Greetings Tiger Families,

We are steadily moving through testing with the completion of 4th-grade testing this week. We will be starting 3rd Grade MCAP testing on Monday, May 8th. Please make sure your students are in school on time and ready to learn and demonstrate their growth on all assessments. Once MCAP testing is completed we will be shifting to DIBELS reading testing for K-2, NWEA Map Testing for grades K-5, and iReady testing for all grades. Assessments provide educators and families with the information to see how students are mastering skills in comparison to their own performance and their peers in our building, locally in the district, statewide, and nationally. This information will not only inform us as educators at the school regarding the interventions we need to plan but hopefully as a family how you can also support your Tiger in struggling areas.

Career Day is on the horizon, Thursday, May 18, 2023, please share the registration link for in-person speakers Career Day Info!!! https://forms.gle/ePdq2VXXEDAHAFE56.

Speakers do not have to be approved volunteers as you will be guests and escorted in the building. We want to expose our children to a diverse field of careers to show how STEM is a part of everything we do. There are also opportunities for families to sign up for field trips. Please reach out to your Tiger’s classroom teacher. The PTO is soliciting donations for equipment and volunteers for Field Day as we are planning an enjoyable event for the school.

For those families who registered and were confirmed for Summer Academy, all of our existing transportation partners confirmed they are willing to provide transportation for students based on demand. Please contact them directly if you arrange transportation please make the school aware of what company will be responsible for transporting your Tigers or if they are participating in a carpool.

Finally, school safety and organization are still paramount in order for CMIT South Elementary to deliver high-quality instruction. Please consistently remind students of the expectations in all parts of the school. Every adult in our building is responsible for holding students accountable and every student is expected to meet the highest expectations for behavior K-5. Thank you families for continuing to work collaboratively so we can guide our students to success.

Sincerely,

Mr. Ronald A. Miller, Jr.

Principal

Chesapeake Math & IT Academy South Elementary

CMIT South Elementary’s May Themes

Character Theme: Perseverance

STEM Theme: Greenhouses

“A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge, and wisdom in the pupils.”- Ever Garrison

Please take note of these May and June calendar reminders:

• Saturday, May 6, - Friday, May 12, 2023 - Nurse Appreciation Week

• Monday, May 8, - Friday, May 12, 2023 - Teacher Appreciation Week

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

• Wednesday, May 10, 2023 - PTO General Meeting @ 6 p.m.

• Thursday, May 11, 2023 - SkyZone (K- 2nd grades) @ 4 p.m.- 8 p.m.

• Thursday, May 18, 2023 - Career Day

• Friday, May 19, 2023 - Sneaker Ball (3rd -5th grades) @ 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

• Tuesday, May 23, 2023 - 3rd Qtr Honor Roll Assembly

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

• Thursday, June 1, 2023- Field Day

• Monday, June 5, 2023- Kindergarten Promotion
  
• Wednesday, June 7, 2023 - 5th Grade Moving Up Ceremony @ 9 a.m.

• Monday, June 12, 2023- 2-Hr. Early Dismissal for Students

• Tuesday, June 13, 2023- Last Day for Students and End of Fourth Quarter 2-Hr. Early Dismissal for Students

• 2022-2023 SY Calendar

• May Lunch Menu

Staff Appreciation Week is Monday, May 8 - Friday, May 12, 2023. Let's show this incredible team how much they are all appreciated.

Take a moment to send the staff a shout-out! Click the link below.
Shout Out Form
https://forms.office.com/r/aM1RxvLyT5

Saturday, May 6, 2023, is Nurse’s Day, and Nurse's Appreciation week is Saturday, May 6 -12, 2023. On this day the world pays tribute to all nurses who give their best every day to save lives and care for their patients. We would like to thank our School Nurse Mrs. Aneke for her dedication to taking care of all our students and staff. You are appreciated! Show our school nurse just how much she is appreciated. Send an email, card, do or say something special for her on Nurse’s Day

PGCPS will host free immunization clinics for students entering kindergarten or seventh grade in the fall. All clinics are open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

MAY 6

Greenbelt Middle School

6301 Breezewood Drive, Greenbelt

MAY 20

Thurgood Marshall Middle School

4909 Brinkley Road, Temple Hills

Register

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:

Details on the 2023 Summer Learning Program are now available. Register early!

Learn More

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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Tutoring provided by CMIT South

CMIT South Elementary will have tutoring offered by 12th-grade seniors from CMIT South Middle/High school for 3-5 grade students. More information coming soon.

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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.

Cell phones may be used on school grounds before school and after school. Cell phone use is prohibited in classrooms, restrooms, cafeteria, hallways, and school offices unless otherwise stated by a teacher. During the instructional day, cell phones must remain out of sight and must be turned off or on silent mode and stored in a backpack, book bag, pocket, purse, or locker. “Cell phones” include, and are not limited to, iPhones, “smart” phones, smart watches (i.e., Apple Watch, Samsung Galaxy Watch), internet-enabled phones, and other PEDs that are capable of placing and/or receiving telephone calls (including personal listening devices such as earphones, earbuds, “Bluetooth”, etc.), text messages, browsing the internet, creating and distributing videos, taking photographs, and the like. Please click to review the Portable electronic Policy (Administrative Procedure 5132).

Greetings Kindergarten families!

KINDERGARTEN PROMOTION: Monday June 5, 2023

TIME: Lewis/Madison 8:30am-9:30am and Windsor/Herbert 10:00 am-11:00am.

ATTIRE: Dress to impress

TICKETS: 4 per student (CMIT South ES siblings do not need a ticket)

IMPORTANT: Please support students in uploading their then/now photos, practicing their roles, and submitting videos for promotion day. Every student has a different role, so please contact your child’s teacher if you have any questions.

In-School STEM Field Trip:

COST: $10/student no chaperones needed

Money collection: 5/8 - 5/12

UNIT 4: Then and Now

Essential Question- What can we learn from family traditions?

WEEK 5- Tempura, Tempura

• Phonological awareness: Add Phonemes alliteration, identify produce rhyming words

• Phonics: Review and reinforce words for Dd, Ff and Vv, Short Ee

• Sight words: want, every, please

• Spelling words found in our weekly readings: bed, fed, den, vet, want, please

• Vocabulary: time, change, discover, tradition, served, sailed, shared, brought

• Learning Goals

- I can read about the past

- I can use words to make connections

- I can write a story about myself

• Finding text features

• Words that related to Family Tradition

• Determining the theme of a story

• Ask and Answer Questions

• Supplemental Reading Programs- Students will spend time working on IXL, Lexia or iReady to gain academic support in a variety of English/Language Arts skills

UNIT 10: Compose and Decompose Numbers 11 to 19

• Numbers from 11-19 can be represented as a sum the sum of 10 and some more

• Representing composition/decomposition with objects, drawings, and equations

• Explore different ways of representing our understanding of teen numbers

• Building a foundation for understanding place value

• Vocabulary: How many more?

TOPIC 6: Environment

Lesson 4: People Can Protect the Environment

• New uses for old things

• Making something that is useful

• Ways to help the environment/Earth

• Vocabulary: recycle, reuse

Chapter 6: Learning about the Past
Lesson 1 - Comparing things from long ago vs today

• Discuss how people lived at home long ago

• Vocabulary words: past, history, customs, long ago, clothing and crop

Unit 9 Lesson 1: Keeping you clean and healthy

Name different daily routines and the consequences of not following those routines
Vocabulary: sick, well, germ, illness, medicine, doctor, thermometer, nurse, communicable, noncommunicable, “cheer up”, lonely, diseases , routines, and healthy

First-grade parents,

Thanks for sending our scholars to school each day. You guys are awesome, and we value your partnership. Take some time to read with your children. Listen to them read and encourage their growth in reading. It is very important that you are also providing feedback. Encourage students to put their ideas in writing as well by completing book reports.

Thanks for supporting student learning.

Essential Question: Why is the past important?

Students are learning and reviewing the following: Story Retell, Describing characters settings, and major events in a story.

Writing goals will include: writing narratives using temporal words such as after, before, during, next.

High Frequency Words: new, found, thank, please, always

Spelling Words/Phonics: R-controlled Vowel ex./ar/

Genre: Biography

Students are reading biographies this week. See below for topics to add to your home libraries.

Place Value

Essential Question-How can you count and add using tens and ones?

Students are learning the strategy“ Break Apart”.

Here is a short video to support students learning and using the strategy

How do the Parts of Plants help animals?

Vocabulary Words: root, steam, leaf

Make real life connections to this topic. Have children care for a plant at home. Connect this to the plants needing sunlight and water. They could also keep a journal and write what they notice each day. This is a fun activity to complete over the summer as well.

Heroes work to help people who are not treated fairly. Talk about and share ideas of what heroes do that set them apart from others. A video is HERE

Lungs and breathing

Vocabulary Words: breathe, smoke, diaphragm, oxygen, lungs.

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

• Students will take a field trip to Skate Zone on Thursday, May 25th! Permission slips were sent home and the cost of this trip is $49. Chaperones will also need to pay $49. Money and permission slips are DUE Friday, May 12th.

• 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, students explore the genre of drama as it relates to our amazing Earth! Students will explore the weekly question of, "How does weather change Earth?" They will identify the elements of drama and practice making and confirming predictions as they read.

In phonics, students are decoding and spelling words with vowel sounds aw, au, augh, al.

Students are beginning topic 13, shapes and their attributes. In this topic, students will learn the attributes of 2-dimensional shapes, cubes, and partitioning shapes into equal shares.

An optional homework packet will come home early next week. Please be sure to review the supplementary resources available on CANVAS.

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

Stay tuned for an update regarding testing from your teacher!

Students are finishing up Chapter 6 in Social Studies. In this chapter, students have learned about American Culture. Subtopics in this chapter include what culture is, cultures in our country, American stories, and American holidays.

Stay tuned for an update regarding testing from your teacher!

Our health unit this month is "Babies... And How You Grew." Students are learning about how they have grown and changed over time, from new babies to children. They are exploring why families are important to the growing process. They are also reviewing how food contributes to growing.

Hi everyone! We are getting ready for our MCAP testing week so let’s make sure students get a good night’s sleep this weekend!

Starting Monday, students will take their first day of Math MCAP, sections 1 and 2. Tuesday will be sections 3 and 4 for math. Wednesday will be sections 1 and 2 for reading, and Thursday will be sections 3 and 4 for reading. Each test will take place in the mornings in their homeroom classes! Please make sure students are on time all week as we will start promptly in the morning. Students need a fully charged chromebook for each day so please charge them EVERY night! Students can be working on the practice tests and studying the academic vocabulary to prepare for the test!

We know it is a busy time of year in terms of testing! After MCAP, we still have MAP Math and Reading, IReady, and DIBELS. We will give dates to come so keep an eye out. We can do it!

Let’s stay on track of our assignments as we move through each unit! Please make sure you are using our weekly assignments breakdown page to always see what homework assignments are due each night. Here is the link for those who need it: https://sites.google.com/pgcps.org/3rdgradeclasssite22-23/assignments

Please make sure students have the supplies they need for school each day (pencils, scissors, colors, etc.)! Also, make sure you are sending students to school with proper jackets for the cold weather.

Let’s finish out the LAST QUARTER of third grade as strong as possible!

We have successfully completed MCAP testing. Thank you to all those who ensured scholars were well-rested, arrived on time daily, and that chromebooks were charged. MAP testing will begin this month as well. Next week is Teacher Appreciation week. Take time and honor an educator for their hard work and dedication.

Reading: This week our students showed their growth from this school year by completing 4th Grade Literacy MCAP. We spent this week reading over a myth drama to determine a theme that could be learned from the text.

Next Week: We will begin our Novel Study. This year we will be reading “Flora and Ulysses” by Kate Dim. In this novel we will read about a cynical girl who happens upon an amazing squirrel and they have adventures. The purpose of a Novel Study is for student read a story in its entirety to see how characters grow and change and how their actions affect the plot of the story.

Social Studies: This week we began talking about immigration. Students explored different places in America that people landed when they arrived in this country. Students also identified reasons why people would leave all that they know to move to a strange land.

Next Week: We will continue reading Chapter 5 and exploring the Northeast Region. In our upcoming reading we will explore life of immigrants when they first arrived in America. Students will read first and secondhand accounts of immigrants that came to America to compose an essay about the first experiences of immigrants that arrived.

Math: This week our students have completed Spring MCAP testing. Next, we will continue our instruction by beginning Topic 11: Represent and Interpret Data on Line Plot.

Science: This week students worked collaboratively in small groups to build a structure that would keep an uncooked egg safe from a 6 foot drop and if still unharmed an 8 foot drop using only the provided materials.

Health: Next week, we will begin Topic 7:Stay Drug Free- Build Your Assets! All health activities are assigned at the beginning of the week and due on Friday. Because of this, retakes and late submissions are no longer accepted and all grades are final.

Scholars have been given their Math, Science, and Health reports which accurately reflects SchoolMax and student performance. all opportunities to complete and resubmit all activities thus far have been given. There are no make-up opportunities at this time.

Reading: This week students took MCAP Reading and Math. We focused Monday and Tuesday on 4th grade vocabulary review. We will pick back up in the Reading Workshop next week.

Math: This week students took part in the Spring MCAP testing. Next week we will resume our work in Topic 5 Division. `

Science: This week students worked collaboratively in small groups to build a structure that would keep an uncooked egg safe from a 6 foot drop and if still unharmed an 8 foot drop using only the provided materials.

Social Studies: This week we paused from Social Studies as we focused on the MCAP Test. New week we will focus back on chapter 5.

MAP testing is fast approaching! You can support them at home by ensuring students complete their weekly homework and practicing skills on iReady and IXL. You can support student success by sending students with necessary supplies including pencils and charged Chromebooks. Please have a conversation with your scholar about hallway behavior and appropriate bathroom use.

Camp Schmidt's permission slip forms went home Friday, May 5, 2023. Money and permission slips will be DUE on Thursday, May 12, 2023.

Baby Photos Needed by Friday, May 19, 2023...
To be used for a slideshow show at our 5th grade Moving Up Ceremony
*All photos need to be sent digitally via the form below - NO HARD COPIES! Only one baby photo, please.

Use the highest quality picture possible. If your picture is blurry it may not be used.

Please name the photo file with your child's first and last name.

Please fill out the Google form below to have your Child's baby photo displayed during the 5th grade Moving Up Ceremony

https://forms.gle/77UzB3LhaRsxaCQFA

The following Moving Up Ceremony parent letter was sent home with the 5th-grade scholars Monday, May 1, 2023:

CMIT South Elementary will host our 5th-grade Moving-Up Ceremony. The Moving-Up ceremony will be held Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in the gymnasium. We will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m.We ask that all participants arrive at the Media room by 8:00 a.m. The attire colors for the scholars will be black and white. In honor of our fellow scholar Jackson Buckner, our current scholars will be pinned with a blue ribbon.

Scholars will be allowed two (2) tickets. Tickets will be distributed Monday, June 5, 2023. If guests do not have their tickets, they will not be permitted to the ceremony. The gymnasium door near the ramp will open at 8:30 a.m. Also, a Zoom link will be sent out a day prior for family members that aren't able to attend to view.

All guests for the 5th grade Moving-Up Ceremony please park in the rear parking lot by backing into an available space until all spaces have been filled. If no spaces are available you can use the satellite parking at the CMIT South Middle High School and walk over.

The PTO is excited to kick off personal ad sales for the 5th Grade Moving-Up Ceremony. Please submit print-ready ads in .pdf, .jpg, or .png formats only. Personal ads only. Business ads will not be accepted. The PTO will accept paid ads until Friday, May 19, 2023. Purchase an ad for your tiger today at www.cmitsouthespto.org. Submit your paid receipt and ad to pto@cmitsouthes.org. Please contact the PTO with any questions: e: pto@cmitsouthes.org| p: 202.810.2250 (phone or text).

Ad Specifications + Pricing
Quarter Page Ad (size: 3.75" w x 4.75" h) | $25.00
Half Page Ad (size: 7.75"w x 4.75"h) | $50.00
Horizontal Ad's only. Vertical Half Page Ads will not be accepted.
Full Page Ad (size: 8.25" w X 10.75" h) | $75.00
Inside Cover Ad (size: 8.25" w X 10.75" h)| $100.00

We are looking forward to a successful and joyous occasion.


Please click the following link for a copy of the letter:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EYvTBmVKN3kejDYxW3q9cEIVmqTBai9F/view?usp=sharing

This week students’ assignments are from 5/8 – 5/12

Assignment for K-1:

Computer Fundamentals: Intro to Pointer Devices

In this engaging and interactive digital lesson, Students receive direct instruction and practice using a mouse and a trackpad to select objects.

Assignment for 2:

Computer Fundamentals: Pointers and Making Choices

In this engaging and interactive digital lesson, Students receive direct instruction and practice choosing which items to select with their pointer device.

Assignment for 3-5:

Word Processing: Creating and Organizing Content

This engaging and interactive digital lesson provides direct instruction and practice with using a word processing program to help with the writing process. Students will gain knowledge about how to organize information, create lists, and insert pictures to better engage their audience.

Mrs. Ak

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
http://clfmd.org/enrichment-2/
• School Colors: Hunter Green, Navy Blue
• School Mascot: Tigers
• School Website: http://www.cmitsouthes.org

For more information

https://cmitsouthes.org/faq/