3-2-1 TUESDAYS WITH MS NIV

Posted on 12 Dec 2023 by nivedita mukerjee

Issue #179, 12th December 2023

A resolution is made for something that needs to be improved. Something you are doing and want to do more of. Something you do not do and realize that you need to start soon. Your birthday, a new month, a new year – great times to think afresh and start/improve on some aspect of your life. Had a discussion with your students/child lately? Good time to start now if you haven’t already been thinking before the schools close for the holidays. How to make them? How to keep them? Which ones are worthy to be included? Parents, this makes for a good discussion in the family and a great opportunity for role-modeling as well as getting insight into your child’s thought process.

Resolutions that are systematic, have accountability built in them, and are a two-way street have more chances of being followed through. Check out the video in today’s issue for some great tips.

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Three images of the week

Two Thoughts of the Week

“Wishes are possibilities. Dare to make a wish.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

“There is nothing magical about the flip of the calendar, but it represents a clean break, a new hope, and a blank canvas.”
― Jason Soroski

One Video of the Week

Austin Yoder, College Class of 2011 | Austin is studied Chinese and Philosophy. When he isn’t in school, he’s busy traveling the world, drinking tea, freelancing, and trying to game the system. Check out his website on AustinYoder.com.

Guest Expert of the Week:

Reading with Ms. Meenu.

Science of Reading:

Sometimes educators think the science of reading refers to a specific curriculum, program, or method. But the term refers to a large body of high-quality research on reading. It encompasses thousands of studies or as literacy expert Louisa Moats put it “ The science of reading is not an ideology, a philosophy, a political agenda, a one size fits all approach to a program of instruction or a specific component of instruction. It is the emerging consensus from many related disciplines, based on literally thousands of studies, supported by hundreds of millions of research dollars conducted worldwide in many languages.

Skilled Reading:

Skilled reading is a fluent execution and coordination of word recognition and text comprehension. Many strands are woven into skilled reading i.e. Language comprehension which increases strategically and word recognition, which increases automatically.

Language Comprehension

· Background Knowledge

(facts and concepts)

· Vocabulary

(precision and links)

· Language Structure

(syntax and semantics)

· Verbal Reasoning

(inference and metaphor)

· Literacy Knowledge

(print concepts and genres)

Word Recognition

· Phonological Awareness

(syllables, phonemes)

· Decoding

(alphabetic principle, spelling-sound correspondences)

· Sight Recognition

(of familiar words)

Happy Reading!

Meenu Gera, Consulting home and school librarian and reading guide.

And Finally…

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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