BES March Parent Newsletter
Important Parent Info
Hello Lion Family!
The Counselor's Corner
BES Counselors were busy last month spreading the LOVE. We want to continue to encourage each student to look for ways to spread the love through random acts of kindness during the month of March. Snap a picture of your student holding the heart we sent home in February and we will display these acts of kindness in the hallways at school all this month. If you can’t get a picture, you can write what you did on the heart and send that in too! If you lost the heart we sent, don’t worry, we will take any heart you send as long as our students are spreading kindness!! Looking ahead to March, we are going to continue to encourage random acts of kindness. The upper grades will continue to work on their S.M.A.R.T. Goals. Our Kindergarten and 1st grade will review good listening skills and following directions, while 2nd and 3rd grade students will review positive classroom behavior and learn to implement positive study habits.
Notes from the Reading Specialist
Create a LOVE for READING in your home:
Why? I am glad that you asked...
- Children who practice reading at least 15 minutes a day show greater gains leading to an increase in academic success
- Strengthens the bond between you and your child
- Builds knowledge and vocabulary
- Strengthens social, emotional, and character development
How?
- Commit to a routine to take at least 15 minutes a day to STOP EVERYTHING AND READ
- Find books that interest your child
- Reread the same book or chapter to build confidence and gain a deeper understanding
- Make reading fun - get creative (read a spooky story with a flashlight, read to sound like the characters, curl up a read in your pajamas, etc.)
- Embed reading in everyday activities (signs, ads, recipes, etc.)
- Have conversations about what you read
- Do I do, we do, you do (I do - parent reads, we do - parent and child read together, you do - student reads)
#TogetherWeRead
Parent Links/Videos
https://www.pbs.org/parents/thrive/fifteen-books-to-get-the-whole-family-giggling
https://www.pbs.org/parents/thrive/room-for-everyone-10-picture-books-that-encourage-kindness
https://youtu.be/ejU194r-5Y4 - video reading aloud with your child
Practice Reading Out Loud Bookmark - printable bookmark
Upcoming Events
March 3 Kindergarten Registration
March 12 End of 9 weeks
March 14 Daylight Savings Time Starts
March 18 Report Cards
March 22-26 Spring Break
April 2 E-Learning Day
BROOKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Email: addam.moody@lcschools.org
Website: https://www.lcschools.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=13
Location: 100 School Lane, Killen, AL, USA
Phone: (256)757-2171