Berkeley Hall School - Yearbook (Beverly Hills, CA)

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The Fourth Grade This year is one To be envied. Mrs. Linsdell combines work with play Thus making the year enioyable for The children. This year the class has used charts To show how well everyone is doing in arithmetic, spelling, and on Their book reports. They also learn how To write Thank you letters and how To use The S.R.A. Reading Laboratory. Penmanship certificates are awarded to Those students who are neat and careful writers. This year The Fourth Grade has had a detailed study in The use of indexes and reference books. They are particularly pleased with a complete new seT of National Geographics. They have great fun using Them because There is a complete index. Corresponding To each subject They Take up, There are pictures on The bulletin board. In connection with their study of California history, they took Two field trips, one To The Southwest Museum and another To the Los Angeles County Museum. They have also seen several movies in coniunction with their Social Studies units. In addition, They have their own camera crew who can Thread and run The projector to show These movies. Besides learning the basic fundamentals they have many extra advantages to brighten up the work. What could be more fun Than writing your own play? The play was on The California Gold Rush and was put on as an as- sembly in March. A year in the Fun-Filled Fourth with Mrs. Linsdell is an experience that many children will lovingly remember. FUN-FILLED FOURTH Torrey Wulff and Pam MeGee Mrs. Helen Linsdell - ' 1, , Q

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CLASS OF 1972 Gary Hansen 84 Sue Heller Mrs. Jean Richards m,.,Ww i The industrious Third Grade is under the direction of Mrs. Richards, a firm believer in work, work, work. School days start with an article from the Monitor or Sentinel. If they wish, the children may bring news clippings that would be of interest to the class. All their subjects such as reading, music, arithmetic, spell- ing, language, and geography are taught by the Carden Method. Their classes are informal, and various subiects could be discussed in one period. They have an extensive study of animals and often bring live displays. One Third Grade project was the learning of the fifty state capitals and their correct spellings, Extra curricular activities include seeing movies such as Secrets of the Ant and Insect World and Secrets of the Bee World. A trip to the Los Angeles County Museum gave much meaning to their study of pre- historic animals. The year of 1972 has a lot to look forward to, if the present Third-graders aren't nuclear physicists yet.

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Mrs. Patricia McGee LIFE WITH TINKERBELL Chris Hocker 81 Tricia Waldman Welcome to Never-never Land, where people never, never run out of interesting things to do. And Tinkerbell? That's the Fifth Grade Teacher, Mrs. McGee and she sure can ring that bell. And the bell? That's the famous, or in- famous, little gold bell that is put to use only when The whole room is noisy. Then everyone gets a check, roughly equivalent to being sent to Siberia. Mrs. McGee says she doesn't have to use iT too often with This class, but she says that about every class. lRemember, we were her first class, and after us, anything looks good.l The twenty-four members of The Fifth Grade are engaged in learning new math lconverting base ten to base five, whatever that is,l science taught by Tinker, Mrs. McGee, and SRA Reading Laboratories. This is also The first year for ukeleles. Every year The boys and girls make water color paintings of many different birds, and reports to go with Them which they show in an assembly. The most important proiect of the year is the writing of reports concerning Important Events in United States History lExamples: Civil War, the Revolution, Summer Vacation.l And, of course, there are the annual races for top honors in arithmetic and spelling, along with a reading chart l l think it's time for you children to read something other than Dr. Seuss. l We must all admire the courage of Mrs. McGee. Not only must she face that class every day, but can you imagine walking around the campus with those two silly little wings on her back?