BMS Media Newsletter

December Edition

How to teach… reading for pleasure

The link between reading for fun and educational success is well established, but how can teachers get reluctant readers into books?

Studies have found that reading for pleasure is more important to a child's educational achievement than their family's wealth or social class. But how to inspire children to ditch the tech (e-readers excepted) and get into reading for fun?

*Give reading challenges. Reading competitions come in many shapes and sizes, with the aim of spicing up literature and giving children an incentive to open a book.

*Reading Walls. Having a print-rich environment is important.

*Drop Everything And Read (DEAR) is used in classrooms across the country, and allows children to forget their normal task and drift away with a good book.

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AR Stats for December

Congratulations to the following classes for earning at least 15 points during Accelerated Reader for the month of November:

6th grade

Ms. Ross’ homeroom

7th grade

Mr. Broughton’s homeroom

8th grade

Ms. Boyd's homeroom

Highest Readers for October

6th grader Carleciya Mapp with 14.3pts., 7th grader, Amir Mays-with 21.2pts. and 8th grader -Lakyria Summerour with 47.1pts.

Way to GO! Remember December is a NEW MONTH! Get to the Media Center, check out books read AR books and take test and pass with at least 15 collective points!

APS Introduces Beanstack!

Our Race to Read Challenge has begun. We have 10,535 logged reading minutes for BMS! Please make sure that your students are reading and recording their minutes.

What is the goal for BMS?

50,000 minutes

How can I use it?

Visit: https://apsbrown.beanstack.org/reader365or use the Beanstack app

Every child is already in the system - it is easy!

Username: student number
Password: six digit birthday (mmddyy) Remember that you may help BMS reach our goal by logging in your minutes as well.

SEL Book of the Month

Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper

Eleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. Always. And there's no delete button. She's the smartest kid in her whole school-but NO ONE knows it.

Most people-her teachers and doctors included-don't think she's capable of learning, and up until recently her school days consisted of listening to the same preschool-level alphabet lessons again and again and again. If only she could speak up, if only she could tell people what she thinks and knows. But she can't. She can't talk. She can't walk. She can't write.

Being stuck inside her head is making Melody go out of her mind-that is, until she discovers something that will allow her to speak for the first time ever. At last Melody has a voice . . . but not everyone around her is ready to hear it.

APS Partners with Atlanta Fulton County Public Library System to Offer Free Library Passes

The Atlanta Public Schools and the Atlanta – Fulton County Public Library System (AFPLS) have partnered to offer APS students broader access to the Fulton County Public Library. The CLASS Pass @ APS (Connecting Libraries and Schools for Success) allows all 52,000 APS students seamless access to a variety of free resources such as books, movies, courses, tutoring, music, an expansive digital library, job resources and GED resources. Students can now login using their student ID number and lunch code. APS employees can login using their Lawson number and temporary password “changeme.”

https://talkupaps.wordpress.com/2018/11/19/aps-partners-with-atlanta-fulton-county-public-library-system-to-offer-free-library-passes/

http://www.afpls.org/images/2018/Quick_Start_Guide.pdf