Succeeding in a Diverse Classroom
Best Practices & Resources
Volume 2-Issue 6-August 2019
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
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
WELCOME BACK from Summer!!!
Ready or not, the start of school has arrived!
This month's issue is dedicated to helping you through the beginning-of-the-year woes.
Let's get started with something to make you laugh. If you haven't met the Holderness family, you are in for a real treat! Check out their Back-to-School parodies!
"Bye Bye Bye" Back to School - *NSYNC Parody
Baby Got Class -- A back to school parody | The Holderness Family
Back to School Parody “School is Starting" | The Holderness Family | Black Eyed Peas
'Hamilton' Back to School Mash-up - Parody
The First Days of School
The first week of school is filled with rules and expectations. What if you took time to build relationships with your students?
Did you know that we don't learn from someone we don't like?
"When a child walks into the room, your child or anybody else's child, do your eyes light up? That's what they're looking for. " ~Tony Morrison
Techie Highlight
My All-Time Favorite Classroom Tool is BACK!
Classroomscreen.com is always worth repeating! If you still haven't checked out this free classroom tool, I encourage you to do so!
This is Classroomscreen - introduction 2018
Free Calming Tool for Educators
Sites to Bookmark:
- 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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'Hamilton' Back to School Mash-up - Parody





