Brookwood Middle School

For your weekend enjoyment! Our Family Engagement Team is excited to share with our Brookwood Families and our community members a digital read aloud series where our team and staff members will be reading books aloud to you and your families while sharing effective reading strategies and activities for you to engage in at home with not only our books we are sharing with you but also your own personal books, books from our local library, our school libraries, or even books bought from the store. We hope you enjoy this activity and find ways to implement these strategies and games at home with your loved ones. We hope you enjoy this read aloud from Mrs. Renn. Have you ever noticed patterns in your reading? This book Mrs. Renn reads has a growing pattern...see if you can hear it! https://youtu.be/YDlev1EsEs0 Here is a link to a playlist of all of our previous read alouds as well: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlhKsK8VoY0m8XUfhSQInKAKDOMIexVw3

Right before winter break, our 1st graders had fun with "Remembering to be a Reindeer". Remembering to be a Reindeer is a way to help set a positive and mindfulness tone during the holiday season. Each letter in the word REINDEER has a short phrase or quote to remind students, teachers, and parents what the holiday season should be about: helping others, including everyone, showing gratitude and being positive. The students had a great discussions about each of the letters in reindeer, had a blast doing the reindeer pokey, learned facts about reindeer (did you know they can run up to 50 mph?!?) and finished off class with making their own reindeer to take home. As we start this New Year, "Remembering to be a Reindeer" is a great activity for all to check out; not just our 1st graders. Thinking positively and staying kind are some key traits we all should hold near and dear. #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest

Please enjoy the following performances from our 6th, 7th, and 8th grade bands. 6th: https://youtu.be/RR6qeuj0Z7g 7th: https://youtu.be/J-ARzcwIJBM 8th: https://youtu.be/3_Ys_0RBdeM Our Brookwood Bands rocks! Way to make us #MustangProud! #BrookwoodsBest #BeBrookwood

For your weekend enjoyment! Our Family Engagement Team is excited to share with our Brookwood Families and our community members a digital read aloud series where our team and staff members will be reading books aloud to you and your families while sharing effective reading strategies and activities for you to engage in at home with not only our books we are sharing with you but also your own personal books, books from our local library, our school libraries, or even books bought from the store. We hope you enjoy this activity and find ways to implement these strategies and games at home with your loved ones. Here is this weekend's read aloud from Mr. Guth. We love how he uses the pictures to infer what he thinks is happening. Using the pictures on the page to check for understanding or to infer what might happen is a great strategy to use when reading! https://youtu.be/xOiY1HUm7Zs To view our playlist of past read alouds, check them out here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlhKsK8VoY0m8XUfhSQInKAKDOMIexVw3

School Board Vacancy // Please submit letters of interest by January 4, 2021 to Superintendent Kellie Bohn : https://tinyurl.com/y9nm8goz

Please see the following Mustang Message from our Superintendent Kellie Bohn: https://youtu.be/UQLqAhdlgsg

Congratulations, Mrs. Kanthack! Way to make us #MustangProud! #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest https://www.lakegenevanews.net/news/local/genoa-city-teacher-up-for-u-s-science-math-award/article_b6411882-b151-5c18-89a1-af48252cf9c8.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share&fbclid=IwAR2d42bEn66V5GhcrTBIyerEiKY_71_zxXlkO09WWLPO2-hzh6O017zeDJ8

7th and 8th grade Drawing Classes have been working on some pretty amazing drawings these past few weeks! Candy wrapper art challenged them to draw in proportion while really working on their colored pencil techniques! Torn magazine drawing had them working their problem solving skills to fill in a section of a missing photo using colored pencil. Way to go Mustang artists!

For your weekend enjoyment! Our Family Engagement Team is excited to share with our Brookwood Families and our community members a digital read aloud series where our team and staff members will be reading books aloud to you and your families while sharing effective reading strategies and activities for you to engage in at home with not only our books we are sharing with you but also your own personal books, books from our local library, our school libraries, or even books bought from the store. We hope you enjoy this activity and find ways to implement these strategies and games at home with your loved ones. Here is this weekend's read aloud from Mrs. Bush: https://youtu.be/zUHmlkEhPXc The strategy she talks about is using pictures to help you decipher difficult words. Here is a link to our playlist of our current and active read alouds: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlhKsK8VoY0m8XUfhSQInKAKDOMIexVw3

Did you know that our middle school library now has a YouTube channel? The "Books with Ms. Bolwerk" channel will feature library-related content, like new book reveals, tutorials about how to use Destiny and other library resources, book talks and reviews, and maybe a contest or challenge or two! This channel is currently geared towards our middle school students but feel free to subscribe to the channel to stay up-to-date on the latest library news for at middle school. New videos will be posted every Friday! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVV_odqv18GEuRVg6sQQ27w

Please see the following video from our Director of Digital Expansion Helen Xiong: https://youtu.be/iajhL5joq5c For more detailed information that was sent out earlier this year about Securly, please reference this video: https://youtu.be/TT0q5H-PNyU

Save the Date! January 12 and 14 Beginning Band Parent Meetings - by appointment only. Sign up coming soon! Parents/Guardians of 4th and 5th grade band students, Mrs. Collins is putting together our BEGINNING BAND plan! If you are interested in more information in regards to this, please contact her: Kathy.Collins@gcj2.k12.wi.us https://tinyurl.com/y8vje4qz

Brookwood Families, please see the following message from our Superintendent Kellie Bohn: English: https://tinyurl.com/yb9m4puj Spanish: https://tinyurl.com/yaznmgfg

Spirit ware orders are almost here! All orders will be ready to be picked up starting Thursday after school. Our BFO will be contacting you to confirm which school you would like your order to be picked up from and if you would like it sent home with your child or left in the office for you to pick up. If you have additional questions, please contact our BFO at brookwoodfamily19@gmail.com

For your weekend enjoyment! Our Family Engagement Team is excited to share with our Brookwood Families and our community members a digital read aloud series where our team and staff members will be reading books aloud to you and your families while sharing effective reading strategies and activities for you to engage in at home with not only our books we are sharing with you but also your own personal books, books from our local library, our school libraries, or even books bought from the store. We hope you enjoy this activity and find ways to implement these strategies and games at home with your loved ones. Here is this weekend's reading from Ms. Bolwerk! Not only does she share with you a strategy but also some useful information how you can help your child check out some books from either of our school libraries. https://youtu.be/30L5t9XtUBM Here is a link to a playlist of all of our previous read alouds as well: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlhKsK8VoY0m8XUfhSQInKAKDOMIexVw3

Optimistic thinking is our social/emotional focus for December. The importance of having a sense of optimism and hope for the future helps build up resiliency in our students. Our classroom teachers are helping develop and support the skill of optimistic thinking and are observing things like: Does my student say good things about themselves? Does my student carry themselves with confidence? Does my student say good things about the future? Please help your child practice optimistic thinking at home with these suggestions from the GCJ2 Pupil Services Team. #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest

Recently, in Physical Education class our 4th and 5th graders were fortunate to be taught virtually by college students from Carthage College. These future physical education teachers from Carthage designed lessons especially for our 4th and 5th grade students. We love partnering with groups like this to give our students amazing experiences!

In recognition of Computer Science Education Week, all students at the elementary and middle schools took part in the Hour of Code program. This year’s Hour of Code occurred in over 180 countries, with over 68,000 events taking place! During our event this week, students were able to explore the world of coding, building technology skills and promoting problem-solving. Learning how to move pieces like monkeys, monsters, and Minecraft characters around a virtual area using code was very exciting…some students didn’t want to stop! We are very grateful to have a technology-supportive district where students can build STEAM skills and enjoy learning at the same time. #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest

School Safety is a priority at Genoa City Schools. Throughout the year, we run a number of different drills to ensure our students have the information and strategies to keep safe. These drills include fire drills, school lockdown drills, and severe weather drills. We would like to inform you that today at Brookwood Middle School, we conducted a safety drill. If you or your student have any questions regarding this drill, feel free to contact Mrs. Erickson. Brookwood Elementary School will be conducting an age appropriate safety drill prior to winter break. If you have questions, feel free to contact Mr. Braden. #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest

Students in Ms. Nousaine's 4th/5th grade STEAM classes have been working on creating stop motion videos on their iPads using an app called StopMotion. Students are combining storytelling with art and technology to create short three second films. They are learning the process of video production including creating a storyboard, using title and end credits, and working on specific skills within stop motion such as dancing or flying characters. Please enjoy this compilation of just a few of the AMAZING videos our students have created! https://youtu.be/GTw3OTGg84k