Tiger News
Greetings Tiger Family!
Front Office Site of News & Events
We are always striving to improve daily practices. New ways of communicating and keeping everyone updated are coming from the Front Office, so please take a few moments to view our Front Office Site of News & Events (https://sites.google.com/cmitelementary.org/cmit-nes-front-office-news?usp=sharing). The site can also be located on the school's website under CMIT Families.
In this site you will find useful information on the HOME, FORMS, SCHEDULE, and NEWSLETTER pages will help you during the school year. This site is interactive with links to assist you with navigating to important information and forms, so please read it in its entirety. We look forward to working with you and your scholar(s) during the school year!
Front Office Staff
CLICK HERE TO VISIT: https://sites.google.com/cmitelementary.org/cmit-nes-front-office-news?usp=sharing
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, Dr. Fryson and Mrs. Virgil.
Please click here: https://forms.gle/w8PKFbJBj9J9FgPr9 to access the CMIT North Elementary School Absence Form 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
Kind Kindergarten News!
In Reading, we will begin the Historical Fiction Nora's Ark. This week students will work on Schwa Vowel Sounds.
In Social Studies, students will begin Chapter 6: Lesson 4 New Ideas. Students will learn about new ideas and machines and how they changed peoples lives throughout history.
In Math, scholars are finishing up our unit on time, volume, and mass. Expect a test sometime in the middle of next week! Then we'll be working on calculating perimeter.
In Science, we are on to our last section of the unit, focusing on how organisms adapt to changes in their environment.
*** Thank you all for the kinds words, and gifts last week. We truly appreciate everything you all do, and continue to do!***
Reminders:
Please remember to check Schoolmax for updated grades.
Fascinating First Grade News!
Hello First Grade Families:
May is a busy month. We have many upcoming events and testing dates.
Please see our lessons for next week.
Our lessons for this week include:
RELA: Informational Text
Grammar: review of contraction
Math:Using Arrays to find Totals
Social Studies:Review of Producers and Consumers
Science: Review of Parents and Offspring
Upcoming dates:
May 13- Dibels testing
May 14- No School
May 20- MAP testing
May 23- Muffins with Moms
May 27- Memorial Day
May 31- Field Day
Thank you!
First Grade Team
Spectacular Second Grade News!
Next week in ELA, we will begin Unit 5, Our Incredible Earth. Our spelling pattern for the week is le, sion, and tion words. In Math, we will take continue topic 15, Graphs and Data. In Science, we will continue topic 6, Habitats. In Social Studies, we will continue Chapter 6, Our American Culture. As always, please ensure your scholar reads every night.
Please reinforce the importance of following our School Motto with your scholars. I will Respect Myself and Others, I will Opt to Be Scholarly, I will Act Responsibly, and I will React with Kindness.
Testing season is approaching, marking the final stretch of the school year. We kindly request that you ensure your scholar arrives at school punctually and is present unless they are sick.
Important Test Dates:
DRA-May
Dibels- week of May 13th
NWEA MAP- May 15th
I-Ready- May 16-30th
Terrific Third Grade News!
In Social Studies, students will begin Chapter 6: Lesson 4 New Ideas. Students will learn about new ideas and machines and how they changed peoples lives throughout history.
In Math, scholars are finishing up our unit on time, volume, and mass. Expect a test sometime in the middle of next week! Then we'll be working on calculating perimeter.
In Science, we are on to our last section of the unit, focusing on how organisms adapt to changes in their environment.
*** Thank you all for the kinds words, and gifts last week. We truly appreciate everything you all do, and continue to do!***
Reminders:
Please remember to check Schoolmax for updated grades.
Weekly News!
Please check SchoolMax weekly to stay abreast of your scholar's progress in their classes. Grades are updated weekly and this is a great conversation starter with your scholar on what is going well and what needs to be improved to continue to have a successful year.
Upcoming Reminders
5/14 No School
Fourth Grade Team
Fabulous Fifth Grade News!
Tigers! What a week! You all successfully completed MCAP testing and persevered through the process! We are incredibly proud of you! Continue to move full steam ahead in excellence!
Teacher Appreciation Week
Thank you so much to each of you for the fabulous gifts and celebratory acts of kindness! We are truly grateful for your incredible love and sincerity of acknowledgement! We are here for you and support you as you grow and develop into excellent scholars of achievement! Thank you again for everything! You are appreciated!
Kings Dominion
Kings Dominion is coming up shortly. Permissions slips have been submitted to Ms. Carter and payments are to be received through MySchoolBucks if you haven't done so already. We will explore this trip on May 17, 2024 at 8:00 am. Please be on time when arriving to school. We will leave promptly at 8:00 and return by approximately 6:00 pm. Thank you for your continual support. Let's Goooooo Tigers!
Camp Schmidt
Camp Schmidt will be May 28-29. The permission slips have been distributed and you will receive an invite to join an informational Zoom meeting. The date for this informational is Wednesday, May 15th at 6:30-7:30 pm. You will receive a list of the necessities that your scholar will need to be successful on the trip. Please adhere to the list and ensure your scholar is prepared. Thank you so much for your support! We also need donations! Donations for the trip is vital for the success of the trip. Ms. McVeigh sent a link for donations in the DOJO announcements. Please use the link for inquiry. I will also post the link below for your convenience.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0C4FA5AC2DA0F94-49398537-food
SUBJECT CONTENT:
RELA
We will continue to explore "Delivering Justice" and use the reading skills of "generating questions and explain relationships between ideas". Our Word Study: Teach Word Origins of -graph -micro and -tele in the Greek and Latin origin.
Math
Math students will continue to work on numerical patterns.
Social Studies
S.S. - Scholars will be starting Chapter 8: Westward Expansion this week
Science
Students will continue to recognize that many stars are as big as the sun, they will explain how the apparent brightness of stars is related to their distances from Earth.
Thank you Tigers for all your hard work!!! Continue to move full steam ahead in excellence! We are truly proud of you!
Team 5th Grade!
Superior Specials News!
Hello!
K & 5th grade are working on their promotion songs!
1st-2nd are working on being in a band!
3rd-4th are learning the ukulele!
Technology
Hi!
K-2 students practiced
Keyboarding: Cursor, Spacebar, Backspace, Enter, and Words
Learners receive direct instruction and practice keyboarding to type words as they use the cursor, type letter combinations to form words, the spacebar to add spaces between words, the backspace key to delete mistakes, and the enter or return key to create new lines in this engaging and interactive digital lesson.
3-5 students practiced
Presentations: Audience and Organization
In this engaging and interactive digital lesson, learners receive direct instruction and practice organizing and developing a slide show using presentation software. They learn how to consider the audience and the purpose of the slide show to tell stories, present information, and share ideas.
PE
Good week, this week we are practicing our basketball dribbling skills, so please make sure your scholar has proper athletic shoes, and water as the weather is getting warmer.
Thank you.
STEM I LEGO
This week, students will make adjustments and modifications to last week's creations to improve their designs.
STEM II
Greetings,
K-2 will be learning about the life cycle of the butterfly. Their STEM challenge will be to create a butterfly that can stay on their finger like the Monarch butterfly in the book Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly.
3rd grade will continue our lessons on coding. This week our lesson was on sequencing, Their challenge was to develop a coding sequence to get Ms. Carter out of the door of the classroom. It was more challenging than they thought but they had a lot of fun doing it!
4th grade is continuing their lesson on sending messages. Their challenge is to get a message to another group across the room without using light or sound and without disturbing or alerting the other groups.
5th grade is continuing our lesson on the solar system. This week we did some research on the different planets using a really cool resource where they could manipulate the objects in our solar system to see different aspects of them.
Creative Arts Team
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