Clarkston Elementary School - One team, one goal; ensuring success for all.

📚✏️ Mrs. Craft’s class has been hard at work becoming text detectives! Today, students practiced citing evidence from their passages to support their answers. Using their reading notebooks, they highlighted key details, wrote down text evidence, and explained how it connected to the questions. 💡 Watching them carefully read, discuss, and back up their ideas shows how much their critical thinking skills are growing! These students are learning that strong readers don’t just have answers—they prove them with evidence straight from the text. 👏 #ReadingSkills #TextEvidence #GrowingReaders #MrsCraftsClass

🔬✨ Mrs. Johnson’s class became scientists today as they explored solutions in a hands-on lab! Students worked together to mix different materials, make predictions, and record their observations. 💡 From stirring, pouring, and testing, to collaborating and discussing results—our young scientists were fully engaged and excited to discover how solutions work. The best learning happens when students get to explore, question, and find answers for themselves! We are so proud of their teamwork and curiosity in action! 🌟 #HandsOnLearning #FutureScientists #ClassroomLab

✨ Today, our 4th grade students used the extra time at the end of class for something special—kindness! 💕 Each student created a short writing piece where they wrote something nice about a classmate. This activity was an idea from one of the students in Mrs. Browning's 4th grade class! The smiles, encouragement, and thoughtful words filled the room with positivity. 🌟 It’s amazing to see how a few kind words can brighten someone’s whole day! 📝💬 This is a great reminder that taking time to lift others up is always time well spent. #KindnessCounts #WritingWithPurpose #ClassroomCommunity

Competition was fierce this week in 3rd grade math! Mrs. Anderson's classes worked hard to get the highest scores on their iReady standards mastery assessments. The winning group celebrated with a popsicle party! Way to go, mathematicians! 🔢🧠🐾🎉

What a great way to end our week! ❤️🐾🎉

We are so proud of our top readers in the Summer Beanstack Challenge!! Mrs. Kinney treated our readers to an ice cream sundae party and their first Beanstack bracelet and charm. Students can earn charms by reading with Beanstack this year at school and home. Parents can download the Beanstack app to read at home and students will have opportunities to earn prizes throughout the year.📚

Cougar Nation: Please use the link below to access the weekly Cougar Connection
https://tylerisd.edurooms.com/engage/clarkston-elementary-school/newsletters/cougar-connection-august-22-2025
Have a great weekend!

Habit Hero calls are our favorite way to start our day! 🎉🐾

Mrs. Cooper's 3rd grade scientists are learning about measuring mass and exploring textures with hands-on labs! 🥼 🧪 🧫

🌟🔬 4th Grade Scientists at Work! 🔬🌟 Our 4th graders had a blast today diving into Science Matter Labs as they explored physical properties of matter. Students rotated through hands-on stations where they: ✨ Tested density to see if objects sink or float ✨ Measured volume using a graduated cylinder ✨ Observed and sorted solids, liquids, and gases ✨ Recorded data like true scientists in their science journals It was amazing to watch their curiosity and teamwork shine as they discovered how different materials can be described, compared, and measured. 🌡️📏⚖️ Way to go, 4th grade! You are truly growing into thoughtful, creative scientists! 🧪💡 #ScienceInAction #FutureScientists #HandsOnLearning #TEK46A

Today is our first Rootin' Tootin' Tuesday of the school year! Today we are celebrating Mrs. Utz and Mr. Maya, two new, amazing members of the Clarkston family. 🐾💪 Check them out! https://www.canva.com/design/DAGwilzE6OY/t7mRmjQBmWCrF9TLcYPMMw/watch?utm_content=DAGwilzE6OY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=ha02f2d1156

🌟 1st Grade Station Time! 🌟 Our 1st graders are hard at work in small group stations today, and we are so proud of how they’re learning and showing great teamwork! 🙌 Students are: ✨ Working together in groups ✨ Taking turns and sharing materials ✨ Listening respectfully to their peers ✨ Modeling the correct behaviors that make learning fun for everyone 💡 It’s wonderful to see them grow not only in their academics but also in their ability to collaborate, encourage one another, and show leadership during station time. 💕 Way to go, 1st graders! 🎉👏

Mrs. Busby's class is rocking and rolling with stations! They are working on their letters and handwriting skills. 🧠 💪

We are so proud of our 1st Habit Hero of the year! 🎉love celebrating our cougars! 🐾

Last week, Mrs. Mercer's 4th grade math students were already engaged in practicing place value and expanded form. 🧠 💪

5th grade is ready to start another awesome week! 🍎 🧠 💪

Ms. Browning’s 4th graders kicked off the year with a fun “Think Like a Historian” activity! 🕵️‍♂️📚 Students worked in teams to use clues and their historian skills to uncover the 9 social studies units they’ll be exploring this year. What a great way to start the journey through history!

Cougar Nation: please use the link below to access the weekly Cougar Connection.
https://tylerisd.edurooms.com/engage/clarkston-elementary-school/newsletters/cougar-connection-august-15-2025
Have a great weekend!

Great things are happening in 5th grade! Mrs. Freeman's classes did some team building where the groups had to effectively communicate and work together to complete their puzzle before other groups. 🧩 🤝 🗣️