Melissa Gautney

I am a wife and mother of a 3 year old boy and a 3 month old girl. I am a 3rd Grade Teacher and love kids. I also love to read, animals, and Netflix.

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@whit_911813 @UvondaMitchell I love this idea! And it’s building confidence!

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@_CoachTA I really like this idea of a “safe zone”. I have seen teachers have bean bag chairs and pillows and other comfy things the kids could use to read.

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I would love to create an AR program at my school. I think it would encourage kids to read more and improve their comprehension by either writing about or answering a short quiz about the book they read. #CF20CultureofLiteracy @UvondaMitchell

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@Coach_Zanders @UvondaMitchell I observed in Wilcox County and they used USATestPrep as well. The teachers seemed to really like it. I did not see them using iReady like we do.

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@SherriShanice @UvondaMitchell We use iReady as well.

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We use Running Records at my school. I think it's the most useful reading assessment because you get one-on-one time with a student. You can hear them read and talk with them about what they read. So you're also building a relationship. #CF20QualityAssessment@UvondaMitchell

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@whit_911813 @UvondaMitchell Hey ! Can you send me the password for CCPS? I have totally lost it. I would also love to utilize this resource, especially now.

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@countryque @UvondaMitchell I have not used Quizizz yet. But I might be trying it with this new distance learning setup!

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I love BrainPop Jr. I use it a lot in my class. We watch the videos and then take the quizzes s a whole group. The kids love it! #CF20DigitalResources @UvondaMitchell

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@ericajacksonhil @UvondaMitchell That’s a good rule. I will have to borrow that one!

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@feefer128 @UvondaMitchell I have one student in 3rd grade that still makes out each letter’s sound and then slowly puts the letters together to form the words.

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I teach 3rd grade and one of my students was struggling with the word “administrative”. So he used his finger to cover the word in to more manageable sounds he knew. He chunked the word up. #CF20Phonics @UvondaMitchell

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The most important thing I will do to ensure students in my classroom develop vocabulary in my content area is that I will work harder to push Tier 2 vocabulary words from our Units and I will encourage my students to use them more as well. @UvondaMitchell #CF20VocabularyIdeas

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@JunnieMckay @UvondaMitchell Wow. This is very clear and simple to understand! I love it!

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@1195Amanda @UvondaMitchell I love this rubric. I think it will work great for Pre-K!

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The single-point rubric we use for writing......#UvondaMitchell #CF20SinglePointRubric

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@blankenship_mrs @UvondaMitchell So many of my students LOVE to draw so this might be a good way of getting them to participate in more reading activities.

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@whitney_kimbrel @UvondaMitchell I also like this idea as a pre-assessment. Anything to get them thinking more critically.

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I have used and will continue to use Text Structures when teaching a lesson about Informational texts. My students really need more practice picking out important information and how to navigate informational texts. #CF20MakingMeaning @UvondaMitchell

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@trisha_0920 @UvondaMitchell I had a similar situation when my 3rd graders were reading The One and Only Ivan. I brought up pictures from the Atlanta Zoo where he lived and the ones that had been could understand the setting in the book better.

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I use Schema Theory in my classroom during Shared or InterActive Read Aloud time. Today we discussed it for text to text connections! My students connected a theme from one book to another using their schemata! #CF20TheoryInAction @UvondaMitchell