May
Wow, here we are at the end of the school year, the final stretch! It's hard to believe that it's already May. While this is also a busy time of the year with celebrations and testing for older students, it's also a great time to reflect on your child(ren)'s and your family's successes and areas of growth this year! You may consider setting up a family meeting to celebrate together and also make some suggestions and goals for yourselves as you close up the school year. Summer is a great time to relax and connect as a family, and it's helpful if you are intentional about scheduling times to connect with each other as a family, help out in the community, and stay plugged into reading and math skills through free resources like the local libraries and all of the programming they offer, recreation centers, and learning apps available on students' classlink.
Parent University Resources
We celebrated our final Parent University meeting on April 17th! During our Parent University series, we did 8 sessions over various topics that centered around creating a more connected home. You can find all of the resources, including presentations, handouts, parenting quick tips, and some videos HERE.
Supporting & Setting Your Child Up for Success
Get a move on It's National Physical Fitness & Sports Month, a great time and good weather to incorporate some family recreation activities. Take walks after dinner, go on a weekend bike ride, or have chin-up contests on the monkey bars at a nearby playground. For more fitness ideas, check out letsmove.gov, fitness.gov, and presidentschallenge.org.
Keep kids safe The weather has warmed up and school's almost out for the summer, which means kids will be spending more time outdoors on their own. Give them a refresher course in safety whether they're bike riding, swimming, or playing indoors on game systems. For more tips, go to pta.org and click on “Topics: Child Safety.”
Give props to your children's teachers As the school year winds down, encourage your children to write thank-you notes to their current teachers. Prompt younger kids with suggestions like “Something new I learned this year was…”or “My favorite part of this school year was….” Work with your PTA to help support your child's teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week, May 1 to 5.
math in everyday
Click HERE to view our Math in Everyday site that will be updated weekly for the next several weeks with fun ideas and readily available resources that you can use at home to help support your child’s growth in Math, especially as we get closer to state testing! You can utilize the menu on the site for grade level specific ideas.
STAAR Testing Resources
To help better prepare ourselves and our kids in third grade and higher for the upcoming STAAR testing, we hope you will find these resources valuable. As parents, we want to walk alongside our kids as they prepare for any kind of life challenge or "test" that they will face, STAAR or otherwise, so they feel confident, equipped, and encouraged!
STAAR Handout with Several Links/Resources (including how to access past and future STAAR results online)
Summer ideas & Resources
Recreation Center Activities: Grapevine, Euless, Colleyville
Libraries: Grapevine, Euless, Colleyville
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