Succeeding in a Diverse Classroom
Best Practices & Resources
Volume 3, Issue 3-May 2020
Welcome!
"If you have knowledge, let others light their candles with it." ~ Winston Churchill
Melanie Yocom
Email: myocom@esc11.net
Website: https://www.esc11.net/Page/719#calendar13881/20200304/month
Phone: 817-740-7563
Twitter: @myocomesc11
End -of- Year Celebrations In the Midst of Social Distancing
Check out these virtual end-of-year ideas!
- Email to your future self
- "Greatest Hits" for the year
- Using Flipgrid to say goodbye
- Digital Scrapbook with Google Slides, etc.
- Zoom Party with Invitations
- End-of-year talent show
Techie Highlight
Kahoot Is More Than A Quiz Platform!!
Consider all the ways that Kahoot can engage your students during both in-person and remote learning:
- Get to know your students and build relationships with Selfie Trivia.
- Introduce yourself with Selfie Trivia.
- Meet your students' affective needs by sharing stay-at-home experiences with Selfie Trivia.
- Front-load information to build background knowledge.
- Introduce academic language.
- Practice listening and reading language domains.
- Provide clarification.
- Use it to serve as an anticipation guide for your lesson.
- Use it as a review.
- Use it for formative assessment.
- Connect with other classrooms and play together.
Selfie Trivia: A Kahoot created by teacher/student that includes selfies or pictures with trivia questions about the person.
Check out the resources below, and get Kahoot Premium FREE during COVID-19.
Remote Learning and Teaching for English Learners
ESL At-Home in Multiple Languages
No Tech Activities in English and Spanish
English Learner Activities for PK-12 and More at Learning@11
ESC Region 11 English Learner Support YouTube Channel
May-July English Learner Professional Learning Opportunities via Zoom
May
- 5/14/2020
Region 11 ESL Teacher Collaborative
3:00-4:00 p.m. via Zoom
Presenter: Melanie Yocom and Guest ESL Teachers
Register here: https://registration.esc11.net/catalog/sessions/25624/48713
- 5/21/2020
Region 11 Bilingual Teacher Collaborative
3:00-4:00 p.m. via Zoom
Presenter: Melanie Yocom, Elena Guerrero, and Guest Bilingual Teachers
Registration Coming Soon
June
- 6/3/2020
Help, I Have a Newcomer!
9:00-11:00 a.m. via Zoom
Presenter: Melanie Yocom
Register here: https://registration.esc11.net/catalog/sessions/25629/48727
- 6/10/2020
Bite-Sized Language Acquisition, Instruction, and Advocacy for English Learners
10:00-11:00 a.m. via Zoom
Presenter: Melanie Yocom
Registration coming soon
- 6/18/2020
I’m ESL Certified, Now What?!
9:00-11:00 a.m. via Zoom
Presenter: Melanie Yocom
Register here:
https://registration.esc11.net/catalog/sessions/24325/46366
- 6/23/2020
Bite-Sized EL Newcomer Survival for Students and Teachers
9:30-10:30 a.m. via Zoom
Presenter: Melanie Yocom
Registration coming soon
- 6/25/2020
Region 11 Bilingual/ESL Teacher Collaborative (combined session for a guest speaker)
10:00-11:00 a.m. via Zoom
Presenters: Melanie Yocom and Elena Guerrero
Guest speaker: Dr. Sandy Benavidez
Topic: Meeting the affective needs of ELs in response to COVID-19
Registration coming soon
July
- 7/20/2020
Bite-Sized Read, Write, Speak for English Learners
10:00-11:00 a.m. via Zoom
Presenter: Melanie Yocom
Registration coming soon
- 7/29/2020
Bite-Sized Language-Rich Classrooms for English Learners
10:00-11:00 a.m. via Zoom
Presenter: Melanie Yocom
Registration coming soon
- 7/30/2020
Region 11 Bilingual Teacher Collaborative
Topic: Planning for Beginning of the Year
10:00-11:00 a.m. via Zoom
Presenters: Melanie Yocom and Elena Guerrero
Registration coming soon
- 7/31/2020
Region 11 ESL Teacher Collaborative
Topic: Planning for Beginning of the Year
Presenters: Melanie Yocom
10:00-11:00 a.m. via Zoom
Registration coming soon
If a session below indicates, "Registration Coming Soon," please check https://registration.esc11.net/catalog/calendar and look up the corresponding date.
Sites to Bookmark:
- Texthelp https://www.texthelp.com/en-us/products/free-for-teachers/
- TalkingPoints - Reach all your students' families in their home language https://talkingpts.org/
- 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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