Succeeding in a Diverse Classroom
Best Practices & Resources
Volume 2-Issue 4-June 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
PD in your PJs
Although many are still not ready to think about school, June is a great month to attend professional development. There's no pressure to implement new strategies on the spot, and it gives you July to think more seriously about how it would look in your classroom.
Fortunately, we now live in a time where you don't need to leave your house for ANYTHING!!
Below are some great places to visit for FREE PD in your pjs.
Techie Highlight
Wakelet...Another Content Curation Platform if You're Bored with Padlet or Webjets
To make it even easier, there's a browser extension and app.
Sign up for free below and read about using Wakelet in the classroom.
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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I am not perfect, so if you see errors or find broken links, please give me grace.