Atchison County Mail March 5, 2015 Page 7 Blue Jay Corner Third Quarter Good Citizens Why I think students should be required to read more By Kaleigh Farmer also suggest that regular read- The first way is letting the child Children aren’t born with a ing will reduce stress level by pick out what they want to read. natural habit to read. That’s the sixty-eight percent. More students enjoy what they reason why adults/parents need Students gain lots of knowl- get to pick out to read than if the to introduce books to children edge while reading. Everything book is picked out for them and when they are toddlers. If you kids read adds bits and pieces of they are forced to read. Letting don’t grow up reading then you information they didn’t know them pick it out will teach them probably won’t enjoy it as much before. People never know about making good choices. as someone who did. when it may come in handy. The second way to increase Reading more will signifi- Having exposure to more reading enjoyment is to start a Kaleigh Farmer, Catyn Chamberlain, Josh Lucas, Jase Hughes, cantly help students academi- words will also help with ev- family book club. Many parents Junior Freshman Junior Freshman cally. Children who read more eryone’s knowledge. Knowl- aren’t involved in what their often see major jumps in their edge can never be taken from child is reading. By having a National Honor Society and Rock Port High School faculty nominated students who demonstrated test scores. Many students you. Having more knowledge book club, the child might be exceptional citizenship in regards to service, leadership, and character, and then Rock Port High struggle when it comes to read- on vocabulary will help you be- more interested in reading if ev- School teachers voted to select the four individuals. Students chosen for the NHS Citizenship honor ing comprehension. Reading a come well-spoken. Being well- eryone is reading. receive a gift or gift certificate sponsored by River Rock Lanes, Casey’s, McDonald’s, Stoner Drug, little more every day will help spoken will help you in many The third way to help children Subway, Food Country, Wood’s Shed, and Trail’s End. Thank you to these businesses for their sup- kids improve in many different different professions. enjoy reading more is to tie in port, and congratulations to these young men and women for their outstanding character. areas. Reading will also help you activities with the book. Dur- Children who are read to every with memory. You will have a ing school many teachers have day at age three have a vocabu- great memory improvement if activities to do while reading Blue Jays of the lary at age five two months in you read often. It will so also a book and that keep the kids Week - Feb. 27 advance than those that are not. help your thinking skills. When more interested. Kids don’t just Children who read more also do you read you are mainly fo- have to do activities at school; Mrs. Farley - Justin Kuhns better in other subjects and in cused on the story. If you read they can also plan different ac- Mrs. Hughes - Gabe Gebhards all aspects of school. Reading to for a little bit before work, re- tivities at home. Mrs. Yocum - Mason McMahon children is much more impor- searchers say you will be more Reading at home every day Mrs. Bredensteiner - Zoey tant than most people realize. focused than if you had not. and having a comfy place to Moore Children who are read to at a Another benefit of reading a read can really help your child Mrs. Vette - Avery Meyerkorth young age have at least three to lot is your writing skills will enjoy reading more. Research- Mrs. Lawrence - Payton Shrader four times a week better chance improve. Many people are in- ers have learned that children Mrs. Amthor - Jenasey Mace of recognizing the letters in the fluenced by the way the author understand and enjoy reading Mrs. Geib - Rylee Jenkins Pin for the Win! Eighth grader Dalton Stevens pins Jeff Stooks- alphabet than children who are writes. It will also help with flu- more if someone changes their Mrs. Gilson - Brogan Krutz bury of Maryville. The Blue Jays hosted a match on Monday, not. ency of your writing. Whether voice for each character. Mak- March 2, facing opponents from Tarkio, Maryville, and Southwest Mrs. Walker - Jarrett Hunter According to the NCES, chil- you know it or not, well-written ing connections about their life Iowa. Dalton’s second match was the match of the evening; he was dren who are read to frequent- books have had a major effect about something that happened Mrs. Davis - Ellee Lloyd losing 3-12 in the third period when he got a reversal and pinned Mrs. Simmons - Jada Maifeld Stooksbury with 29 seconds left. The junior high wrestling season ly are more likely to count to on your writing. in the book can help the child Mrs. Weber - Tori Jordan is very short and condensed, with all the matches in a three-week twenty or higher, write their Reading is free entertainment understand the book more and Mr. Parsons - Gabe Abbott period. Photo by Amber Cook. own names, and read or pretend also. If you are bored and have help them remember it. Picking Mrs. Hance - Desmond Chaney to read. According to research- absolutely nothing to do, go out books with pictures can re- (K); Claire Miller (K); Sienna ers, a person who reads fifteen find a good book to read. A lot ally get the child to understand Harmon (2); Tarika Patel (4) minutes a day has a better vo- of times books can be very ex- and enjoy reading more. It helps Working together toward a common goal. cabulary than a person who pensive. That’s when you just them picture what is actually doesn’t read at all. Researchers go down to your local library happen and it might even help CHAPTER 9 Written by Carolyn Mueller and check out a book for free. them remember it. • Although many people don’t Regardless of what your rela- find it fun to read, some do. tionship to a child is, you can Researchers have found many help improve his or her life and different ways that reading is future by encouraging positive fun so that more kids enjoy it. reading habits. The student newspaper of AY Rock Port R-II Schools. corner 600 S. Nebraska Street J Rock Port, MO 64482 Layout: Dayle Davis Adviser: Amy Skillen. Staff: Am- ber Cook, Shelby Bremer, Jade Lemmon, Chloe Sierks, LUE Kaleigh Farmer, Jackie Bradley, Jamie Lansdown, Mon- tana Martin, Abbie Hale. Just to remind ya’ll, B this brings us to Game 4 of the 1934 World Mr. Frisch a bad name. Says he took a players too tired though, they just went ahead Series battle between the Cards and the million-dollar asset and used him on a 10- and made us angry. And nobody could mess Tigers. Man, oh, man. Game 4 did not go our cent job. Which is probably true, but heck, with a mad Cardinal ballplayer! way. Tex Carleton was scheduled to pitch that I wanted to run and so run I did. Broke up My brother Paul pitched Game 6 against day. Folks called Carleton “The Third Dean” a double play with my head! It’s no matter Schoolboy Rowe, hurlin’ for the Tigers. It ‘cause he looked a lot like me ‘n’ Paul and all, anyhow. I went to the hospital straight away was a great game. The kind of old school but, fine fella that he was, he ain’t never been to get checked out by the team doctor. hard-fought scrabble we ball players grew no Dean. We lost that matchup 10-4 and that When I returned, I told all them press people up thirstin’ for. Leo Durocher got three hits, weren’t the worst of it. In the fourth inning, not to worry. The good doc x-rayed my head and both teams sure did play top notch—all Wednesday, Mar 4 - Art Club Trip that pinch-hitter Spud Davis stepped up to bat and found nothin’. crisp throws, elegant catches and spectacular Thursday, Mar. 5- Scholar Bowl at Fairfax ~ JHW @ and nailed a single to right slides. My brother Paul went Auburn, 4:30 pm. field. Everyone knew Davis ahead and put Game 6 right Friday, Mar. 6- Cheerleading try-outs starting 8th hour was slow as a knock-kneed there in the bag. We Cards ~ 3rd Term Ends. ~ JHW @ Maryville 5:30 pm. duckling and Ol’ Diz had won 4-3 that day. plenty of speed to spare. Saturday, Mar. 7- But I tell’d ‘em all, they ain’t Whiles Frankie Frisch was Elementary & H.S. Book Fair 9-13 seen nothin’ yet. looking up and down the Monday, Mar. 9- FFA Trapshoot ~ JH/HS Book Fair in benches to find someone the HS library to run for Davis, I just went Tuesday, Mar. 10- TAB Meeting 7:30 a.m. ~ JHW @ ahead and trotted on out Albany 5:30 pm. ~ FFA Districts in Hamilton. there. I thought I’d get the “Dizzy and the Gashouse Gang” Wednesday, Mar 11 - FFA South Shelby LDE Contest. job done. Frankie didn’t ROCK PORT R-II SCHOOL DISTRICTwill be Author CarolynBREAKFAST Mueller’s MENU - MARCH 2015 like it, but he figured “Well, fourth children’s book.