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Mrs.Brooks
6th,7th,& 8th Language Arts
I graduated from Fairmont State College in May 1998 with a degree in Elementary Education K-8 with a specialization in Learning Disabilities and Mental Impairmaents. Since I have been teaching, I have received certification in Kaplan Reading, Kansas Writing Strategy, and Thinkfinity. In 2011, I received my National Board Certification.
I began my teaching career at Lumberport Elementary as a permanent substitue for two years in the special education classroom. Next, for several months I administered diagnostic testing for Harrison County Board of Education. In January of 2002, I was hired as a special educator at Lumberport Middle School. While at LMS, I have taught English and reading. This year I am teaching English only. Also, I team teach in sixth, seventh, and eighth grade English classroms.
My time outside of school is spent with my husband and four beautiful children.
Websites To Look At:
Spelling City
Odessey
Snap Grades
AIMS Instruction Survey
Student Section
Q & A:
Q: Who was credited for inventing basketball in 1891?
A: James Naismith
Word of the day:
Basketball: a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop.
Health Habits:
Drink a glass of water instead of a glass of pop!
When you're done looking at this website go play outside!
Comical Pictures:
 
For more information visit this site: http://basketball.com/
Facts:
The first “hoops” were actually just peach baskets and the first backboards were made of wire.
Basketball became an official Olympic event in 1936 at the Summer Games in Berlin.
A soccer ball was the first basketball. The present-day basketball wasn’t introduced until 1929.
Slam dunks were illegal in 1967. But, by 1976, the dunk returned!
Three-point shots were established in 1986.
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