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A little summer practice now = way less review later 🧠☀️

Good news: you still have access to Membean all summer long
Just a few minutes here and there can help keep those words strong over the summer 😅so you can spend less time reviewing in the fall and more time moving forward.

Consistent streaks > giant review sessions

This week’s Loan Word Wednesday is extra sweet.

The word sugar traveled into English from the Arabic word sukkar, after passing through several languages over centuries of trade and cultural exchange. 🍭

English is full of “borrowed” words, and every one tells a story about how people, ideas, food, and traditions moved across the world.

Can you think of another everyday word English borrowed from another language? 👇

☀️ WEEK 4 OF THE MEMBEAN SUMMER LOADING CHALLENGE - Last Chance to Enter! ☀️

Teachers, you made it through lesson plans, grading, meetings, and the final countdown. Now it’s time to choose your summer personality. 😎☀️

Are you going for:
🌿 respite = fully unplugging and protecting your peace
⛱️ freedom = no more staff meetings that could have been emails
🚐 spontaneous = saying yes before thinking twice
⛰️ adventure = chasing new places and stories
🛶 serene = iced coffee, quiet mornings, and absolutely no emails

Comment your summer vibe word below 👇
✨ Bonus challenge: use your word in a sentence!

Each weekly challenge entry gets you one step closer to winning the $50 Amazon gift card! 🎉

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads, grandfathers, mentors, teachers, and father figures who guide with wisdom, patience, humor, and heart. 💚

Today we’re celebrating some unforgettable father figures from literature, along with a few Membean words that describe them perfectly.

Who’s your favorite father figure in literature? 👇

Loan Word Wednesday 🌍✨

Did you know the word happy has roots in Old Norse?
English created happy from the Old Norse word happ, meaning “good luck” or “fortune.” 🍀

Which honestly makes sense… because a little good luck would make anyone feel pretty happy. 😄

Language travels in fascinating ways — and English is full of words borrowed, adapted, and remixed from cultures around the world.

☀️ WEEK 3 OF THE MEMBEAN SUMMER LOADING CHALLENGE ☀️

Teachers, this one’s all heart. 💚

What’s ONE thing you hope your students take with them from this school year? 📚✨
Maybe it’s confidence.
Maybe it’s curiosity.
Maybe it’s resilience, kindness, or a love of learning.
Drop your answer in the comments 👇

Challenge rules:
✔️ Follow us
✔️ Like this post
✔️ Tag a teacher friend
✔️ Join the weekly challenge prompts for a chance to win a $50 Amazon gift card!

Language is a life skill, not just a class skill ✍️

At (Beaumont, CA), that’s the goal: giving students the words to express themselves academically and beyond.
And the impact is measurable too 👀

Students are scoring 10%+ higher on the STAR Reading language module than past cohorts!

🎧 June is National Audiobook Month, so naturally Team Membean had opinions.

From cozy small-town comfort reads to octopuses with attitude to astronauts saving humanity… our team audiobook picks are officially all over the map 😄

Current Team Favorites:
🚀 Project Hail Mary — because science + survival + Ray Porter narration = elite
🐙 Remarkably Bright Creatures — emotionally devastating in the best way
☕ The Third Gilmore Girl — for the cozy Stars Hollow energy
📝 The Correspondent — perfect for lovers of thoughtful, character-driven stories

Now we want your recommendations 👇 What audiobook completely had you hooked?

Bonus points if:
✅ the narrator made it unforgettable
✅ you learned a new vocabulary word
✅ it emotionally wrecked you a little

🌍🍌 Loan Word Wednesday is back!

Today’s traveling word: banana
The word banana came into English fully intact from the Wolof language, native to Senegal, Mauritania, and Gambia. Later, Portuguese traders “borrowed” the word before eventually passing it along into English.

So yes, your smoothie has a whole linguistic travel history 😄

Language is constantly borrowing, blending, and evolving across cultures and centuries, and loan words are one of the coolest examples of that.

Now it’s your turn 👇What’s a word you were surprised to learn came from another language?

Bonus challenge: Can your students guess where “banana” came from without Googling? 🍌🌍

☀️ WEEK 2 OF THE MEMBEAN SUMMER LOADING CHALLENGE ☀️

This week’s question:
📚 If you could bring any literary character to life as your summer BFF… who are you choosing?

Are you:
🕵️ solving mysteries with Sherlock Holmes?
⚡ causing chaos with Ron Weasley?
🌲 surviving the wilderness with Katniss Everdeen?
🌊 going on adventures with Percy Jackson?

We want the classics, the dystopian icons, the fantasy legends, the underrated side characters… all of it 👇
How to play:
✅ Follow us
✅ Like this post
✅ Tag a fellow book lover
✅ Drop your literary BFF pick in the comments

One lucky participant will score a $50 Amazon gift card 🎉
Bonus entry if you use one of these [or any other] Membean word in your answer: affable • amicable • camaraderie • companion • confidant • amity • bonhomie
Example: “Samwise Gamgee. Elite companion energy.” 😌