Title 1 Family Connections
Title 1 District Newsletter June 2021
Time to Reflect: Growth and Change
As the end of the year is quickly approaching and summer is right around the corner, it is the perfect time to look at how far we have come. The challenges have been abundant, and yet, our students have stayed strong and shown an amazing amount of resiliency. However, now is the time to look back on all of our accomplishments and set new goals for the upcoming year! Join us as we give a snapshot into what lies ahead for all of our students!
Davenport Family Night Information and Resources:
Language Arts and Math:
Progression of Standards/Skills by Grade Level
Areas of Need (discussion based on students who attended)
Looking Ahead to Next Year
Next Grade Level (discussion based on students who attended)
Summer Suggestions
Learning to Read!
In our world of virtual instruction and now in-person instruction, teachers were able to present the books and resources to student so they continued to highlight a diverse selection of books while keeping students engaged and focused. Students begin to understand the differences between fiction and nonfiction while being exposed to a wide range of texts. At home, you can do the same while visiting a library. Varying the types of texts that our children read assists them in becoming better readers. This summer is a great time to carve out a little time to chooses several genres and find a shady spot to get lost in a good book.
Making Connections!
Teachers love to help students make connections when reading a text and discussing how it relates to them, other texts, and the world around them.
TEXT-TO-SELF CONNECTIONS
These are connections where students connect what they are reading to personal experiences or knowledge. Students with a wide range of experiences will often be able to make more insightful and complex connections. Students with more limited experiences may struggle to make connections or create vague, general connections.
Example of Text to Self: “This story reminds me of a vacation that I took to the ocean, just like the main character.”
TEXT-TO-TEXT CONNECTIONS
These connections are made when a student can connect what they are reading to other books that they have read or listened to before. They may make connections that show how the books share the same author, have similar characters, events, or settings, are the same genre, or are on the same topic. A solid text to text connection occurs when a student is able to apply what they’ve read from one text to another text.
Example of Text to Text: “I read another book about spiders that explained that spiders have venom and in this book, I am learning about the top 10 dangerous spiders of the world.”
TEXT-TO-WORLD CONNECTIONS
These are connections where students connect what they are reading to real events (past of present), social issues, other people, and happenings going on in the world. Students learn about the world from what they hear on TV, movies, magazines, and newspapers. Effective text to world connections happen when students can use what they have learned through these mediums to enhance their understanding of the text that they are reading.
Example of Text to World: “I saw on the news about how water pollution was affecting marine animals, and in this book I am learning about why pollution can make a marine animal sick.
All three of these connections are most meaningful and effective when students are able to make deep, complex, and insightful connections to the text, rather than vague, general, or superficial connections.
https://www.classroomnook.com/blog/making-connections#:~:text=Text%2Dto%2Dtext%20connections%20are,poem%20on%20the%20same%20topic.
Beyond Learning to Read!
Beyond Learning to Read!
Beyond Learning to Read!
Enjoy the Slower Pace of Summer....And Get Ready For a New School Year!!
Math Summer Suggestions:
Kim Calascione-Davenport Complex Parent Coordinator
Email: calasc@eht.k12.nj.us
Website: https://app.oncoursesystems.com/school/webpage/11190794
Location: 2 Alder Avenue, Egg Harbor Township, NJ, USA
Phone: 609-407-2500
Dr. Joyanne D.Miller Elementary School Title 1 Family Night Highlights
We had some good ole conversation on all the craziness that has gone on this past year. Since school has been so different we discussed what the students can expect coming into a "normal" school year. Summer learning either through ASPIRE, credit completion and summer reading were mentioned for Summer enrichment.
Mrs. Schmidbauer from 5th grade in Miller prepared the incoming 5th grader the activities and expectations of a typical 5th grade ELA classroom and the responsibilities the students will have in their learning. Scheduling and pods were discussed with those students going into 6th grade and as usual they wanted to know about lockers.
Summer reading recommendations and samples of ways the parent may assist with their child's learning through graphic organizers were presented,. Language of ELA was stressed and two games of Jeopardy was played on terms like genre, plot, figurative language and grammar. Fun and learning was had by all.
Ms. Mack Title 1 Parent Coordinator~Miller
Ms. Mack E219A( across from the library)
Email: mackr@eht.k12.nj.us
Website: eht.k12.nj.us
Location: 2 Alder Avenue, Egg Harbor Township, NJ, USA
Phone: 609 407 2500
Summer Reading 101
Helps to make reading a life-long habit (not just something we do for school assignments).
Encourages you to go to the public library, a great place to cool off in the summer! If the library is closed, check their website to see if they have OverDrive available.
Helps improve your reading skills.
You can read to enjoy your book, without worrying about assignments.
You can read at your own pace.
You can choose your own books.
Don’t like reading? Try graphic novels, joke books, magazines, newspapers, poetry books, short stories, how-to books, and audiobooks! Nonfiction books about a favorite topic are also great ways to dive into reading.
Recommended Reads by Genre
Fiction
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Mbalia)
Other Words for Home (Warga)
Lalani of the Distant Sea (Kelly)
Restart (Korman)
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Gemeinhart)
Merci Suarez Changes Gears (Medina)
Strange Birds (Perez)
From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Marks)
Blended (Draper)
Rain Reign (Martin)
Fiction Continued:
Fiction
Forget Me Not (Terry)
Lucky Broken Girl (Behar)
Inkling (Oppel)
Bob (Mass)
Sal & Gabi Break the Universe (Hernandez)
The Parker Inheritance (Johnson)
Wolf Hollow (Wolk)
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl (McAnulty)
Finding Langston (Cline-Ransome)
Amina’s Voice (Khan)
Book Scavenger (Bertman)
The Book of Boy (Murdock)
Graphic Novels
Graphic Novels
The Witch Boy (Ostertag)
Stargazing (Wang)
Be Prepared (Brosgol)
Roller Girl (Jamieson)
Real Friends (Hale)
The Nameless City (Hicks)
Pashmina (Chanani)
Lily the Thief (Kukkonen)
Guts (Telgemeier)
The Okay Witch (Steinkellner)
Sunny Side Up (Holm)
To Dance: A Memoir (Siegel)
Amulet series (Kibuishi)
Ghosts (Telgemeier)
Coraline (Russell)
Non Fiction
Nonfiction
The Big Book of Monsters (Johnson)
Wildheart: The Daring Adventures of John Muir (Bertagna)
Oil Spill!: Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico (Landau)
Can I Touch Your Hair? (Latham)
Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion (Barton)
Fallingwater (Harshman)
Reach for the Skai (Jackson)
Suffragette: The Battle for Equality (Roberts)
Amelia to Zora: 26 Women Who Changed the World (Chin-Lee)
Turtle Island (Yellowhorn)
Summer Reading Journal
Directions:
Read four books of your choice this summer and record them in this reading journal.
Complete at least one of the activities below for EACH book.
Bring your completed journal to the library (or send it on Google Classroom) in the first week of school.
Prizes if completed
The Plan for Summer Reading
Number of weeks in my summer break:
Total number of pages I want to read this summer:
I plan to read on these days/times:
Number of pages or minutes I plan to read each day:
My favorite genre is: