I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from over the years. You can see the entire collection here . I originally shared this great video in 2010. You can learn more on this topic at The Best Posts & Articles On “Motivating” Students .
BiljaST / Pixabay Five years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2019 – PART ONE and THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2019 – PART TWO.
geralt / Pixabay February 20th is the World Day Of Social Justice. This year’s theme is “Closing the Inequalities Gap to Achieve Social Justice.” You might be interested in The Best Resources For The World Day Of Social Justice . You might also find The Best Resources About Wealth & Income Inequality useful.
I publish lots of posts and resources, including several weekly series. I thought readers might find it useful for me to list those weekly features, along with links to past and future ones. Here they are: Weekly posts at my Education Week Teacher advice column . Weekly episodes of my eight-minute BAM Radio Show . Around The Web In ESL/ELL/EFL Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week This Week
PaliGraficas / Pixabay The New York Times Learning Network has just begun a great series where reporters annotate their articles with reflections on the writing process. Not only can they be used as teaching tools for students to further developing their writing craft, but they can also be used as models for students to apply metacognition to their own writing (see A Pretty Darn Good Lesson — If
You’ll want to read The New York Times column by Alison M. Parker titled When White Women Wanted a Monument to Black ‘Mammies.’ I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Teaching About Confederate Monuments ,
I’m fairly active on Pinterest and, in fact, have curated 20,000 resources there that I haven’t shared on this blog. I thought readers might find it useful if I began sharing a handful of my most recent “pins” each week (I’m not sure if you can see them through an RSS Reader – you might have to click through to the original post). You might also be interested in MY MOST POPULAR PINS OF 2019 The f
Tumisu / Pixabay I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from over the years. You can see the entire collection here . I posted this lesson in 2009. Since that time, I’ve also shared The Best Posts On Students Setting Goals. In addition, Routledge excerpted the expanded lesson plan using this post as its basis and posted it on one of m
harshahars / Pixabay There are many different ways you can subscribe to this blog for free. If you want to join the eighteen thousand people who receive daily posts for free, you can: Subscribe by a RSS Reader . One popular RSS Readers is Feedly (though there are many others). You can read about Feedly in this New York Times guide . Probably about 15,000 people read this blog through the RSS feed
The New York Times’ 1619 Project has probably become the “go-to” resource for teaching about slavery in America, and USEFUL RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF BRINGING ENSLAVED AFRICANS TO AMERICA is filled with related resources. The ACLU of Northern California has now developed a fabulous resource that would be a great companion to the 1619 Project for any class in our state.
is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Seven educators challenge the idea of “not seeing race or color” in the the classroom and offer suggestions like considering our own implicit biases, as well as provide additional resources. Here are some excerpts:
I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from over the years. You can see the entire collection here . I originally shared this post in 2009. In 2009, I began teaching explicit lessons related to student motivation and Social Emotional Learning. Of course, since that time, I’ve written several very practical books on the topic. I’m not
aitoff / Pixabay Trayvon Martin was murdered in 2012, and would have been twenty-five years old today. You might be interested in The Best Resources For Lessons On Trayvon Martin ,
geralt / Pixabay I have regularly sung the praises of The New York Times Learning Network , which is on The Best Places To Find Free (And Good) Lesson Plans On The Internet list, along with a ton of other “Best” lists. And, as I always add, it’s not only because I’ve written many ELL lesson plans for them . They’ve just added a new resource – finally ! They have created a YouTube channel where th
Nikole Hannah-Jones, the creator/editor of The New York Times The 1619 Project was interviewed by Trevor Noah on The Daily Show tonight, and it is ideal to be viewed by students in the many classes using The 1619 Project to study slavery in America. Simultaneously, The Pulitzer Center released Lesson Plan: Exploring “The Idea of America” by Nikole Hannah-Jones . I’m adding both to USEFUL RESOURCE
Every two months, I reprint this post so that new subscribers learn about these resources. I have many free resources, including excerpts and student hand-outs, available from all my books. Clicking on the covers will lead you to them. Look for a fourth book in my student motivation series (out in 2022) and a second edition of The ESL/ELL Teachers Survival Guide (out in 2021), along with three bo
My latest ten-minute BAM! Radio show is about how reading can support writing instruction . I’m joined in the discussion by Michelle Shory, Laura Robb, and Irina McGrath, who have also all contributed to my Ed Week Teacher column. I’m adding this show to All My BAM Radio Shows – Linked With Descriptions . You might also be interested in an earlier show, Double Dipping: Using Writing to Support Re
I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from over the years. You can see the entire collection here . I originally shared this post in 2009. In addition, since this original post, I’ve published The Best Resources On The Importance Of Saying “I’m Sorry” I am human. I sometimes have bad days, or display a short temper in the classroom.
Educators Must Disrupt ‘Colorblind Ideologies’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Nine educators write about possible ways to respond to teachers who say they “don’t see color,” including by framing the discussion around differentiation, school climate, and white privilege. Here are some excerpts:
Eight years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want to share, I began this occasional “” post where I share three or four links I think are particularly useful and related to…ed tech, including some Web 2.0 apps. You might also be interested in THE BEST ED TECH RESOURCES OF 2019 – PART TWO , as well as checking out all my edtech resources . Here are this
Englund / Pixabay I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from over the years. You can see the entire collection here . I originally shared this post in 2009. You might also be interested in Celebrate What Would Have Been Paulo Freire’s Birthday – Here Are Related Resources. We don’t have to imagine the answer to that question because
I’m making a change in the content of the regular feature. In addition to sharing the top five posts that have received the most “hits” in the preceding seven days (though they may have originally been published on an earlier date), I will also include the top five posts that have actually appeared in the past week. Often, these are different posts. You might also be interested in IT’S THE THIRTE
In a new survey by Yale of 21,000 U.S. high school students, most said they were either “tired, stressed or bored” at school. You can read about it at: Students’ feelings about high school are mostly negative at Science Daily. National survey: Students’ feelings about high school are mostly negative at Yale News. The full study is behind a paywall, but is very interesting to read. You can learn a
Saying ‘I Don’t See Color’ Denies the Racial Identity of Students is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. When teachers claim they “don’t see race” or “don’t see color, that makes it difficult for them to build relationships with students. Eight educators offer suggestions of how to respond to those teachers. Here are some excerpts:
Each week, I publish a post or two containing three or four particularly useful resources on classroom instruction, and you can see them all here. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES ON CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION IN 2019 – PART TWO. Here are this week’s picks: Research Matters / Cracking the Reading Code is from ASCD’s Educational Leadership. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Lear
I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from over the years. You can see the entire collection here . I wrote this post in 2009, and continue to believe in the importance of making “individual deals.” You might want to also check out The Best “Fair Isn’t Equal” Visualizations and The Best Resources On Differentiating Instruction . Stud
(Note: I am going to publish this same post once each month to remind regular readers and inform newer ones about how to access my “Best” lists) As regular readers know, I have about 2,100 categorized and regularly updated “Best” lists. You can find all of them in broad categories here . The link to that page can also be found at the top right of my blog: My Best Of Series I also have them all on
Digital Learning Day takes place on on February 27th this year: With so many new types of digital devices, educational software and mobile apps continuously developed, it’s hard to keep up with the latest and greatest advancements in educational technology. In some classrooms and out-of-school programs across the country, educators are doing some pretty amazing things with technology. Yet, these
mohamed_hassan / Pixabay Our English Language Learners have enjoyed the Connect With English dramatic video series from Annenberg. They had great interactives to go along with the videos. Prior to that online support, we had created our own worksheet that could be used with it (and pretty much any other video, too). They also produced hard-copy books to go along with the clips. Annenberg recently
BiljaST / Pixabay Five years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2019 – PART ONE and THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2019 – PART TWO.
I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from over the years. You can see the entire collection here . I wrote this post in 2009, and subsequently revised it considerably and it was published in The Washington Post the next year under the title The best kind of teacher evaluation . NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg has ordered the city
Wokandapix / Pixabay Here are new additions to The Best Sites To Teach About African-American History : How Black Lives Matter Is Changing What Students Learn During Black History Month is from TIME. Black History Month: Teaching the Complete History is from Teaching Tolerance. Writing About Slavery? Teaching About Slavery? is from P. Gabrielle Foreman. I’m also adding it to USEFUL RESOURCES FOR
diapicard / Pixabay Yes, this blog has been around for thirteen years! Lots of numbers – fourteen million visitors, twenty-three thousand daily readers , thirteen books . But the real celebration for me is what I have learned through the process and how it has made me a better teacher. It has been a great experience, and I hope that feeling will continue… You might also be interested in My All-Ti
Here are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues (You might also be interested in THE BEST ARTICLES, VIDEOS & POSTS ON EDUCATION POLICY IN 2019 – PART TWO ): The Education Reform Movement Has Failed America. We Need Common Sense Solutions That Work. is by Diane Ravitch, and appeared in TIME. Explore Your School’s Changing Demographics is from The Urban Institute. It’s a
Skitterphoto / Pixabay Earlier this week I posted A New Student Panel Of ELLs Is Presenting At Our Staff Training Tomorrow – Here Are Videos Of Last Year’s Presentations . Well, this week’s panel went very well. Here’s a video of their presentation (and here’s the outline they used to prepare what they were going to say). Obviously, both they and their parents have given permission for it to appe
American poet Langston Hughes was born on February 1st, 1902. One lesson that I’ve used for years with Intermediate English Language Learners is reading his poem, The Ballad of the Landlord as part of our unit on Problem-Solution
