Tiger News March 3, 2023

Please see the letter attached regarding 5th Grade MCAP MISA testing for the next two weeks.

SB0646 School Construction - Public Charter School Facility Fund - Establishment sponsored by Senator McCray is a bill that allows public charter schools to apply for up to $2000 per pupil annually for eligible facilities-related expenses. This funding does not impact the Blueprint formula or take funding away from any other public school students. This money comes from the State's General Fund. SB0646 will allow more Blueprint dollars to be spent in the classroom on learning instead of on the school's facility. Additionally, the bill ensures spending accountability and transparency.

Charter school students are public school students and deserve equal access to safe and adequate school buildings. As the largest charter school operator in Maryland, CLF believes that SB0646 is a crucial step in addressing the current inequities faced by charter school students, families, and staff in Maryland. With your support, we can work towards ensuring that all students, regardless of the type of public school they attend, have access to quality facilities that foster academic success. Our bill hearing will be held on TUESDAY, MARCH 7th, 2023 AT 1:00PM IN SENATE BUDGET & TAX

and will be streamed online. You you can watch it at the MGA website. If you would like to join us in advocating for this bill here are some things you can do.

1. FORM LETTER FOR BUDGET & TAX - Some of you asked what your school communities can do to help leading up to the hearing. I put together a short form letter that can be easily personalized and emailed off to the members of Budget & Tax. I included the names, emails, and info on each Senator on B&T at the top of the document and the letter is at the bottom. Feel free to download it and make it your own. You can share this with anyone you think would want to be involved!
2. INTEREST IN TESTIMONY - Please complete this quick form if you or someone in your space is interested in providing testimony. This form is just for MAPCS and does NOT register you for testimony. We are looking for anyone interested in giving written OR oral testimony for March 7th. Keep in mind that if our bill makes it out of the Senate, it will be heard in Appropriations and we will need people for that hearing, as well. We would love at least five students, teachers, experts, and advocates to speak in support of SB0646.
3. REGISTER FOR TESTIMONY - To be eligible to submit written or oral testimony for any legislation, you must create an MyMGA account. We cannot register you for testimony and this must be done by the participant. The linked document walks you through the process of submitting written testimony and also signing up to give oral testimony. We would love as much written testimony as possible! You would indicate "Favorable" as your position on SB0646. The portal for submitting testimony and registering will be open MONDAY, MARCH 6th from 8:00am-3:00pm only.
4. HANDOUT ON SB0646 - Please feel free to use this to craft testimony, share with your communities, and the like.
   

Chesapeake Lighthouse Foundation
6151 Chevy Chase Drive
Laurel. MD 20707

Follow the steps in the document linked below to access the progress report for your child/ren.

Accessing progress reports

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

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

Saturday Academy will be in session March 4, 2023.

8:30 a.m. for 2nd and 3rd grade

9:30 a.m. 4th and 5th grade

Spring Picture Day is coming on Thursday, March 9, 2023!

DRESS TO IMPRESS! Students taking pictures may be OUT of uniform for Spring Picture Day on March 9. Lifetouch School Photography, known for capturing school pictures from K-12 nationwide, will take our school spring photos this year. For more information about Picture Day, check out the flyer provided or visit: https://schools.lifetouch.com/for-your-families/

To order your pictures online visit: https://my.lifetouch.com/mylifetouch/#/
Be sure to use the Picture Day ID: EVTJ9Z3NJ

https://www.donorschoose.org/donors/search.html?school=107558&includeNearbyLocations=true

we will vote on a new EBoard)

It's almost time for another amazing fundraiser, our Double Good popcorn sale! This year the event will run from Tuesday March 14th - Saturday March 18th. Please note you have more than one child both of them will use the SAME fundraising page for this. Below are the step-by-step instructions. We suggest downloading the app and getting everything set up ASAP since the fundraiser is only a week long. Don't hesitate to reach out to the PTO directly if you have any questions: cmitespto@gmail.com

Download the free Double Good app on your iPhone or Android.

Click here for a tutorial on how to download and setup the app: https://youtu.be/15vWfEEvjVU

Type in the school's unique event code JHK VDL to ensure that your sales are connected with our school.

Once the sale has begun forward the link from your app to friends and family.

**Reminder if you have more than 1 scholar they will fundraise as a team using the same link.**

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.

upcoming dates:
3/6: Asynchronous Day for Students
3/9: Spring Picture Day

Content area focus this week:

Reading/ELA
Unit 3: Review and Assessment
Literary Focus: Using Context Clues
Phonics: Compounds Words; Segment and Blend Phonemes
Language and Conventions: Persuasive Writing

Math
Topic 9: Review Assessment
Topic10: Use Models and Strategies to Add Tens.

Social Studies
Chapter 3: Symbols and Traditions of the United States
Lesson 5: American Heroes

Science
Chapter 5: Living Things
External Animal and Plant Parts
Animal and Plant Habitats

Health/Social Emotional Learning
Lesson focus: students will be able to describe different thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that may occur in response to a situation.
students will be able to describe how thoughts about a situation can lead to particular feelings and behaviors.




First Grade Team

This week in Reading, we will be working on Unit 3 Week 4. Throughout week 4, we will informational text. We will be making connections between author's purpose and ideas in other texts. We will be taking our weekly reading test. The spelling pattern for the week will be dipthongs: ou, ow, oi, oy.

In Math, we will finish up the second half of Topic 8. Now that we have finished the money portion, we will be moving on to telling time to 5 minutes. Please feel free to work on these skills at home. Online clock tool: https://toytheater.com/clock/

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 how climate can affect crops.

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.

As a reminder, there is no school for students on Monday!

Have a great weekend and we will see everyone on Tuesday!

Second Grade Team

In Reading, students will begin the biography Mama Miti: Wangari Maathi and the Trees of Kenya. Students will also work on vowel teams oo, ew, ue, ui, and eu.

In Social Studies students will begin lesson 6: Creating a Nation.

This week in Math, we are moving on to Topic 12, where students will work with fractions. Students will recognize fractions as equal parts of a whole as well as lengths. Number lines and fraction pieces will be helpful tools to visualize these concepts.

In Science, we are moving on to our next topic about life cycles and inherited traits. Students will start off by comparing life cycles of all living organisms to see what they have in common.

Third Grade Team

Fourth Grade Team

5th Grade Team: Mrs. Linton-Philp, Ms. Tellis, Mrs. Moon, Mrs. Robinson

Tigers Roar! What a week! We finished our amazing Black History projects and displayed our work in the wax museum presentation! Thank you for your outstanding hard work! The projects were a success!

We are migrating into Women's History Month! March is a month we celebrate the contributions of women in our society and their impact on how we function as a culture. We will produce a power point presentation of a woman of influence. Students have the opportunity to select and research someone of choice. Let's go Tigers! We will have an assembly on March 24. Please make sure your scholar begins their research right away! It is due by the end of the month. Thank you for your support in the success of our students!

Math and Science

In math, this week students will:
1. notice repetition in calculations and generalize about how to divide whole numbers and unit fractions.
2. read word problems and represent them with bar diagrams and equations.

In science, we will review science skills and concepts in preparation for the MISA test.

Math and Science Team

RELA

This week in RELA Scholars did an AMAZING job celebrating Black History Month!! We finished Unit 3 Week 3. Next week, we are starting Unit 3 Week 4, focusing on Poetry. We are celebrating Women's History Month in writing.

Social Studies

Migrating scholars! We are on a journey of our nation being established and growing as unified people and culture. We are studying Chapter 8: Westward Expansion and will continue on this journey of how the New World citizens developed as a culture and expanded the New World by moving Westward and going inland. Inventions, roads, railroads, Texas and California Independence, Trails to the West (Trail of Tears of the indigenous people), and the California Gold Rush have been and will be explored, and we will continue to delve and analyze the progress and process of the new culture. Let's go tigers!

Spelling Bee
Students are in the process of studying for the spelling bee and we will have one more preliminary classroom spelling bee before our spelling bee assembly this month. Please make sure your tigers are studying their words daily. Bee ready spellers! Let's go Tigers!

Have an astounding week!

5th Grade Team

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
Hey Tiger families! Students in grades 3-5 are deep in their digital audio workspace unit, and are using this week to REMIX popular songs! We are making a choice between a Beyonce song, a Steve Lacy Song, and a Glass Animals song and adding beats and instruments according to the BPM and KEY of the song! Rock on Tigers!
Grades 1-2 finished up their instrument families unit, and are creating their own imaginary instruments

Technology
K-2 practiced:
Tynker-All About Computers Students learn what computers are, the basic types and parts
of a computer and a few examples of the many amazing things we can do with computers.
3-5 practiced:
Tynker-Algorithms and Programming
In this course, students learn about "Algorithms and Programming" what an algorithm is and how they are used to write computer programs.

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 continuing with Clothing Vocabulary.
3rd grade Verb “ESTAR”
4-5th Clothing and Food Vocabulary.

STEM
Greetings,
Tigers are being creative and building designs that first come to their mind.

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