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Education Service Center Region 11| Instructional Content Coach

Email: myocom@esc11.net
Website: http://www.esc11.net/
Phone: 817-740-7563
Twitter: @myocomesc11

The newness of 2019 is still in the air. Bringing the traditions of the new year into your classroom can reboot and rejuvenate the culture of your classroom and your students!

Below are some ideas that are applicable to all grade levels.

• Instilling the power of "yet". (ex: "I don't understand calculus yet.")
• Change your words, change your mindset. Instead of...Say/Think this... (ex: Instead of saying, "This is too hard.", say, "This will take some time and effort".
• Future world changer student photos and future aspirations.
  
• Based on the book, One Word that will change your life have students select a word for the school year or semester.

For some of us, YouTube cannot be accessed in our classrooms. The link below provides more than 47 alternatives to using YouTube.

• Digital Tool https://www.tes.com/lessons
  
• Digital Tool https://padlet.com
• Promote listening & speaking https://flipgrid.com/
  
• Create class lists, activities, assignments, and assessments https://www.vocabulary.com
• Classroom Screen https://classroomscreen.com/
• Interactive classroom in real time https://www.classkick.com
  
• K-5 Reading Student Centers http://www.fcrr.org/resources/resources_sca.html
• Free Content Power Points & Interactive activities http://www.pppst.com/
• Transform lessons to make learning impactful and engaging, or allow students to create animated products to show mastery https://www.powtoon.com/edu-home/
• Current event articles to promote critical reading, writing, and speaking http://wordgen.serpmedia.org/
  
• English Learner Teacher Support http://www.colorincolorado.org/
  
• Writing Guru Gretchen Bernabei http://trailofbreadcrumbs.net/
  
• Free reading passages & literacy resources https://www.commonlit.org/
  
• 2,000+ multidisciplinary wonders https://wonderopolis.org/
  
• Free reading passages by lexile level and content https://www.readworks.org/
  
• Lead4ward.com http://lead4ward.com/resources/
  

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