Melissa+Harris+Richardson's Work+Page

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[[image:Melissa.jpg]] I am completing my internship at Roanoke Rapids High School with Roanoke Rapids Graded School District.
 My teaching experience has been in public education for over 19 years. I have taught at the elementary level in grades Pre-K -Fifth and middle school grades sixth through eighth. I taught AVID for the past three years assisting students in critical reading and writing techniques, collaborative activities and providing professional development to teachers.

During my spare time I really enjoy reading romance novels, walks in the park, cooking and spending time with my family. = =
 * Day 1 Wrap-Up**


 * **Take-aways**: Literacy has changed in its meaning from the traditional writing, reading, and speaking.
 * New Literacy includes various aspects of technology to include: social media, Digital Storytelling, games, etc.
 * To enhance student's reading skills educator's should instruct students on their reading level.
 * One way to increase fluency is to select a passage and have students read it repeatedly to increase reading rates.
 * This is a good strategy for all teachers that aspire to gain student achievement improvements in literacy.
 * **Big Ideas**: Vocabulary Instruction with high student engagement is crucial to the effective development of literacy.
 * **Questions:** How to get high school teacher's more involved in student engaged literacy instruction.


 * Day 2 Wrap-Up**


 * **Take-aways**: The Six T's of Effective Literacy Instruction: Time, Texts, Teaching, Talk, Tasks and Testing should be focused upon in each literacy lessons. Teachers should activate students' prior knowledge to make the lessons more meaningful for students. Within a literacy lesson there must be opportunities for teachers to talk with students and students to talk with each other and build collaborative relationships.

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This website provides an in-depth, historical, more personal study of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It discusses the philosophical side of Dr. King with a focus on the principles of nonviolence that he lived by. There are lists of upcoming events and ongoing discussions that keep his legacy alive and continue what he believes in.