3-2-1 TUESDAYS WITH MS NIV

Posted on 9 Apr 2024 by nivedita mukerjee

Issue #196, 9th April 2024

Which book have you read recently? Which book are you reading now? Why do you read and how can you help your child be a reader? Summer is upon us and a good time to visit a bookstore or borrow some from the school or community library for yourself and your child.

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Three images of the week

Two Thoughts of the Week

“I wouldn’t be a songwriter if it wasn’t for books that I loved as a kid. I think that when you can escape into a book it trains your imagination to think big and to think that more can exist than what you see.” – Taylor Swift

“Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.”―Maya Angelou

One Video of the Week

Why not surround yourself with books, sit down quietly and enjoy the words, the pictures, and how they fit together so beautifully?

Learn from a 11 years old girl about reading. Born in Beijing and growing up in Su Zhou, Shang Qu is an avid reader who has read hundreds of books about science, history, literature…… She is a creative thinker who always gets excited when facing challenging problems; she is a lover of classical music who can play the piano and has just started studying the violin.

She is also a sports amateur who loves tennis the best and is now working to improve her tennis skills. In general, she is a dreamer who has the passion to explore and discover the world around her.

Guest Expert of the Week

Reading with Ms. Meenu

Imagining Ourselves into Books:

The red-aloud experience is a welcoming learning event for all the readers. Whether a child is still striving to make sense of the printed word or is a word caller who can read the words but is not deeply comprehending yet, you can offer support. As you read and encourage children to converse with you or with each other, your insights, questions, and prompts call their attention to the goal of reading comprehension. Today we always focus on building lessons around what skillful readers do. We should teach thinking strategies that help learners understand whenever they read, listen, or view. Always keep the following thinking strategies that follow to help your learners comprehend:

· Make Meaningful Connections

· Predict and prove

· Question your way through a Text

· Visualize using senses and Feelings

· Retell to demonstrate Understanding

During effective read-aloud always guide your students in a way so that eventually they can imagine themselves in any story.

Happy Reading!

Meenu Gera

Consulting home and school librarian and reading guide.

Dear reader,
I have been a research scientist, a journalist, and an educator for over 3 decades. I read and, I write. With this weekly newsletter, I share what I read, learn, and, experience. At the same time, I engage with students, parents, and teams of teachers across K-12 schools, higher education institutions, and ed-tech organizations.

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