Catalayah Elementary

It’s National Library Week!!!! What are some favorite books at your house?? #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

📚 THANK YOUR LIBRARIAN TODAY 📚 “A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort. A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, in a book, you may have your question answered. Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people - people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book." [Letters of Note; Troy (MI, USA) Public Library, 1971] ― E.B. White It's National Library Workers Day and we can't think of any better way to celebrate than to visit your school librarian and check out a book. I know they will have a recommendation for whatever you want to feel between the pages of a good book. THANK YOU!!! Catalayah - Andrea Riggs Claremont - Ashley Troyer Roosa - Vanessa Mudd Westside - Brittany Lang WRJH - Donna Eddings CHS - Casey Moss #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Mrs. Lewis did a fun lesson about density . They made a liquid rainbow using a clear glass jar, Honey, Dish Soap, Water, Olive Oil, Rubbing Alcohol, food coloring. What a fun science experiment!!! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Mrs. Lewis brought her class a special treat yesterday for April Fool’s Day, Brown E’s!! 😂 After everyone got to “enjoy” their brown e’s for a few minutes she did give her class brownies!!!! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

WIN TIME!!! During win time students get a chance to work on what they need extra help with!! This time is such a great addition to our schedule. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

We have babies!!! Mrs. Wallis is teaching her 2nd grade class about he life cycle of a chicken. They learned that it takes 21 days for the egg to hatch and that the chicks have a special beak at birth called an "egg tooth" to help them break out of their shell. The class not only learned about the life cycle but also about the anatomy of the egg and a hen. They got to witness the egg cracking and the baby chicks being born! They learned about the incubator and the process of hatching the chicks as well as what it takes to care for the chicks after they are born. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Earlier this week our Kindergarten classes were able to attend the Stephen Fite concert at the PAC. Stephen Fite is an award-winning children's musician/writer who creates funtastic music for the classroom. Stephen Fite has been performing for children in a concert setting since 1985. Our kids were able to ride the bus (some of them have never been on a bus before!) to the PAC, enjoy the concert and then spend some time at the park enjoying the beautiful weather while having a picnic!!! It was such a fun day!! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

5th graders were learning about how humans impact our environment with our actions. (using fossil fuels, building/using land, types of pollution, wasting water, not recycling, etc.) During a recent distance learning day the students created posters showing one human activity with a negative environmental impact, and how they could reduce that impact with their actions. For example, turning off the water while brushing your teeth instead of leaving it running the whole time. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Don't forget..... we are having Running Club tomorrow too!!!! Let's enjoy this beautiful weather and get movin outside! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Exciting News!!! This coming week, Monday March 28 AND Tuesday March 29th- we will be having RUNNING CLUB!!!! The weather should be nice!! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

I'm just going to go ahead and say it....... PERFECT 10!!!! Catalayah Elementary has been a Great Expectations Model School for 10 wonderful years. How cool is that!!! Thank you, Sue Early for being such a great GE Coach. Nice job staff!!!! Team work makes the dream work! Mrs. Early got to make the exciting announcement yesterday at the end of the day to let everyone know we earned the title of model school again this year. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

We started our space 🚀 unit this week. ⭐️ 🌍 ✨ ☀️ Mrs. Cole’s class is having so much fun learning about space!!!! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

We had a special visit this morning from the Jr High Choir. They stopped by to show our 5th graders what choir is all about. We even had the chance to see some of our former Catalayah students!!! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Mrs. Newman's class used their pop-its to help sound out and write words during WIN time. These smart kiddos are just about ready for 1st grade! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

This week we had the privilege of Dustin from the Tech Department of CPS give our teachers training on their promethean boards!! Thanks Dustin for taking the time out of your day to help train and educate our teachers!!!! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

It's time to enroll your kids for next school year!!! It's so easy and can be online! Log into wengage and click on student records portal, your children will be listed there. Click on ENROLL STUDENT 2022-2023. It will walk you through how to enroll your kids. If you still need a login for wengage please email lkibbe@claremore.k12.ok.us #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Have you ever wondered how to catch a leprechaun??? Some second graders are here to help! They wrote us instructions on how to catch them!! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

It looks like they didn’t get the leprechauns trapped before they made a mess of the classroom. It’s a good think they are trapped now and we can carry on with normal class on Monday!! The leprechaun did leave them behind a cute snack!! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Mrs. Roller’s first grade class wrote stories about their leprechauns!! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Lenny the Leprechaun made his way down to Mrs. Casey’s class! He’s enjoyed spending time in their class and the kids enjoyed teaching him all about 2nd grade!🍀 #CPSZEBRAPRIDE