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Succeeding in a Diverse Classroom

Best Practices & Resources

Succeeding in aDiverse ClassroomBest Practices & Resources

Volume 2-Issue 1-March 2019 Volume 2-Issue 1-March 2019

This issue marks the one-year anniversary for Succeeding in a Diverse Classroom! Thank you for following & passing along the knowledge to peers, students, and parents. This issue marks the one-year anniversary for Succeeding in a Diverse Classroom! Thank you for following & passing along the knowledge to peers, students, and parents.

Welcome!

My goal is to be a resource to you with monthly tips that support you and your students within an ever-changing, diverse classroom.

"If you have knowledge, let others light their candles with it." ~ Winston Churchill

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Melanie Yocom

Education Service Center Region 11| Instructional Content Coach

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

STAAR...We can't avoid it, BUT we can make the most of it!

With STAAR on the horizon, there's a frenzy of panic where teaching has ceased and test prep has begun. High-stakes testing is unavoidable, but how we approach it is up to us.


Below are some ideas to make test prep fun and engaging:

  • Review Jeopardy
  • Vocabulary Bingo
  • Test Prep Gallery Walk
  • Test Prep Graffiti Style
  • Test Prep with Jenga
  • Trashketball
7 IDEAS TO MAKE TEST PREP FUN - Apperson

7 IDEAS TO MAKE TEST PREP FUN - Apperson

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36 Awesome Test Prep Review Ideas! - Minds in Bloom

36 Awesome Test Prep Review Ideas! - Minds in Bloom

Testing is stressful and challenging enough without making test prep an obstacle, too. This post lists 36 test prep review ideas to make it more fun!

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How to Prepare Students for the STAAR Test

How to Prepare Students for the STAAR Test

These tips are not only useful for Texas' STAAR test, but really any major test! It's that time of year again! Not just time for the holidays, but time to think ahead to the spring. I always choose the Christmas/ Winter break to plan for STAAR review. Even though I will still have the entire Organisms…

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5 Tips for a Successful STAAR Review

5 Tips for a Successful STAAR Review

Ideas to for organizing and implementing a successful math STAAR review - Make test prep something your students look forward to participating in.

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Review Jeopardy...and Bags!

Review Jeopardy...and Bags!

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Interactive Test Prep Vocabulary

Interactive Test Prep Vocabulary

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Test Prep Activity | Gallery Walk: Get Them Moving! - Teaching with Jennifer Findley

Test Prep Activity | Gallery Walk: Get Them Moving! - Teaching with Jennifer Findley

Gallery walk review may be my favorite test prep activity. It is a spin off a gallery walk and gets kids moving and critiquing each other's work.

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Test Prep: Graffiti Style - Teaching with Jennifer Findley

Test Prep: Graffiti Style - Teaching with Jennifer Findley

This test prep activity is a spin-off on a graffiti activity. It has the students working with multiple partners to analyze questions and even compare and contrast each other’s work.

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Playing Jenga: Engaging Test Prep - Teaching with Jennifer Findley

Playing Jenga: Engaging Test Prep - Teaching with Jennifer Findley

Play Jenga in the classroom for some engaging test prep review. Read this post for a practical way to play Jenga to review for any subject.

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Trashketball - My Favorite Review Game

Trashketball - My Favorite Review Game

Trashketball is my favorite review game for middle school or high school kids. It works with any topic (I use it in math) and my students LOVE it. FREE DOWNLOAD

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Make Beliefs Comix! The Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow!

Regardless of what content or grade level you teach, Make Beliefs Comix will reach all of your students and develop skills in reading, writing, and speaking.


  • FREE
  • Printables ready-to-go with prompt, graphic, and lines for writing
  • E-books
  • Especially helpful for struggling students or students who are learning English
  • Available on digital devices -https://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ipads-smart-phones/
  • Students can write their cartoons in Spanish, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Portuguese-https://www.makebeliefscomix.com/language-options/
  • Resources for parents

Create Comics Online | Comix Maker | Comic Strips | Comic Generator

Create Comics Online: Comic Strips, Printables, Writing Fun! Greeting Cards and Masks. Teach writing, storytelling via our online comic strip creation tool.

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26 Ways to use MakeBeliefsComix in the Classroom | Create Comics

26 Ways to use MakeBeliefsComix in the Classroom | Create Comics

Create Comics in the Classroom: Create comic books based on the strips that the students complete. Create new comic strips online. Share them with friends.

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HUNDREDS OF PRINTABLES - Make Beliefs Comix

HUNDREDS OF PRINTABLES - Make Beliefs Comix

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WRITING TOOLS - Make Beliefs Comix

WRITING TOOLS - Make Beliefs Comix

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Free e-books! Download, Read, Write and Draw!

Free e-books! Download, Read, Write and Draw!

Free e-books I have written as part of my mission to help people of all ages discover their writers’ voices and express the important things in their lives.

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MAKEBELIEFSCOMIX FOR ESOL/LITERACY STUDENTS - Make Beliefs Comix

MAKEBELIEFSCOMIX FOR ESOL/LITERACY STUDENTS - Make Beliefs Comix

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SPECIAL NEEDS - Make Beliefs Comix

SPECIAL NEEDS - Make Beliefs Comix

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PARENTS - Make Beliefs Comix

PARENTS - Make Beliefs Comix

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Sites to Bookmark:

  • 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/

Upcoming Trainings: Education Service Center Region 11 Upcoming Trainings: Education Service Center Region 11

English Learner Series

English Learner Series

English Learner Series - Education Service Center Region 11 by Melanie Yocom | This newsletter was created with Smore, an online tool for creating beautiful newsletters for for educators, nonprofits, businesses and more

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Event Information

Digital Tools to Transform Teaching and Learning for English Learners

Participants will walk away with digital tools and instructional resources that'll transform their approach to teaching English Learners. Time will be provided to explore suggested websites and digital platforms. To get the most out of the training, please bring a laptop and/or iPad.

When?

Tuesday, Jun 18, 2019, 08:30 AM

Where?

Education Service Center Region 11, South Cherry Lane, White Settlement, TX, USA

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