Catalayah Elementary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Have you heard about the Leprechaun’s that were running around our school last week??? Thankfully Mrs. Cole’s class set up a trap to trap them. Check back later to see what else happened before he got trapped!! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

During centers these students are learning to count money!!! They learned what each coin is worth, how to sort and how to count. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

We know our Zebra families are having SNOW much fun on this snow covered start to spring break! Did you... ⛄ Build a snowman? ❆ Have a snowball fight? 🛷 Sled at the Will Rogers Memorial? 📕 Read a good book? 🍪 Bake cookies? We want to see what you've been up to today! Post a pic in the comments of our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ClaremorePublicSchools! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

#ZebraTravelDiaries - SPRING BREAK SERIES As you head out on vacations, staycations, day trips, camp, or any other spring break fun, send us your pictures in your ZEBRA GEAR and tell us where you are and we'll share them with our community. You don't have to be going far, you just have to show your #CPSZEBRAPRIDE when you are there. Stay safe, have fun, and email photos to jbrace@claremore.k12.ok.us.

We were so excited the Boys High School Basketball team stopped by on their way to the State Tournament!!! Go Zebras!! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Our Native American Club took advantage of the nice weather yesterday and went outside to play Game of Graces. Graces is played with two people. Each person gets two dowel rods. Then, one of the players takes a wooden hoop and, pulling apart the two rods, sends the hoop into the air for the other player to try to catch. The winner is the player who is first to catch the hoop ten times. The game of graces was a popular activity for young girls during the early 1800s. The game was invented in France during the first quarter of the 19th century and called le jeu des graces.[1] The game of graces was considered a proper game – one befitting young ladies and, supposedly, one that would make them more graceful. Graces was hardly ever played by Boys, and never played by two boys at the same time; the players were always either two girls, or a boy and a girl. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE