Miller Moments
November 10, 2017
Miller Elementary Leadership Team
Ashley Miller
Kelli Morse
Ashley Young
How can I help my child at home?
Math Strategy: Computation Strategy
Using the Hundreds Chart for Addition or Subtraction
How, exactly, does the hundred chart help students build number sense?
The hundred chart combines the skills of sequencing and place value. Students see number lines, organized in groups of 10. They also observe patterns of tens and ones both horizontally and vertically. Those who internalize these patterns gain a distinct advantage in learning more advanced skills.
Reading Strategy: Chunking
Chunking is an excellent reading strategy for early readers to help solve words. Students should be taught strategies, other than sounding out words, to become better readers! Chunking is when you look for word parts (sight words, common spelling patterns, blends, digraphs, prefixes, suffixes) inside other words to help solve a word. This strategy involves your child breaking words into manageable ‘chunks’ to sound out, rather than sounding out each individual letter. For example in the word ‘stall’, your child should be able to recognize the blend ‘st-‘and identify its corresponding sound; ‘-all’ is the next chunk that can be used to help us solve the word: ‘st-all’,‘stall’. Another example is ‘shouted’ which could be broken down into the parts ‘sh-out-ed’
o The stronger your child is in word families and general letter/sound, the more successful they will be in using this strategy.
o Have your child look at the word to find letters combinations that they know. Once they have found one (or more), encourage the use of fingers to isolate the ‘chunks’.
Comprehension Strategy - Asking Questions
Comprehension Strategy - Asking Questions
To aid their comprehension, skillful readers ask themselves questions before, during, and after they read. You can help students become more proficient by modeling this process for them and encouraging them to use it when they read independently.
Why is it Important?
Dolores Durkin's research in 1979 showed that most teachers asked students questions after they had read, as opposed to questioning to improve comprehension before or while they read. In the late 1990s, further research (Pressley, et al. 1998) revealed that despite the abundance of research supporting questioning before, during, and after reading to help comprehension, teachers still favored post-reading comprehension questions. Researchers have also found that when adult readers are asked to "think aloud" as they read, they employ a wide variety of comprehension strategies, including asking and answering questions before, during, and after reading (Pressley and Afflerbach 1995). Proficient adult readers: Are aware of why they are reading the text; Read selectively; Make connections and associations with the text based on what they already know; Refine predictions and expectations; Use context to identify unfamiliar words; Reread and make notes; Evaluate the quality of the text; Review important points in the text; Consider how the information might be used in the future.
Successful reading is not simply the mechanical process of "decoding" text. Rather, it is a process of active inquiry. Good readers approach a text with questions and develop new questions as they read, for example:
- "What is this story about?"
- "What does the main character want?"
- "Will she get it?" "If so, how?"
Even after reading, engaged readers still ask questions:
- "What is the meaning of what I have read?"
- "Why did the author end the paragraph (or chapter, or book) in this way?"
- "What was the author's purpose in writing this?"
Good authors anticipate the reader's questions and plant questions in the reader's mind (think of a title such as, Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman). In this way, reading becomes a collaboration between the reader and the author. The author's job is to raise questions and then answer them – or provide several possible answers. Readers cooperate by asking the right questions, paying careful attention to the author's answers, and asking questions of their own.
We are showing KINDNESS at Miller!
Upcoming Dates
November 16 - Small World Angel Donations Due
November 17 - Kinder Feast at 2pm in Cafe
November 20-24- No School:Thanksgiving Break
November 30- Progress Reports Go Home
December 1- Good Morning Miller
Veteran's Day Performance from 3rd Grade!
Veteran's Day Breakfast
Friendly Reminder from Nurse Johnson
WHEN TO KEEP YOUR CHILD HOME FROM SCHOOL
Hi Parents! We are seeing an increasing number of flu cases in the community during this time. The first and most important step in preventing flu is to get a flu vaccination each year. CDC also recommends everyday preventive actions (like staying away from people who are sick, covering coughs and sneezes and frequent handwashing) to help slow the spread of germs that cause respiratory (nose, throat, and lungs) illnesses, like flu. (CDC)
Please remind your kids to keep their hands clean. Keeping hands clean through improved hand hygiene is one of the most important steps we can take to avoid getting sick and spreading germs to others.
Please talk to your kids about staying healthy and preventing the spread of germs.
1. Wash hands with soap and water
2. Use hand sanitizer
3. Do NOT touch your eyes, nose, or mouth
4. Use a tissue for coughing, sneezing and blowing nose
5. Cover your cough and sneeze with your elbow (Cough and sneeze, elbow please! )
Thank you for helping us prevent the spread of infection by keeping your child home when they are ill.
Parenting in the Age of Social Media: Part 2
Please join us for our 2nd Student and Parent Empowerment Program, "Parenting in the Age of Social Media: Part 2!" Our guest speaker will be Detective Wade Hornsby. Detective Hornsby will discuss and address the crave for fame, understanding the importance of creating an appropriate digital footprint, what to share and what not to share, and cyberbullying. The workshop will be held at the Student Opportunity Center, 6928 Maple Street, Frisco, Texas 75034.
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Coy Miller Elementary School
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Location: 300 Cypress Hill Drive, Little Elm, TX, United States
Phone: 469-633-2075
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