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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

It's July and you are likely wondering WHERE DID SUMMER GO?!

For many, the last days of summer are here. Although you would rather soak up every second of summer, getting organized for the school year will pay off when the chaos begins.

Below are three articles with tips to help you ease back into reality.

Here are a few highlights:

• Determine your desk & seating arrangement.
• Decide how to organize weekly lesson materials. Will it be in folders, buckets, or digitally?
  
• Make day 1 count!
  

Do you want students to see there is a much bigger world beyond their community?

Empatico connects students, ages 7-11. with other English-speaking students around the globe. Check out their site below and view the video on how it works.

• Read, Write, Speak https://thinkalong.org
• Make Beliefs Comix https://www.makebeliefscomix.com/
  
• 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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