Happy Halloween!

Brookside WON this year!

We didn’t let a rainy day spoil our Halloween celebration! The students were greeted by the Brookside faculty and staff dressed up as Disney characters.

The second grade and Mrs. Mullins are having a cheery day!

Thank you to all the families who donated treats for our party. Special thanks to Maddox and his mom for the awesome treat bags!  After celebrating in our classroom, we joined the rest of the school for the Halloween Parade in the cafeteria! What a fun way to end the month of October!

We love Mystery Science!!!

In October, we worked on a Science animal biodiversity unit. Some of our favorite lessons were with Mystery Science.  After watching the Mystery Science video lesson, the students sorted animal cards by their traits or characteristics. Here are some photos of the students working with a partner on a hands-on lesson Science lesson.
We also watched a Mystery Science video in which the students learned that different frogs make different sounds. We listened to the sounds of two different habitats and tried to identify the frogs that made the sounds. But the big surprise for the students was when Mrs. Riordan brought in a frog she found so we could observe an actual living frog! There was a rich discussion over whether it was a frog or a toad. After observing the frog, Mrs. Riordan released it back into its habitat.


We wrapped up the animal unit by watching a Mystery Science video on birds and then we did a hands-on STEM activity where the students designed and created their own bird feeders. They needed to take into account what type of bird they wanted to attract and how to create a bird feeder that would work to attract that type of bird. I was so pleased that the students really were engaged in this hands-on activity!

October Visits from Zero the Hero and our September Lunch Bunch!

We started October with another visit from Zero the Hero. 

Zero challenged us to estimate the number of candy pumpkins in this jar!

We used statistics (median, mode and range) to examine our estimation data!

Congratulations to these C8 students who earned a spot in the September Lunch Bunch with their exemplary behavior and responsibility for the entire month.

Another visit from Zero on September 16th! This time the students had to estimate the number of “eyeballs” in the jar. After we shared our estimates we were able to share the treat in the BOO bag….Halloween Oreos!

Zero visited one more time on October 30th! This time he gave us a different challenge! We had to roll two dice, make the largest number we can with those digits and then add and subtract 10 FOUR times! When we completed the challenge, we each got a clementine dressed up like a jack-o-lantern!