Succeeding in a Diverse Classroom
Best Practices & Resources
Volume 2-Issue 10-December 2019
Welcome!
"If you have knowledge, let others light their candles with it." ~ Winston Churchill
Melanie Yocom
Email: myocom@esc11.net
Website: http://www.esc11.net/
Phone: 817-740-7563
Twitter: @myocomesc11
“An immigrant leaves his homeland to find greener grass. A refugee leaves his homeland because the grass is burning under his feet…” ~Barbara Law
Finding Home
It is often misunderstood about how these groups arrive and what support is provided.
Let's take a look below at the journey from homeland to the United States.
Resources
"You have to understand that no one puts their children on a boat unless the water is safer than the land.” ~Poem excerpt from Warson Shire
Techie Highlight
Learning at Your Fingertips for Newcomers, BOTH Students and Parents!
GCF is a FREE program that offers more than 200 topics, including 7,000 lessons, 1,000 videos, and 50 interactive games!
Parents can also join in on the learning and can even prepare for the GED. This is a great tool to utilize for parental outreach and family engagement.
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/
ESL Specialist 101
This blended course provides *NEW* ESL specialists with insight into their new role and how to support both students and teachers.The face-to-face session in September will be followed with four (4) webinar sessions from September to December. This course is designed for new ESL specialists who have instructional contact with ESL students (in an inclusion or small-group setting) and assist with LPAC documentation. Participants will receive support in small-group ESL instruction, compliance, instructional coaching, and leadership development.
Monthly Zoom Sessions include:
- Organization: LPAC & Classroom
- Language Acquisition Basics & Tools for Instructional Coaching and Advocacy
- Newcomer Survival for Students & Teachers
- Prepping for TELPAS, End of Year, and Beginning of Year
Links to Zoom webinars will be provided to registered participants via email.
Tuesday, Jan 14, 2020, 08:30 AM
Education Service Center Region 11, South Cherry Lane, White Settlement, TX, USA
Moving Towards Proficiency: Advanced/Advanced-High English Learners
Tuesday, Jan 21, 2020, 08:30 AM
Education Service Center Region 11, South Cherry Lane, White Settlement, TX, USA
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