Tiger News March 17, 2023
Notes from the School Nurse
Hello Parents/Guardians!
As we are now into cold/flu season and also still dealing with COVID-19, this note serves as a gentle reminder regarding a few things related to student health.
WHEN TO KEEP YOUR CHILD HOME FROM SCHOOL
1. Sick children need to be kept home from school; to include excessive coughing, sore throat, runny nose/congestion, vomiting, and/or high body temperatures (fever). Resting at home will help them get better more quickly and will prevent them from exposing other children or the staff to their illness.
2. For additional information and/or questions regarding when to keep your child home from school please visit the link below:
- When to Keep Your Child Home From School: https://www.pgcps.org/offices/school-health/when-to-keep-your-child-home-from-school
Mrs. Virgil, Principal Secretary
Allergy Information
Spring allergy season and those signs/symptoms of sneezing, coughing, watery eyes and nose----Parents should START ALLERGY TREATMENTS AT THIS TIME.
~~NO continuous coughing, sneezing, draining eyes or nose in the school building~~
I have medication forms, if it is to be administered at school.
Attendance
Please note, we have implemented a Google form for submission of absences/late arrivals and notes. This form is the only acceptable method of communication and must be utilized for reporting absences/late arrivals and uploading doctor/medical notes ONLY for your student(s). With the exception of COVID reporting in which an email in addition to the absence form must be sent to Nurse Ann (sally.warf@pgcps.org), Dr. Fryson (tfryson@cmitelementary.org) and Mrs. Virgil (evirgil@cmitelementary.org). Please click here to access the CMIT North Elementary School Absence Form: https://forms.gle/zoLQx9kZThEH8Gge6 to submit doctor notes, results and any absence notes. ABSENT NOTE SUBMISSION: Please complete this form within three (3) days once your child returns to instruction. Excused absences cannot be placed into SchoolMax until after the child returns to instruction. Family vacations and trips are not considered excused absences. Refer to the Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook for further clarification regarding excused and unexcused absences. For quick reference, you may access the handbook at: https://offices.pgcps.org/student_rights_responsibilities.htm
Mrs. Virgil, Principal's Secretary
Kind Kindergarten
Hello Kindergarten Families,
Please check the weather daily, so your scholar is dressed appropriately for outdoor recess. Please make sure that you are reading any messages via dojo, class story, or emails pertaining to your scholar’s class.
As we prepare for our Kindergarten promotion ceremony which will take place in June, we will send out a save the date when it is finalized. We would like to have a baby picture of your scholar to use in our slide show, please send the picture to your scholar's teacher’s email, which can be found below.
Did You Sign the Publicity Release Form?
If you have not done so already, please fill out the photo release form using the link below. As a reminder, photos will be posted to Class Dojo and displayed during our Kindergarten Promotion video and celebration. If we do not have your permission to use your scholar's photo, they will not be included in videos during the promotion ceremony.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdeuJFHXINIRGbGSgubUQP6wPpXJGEKnt-6Hh8W5KiHPEl6vA/viewform
ELA: We completed our unit 3 Assessment this week and will be starting on Unit 4 next week. We will recognize that sentences are composed of words; separated by spaces, recognize word boundaries, and evaluate details to determine what is important in a sentence or story.
Math: We completed our topic 12 math assessment and will begin on topic 13 next week. We are continuing to learn about two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes. We will use a variety of shape manipulatives, as well as identifying shapes that we see in our environment. We will analyze and compare two-dimensional (2-D) shapes. We will use clues to help identify different types of shapes by the number of sides, and identify shapes that have no sides or corners (vertices).
Science:We will talk about the needs of people: What are some ways we meet our needs? We will also compare the needs of people and animals, how are they the same?
Social Studies:We will continue to learn and identify how we keep track of time. We discuss schedules, clocks, and the use of calendars. Students will understand how we keep track of time through the seasons.
Health: Our topic will be about “Being Assertive” speaking with confidence and respect. We will identify situations in which it is appropriate or inappropriate to speak up and voice your opinion. Questions that will be discussed; Have you had a great idea that you wanted to tell someone? What did you do? What would you do if that person did not want to listen? What if they were busy at that particular time.
Friendly reminder: Class dojo is one of our main forms of communication for any classroom activities, events, and messages. Please make sure that you are connected to your scholar’s Class dojo. Teacher emails 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 that are labeled with their name (uniform) that can be kept in their cubbies.
If your scholar’s form of transportation changes for dismissal, please complete the necessary forms and upload into the document, as well as notify your scholar’s teacher.
Thank you from your Kindergarten Team
Friendly First Grade
Greetings First Grade Families:
Please remember that if your dismissal plans change, notify your child's teacher via dojo as well as the front office before 1:00 p.m. on the day of the change.
Additionally, please ensure that your child is dressed warmly when they arrive to school in the mornings. We have outdoor recess at 10:20 a.m. if the temperature is at or above 32 degrees. It is important that students are dressed appropriately for the weather.
Content area focus this week:
Reading/ELA
Unit 4: Making History
Literary Focus: Biographies, timelines
Phonics: r- Controlled Vowel ar ; Inflectional Ending - es , Plural - e - es.
Language and Conventions: Action Words
Math
Topic 10: Use Models and Strategies to Add Tens
Focus: Adding 2-digit numbers, Place Value tens and ones
Social Studies
Chapter 4: Life Today and Long Ago
Lesson 2: Schools and Communities Past and Present
Science
Chapter 5: Living Things
Lesson: How people learn from animals and plants.
Health/Social Emotional Learning
Lesson: Problem Solving
Learning Goal: Differentiate between "kid-sized" problems and "emergencies".
Have a prosperous week!
First Grade Team
Sensational Second Graders
This week in Reading, we will be working on Unit 3 Week 5. Throughout week 5, we will read realistic fiction and procedural text. We will be making connections between using text features to make inferences. We will be taking our weekly reading test.
In Math, we will be working on topic 9. This topic will cover numbers to 1,000.
In Science, we will be talking about the surface of Earth changes and what causes those changes to happen.
In Social Studies, we will discuss producers and consumers.
We are in need of tissues. With the cold and flu season in full affect, we are going through our supplies fairly quickly.
Please ensure scholars are coming to school dressed for the winter weather. We have recess at
10:50 a.m. and will be going outside if the temperature is above 32 degrees.
Please reach out to your scholar's teacher via dojo if you have any questions.
Have a great weekend and we will see everyone on Monday!
Second Grade Team
Terrific Third Graders
In Social Studies, students will review Chapter 3 lessons 1-6 through activities and games in preparation for their unit test.
In Math this week, scholars are taking our cumulative test, looking at all of the material we've learned so far from multiplication to graphs and fractions. Then we are moving on to Topic 13, working with equivalent fractions.
In Science, we are looking at inherited traits, as well as how environmental factors influence trait expression.
Third Grade Team
Fantastic Fourth Graders!
We strongly encourage parents to check SchoolMax weekly to stay abreast of your scholar's progress in all academic areas. Students can redo eligible assignments within a week of being posted. Weekly check-ins with your scholar about his/her grades is a great way to set goals and reflect on progress.
We are in need of hand sanitizers, disinfecting wipes, and facial tissues. The cold and flu season is upon us and we would like to continue to keep our classrooms germ free.
Additionally, please ensure that your child is dressed warmly when they arrive to school in the mornings. We have outdoor recess at 11:50 a.m. if the temperature is at or above 32 degrees. It is important that students are dressed appropriately for the weather.
Let's have a great week on purpose.
Fourth Grade Team
Fabulous Fifth Graders
Good day Tigers! What a week of testing and academic progress! We did it! MISA testing has been completed and now we transition into preparing for our MCAP testing next month! Continue to complete your reading and vocabulary assignments daily to ensure academic success. IXL, iReady, Lexia, and other learning resources will help you develop in reading skills and reading comprehension. Consistency brings progress, so stay focused and consistent with your homework assignments and assigned reading programs. You can do this!
Women's History Month
This month we celebrate Women's History. Every 5th grade scholar has a presentation to complete that is due on the 27th. Please ensure your project is completed and ready for presenting in class. Class presentations begin on the 28th-30th.
Spelling Bee Competition
Scripps Spelling Bee will be in May of 2023 and we are getting ready for the school wide assembly as our contestants are narrowed down to one winner. Our assembly will be March 24th and 10 finalists will be selected. Please ensure you are studying your word list! Happy spelling scholars! Be encouraged!
Subject Content:
RELA
This week in RELA, we have finished Unit 3 Week 4 with poetry. Next week, we are moving into Week 5. Students will be inferring multiple themes and making connections. In writing, students are working on opinion essays, and their Women's History Month Projects.
Math
This week in math, we are learning about:
1. Line Plots. Students will solve word problems using data in a line plot.
2. Multiplying a fraction by a whole number.
Science
In science, we will continue to explore the solar system
Social Studies
In Social Studies, we are completing Chapter 8 and working in Chapter 9. We are learning about the formation of our society as they progressed moving Westward with the Westward Expansion. We are migrating into the Civil War and Reconstruction our our nation.
Affirmations for the Week:
I choose joy today.
I choose to be calm.
I choose peace.
I choose love.
I choose to respect myself and others.
I choose to be brave when things are difficult.
I choose to be kind.
I choose to be focused.
I choose to complete my tasks.
I choose to stay positive.
I choose to be happy.
I choose to go beyond the limits I put on myself.
I choose to function in an excellent spirit.
I choose to be patient with myself and others.
I choose to take one day at a time.
I choose to listen and follow directions.
I choose to be my best self everyday!!!
Enjoy your week scholars! Be your best and do your best!
5th Grade Team
Captivating Creative Arts
Art
Greetings,
Tigers have presentations this week and next. Classes will primarily consist of independent work to finish their projects and critiques. Projects include portraits, landscapes, cityscapes, abstract, and other activities that develop their understanding of depth of field and value. We will continue to stress craftsmanship as a priority.
Music
Students in grades 3-5 have just finished their second piano unit, learning chords C, F, and G using their roman numerals. They competed in a relay race identifying all notes needed for each chord. Next week they will continue celebrating women in music by using their chord knowledge in playing Whitney Houston, Beyonce, or Ella Fitzgerald.
Grades K-2 are using Italian words to identify and compare different musical articulations (tempo and dynamics). They will also apply their knowledge playing female artists over the next two weeks!
Technology
K-2 practiced:
Keyboarding: Locate and Type Letters A, B, C, D, and E
During this engaging and interactive digital lesson, the learners receive direct instruction and practice in keyboarding the letters A, B, C, D, and E as they locate and type the letters, recognize the letter sounds, and learn the relationship between the letters on the keyboard and on the screen.
3-5 practiced:
Tynker- Online Safety
In this course, students learn about about cybersecurity and how to make sure their data is secure and they are being safe while online.
PE
Good week parents, this week students will be combining different combinations of exercise in order to complete the relay race.
Spanish
K-2 Students are counting 1-20.
3rd grade ordering food
4th-5th grade Writing sentences using “AR-ER-IR” verbs. Also, using words from their Clothing Vocabulary to dress for the office. In addition, students will be role playing ordering food.
STEM
Greetings,
Tigers are using the engineering design process to create models that represent Women's history month.
Mission
In partnership with students, parents and the community, CMIT Elementary School will attain educational excellence by providing a rigorous and technology-integrated education for elementary school students with an emphasis on mathematics, science, and information technologies.
Vision
The vision of CMIT Elementary School is to provide multiple opportunities for Prince George’s County elementary school students by developing an early interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). CMIT Elementary School will create expansive learning opportunities, hands-on activities, and course designs focused on STEM curricula that will connect real world experiences to Prince George’s County students.