Practice makes permanent!
The digital IG of our staff and students is improving every day.
In the last six months, students and teachers have made the 1:1 technology, provided by the #ZebraBond2019, part of their everyday instruction. Distance learning Fridays could also be called Digital Learning Fridays because they have allowed students to take home and practice these 21st-century skills. Some parents might have learned a few technical skills along the way.
These Roosa students got caught learning with iPads. Kindergarten through 2nd grade students work with their iPads at home and school. These little Zebras are using their technology to advance their knowledge.
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💙Oh boy
💙Oh boy
💙OH...BOY!
That makes 3 boys for the staff at CHS this school year. Congratulations to Mrs. Hillary Baldwin & her husband, Chris! Also, welcoming Sutton Koe home will be big brother, Lane.
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matches lowercase and uppercase letters, sort items into categories practice patterns, and the letter 'T' for "train" or Mrs. T.
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Today's #WellnessWednesday,from WRJH counselors, helps us learn how to use perspective-talking.
Have you ever heard the phrase “imagine yourself in their shoes”? This is called perspective-taking. You can use this sill to imagine how a person might be thinking or feeling. It can help you understand people’s actions and intentions and develop empathy for others.
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Anyone else ever tried to escape during English class?
Mrs. Talbert, English teacher at CHS, not only allowed but encouraged her students to escape. This time the escape was a learning activity used to review for their Crucible assessment. Students had a total of 5 tasks to complete to escape. The young scholars had to use clues to find the hidden activities throughout the class. The students completed a crossword puzzle to review significant characters from the play. They read quotes to determine literary devices. The teams read a nonfiction article from Arthur Miller to evaluate how his writing on McCarthyism reached different conclusions because of differences in assumptions, evidence, reasoning, and viewpoints.
Moreover, the students had to make connections from the play to The Red Scare/McCarthyism, and additionally, they had to determine the theme of the work. The final task required a little bit of imagination. The team had to pull an Abigail Williams and act as if a yellow bird was afflicting them to win. Everyone embraced the challenge and did a great job; these young men were able to ESCAPE THE HYSTERIA!
"Yesterday was a teacher win!!" - Mrs. Talbert
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WE KNOW - innovative instruction can be used to promote achievement across content areas, establish long-term learning, encourage creative thinking and problem solving, and foster motivation and engagement for all students.
STUDENTS KNOW - the STEM Innovation Lab is cool and fun!
It's a WIN-WIN!
Mrs. McCracken's class spent some time in the Innovation Lab at Catalayah, last week. The kids really enjoy participating in the hands on activities Mrs. Hall facilitates.
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Mrs. Ward's first grade class has a classroom spider plant named "Spidey."
Spider plants put off runners that grow smaller plants that when put in water grow roots and can be replanted!
Spidey has grown enough that 16 plants have been harvested and put in water to root. Some students have already been able to take their very own spider plants home .
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In the day and age of digital clocks, Siri and Alexa that can tell you what time it is on command; why is telling time on an analog clock still important?
Learning to tell time is the foundation of understanding the overall concept, passage, and relationship of time. It helps builds independence, personal responsibility.
🕜🕝🕞🕟🕠🕣🕤🕥🕦🕧What's your favorite time of the day?
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The advantage of using a desktop computer is that the mouse has a scroll wheel that allows a person to scroll through the content on a website quickly. But when using a laptop computer, the trackpads do not have a scroll wheel.
This #TechTipTuesday will show users how to scroll through a website’s content using the Spacebar and how to get to the top of the page using the Home key.
https://youtu.be/JDciz3wGuJo
Mrs. Millsap's 3rd grade class finds a cozy place to read in the library after checking out books.
Where do you like to read?
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Catalayah celebrated National Read Aloud Day earlier this month!!!
Some of the staff members, students, and even a former staff member sent in pictures and videos of how they celebrated Read Aloud Day at their houses. You don't have to have a national holiday to read aloud. Grab a book, a blanket, a cozy spot and read aloud to a family member or friend.
Check out the video https://youtu.be/KsRFNYgLH4g and go to ur FB page and recommend a book for others to read in the comments.
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This #MondayMotivation kicks off Public School Week.
Public schools nationwide face their biggest challenge yet: Balancing the competing needs involved in educating our children. Schools have always been a haven for all students, a shelter for our most disadvantaged students, a place for nurture, love, and learning. We are committed to learning and growing.
We are #PUBICSCHOOLPROUD! If you are, too, share a 💕 in the comments and encourage your public school teachers.
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"You Can't Taste a Book by it's Cover" is a whimsical title to a book tasting event held by Mrs. Schell's 4th grade class at Claremont Elementary. A book tasting is a low-budget, high-impact event that engages students in a fun activity while introducing them to a wide array of books and genres.
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The CHS Art program creates amazing artists from Art I - AP Studio Art. Scholastic results are in!
🥇 Gold key winners: Molly Bazar
🥈 Silver key winners: Lilly Roberts, Molly Bazar
🥉Honorable mentions: Carley Fields, Jaycie Kimball, Gillian Queller, and Tayler Roach
Gold key work advances to a national level competition! This is tough competition, last year there were around 1,000 entries, only around 100 received honorable mentions.
Mrs. Hoffer is very proud of her students ❤️!
❤ Wear RED for ED on Tuesday, February 23rd to show your support for public education.
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President Lincoln visited with 1st grades at Roosa during their distance learning day.
Mrs. Page had a growth mindset before this pandemic but has thrived at learning new technology and incorporating it into her classroom during this time. Improving her skills, curriculum, keeping students engaged, and moving forward highlights her example of what it is to have #CPSZEBRAPRIDE as a teacher.
She has embodied this quote - "Beavers build houses; but they build them in nowise differently, or better now, than they did, five thousand years ago. Ants, and honey-bees, provide food for winter; but just in the same way they did, when Solomon referred the sluggard to them as patterns of prudence. Man is not the only animal who labors; but he is the only one who improves his workmanship." - Abraham Lincoln.
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Mrs. Geranen's class is learning about text features, the building blocks they will need to be lifelong learners.
Text features help the reader make sense of what they are reading, go hand-in-hand with comprehension, and help determine what is essential to the text and the reader.
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CPS believes the essential skill of being a life-long learner and having a growth mindset is grounded in the ability to teach yourself in this ever-changing world. The ability to research effectively and efficiently enables people to identify a problem, collect informational resources that can help address the issue, evaluate these resources for quality and relevance, and develop an effective solution.
Claremont 4th graders attended a mini-lesson given by Mrs. Troyer, our Library Media Specialist, where they learn research skills for their upcoming informational report. Students brainstormed keywords for their topic, learned about different website domains, which were more likely to be a useful resource, and learned about using Boolean operators when searching for their reports.
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Teachers believe ALL students can learn at high levels. One strategy they use is guided reading to:
1. differentiate instruction based on individual student needs.
2. establish fundamental reading skills.
3. support our readers during guided reading.
4. improve fluency.
5. enhance word solving skills.
6. expand vocabulary.
7. improve reading comprehension.
8. identify and address weaknesses.
9. engage and motivate reading.
10. increase the amount of reading kids actually do.
Mrs. Book’s Curious Characters at Westside are practicing their reading skills in guided groups.
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Betsy Douthitt, the Kindergarten teacher, is the Catalayah Elementary School site Teacher of the Year. Mrs. Douthitt cherishes every day with her students - a new journey, a new day to make a difference in theory lives. She is fueled by those "aha" moments, from writing their name to tying their shoes for the first time.
"Students come to me from various backgrounds and vastly different skill levels each year. Regardless of their abilities, I meet each student at their level and work with them to make sure they get what they need academically, socially, and emotionally to be successful in the future. I help to develop and instill in my students a love of learning, which will follow them throughout their lives."
Mrs. Douthitt centers her instruction around an educational partnership with students, parents, and administration to include academics and social/emotional development. "They know every day --- I will communicate with them and their parents clear expectations, greet them at the door with a smile, be patient, follow an organized routine and be flexible. My kindergarteners can count on me!!"
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