Birch Meadow’s character education program focuses on 6 themes of character: Respect, Friendship, Responsibility, Honesty, Cooperation and Caring. Honesty is the character trait we will be focusing on this month. In order to reinforce Honesty through literacy, all students will be listening to or reading the book Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto, illustrated by Ed Martinez. This book tells a tale about why it is better to tell the truth than to panic and try to cover up a problem. Teachers and staff will be looking for students showing Honesty and we are encouraging parents to do the same at home. Your child will be bringing home a bear this week. Please reward your child when you see him/her showing Honesty by filling out the bear with your child’s name, room number and what they did to show Honesty. The bear will be added to the other bears in a container in the office and posted in the lobby.
Mr. Sprung will read one bear from each grade level at our next assembly.
The bear will be returned to you at the end of the month. Thank you for your cooperation with this program, and we look forward to reading how your child has shown Honesty at home!
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