Question: How much weight can an aluminum foil boat float?
Mrs. Howell's 2nd grade class engaged in a STEM lesson to figure this out! Students made little "boats" out of aluminum foil to explore how their size affects how much weight they carry and how this relates to the density of water.
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There are several lessons embedded into our curriculum to celebrate National Native American Heritage Month. In Mrs. Hall's art class at WRJH they are working on creating some Pacific Northwest Costal Tribe inspired artwork.
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Let us know if YOU were on Safety Patrol in the comments with a 🙋♀️.
For 100 years, the AAA School Safety Patrol Program has served schools throughout the United States. During that time, countless schoolchildren and advisors have devoted themselves to safety in and around their school. This centennial year of School Safety Patrol was celebrated at Roosa by flying the Safety Patrol flag.
AAA School Safety patrollers have gone on to serve as astronauts, scientists, teachers, doctors, professional athletes, Supreme Court justices, Olympians, governors and President of the United States. The Roosa safety patrol consists of 5th grade students who write an essay telling how they are responsible and why they would be a good example for Roosa students.
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Is that one piece of paper?
Mrs. Brunjes-Hall's art class had a contest for the L O N G E S T piece of paper!
Looks like we have a winner!
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Teachers and students are best served when they utilize a variety of instructional strategies as opposed to one or two. Variety ensures that students are never bored. It also ensures that students will likely be exposed to strategies that align with their preferred individualized learning style.
Mrs. Lang is keeping her students engaged and eager to learn with a variety of strategies.
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Coach Faulconer believes Westside may have started a new tradition!!
The 1st Westside Running Club Costume Run went so well and was so much fun! More events may come in the future, inspired by this one! (Stay tuned 😉)
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Kindergarten students had so much fun for Pumpkin Week!
Activities included: painting pumpkins, opening a pumpkin to see and feel what is inside, and planting pumpkin seeds! Students were also given "witch fingers" to wear when reading and practicing sight words.
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Can you guess what Mrs. McComb, at Catalayah, is working on???
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"I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!"
1st graders enjoyed our Wacky Wednesday in the cafeteria! Every OTHER Wednesday, the wonderful women in the cafeteria serve up amazing ice cream after students have finished their lunch.
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Mrs. LaValley’s 2nd-grade class at Roosa worked together to solve math equations and create a circle from puzzle pieces. This activity helped them with their math facts, teamwork and developing high-level thinking.
They stayed actively engaged in their learning and helped other teams when needed.
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TSA students, along with Mr. Isenbart, are working on their problem-solving skills during the TSA Fall Leadership.
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Cherokee Heritage Days was a huge hit at Catalayah!!
3rd-5th graders got to enjoy hearing stories from Robert Lewis. He did some Native American storytelling, and also talked about some of the Native American traditions and cultures. There was even some Native American artwork hanging behind him, that the kids were asking him about.
Robert Lewis is a Cherokee National Treasure and an award-winning storyteller, author, and artist of Cherokee, Navajo, and Apache descent. Robert has appeared on local television and radio programs to share the wisdom and beauty of Native stories.
Robert became a storyteller in spring 2003 while he was working at the Cherokee Heritage Center in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, as a tour guide for the ancient village. Robert Lewis said, “I had the opportunity to tell this story to a group of schoolchildren and parents waiting for a tour to begin. During the course of the tale, Barbara Girty, who at the time was in charge of group tours for the museum, heard me and so began this unique journey I find myself on.”
Have your kids had the pleasure of listening to Mr. Lewis tell stories??? He is amazing. Ask them when they get home about his storytelling!
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FRIDAYS WITH FRAZIER
Congratulations to our eight Site Teacher of the Year recipients. Their colleagues chose them to represent their site for consideration for the 2021-2022 Claremore Public Schools Teacher of the Year, announced later this month.
Over the next several months, each teacher will create a dossier including a personal biography and essays on education issues and trends, community involvement, philosophy of teaching, and the teaching profession. A committee will review these documents, a lesson video and host an interview with each candidate.
Stay tuned to learn more about each of these fantastic teachers and why their peers choose them to represent their school. The District Teacher of the Year will be announced in the spring of 2022.
▶ https://youtu.be/adQizWIs_8o
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Veterans Day honors all of those who have served the country in war or peace.
Claremore Public Schools is proud of the individuals that chose to serve our country and who now serve our country, our community, and our children on our campuses.
Watch here ▶ https://youtu.be/9xKJNVN9uEU
Video Credits: Hailey Pickup, CPS Communications Student Intern
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When our country calls, the US Marines answer. Today, our NJROTC took time to recognize the Marines and their contribution to every branch of the military. Happy 246th Birthday.
Watch here ▶ https://youtu.be/RL9Eyd2Q1bI
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During their Library lesson, Pre-K students learn about the parts of a book: front cover, spine, and back cover! Then, they got to apply what they had learned and color their own book's front cover, back cover and spine!
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Mrs. Francis 's Brag Board, at Claremont.
The Brag Board serves to encourage students to engage in art outside of the classroom. Anything they bring to Mrs. Francis goes on the wall, and as you can see, it's getting full fast!
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WIN groups are off to a great start! Our WIN groups offer each student just "What I Need," and right now some are focusing on building strong character.
Mrs. Hendrickson has been talking about self-control with her groups. They took time to discuss how Jenga could fit well with building positive character habits, how important it is to have a good foundation, and just how much self-control it takes to pull a piece out without knocking down their tower!
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Ms. Palmer at Westside reviewed possessive nouns last week by playing "Blooket" with her 4th-grade students. Blooket is a program that asks questions in a game format, and it is very interactive and engaging. As you can see, the students loved it and the best part is it can be used for any subject area!
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There are so many significant events going on at CHS, so check out t this week's ZTV!
Our students are taking a professional approach to develop their broadcasting skills and telling the CHS story along the way. Each team is taking time to implement the three main steps in video production: pre-production, the planning stage for mapping out your strategy and script for the video; production is the phase in which the video is shot; and finally, post-production, which involves editing the video adding music and other effects.
▶ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1usu0D6RcO_8qPbtXLFi2x11DAb_nkOju/view?usp=sharing
