Brookwood Literacy

This page is dedicated to highlighting the literacy work happening at Brookwood Elementary School.

[Betsie Ostermyer @B_Ost1985]

We are digging back into our old shared reading articles all the way from the first week of school until last week to compare and contrast.
Students are working collaboratively to answer questions ranging from perspective to text structure.
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#BeBrookwood

[Betsie Ostermyer @B_Ost1985]

We love @nearpod for sharing ideas for future shared reading topics and the interactive slides with Black Holes!
The oohs and ahhs are so fun!
#BeBrookwood
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[Brookwood Elementary @Brookwood_HCSD]

Mrs. Spurlock's Kindergarten class is enjoying the time before the holidays with fun reading and Polar Express activities!
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[Betsie Ostermyer @B_Ost1985]

The motto in our pod matches our learning today.
We used the Epic app and our Toys book for comparisons on the Lego toy.
We love learning about some of our favorite toys' histories!
#BeBrookwood
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[Betsie Ostermyer @B_Ost1985]

We had some special visitors for our interactive read aloud.
Thanks @MazzeoTina for sharing your wonderful students with us.
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[Megan Wagonfield @MrsWagonfield]

Students in Mrs. Brosius's room have been working hard on positive station behavior and effective station rotation. #BeBrookwood #BigBlueOnTheMove

[Brookwood Elementary @Brookwood_HCSD]

Today in Mrs. Southard's class, they celebrated their alphabet aces! These boys and girls know all of their upper and lower case letters. Everyone has shown so much growth this half of second quarter.
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[Betsie Ostermyer @B_Ost1985]

What did our Friday look like...song of the week, double timelines on our biographies, suspense guided reading groups, and receipt pad poetry inspired by William Carlos Williams.
Just a whole bunch of fun!
#BeBrookwood
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[Aileen Ernst @BWPrincipalHCSD]

First graders @Brookwood_HCSD enjoyed a visit from Zachariah Ohora today!! Thank you for coming and sharing your stories with our Bluejays!!

[Brittany Galbreath @BGalbreath_HCSD]

The 6th graders in Mrs. Gorenflo's room are getting ready for informational writing. They worked together to collect information from multiple sources. What a great way to see the importance of varied sources! #BigBlueontheMove #BeBrookwood #prepareforthefair

[Brookwood Elementary @Brookwood_HCSD]

Mrs. Brosius and her kindergarten stars think that reading is fun.
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[Megan Wagonfield @MrsWagonfield]

Kicking off our How-To Informational Writing Unit with some awesome mentor texts! #BeBrookwood #BigBlueOnTheMove

[Betsie Ostermyer @B_Ost1985]

Working with biographies and text structures...we found another amazing quote.
We also continue to write our own stories of hard work and fantastic collaboration.
I continue to be amazed at their conversations and connections.
#BeBrookwood
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[Aileen Ernst @BWPrincipalHCSD]

3rd graders @Brookwood_HCSD were welcomed to school with positive messages written by our amazing educators. They also adorned handmade shirts reminding them to Do their Best on the Test today.

[Aileen Ernst @BWPrincipalHCSD]

We celebrated our 4, 5, and 6 grade students @Brookwood_HCSD today for their SUPER performance on last years state assessments. Students passed down quotes and songs to the next grade and challenged them to Raise the Bar” this year!! ❤️ this BW family

[Brookwood Literacy @BW__Literacy]

Mrs. Southard’s kindergarten class co-authored their first class book this week! They wrote a nonfiction book about spiders. They learned that a nonfiction text has realistic pictures and photographs. @Brookwood_HCSD #writingisfun #BeBrookwood #BigBlueOnTheMove

[Aileen Ernst @BWPrincipalHCSD]

Fantastic collaboration happening @Brookwood_HCSD during grade level data talks. Love hearing passionate educators make data informed decisions to best meet students where they are and help them to soar! And of course coffee and chocolate.

[Betsie Ostermyer @B_Ost1985]

Ending our historical fiction unit with a collaborative assessment.
Students are applying quotes on success they selected earlier in the year to their completed books.
Love hearing their thinking!

[Andrea Blevins @AndreaLBlevins]

The highlight of my day was this kinder class writing me a letter to share their connections about reading! Just finished my letter back and can’t wait to send their way tomorrow with a bag of smarties! Great thinking!!! Thanks for choosing me! @Brookwood_HCSD #BigBlueOnTheMove

[Aileen Ernst @BWPrincipalHCSD]

Mr. Graver’s 5th grade students practicing reading skills with their kindergarten buddies in Ms. Spurlock’s class @Brookwood_HCSD ! Way to BE Brookwood Bluejays.