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The Wildcat Write Up

WB Curriculum and Instruction News

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Preschool

The preschool had some special visitors to Spring Street - two 10 day old baby goats! The squeals of excitement were palpable!

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Kindergarten STEM Class

Kindergarten students in Ms. Sullivan's STEM class were given the question "can something be a liquid and a solid?" They then mixed the ingredients for their own bowl of Oobleck to test their theories.
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Jiji, the ST Math Mascot

What Is ST Math?

In West Bridgewater, St Math is used in grades Kindergarten through sixth.


"ST Math’s patented approach - manipulating objects in space and time - is totally unique in the market. The program starts by teaching the foundational concepts visually, then connects the ideas to the symbols, language, and robust discourse. Why does this approach work so well? Because with visual learning, students are better equipped to tackle unfamiliar math problems, recognize patterns, and build conceptual understanding. Without language barriers, the problem is accessible to all students, regardless of skill level or language background."



Deep Conceptual Understanding

ST Math is mastery based, which means students must pass each level with a score of 100% (all puzzles correctly solved) before the next level in a sequence becomes available to them. Each student has their own personalized journey and takes as long as they need to achieve mastery. This ensures that students are building and demonstrating a strong conceptual foundation.


Formative Feedback

In ST Math, action is critical and mistakes are the perfect opportunity for learning. Animated formative feedback offers an intrinsically motivating learning experience that shows students the mathematical consequences of each answer, helping to form and shape their understanding. Students don’t just guess at multiple choices, or worse, get a question wrong and wonder why.


Standards-Aligned

ST Math games include more than 35,000 puzzles with interactive representations of math topics that align to all state standards, with learning objectives that target key grade-level concepts and skills.

ST Math is a flexible instructional tool that can fit easily into many different curriculum implementations. In a computer lab, during designated classroom time, station-rotation, or at home - as long as students are using ST Math for 60-90 minutes per week, you will see gains in their math achievement.

Family Guides to the Massachusetts Learning Standards Family Guides to the Massachusetts Learning Standards

These guides to the Massachusetts learning standards help families understand what students are expected to know and be able to do by the end of each grade. The guides are available in English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Simplified Chinese.

https://www.doe.mass.edu/highstandards/default.html (please scroll to the middle of the page to find the guides)

Middle Senior High School Program of Studies Middle Senior High School Program of Studies

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Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge

Annual Challenge

Annual Challenge

The annual Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge invites students in grades 5-8 to submit a 1-2 minute video describing a unique solution to an everyday problem for the chance to win $25,000 and an exclusive 3M Mentorship. Ten finalists will be chosen for their passion for science, spirit of innovation and ingenuity, and effective communication skills.

launch youngscientistlab.com

Family Resources

  • Storyline Online - https://storylineonline.net/
  • National Geographic Kids - https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
  • Starfall - https://www.starfall.com/h/index-kindergarten.php
  • KidLit TV - "is a winner of the Parents’ Choice Gold Award, the Norton Juster Award for Devotion to Literacy, and one of the American Library Association’s Great Websites For Kids. KLTV is available in over 600,000 schools worldwide via our website and video distribution partners. We’re a diverse group of parents, educators, librarians, kid lit creators, and award-winning filmmakers working together to create fun new ways to reinforce an appreciation of reading that children will carry with them for the rest of their lives." https://www.kidlit.tv/
  • Scholastic Story Starters - http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/index.html
  • Khan Academy - https://www.khanacademy.org/
  • Brains On - https://www.brainson.org/
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Curriculum and Instruction

Email: dllanes@wbridgewater.com
Website: wbridgewatershools.org
Location: 2 Spring Street
Phone: 508-894-1230 . 2126

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