What are Students Learning?
Ms. Julie
Pre-K and K students have been living examples of our Brooklin School Song, which also happens to be the Mission Statement and Vision of our school: We come together to learn, to grow and to explore. We are respectful, curious and kind. We are all unique and learn together, as equal members of one community. We care for each other, we care about ourselves, and we work to make the world a better place. Our transitions from home to school have gotten smoother and braver as students are gaining more confidence and more comfortable at school. Pre-K students demonstrated their number and letter knowledge, and surprised teachers with how well they can already write many of the letters in their names! Kindergarten students have all mastered writing their first names, and will be working on recognizing and writing their last names and middle names. Kindergarten students were assessed on the first 100 Fry’s sight words, and will be working to master all 100 by the end of the year!
Mrs. Thoner
3/4 ELA – Students continued reading Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac. This past week they read in pairs and completed a skit, drawing, or summary of the section read. They were assessed on comprehension, on their presentation, and on their audience behavior – did they speak to their audience, did the audience listen politely? Students also continued working on Daily Language Arts skills.
5/6 ELA – Students continued their study of Chains by working together and individually. Students demonstrated understanding of setting, point of view, and plot as they responded verbally and in writing to specific questions.
7/8 ELA – Students continued their study of The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. They demonstrated understanding of the text through discussion and through responding in writing to specific questions. Students also reviewed the difference between dependent and independent clauses and how to correct a dangling participle.
Mrs. Sproul
3rd grade math – This week we worked more with graphing, specifically scaled graphs. This is when each indication (picture or increase in the bar graph) is worth more than one. The students learned that when we are graphing large numbers we have to use scaled graphs olr there would not be enough room on their paper! They were assessed on their ability to make scaled picture and bar graphs given data.
4th grade math– This week we worked with factors and multiples and learned how to identify prime and composite numbers. They we assessed on being able to determine the factors of a number and explain why it is either a prime or composite number as well as identifying multiples of numbers.
5th and 6th grade math – We continued our work with volume and the students were assessed on their ability to determine the volume of rectangular prisms. We looked at how the base of the prism could be any face on the prism and spent time identifying which formula matched the prisms. This proved to be challenging for some but they are getting the hang of it.
7th grade math – The students deepened their understanding of scale drawings and learned how to both use scale factor to draw an object to scale and identify what the scale factor is given two scaled pictures. They were assessed on identifying the scale factor and drawing the shape given a scale factor.
8th grade math – The students continued their work with transformations and learned out to specifically describe transformations on a coordinate grid. They were assessed on their ability to recognize a transformation and describe a transformation.
Algebra – The students worked more with statistics and learned how to identify shapes of distributions as well as calculating the measure of center and variability. They were assessed on all of those topics.
Ms. Bebell
7/8 Super Studies
This week the students built and tested their designs for protecting a single potato chip! They put their packages through a drop test, a shake test, and a crush test, and found that a rigid outer structure with a snug space that keeps the chip from moving around inside was most successful. The students also started learning about different types of government structures as we introduce our first civics unit of the year.
5/6 Super Studies
This week the students built and tested their designs for protecting a single potato chip! They put their packages through a drop test, a shake test, and a crush test, and found that a rigid outer structure with a snug space that keeps the chip from moving around inside was most successful. The students also started learning about the earliest humans and discussing what it means to be human as we introduce our first ancient civilizations unit of the year.
3/4 Super Studies
This week was all about the magic of science! Students performed “magic tricks” for each other and then we learned about the different types of science responsible for each phenomenon. We had a discussion about how everything is connected to some form of science, including biology, chemistry, and physics. The students also spent some time observing the plants in the butterfly garden and drawing what they see in their nature journals.
