Succeeding in a Diverse Classroom
Best Practices & Resources
Volume I-Issue I-March 2018
Welcome!
Melanie Yocom
Email: myocom@esc11.net
Website: www.underconstruction
Phone: 817-740-7563
Twitter: @myocomesc11
Have you started experiencing STAAR nightmares yet? It's almost time!
Below is a list of tips from a recent training titled, Help! STAAR & My Newcomer. Don't tune out because it says 'newcomer'; these are good for ALL learners.
Tip 1: Create welcoming environment-SMILE
Tip 2: Set up a language-rich classroom-Your walls should be an instructional tool, not wallpaper
Tip 3: Don't assume-Just because Ss should have learned a concept in a previous grade does not mean they were here, understood English at that point, or mastered it.
Tip 4: Intentional, repeated use of academic language
Tip 5: Don't "waterhose" students with content-Focus on Big Ideas & Chunk content
Tip 6: Explicitly teach test-taking strategies
Tip 7: On-going practice-Embedded throughout the year
Tip 8: Accommodation awareness-Use them consistently & make Ss aware
- STAAR RESOURCES-https://goo.gl/MdHYeB
Techie Highlight
Sites to Bookmark:
- Current event articles to promote critical reading, writing, 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
Assistant Principals and Counselors: MANAGING THE PRESENT - SHAPING THE FUTURE
Register @ https://ontrac.esc11.net/Session.asp?wksp_num=009452&sess_num=016140
Wednesday, Mar 28, 2018, 08:30 AM
Education Service Center Region 11, S. Cherry Lane, White Settlement, TX, USA
Refugees, Asylees, and Unaccompanied Minors: Understanding your Newcomer
Wednesday, Apr 4, 2018, 08:30 AM
Education Service Center Region 11, S. Cherry Lane, White Settlement, TX, USA
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