CMIT South Elementary’s September Themes

Character Theme: Respectfulness

STEM Theme: Observation/Discovery

"By showing your children that you acknowledge their ideas, views, and decisions, you are being a good example of respect." — Bethany Bridges

Please take note of these September calendar reminders:

• September 14 - Back to School Night 6: 30 p.m. - 8 p.m. virtual
  
• September 15 - October 15 - Hispanic Heritage Month
• September 25 - Yom Kippur- Schools and Offices Closed
• September 26 - Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night @ 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.( Address: Chick-fil-A (Woodyard Landing) 8813 Woodyard Rd.
• Clinton, MD 20735)

August/September Lunch Menu

Birthdays are so much fun to celebrate with classmates. However, during the school day, the health and safety of each student are important, especially students with food allergies. Students are ONLY permitted to bring in NON-FOOD items to distribute to classmates at the end of the school day. Birthday invitations will not be distributed.

Attendance in school each day is important. Let’s stay in school.

In order for an absence to be considered excused, a written note must accompany the student no later than three (3) days after return to school. The note should include:

• date(s) of absence
• scholar’s name
• Reason for absence

Late or make-up work will not be accepted unless the absence is an excused absence. Please review Administrative Procedure 5113 AP 5113 - Student Attendance, Absence and Truancy for further information.

Students who are absent for ten consecutive days will be withdrawn on the 11th day and will need to re-enroll.

Lawful Absences

Students enrolled in public schools are considered lawfully absent from school for any portion of the day, only under the following conditions:

• Death of a family member
• Illness of the student
• Court appearance
• Work approved or sponsored by a school
• Observance of a religious holiday
• State of emergency
• Suspension from school
• Mental Health (Students may receive as an excused absence one (1) day of absence
• in each semester of each school year for a student’s mental health needs.
• Other emergencies
• Deployment-related absences

Unlawful Absences

Unlawful absence – any time a student does not attend school that does not qualify as the above-listed reasons for a lawful absence.

Tardy

Scholars will be officially tardy if they are not in the building at 8:10 a.m.

If your scholar enters the building after the 8:05 a.m. bell, a parent must escort them into the building and electronically sign them in the late arrival portal. Scholars will be given an orange tardy slip to be permitted to class.

Parents of students who have 10 or more tardies in a semester will be required to meet with the principal/designee to discuss the reasons for the tardies and to develop a plan for improvement.

Tiger Families,

The PTO is seeking Parent Patrols to volunteer daily and assist with the morning car line!

Parent Patrols will assist scholars with car doors and direction to the rear school entrance. Parent Patrols are necessary in order to quickly and efficiently move the car line.

Fifteen minute shifts are available beginning at 7:30 AM. Parent Patrols should park their vehicles upon entering the blacktop and join other Parent Patrols. Sign up for as many time slots and days as you would like.

Please review the available slots via the link below and sign up today!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0D4BADAF2AA0FD0-morning

Throughout the school year, Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) and the Prince George’s County Board of Education conduct activities that may be publicized by local or national news media or used to promote the school system. Publicity activities include interviews, photographs or videos of individuals or groups of students, or student works (including, but not limited to, artistic works, athletic activities, performances and competitions) that may be used in websites, social media such as Facebook and Twitter, print or online publications, or videos.

Click here to access the required publicity release form.

In November 2020, PGCPS launched an online volunteer application and approval process. Click here for more information on becoming a volunteer and to access the application.

Please be sure to submit all required health forms! Please note that ALL medications, cough drops included, cannot be administered or consumed without appropriate documentation.

You can access all health forms here for the 2023-2024 school year.

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.

2023-24 School Year Meal Prices

Elementary (Pre K through Grade 5)

Breakfast: $1.60/day

Lunch: $2.75/day

How to Pay

MySchoolBucks, owned and operated by Heartland Payment Systems, is an online payment service that provides parents the ability to securely pay for meals, monitor student cafeteria purchases, make tuition payments for Before and After School Extended Learning programs, and receive email notifications for low account balances. With MySchoolBucks, payments can be made 24/7 using a Visa, MasterCard, Discover, credit or debit card, and mobile app.

• Online Payment Service

• Mobile App

Free and Reduced-Price Meals

We encourage all families to consider applying for free and reduced price meals! Visit www.myschoolapps.com/Home/PickDistrict to apply online today!

To apply, you will need:

• The name, school and grade for your school-age children
• The name of all adults living in the home
• Income information for all adults living in the home
• Student ID Numbers for your school-age children

Applications will also be sent home with students the first week of school. Applications are available at all PGCPS schools and can be submitted at any time.

August/September Lunch Menu

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.

First graders have many new words to learn. This page contains some fun activities that everyone in the family can play to support the use of 1st-grade sight words. Help teach sight words at home, and make learning more meaningful.

Topic 1: Operations and Algebraic Thinking / Represent And Solve Problems Involving Addition And Subtraction including word problems.

Topic 1: Investigating Sound

Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens

The Great Body Shop will be used to guide students through monthly readings on various health topics. September will have a focus on How to Stay Safe/ Encourage and support safety in the homes.

This week, students will continue to explore the weekly question of, "How do different places affect us?" by reading realistic fiction texts. Students will be able to identify the elements of realistic fiction text and explore more about the world around them. Our story this week is “How many stars in the sky.”

Our spelling words this week follow the syllable pattern of CVC. Examples of this pattern include: (cat, dog, and pot)

Students have started topic 1, fluently adding and subtracting within 20. In this topic, students are reviewing and learning different strategies to add and subtract within 20.

Please be sure to review the supplementary resources available on CANVAS.

Students are beginning our first topic for the school year- properties of matter. In this topic, students will dive deeper into solids, liquids, and gasses to make up matter.

Students are beginning our first topic for the school year- Families Today and in the Past. In this topic, students will learn all about different types of families and who is in their family.

Our health unit this month is "Let’s stay safe." Students are learning about general safety rules. From being safe at school and home and general knowledge about safety figures in our community.

This week students were able to complete their Reading diagnostic test on SAVVAS. This diagnostic test informs instruction by giving me a look at standards that our scholars are excelling in and those that need some extra practice. Students also continued to build on the class norms for the reading class. Students also worked on the skills of questioning and close reading this week.

Next week students will begin reading the first story in our textbook “Reaching for the Moon.” In this story, students will read a narrative nonfiction about astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Students will practice monitoring their inner conversations while reading an unknown text and the author’s purpose. Students will also explore the vocabulary in the story and begin working with spelling words that have suffixes. Homework will also begin on Monday. Homework for the week will be posted in the Reading Canvas class.

This week students began exploring the 4th grade curriculum with Topic 1-1 “Numbers through the Millions” (pg 5-8). In this subsection are learning about place value, reading and writing numbers through a million, writing numbers in expanded form, and using number names.

Next week we will be working on subsection 1-2 focusing on Place Value Relationship (pg 9-12).

This week students began Energy, Speed, and Moving Lesson 1 (pg 6-15), this lesson 1 focuses on energy transference, potential energy and kinetic energy, the connection and correlation between them and how these forces are used in everyday life.

This week students completed their Social Studies pretest on different skills we will practice this school year. We also launched the first chapter in our Social Studies textbook on the geography of the United States. In this chapter students will be learning about how geography affects the way people live. Students will have a chance this chapter to create a brochure about one of the regions of the United States.

Next week: Students will begin reading lesson 1 that focuses on the land and regions in the United States. Also we will complete lesson 2 that will focus on weather and climate found in different regions in the United States.

Hi everyone!

We have successfully completed our second week in 5th grade! We hope you all had a great first-week last week and are feeling excited about the year! Let’s keep reminding our students that they are the oldest in the school this year so this means we want to be LEADERS in the building, setting an example for the other students in our school.

This week we started getting into our curriculum for each subject. Students have taken their baseline assessments for each subject and are working on our first unit in each subject. Please be checking the assignment calendar on our Google site to see what upcoming assignments students may have next week. Students should click on their homeroom teacher’s name to see their assignments. Here is the link to the 5th-grade website for those who need it: https://sites.google.com/pgcps.org/5thgradeclasssite/home

Next week, we will be having Back-to-School night on Thursday, September 14th on Zoom. Our link will be provided soon. Please join us at 6:00 p.m. so we can discuss any important information you all should know for 5th-grade parents!

Last week students completed their Reading baseline/beginning of year test. This test informs teachers of where students are at the beginning of 5th grade to see what they have learned last year as well as what they still need to learn and work on. Students also continued to build on the class norms for the reading class. We also began reading the first story in our textbook “The Path to Paper Son.” In this story students will read an informational text about Chinese Immigrants coming to America. After each section in the chapter, there will be a short quiz. Students also started their first week of spelling words which focus on suffixes. They took a pre-test and will take the post-test next week! Homework also began this week for Reading.

Last week students completed their Math baseline/beginning of year test. Students also started the first unit of Math which is about place values. Homework will be posted on the assignment calendar as we get started so keep an eye out!

Last week students completed their Science baseline/beginning of year test. Students also started the first unit of Science which is about properties of matter. Homework will be posted on the assignment calendar as we get started so keep an eye out!

Last week students completed their Social Studies baseline/beginning of year test. We also started the first chapter in our Social Studies textbook on geography. Students will learn about how geography affects the way people live. After each section in the chapter, there will be a short quiz. Homework is starting for Social Studies as well.

Students started the first unit of Health which is about first aid.

¡Feliz Mes De La Herencia Hispana!

For the first half of the first quarter we will be highlighting art making and artists from Latin/Hispanic countries!

Kindergarten- Inspired by amate paintings

First grade- Inspired by molas

Second grade- Inspired by Mexican tin art

Third grade- Inspired by Frida Khalo

Fourth grade- Inspired by yarn paintings

Fifth grade- Inspired by printmakers

Stay happy, healthy, and creative!

Lego

This week for Legos,

Students will use various techniques and strategies to build a tower that can hold 30 pounds. The tower height will vary according to the grade level. Kinders will begin at 5'' and 5'' are added to each grade level. The 5th graders' tower will be 30'' high. The width can vary.

Question- Can light weight structures hold up under pressure?

Challenge- Students focused on building a tower to resist compressive load.

Maker's Lab

Welcome to the Exciting World of Makers Lab! 🛠️

I hope this message finds you well and brimming with excitement for the upcoming school year. I am thrilled to introduce myself as the instructor for the Makers Lab class, where creativity, innovation, and hands-on learning will take center stage.

Allow me to introduce myself: My name is Mrs. Pinkard, and I am genuinely honored to be your child's Makers Lab teacher this year. With a passion for sparking curiosity and a strong belief in the power of experiential learning, I am dedicated to providing an engaging and enriching experience for your young innovators.

Here's to a year filled with innovation, imagination, and incredible achievements!

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/