Welcome back, Siwanoy Students! How many books did you read this summer? Let us know today!
Susan Gilbert, Siwanoy Principal
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Dear Siwanoy Students,
I am so excited to share our summer reading program with you. Remember, learning does not end when summer vacation begins. Learning follows you wherever you go -- whether you are walking along the beach wondering where the clams go at night, or at a museum checking out some famous paintings, or catching fireflies and ladybugs. The fun part about the summer is that you get to ask questions and wonder all day long. You get to decide whom to write to, how to practice your math facts, and what to read. You can curl up with a good book on a swing or hammock. You can take a book and lie under a tree or by a pool. Find books that interest you. I have a pile of three mysteries, one novel, one book about bread baking, one on marathon running, and four about teaching and learning -- not to mention two cooking magazines, and the daily New York Times. I can’t wait to get started on my reading list and I hope you are just excited to get started on yours.
Siwanoy’s 2011 Summer Reading Challenge asks you to set your own goals, choose your own books and track your own progress. I am already thinking that my book list might be too ambitious and maybe my goal should be just one of the mysteries and two of the books on teaching and learning…but we shall see what I can accomplish when I set my mind on it.
Since we strive to help you become active, responsible citizens, we are also tying in our reading program to making a difference for others. This year the Siwanoy PTA will donate one book for every ten books you read to a program called Amazing Afternoons, an after-school program in Mount Vernon, our neighbor. They really need books for their first through fifth graders.
Read, but also get out, explore, go to museums, keep a journal, sketch a special object, play a game, plant some seeds. Also, you can learn from some great web sites, practice your math facts, help out in the kitchen, go to the library.
Remember The Wise Woman and Her Secret by Eve Merriam that I read at Town Meeting. She said, “The secret of wisdom is to be curious -- to take the time to look closely, to use all your senses to see and touch and taste and smell and hear. To keep on wandering and wondering.
Check out this web site. Keep track of your reading and help the students in Mount Vernon. Follow my blog, recommend a book, and above all else, have fun! Learning enriches your life so never stop asking questions.
Fondly,
Mrs. Gilbert
"So I picked out a book
On my own
From the shelf
And I started to read
On my own
To myself.
And nonsense and knowledge
Came tumbling out,
Whispering mysteries,
History’s shout,
The wisdom of wizards,
The songs of the ages,
All wonders of wandering
Wonderful pages."
—Karla Kuskin
I am so excited to share our summer reading program with you. Remember, learning does not end when summer vacation begins. Learning follows you wherever you go -- whether you are walking along the beach wondering where the clams go at night, or at a museum checking out some famous paintings, or catching fireflies and ladybugs. The fun part about the summer is that you get to ask questions and wonder all day long. You get to decide whom to write to, how to practice your math facts, and what to read. You can curl up with a good book on a swing or hammock. You can take a book and lie under a tree or by a pool. Find books that interest you. I have a pile of three mysteries, one novel, one book about bread baking, one on marathon running, and four about teaching and learning -- not to mention two cooking magazines, and the daily New York Times. I can’t wait to get started on my reading list and I hope you are just excited to get started on yours.
Siwanoy’s 2011 Summer Reading Challenge asks you to set your own goals, choose your own books and track your own progress. I am already thinking that my book list might be too ambitious and maybe my goal should be just one of the mysteries and two of the books on teaching and learning…but we shall see what I can accomplish when I set my mind on it.
Since we strive to help you become active, responsible citizens, we are also tying in our reading program to making a difference for others. This year the Siwanoy PTA will donate one book for every ten books you read to a program called Amazing Afternoons, an after-school program in Mount Vernon, our neighbor. They really need books for their first through fifth graders.
Read, but also get out, explore, go to museums, keep a journal, sketch a special object, play a game, plant some seeds. Also, you can learn from some great web sites, practice your math facts, help out in the kitchen, go to the library.
Remember The Wise Woman and Her Secret by Eve Merriam that I read at Town Meeting. She said, “The secret of wisdom is to be curious -- to take the time to look closely, to use all your senses to see and touch and taste and smell and hear. To keep on wandering and wondering.
Check out this web site. Keep track of your reading and help the students in Mount Vernon. Follow my blog, recommend a book, and above all else, have fun! Learning enriches your life so never stop asking questions.
Fondly,
Mrs. Gilbert
"So I picked out a book
On my own
From the shelf
And I started to read
On my own
To myself.
And nonsense and knowledge
Came tumbling out,
Whispering mysteries,
History’s shout,
The wisdom of wizards,
The songs of the ages,
All wonders of wandering
Wonderful pages."
—Karla Kuskin
