them identify the theme given in this story. Students will also identify the story elements given in the drama. Students finally were able to identify how the actions of characters affect the fate of others.

Social Studies: This week we continued in Chapter 5 by exploring events and people from the Northeast that helped shape the country. Students got to further research facts about different people. Students also explore amendments 13 & 19 and how

Next Week: We will continue reading Chapter 5 and exploring the Northeast Region. In our upcoming reading, we will explore immigration. We will discuss reasons why people who leave everything behind, move to a new country. We will also explore the inventions and growth of industries that came from immigration to the Northeast.

Math: Week 1 of the MCAP review has consisted of a dive into equivalent fractions; lines, rays, line segments; and angles. Next week's MCAP review will continue to discuss angles and begin adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions.

Science: This week scholars have continued Topic 4: Earth’s Features. We have familiarized ourselves with tectonic plates and how their movements affect the earth's surface.

Health: We have wrapped up Topic 6: Be Cool, Keep Clean. This unit discusses hormones and body changes, what good hygiene is, illness prevention, and good hygiene and looking good and feeling great. Next week, we will begin Topic 7: Stay Drug-Free. All health activities are assigned at the beginning of the week and are due on Friday. Because of this, retakes and late submissions are no longer accepted and all grades are final.

Reading: This week in Reading Workshop, we continued MCAP bootcamp. This week we compared two texts about stress in students. On Thursday we did a reading escape room. Students worked together to complete different reading tasks on the White House passage.

Math: This week we began preparing for MCAP Testing by focusing time learning about lines, line segments, perpendicular and parallel lines as well as learning about fractions, fractional parts and equivalent fractions. Next week we will continue preparing for the MCAP by focusing on adding and subtracting fractions and measuring angles.

Science: This week students continued working our way through lesson 3 “Waves and the Electromagnetic Spectrum”. Students conducted an investigation where they were asked to create a decipherable code using the patterns in a transverse wave to send a secret message. .

Social Studies: This week we finished Chapter 5: Lesson 1. In this lesson students looked at the North East region of the United States. Next week we will look at at lesson 2.

CHESAPEAKE MATH AND IT SOUTH ELEMENTARY

• Hours: 8:00 a.m to 2:25 p.m
• Grades: K-5
• Uniform: Yes
• Before After School Enrichment: Yes
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• School Colors: Hunter Green, Navy Blue
• School Mascot: Tigers
• School Website: http://www.cmitsouthes.org

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