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Dear Families,

Just like that the second week of November has come and gone. This week we had a day off to observe Veteran's Day. Students learned in their classes about why we observe Veteran's Day, and took some time to reflect on all that our veterans have done for our country. Saturday, November 13th is World Kindness Day! We encourage you to talk to your child about how they can celebrate Kindness Day. Get out there and be kind!

https://inspirekindness.com/world-kindness-day

Best,

Joey and Andrea

Memorial Models are chosen weekly by their teacher and have excelled all week in taking care of themselves, others, and things.

At Memorial School students are working on using their imagination! This month, we are encouraging children to think outside the box, create, wonder and explore. Imagination is defined as the process of forming a mental picture of something that is not present. Here are a few ideas of how you can foster your child's imagination at home:

• explore new ideas
• practice problem solving
• plan and test ideas
• learn through trial and error
• take risks
• learn to accept failure and try again

Linked is an article from Parenting Magazine with, 10 Ways to Fire Your Child's imagination

https://www.parenting.com/activities/kids/10-easy-ways-to-fire-your-childs-imagination-21354373/

Hello Memorial Families! It has been an exciting month of learning in the music room. You can find music classroom expectations by grade level below!

Preschool Expectations: Students have practiced being an echo this month, by trying to repeat after the teacher with a singing voice. They experimented with making a loud or soft rain sound on a hand drum while singing “Pitter Patter”. They also pretended to cook “Pumpkin Stew” and put all sorts of silly ingredients in while practicing the steady beat. Our finger story this month has been “Two Little Blackbirds”. Check the music room website for song lyrics.

Kindergarten Expectations: Students are now expected to demonstrate FIVE different voices at the beginning of music class: Talking, Whispering, Calling, Proud, Singing! If asked, they should be able to tell you about the poem we use to practice these voices. When we practice our singing voice, students are learning to make a “perfect match” when it is their turn with the singing ball! They explored the musical opposites fast and slow this month. One fun activity involved student “conductors”! Students chose a song for the class to sing and “conducted” with a baton, moving fast or slow, depending on how they wanted the music to be performed!

First Grade Expectations: Students continued to practice making a “perfect match” when singing. They are expected to demonstrate a steady beat while singing or listening to music at this point in the year. They also learned about the concept of rhythm and contrasted it with steady beat. They learned that tapping the rhythm of the song matches the words while tapping the beat makes hands tap at the same speed through the whole song. Favorite songs and games this month included “Bounce High”, “Cobbler Cobbler”, and “Pumpkin Stew”.

Second Grade Expectations: This month, students focused on their music listening skills. Students enjoyed listening to Edvard Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King” and were expected to describe the song using three musical describing words! They also got a chance to compare three different performances of the song: orchestra, voices, and electronic. Eventually, the expectation will be to explain a preference for a musical performance! They are also beginning a cross-curricular project, by using this song in both art and music! Students also learned about a new rhythm that gets two beats called a half note. They practiced reading and writing this rhythm throughout the month.

Third Grade Expectations: Third graders discovered the names of the two new notes on our solfege staircase: low sol and low la! They learned that every note on the staircase can repeat and that the repeating notes are one octave apart. They also discovered a new way to perform rhythms, by using numbers to count them! We made a fun connection to both fractions and pizza while learning this new skill! Some classes are also beginning to learn to read music notes on the staff, using the musical alphabet! Eventually, students will be expected to read notes and rhythms using these new skills, when they learn the recorder later this year!

Please check out the music room website for more information about the music program. Feel free to reach out at any time by emailing smaldonado@easthamptonct.org.

Mrs. Maldonado

As caregivers, when your student is presenting with symptoms, it can be difficult to know when to keep them home. If your student is presenting with any of the symptoms below, please err on the side of caution and keep your child home from school:

Fever of 100.4 or higher (fever free for at least 24 hours without medication)

Chills

Sore throat

Coughing, shortness of breath, trouble breathing

Diarrhea

Vomiting

Rash

Eye infection

Distracting pain

Loss of taste or smell

Any close contact with an individual positive with Covid (if your child is tested, please remain home until you receive the results and also provide a copy of the results to school)

If you are not sure about any illness symptoms, it is best to consult your doctor. We appreciate your assistance in keeping our students and staff safe and healthy as we continue to navigate these difficult times. Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns! Thank you!

Veteran's day is celebrated on November 11th. In school, students have been learning about the reason we observe Veteran's Day. Take a look at some of the ways students recognized our veterans.

Ways you can celebrate Veteran's Day at home:

https://www.fantasticfunandlearning.com/teaching-kids-about-veterans-day-resources-and-ideas.html

https://theeducatorsspinonit.com/veterans-day-activities-for-kids-after/

Thank you to everyone for participating in the UNICEF collection this year! You have made a difference for so many children in need. Second grade is the winning grade level that raised the most money for UNICEF. Congratulations! They have earned a read aloud assembly with Mrs. Bauer.

UNICEF TOTALS

K- $36.31

1ST G- $189.44

2ND G- $219.70

3RD G- $97.86

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TOTAL *$543.31*

11/13- World Kindness Day & Turkey Plunge at Sears Park- 9:00am

11/24- Early Release

11/25 & 11/26- Thanksgiving Break

11/27- COVID Vaccination Clinic EHMS 11-2pm

11/29- Scholastic Book Fair!

11/29- First Day of Hanukkah

12/1- Elementary School Conference (Early Dismissal)

12/2- Elementary School Conference (Early Dismissal)

12/3- Random Act of Kindness Friday

• This week, the Connecticut General Assembly gave the Governor authority to extend Executive Orders through February 15, 2022. Executive Order No. 9, Section 1, and Executive Order No. 13A, provides the authority to require masks in schools, childcare facilities, and certain higher-risk settings, as well as providing municipal authority to require universal masking in certain settings.
• If a student is quarantined, asynchronous assignments will be provided and communicated by your student's teacher.
• Volunteers and guest speakers are welcomed in the building. All volunteers and guest speakers who enter classrooms, hallways, or other areas where children are located will be required to be vaccinated or submit testing results upon entering the school.

The school community of East Hampton is committed to the mission of honoring and celebrating the diversity of our students, our community, and our nation. We strive to guide our students to conscious, deliberate, individual and collective actions that cultivate the respect of all races, religions, and social backgrounds. Our school community endeavors to produce graduates who are equipped with a greater understanding of the concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The East Hampton Board of Education, in compliance with federal and state law, affirms its policy of equal educational opportunity for all students and equal employment opportunity for all persons. It is the policy of the District to promote nondiscrimination and an environment free of harassment regardless of an individual’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, ancestry, disability (including but not limited to, intellectual disability, past or present history of mental disorder, physical disability, or learning disability), genetic information, marital status, or age or because of the race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetic information, marital status, or age of any persons with whom the individual associates. The District shall provide to all students without discrimination, course offerings, counseling, assistance, employment, athletics, and extracurricular activities. The District shall provide equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The District shall make reasonable accommodations for identified physical and mental impairments that constitute disabilities, consistent with federal and state statutes and regulations.

Email: jbauer@easthamptonct.org
Website: https://www.easthamptonps.org/o/memorial-school
Location: 20 Smith Street, East Hampton, CT, USA
Phone: 860-365-4020
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