Hello! We are the directors of the elementary bands! On Monday, June 9th the 3rd graders will participate in the Memorial School Instrument Petting Zoo! Each child will be given the opportunity to hear, hold, and even make a sound on some of the various wind instruments in the concert band.

Being a member of the school band not only teaches your child how to make music but helps develop important skills such as self-discipline, self-confidence, cooperative learning and teamwork. In addition, there are numerous studies that show a wealth of academic reasons why students should perform in school bands such as improved memory and motor functions, critical thinking, creative problem solving, effective communication, higher-order reasoning for math, science, and reading comprehension. Simply put:

Making music makes kids smarter!

Thank you very much, and if you have any questions about the Memorial Band Petting Zoo or the Sanborn Elementary Band Programs, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Sincerely,

Nicole Bartlett                                                                       Matthew Bradd

Sanborn Regional School District                                       Sanborn Regional School District

Instrumental Music                                                                 Director of Bands

(603) 382-6226 (603) 382-6226                                                                     (603) 642-3341(603) 642-3341

[email protected]                                                              [email protected]

What is 'Summer Slide' and why does it occur?

Summer reading loss refers to the decline in children's reading development that can occur during summer vacation times when children are away from the classroom and not receiving reading instruction (Allington & McGill-Franze,2003). The reality of summer reading loss is well documented. Readers who don't read over the summer are likely to lose crucial ground. Regardless of other activities, the best predictor of summer loss or summer gain is whether or not a child reads during the summer.  The reading achievement loss experienced by students that do not read during the summer months can be significant (an average of three months), and this summer reading loss  can accumulate up to a crucial two-year gap by the time kids are in middle school, regardless of their instructional program during the school year. 

Here are some suggestions to prevent summer slide and provide all children with summer reading opportunities:

• Be sure your child reads at least 20 minutes a day.  According to research, a child who reads only 1 minute a day outside of school will learn 8,000 words by the end of sixth grade where a student who reads 20 minutes outside of school will learn 1,800,000 words!  If reading isn't one of your child's top priorities, you may need to set up an incentive program. 

• Set a good example.  When your child sees you reading and enjoying a book or a newspaper article, you are sending a message that reading is important and valuable.

• Read with your child. Explore different types of reading such as poetry.  For our little ones, poetry is a great way to improve phonemic awareness skills as poetry often incorporates rhyme.  For our older children, poetry is a means of improving fluency.

• Read for different purposes
  .  Reading directions for a recipe or directions for assembling a toy are fun ways of incorporating reading into everyday activities.  

• Talk to your child about what he or she is reading. Ask open-ended questions such as "What do you think about that story?" "What would you have done if you were that character?"

• Make reading and writing a regular part of your daily home activities.

• Visit the public library.
  Participate in their Summer Reading Program.  

• Play word games such as thinking of different words to describe the same things.

• Set reasonable limits for television viewing.

Summer Reading Bucket

This summer Memorial Students will fill a bucket with 100 different ways (or places) that they read. Each time your child completes a reading activity from the Summer Reading Bucket List s/he will draw a shell on their Bucket. Everyone who reads at least 50 different ways will receive special recognition in September. To qualify for this recognition, students need to bring their Summer Reading Bucket List to their classroom teacher during the first week of school.   For ideas on what to read visit Summer reading bucket list where you will find developmentally appropriate titles and series that will interest your child. Teachers have recommended these authors and titles for you and your child to enjoy. Another fun place to visit is: www.biblionasium.com where your child can choose books according to what is recommended by peers. They can also share their reviews on what they have read, and have the opportunity to read books on line. This is a place where you, as a parent, can set up the account for your child and it's FREE!    

 
Please take the time to read with or to your child as often as you can to prevent the 'summer slide'.   Make reading fun as you relax and enjoy the time away from school with these activities and books to share with your child.

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OVERDUE LIBRARY BOOK NOTICES ARE COMING HOME:

Please check your child's backpack, and help us get our awesome books back for Memorial School boys and girls.

--Thank You So Much--

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Kids!!! Want To Find Your Next Great Read? 

Follow this link (or copy and paste it into your browser (either Internet Explorer or Mozilla Fire Fox is fine for this) :

https://sites.google.com/a/sau17.net/library-googleapps-site/lists-of-books-by-themes/online-subscriptions 

1. Choose EBSCOhost icon
2. Choose NoveList K-8 Plus in the right column. Need a little help?

The TUTORIAL video on doing Power Searches is at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CacW3sOPwfw&list=PLmB3tN1AGPiidMPQ4AOCvQfShk2a96jsw&index=2 

The TUTORIAL video on finding read-alikes when you want to read another book like the one you love:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HETepLBaEE&list=PLmB3tN1AGPiidMPQ4AOCvQfShk2a96jsw  

Immunization Requirements for Fifth grade students:            

Please be advised that when your child is age 11 years or older, and it has been 5 years or longer since their last Tetanus toxoid-containing immunization, they must receive a booster dose of tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine. If your child has a documented medical contraindication to pertussis vaccine, a Td booster is acceptable. In addition, every child entering grade 6 must have had (2) doses of Varicella vaccine (chicken pox). If your child had the disease of chicken pox, this must be listed with the date of the disease on a recent physical history and exam form completed by your child's health care provider. If your child is 11 years old, and has already received these immunizations, please provide a copy of the latest physical exam and updated immunization record to the health office as soon as possible. This may be faxed to the school nurse at 603-382-1466603-382-1466. If your child has a well-child visit scheduled within this school year, please discuss these requirements with the doctor at the time of the visit, and provide a copy of this physical and updated immunization record to the school nurse.  

Medication Pick Up

            As the end of the year is coming, I'd like to remind all parents that if your child has medications in the health office they need to be picked up by the end of the school year. The last day to pick them up will be June 20^th. After June 20^th all medications left in the health office will be discarded.

Thank you,

 Memorial Cookbook

While supplies last - first come, first served - $10/each. To buy a cookbook, please: 1) Send exact change or a check made out to "Memorial PTO" for the number of cookbooks you  wish to purchase; 2) Include your name, your student's name, class and the number of cookbooks you wish to purchase in an envelope addressed to Karen Radjavitch, PTO. Cookbooks will be sent home with your child. 

4th Annual Newton Memorial School 5K Run or Walk

Save the date! The annual 5K will be held on Saturday, September 20, 2014. 

BoxTops!

Baking for outdoor parties, showers or other spring events? Many of the popular brands of mixes have BoxTops on their packaging. Just a simple snip and you've helped support school programming. Thank you for all your submissions!

Next PTO meeting is scheduled for Thursday, June 12^th at 7pm in the library. Hope to see you!

Summer Pre-Team Tryouts

• There will be two sessions (M/W & T/Tr)
• Classes will be held from 6:30-7:15 and 7:15-8:00.
• Course is for swimmers ages 6 & over
• Each class will be limited to 10 swimmers.  
• Evaluations will be held by appointment June 16-26 (6:15pm M-Tr both weeks)
• To schedule an evaluation please contact Shannon Deschenes at [email protected] or call at (603) 548-0139(603) 548-0139.

Location:

Days:

Times:

Cost:

$175 

Exeter Swim Team is a 503 (c) non-profit organization with swim programs available to children in all towns.

 

(THIS EVENT IS NOT SPONSORED BY THE SANBORN REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT)