These were sent home in Thursday folders yesterday. Toby Rowland will be here November 4! If you would like to purchase a signed book, forms and money must be turned in by Thursday, October 30.
Halloween safety is key for a fun and secure night! 🎃 Parents should ensure costumes are safe, using reflective materials to prevent tripping. Kids should be accompanied by an adult and stick to well-lit areas. Don’t forget to check candies for tampering! Have a safe and enjoyable Halloween! 🍬✨ #HalloweenSafety Check out Healthy Schools Oklahoma’s video on Halloween Safety! https://youtu.be/uOrbcT2UDlw
REMINDER!
Get your .50 BOO grams Thursday and Friday before school!
7:30am-8:00am
🎃 This week in PE, we’ve been getting into the fall spirit with Pumpkin Patch Games from OPEN Phys Ed! 🏃♂️🧡
We started with Zombie Tag to get our hearts pumping and bodies warmed up 🧟♀️🔥, then worked on team-building and underhand tossing skills with fun activities like Pumpkin Movers and The Pumpkin Patch! 🍂🎯
Our students are having a gourd time staying active this fall! 🍁😄
Before Fall Break, our 4th graders were up, moving and LEARNING!
Friction, figurative language, cause/effect, force and motion.... Fun, fun, fun.
We can't wait to see you all back after the well deserved break!!
#FourthIsFun
It's TIME!! We are so excited for the bond construction to begin at the Elementary & the Intermediate buildings! This will provide safe rooms for each site and an updated gym at the Elementary. We will keep you updated as it progresses! Please be mindful during pick-up and drop-off. #DRAGONpride #goDRAGONS #PURCELLCommunityROCKS
🏹 Today in PE, we made String Bows to get a feel for proper archery form before shooting real arrows! 🎯 Students practiced how to stand, draw, and follow through—focusing on technique and muscle memory (no targets needed yet!). The String Bow helps us learn the feel before the real deal! 💪🔥
Thank you ALL for making our book fair another successful event! The book fair helps the library grow! We appreciate the support you give our school. You can shop year round to help our school @ https://literati.com/store/?school=purcell-elementary-school-purcell-ok
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Tomorrow (Friday, October 10) is a Virtual learning Day! Teachers will be in session planning lessons and receiving PD. Students need to complete their assignments for attendance purposes.
We will see you back on Monday!!!
🔥🚒 Fire Safety Day! 🚒🔥
Fire Marshall Quinn Kroth and his amazing crew spent the day teaching our students all about fire safety! 👩🚒👨🚒
Students learned so many important lessons, including:
🏠 How to create an escape plan and family meeting place
🔥 The Fire Triangle – fuel, heat, and oxygen
💨 How radiation, convection, and conduction spread heat
🕯️ Did you know a candle flame is shaped like a ball in outer space? So cool!
🥘 What to do in a grease fire – turn off the stove, cover the pan, and use baking soda or salt (never water!)
📺 If there’s a microwave fire, turn it off and keep the door shut
🚪 Always have two ways to escape from every room
⚡ And we even talked about spontaneous combustion and checking smoke detectors regularly!
A huge thank you to Fire Marshall Kroth and the Purcell Fire Department for keeping our students Fire Smart and safe every day! ❤️🔥
🔥🏹 What a busy (and fun!) week it’s been in PE! We kicked off our archery unit 🎯 — students learned how to determine eye dominance, understand the range set-up, and follow whistle commands.
We also sprinkled in some favorite games like Hoop Shuffle Tag, Three Ball, and Hunter Hawks to keep everyone moving and practicing their verbal and nonverbal communication skills! 💬🤝
And we’re not slowing down — tomorrow we get to learn about Fire Safety with our awesome Purcell Fire Department! 🚒🔥 Can’t wait!
We are so excited for book fair starting tomorrow! What wonders will you find?
Book fair starts Monday! You can also shop online @ https://literati.com/store/?school=01837fd7-6332-e40e-1b98-8c680bbbbf2b
It will show as Purcell elementary, but it is our fair. Thanks for supporting our library!
🏐 We wrapped up our volleyball unit with an exciting Newcomb Tournament! 🎉 Students showed off their volleyball skills and their throwing and catching talents in this fun game! 💪
Teammates voted for players who stood out for their leadership, sportsmanship, heart, and hustle on the court! ❤️👏
Next week, we’re switching gears and aiming for success in our archery unit! 🎯🏹 Let’s hit the bullseye!
BOOK FAIR STARTS MONDAY! 🎉😊🎈
Literati gift cards are a safe and easy payment method for kids, and they also make great gifts for teachers and
librarians. You can even send them as donations to our school to help ensure every student can shop the book fair!
You can purchase gift cards online at Literati.com/Store. If you choose to create an account, you will be able to
view all gift cards associated with a given email address, merge old balances to a new card, edit details like recipient
name, transfer a card to a different email address, and more!
Gift cards will be delivered via email and can be used for online orders or printed out for easier in-person checkout.
To redeem, enter your code manually or present it at the register. Leftover balances may be used at future Literati
Book Fairs or throughout the year at our school’s Literati Store.
Friday is Hat Day! Wear your favorite hat and bring a $1 to support Dragons in need. 🐲❤️🧢👒🪖⛑🎩
Hat Days are a fun way to celebrate and wear a hat to school, as well as give back to our friends in need. Be creative or just have fun wearing your favorite hat while helping us support our school community! The money from hat day will go to support students who might need a coat, backpack, and other items that support our students and classrooms. Thank you for your support!
A lot of math exploration is happening in our third grade hall!! ✖️➗➕➖ In Mrs. Davis' class, they played a fun game of "Roll & Round" with a partner! After rolling a die, they put their rounding skills to the test by solving a problem within the column they rolled on. 🎲 Miss Windham's students tested their knowledge of regrouping in addition equations with a fun game of "Roll & Regroup." Each student was partnered up, given three dice, and tasked with one goal: create a greater sum than their partner. They used their knowledge of place value, regrouping, and problem solving to win the challenge! ✨
🏐🎉 This week in PE we started playing Newcomb — a super fun, modified version of volleyball! 🙌 In this game, you can throw, catch, bump, AND set the ball! 🔥
We also added some brain power 🧠 with our new vocab words: anticipate 👀 and rotation 🔄. Our Dragons are learning to move their feet 👣, call the ball 💬, and use their spatial awareness to keep the game going strong! 💪
They’re having an absolute BLAST while building skills and teamwork! 🐉🏐Future volleyball stars in the making! ✨🏆
🩺✨ Our annual Health Fair was a big success today! 🎉 Students rotated through stations with the amazing OCCC nursing students and learned all about: 🪖 Wearing a helmet 🦷 Brushing & flossing teeth 😴 Getting enough sleep 💬 Saying NO to bullying 🧼 Stopping the spread of germs 🥦 Building a healthy plate 🚭 Tobacco prevention 🧴 Personal hygiene 🏃 Staying active A huge THANK YOU to the OCCC nursing students for teaching our Dragons healthy habits that will last a lifetime! 🐉❤️💪
📚🇺🇸 Today in U.S. History: The Starving Time Simulation! 🏰🍴
Today, our 5th grade students in Mrs. Arnold’s U.S. History class traveled back in time to Jamestown, Winter of 1609–1610, to experience what life might have been like during the Starving Time.
The settlers were trapped inside the fort due to a harsh drought, the sudden arrival of 400 new settlers who brought no food or supplies, and a siege by the Powhatan Indians—who were understandably angry after settlers had stolen from them.
With food running dangerously low, settlers resorted to eating whatever they could find. To simulate this, students bravely tasted some of the “foods” settlers may have eaten:
🐴 Horse = Spam
🐍 Snake = Vienna sausages
🐱 Cat = Canned chicken
🐀 Rat = Corned beef hash
🌱 Roots = Turnips
👞 Shoe leather = Black licorice
It was an unforgettable (and hilarious!) hands-on learning experience. I am SO proud of all the students for their curiosity, courage, and willingness to try new things—even the black licorice! 😂🙌
We had so much fun learning about this important part of early American history!
#Jamestown #StarvingTime #HandsOnHistory #USHistoryClass #ProudTeacher
