Danielle Miller

3rd Grade Teacher at Merwin Elementary

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Working to create a Schoology page that is friendly for students and parents! #WCconnects @MerwinMustangs @WestCler

[Danielle Miller @miller_teach3rd]

The end may have been unique but it was a successful school year; integrated small reading groups and began each morning with a caring classroom circle! #WCRISE

[Danielle Miller @miller_teach3rd]

Starting our morning with an Inside-Outside circle discussing how we can be respectful, responsible, safe, and kind today! #MerwinExperience
@MerwinMustangs @WestCler

[Danielle Miller @miller_teach3rd]

Started our morning with a “find someone who...” activity! We’re all enjoying the community building activities through our Caring School Community program! @MerwinMustangs @WestCler

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Our debate topic in StoryWorks; Is Fortnite OK for kids to play? We pulled details from the text and students added their own reasoning. This led to great discussion and writing! @MerwinMustangs @WestCler #WCConnects

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For the Jan. book project, students read a biography and wrote a report. Using a plastic 2-liter bottle and a lot of creativity they represented their person! Glad we made it to school today to share their hard work! @MerwinMustangs @WestCler #WCConnects

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Students do a scavenger hunt through informational text as we explore text features! @MerwinMustangs @WestCler #WCConnects

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@TannyMcG today we incorporated sketchnoting into vocabulary! They didn’t want to stop :) @MerwinMustangs #WCconnects

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A big thank you to @TannyMcG for doing a lesson on sketchnoting with my kiddos! We enjoyed the lesson and learning about Grandma Gatewood. @MerwinMustangs @WestCler #WCconnects

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For our functional writing unit students practiced writing directions to go with puzzle sticks they made! An engaging, hands-on way to practice our writing skills! @MerwinMustangs @WestCler #WCConnects

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We started our Functional Writing unit by analyzing direction writing through a drawing activity. Students realized that a lot on our list also applied to our fictional stories we just wrote! @MerwinMustangs @WestCler #WCconnects

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A group of third graders chose to pick up trash at recess to “make the environment better”! Love their initiative and compassion! @MerwinMustangs @WestCler #WCconnect @hertel_n @mrscannsclass @mrtmerwin

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Students move through four centers; ReadWorks on the computer, a guided reading group, practice with informational text using Scholastic News, and literacy games. Students are engaged and building reading skills! @MerwinMustangs @WestCler #WCconnect

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Started our 2019 by digging into simple versus strong questions. We did a sort, charted our findings, observed a picture from National Geographic, and created a list of simple/strong questions for that picture. @MerwinMustangs @WestCler #WCconnect

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Students took a gallery walk this morning! The November book report project was to disguise a turkey as the main character and provide clues! Great creativity and effort shown in third grade today! ⁦@MerwinMustangs⁩ ⁦@WestCler⁩ #Wcconnects

[Danielle Miller @miller_teach3rd]

We’ve spent the week researching East African Safari trips and now it’s time to use our knowledge. Students are busy at work today typing their fictional narrative! @MerwinMustangs @WestCler #WCconnects

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Started something new today: Caring School Community. Our first topic is friendship. Ss began their morning with a short video on what friends do and don’t do and why friendship is important, before reflecting in their new Mustang Journals. @MerwinMustangs @WestCler #WCConnects

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@Walkergirl66 I agree!

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Students enjoyed learning about states of matter from Judy Krebs @ClermontSWCD! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us! @MerwinMustangs @WestCler #WCConnects

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After introducing theme through Disney songs, we looked for lessons in stories and matched them to themes. We then read our first play this year, the myth, Pandora’s Box. Ss enjoyed the magic and having their own part to read! @MerwinMustangs @WestCler #WCconnects