Very Good Video On “Text Engineering” To Make It More Accessible To ELLs & Everybody Else49by Larry Ferlazzo / 12h
sipa / Pixabay “Engineering the text” is what teachers can do to make text more accessible – we can create sections of the article that have headings and white space, add vocabulary definitions and do a whole lot more.. If you can’t get an editable version of the assessment, you could take a picture using the Genius Scan app and then edit it. You can see an example here (scroll down). Edutopia ha
Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELLBiljaST / Pixabay Six 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 2020. Also, check out A Collection Of My Best Resources On Teaching English Language Learners. In additi
Tuesday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopeningsstevepb / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : N ewsom touts Long Beach as model for COVID-19 vaccinations, schools reopening is from The L.A. Times. LAUSD to launch COVID-tracking app that generates a code for students to enter campus is from L.A. Times. The Struggle To Reopen Schools: Teachers Don’t Feel Safe; Kids Are Struggling
Biden Administration Makes Its First Dumb Move And Requires Standardized Tests This YearSchools must still give standardized tests this year, Biden administration says provides details of the first dumb move by the Biden Administration. Don’t we have enough to deal with right now? You might also be interested in: Best Posts On How To Prepare For Standardized Tests (And Why They’re Bad) The Best Articles Describing Alternatives To High-Stakes Testing — Help Me Find More
This – Right Here – Is What We Need To Do To Reach Our Disappeared Students. This Means Most Districts Won’t Do It‘Ghosted’: Students Disappear From Vermont Classrooms During Pandemic could be written about the majority of school districts in the country. And, the recommendation in the above image that comes from that article is what also needs to happen in the majority of school districts in the country. It’s very similar to the advice I offered in my recent Washington Post column, Teacher: What’s missing f
A Beginning List Of The Best Resources To Support Concurrent/Hybrid TeachingShafin_Protic / Pixabay As I shared yesterday, all the teachers and I believe most of the school-based administrators learned via a presentation at our school board meeting that they want us back in the classroom teaching in early May (see UMM, IT LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT BE GOING HYBRID SOON….). Since they haven’t begun talking with our union yet, it’s too early to tell if it’s actually going to happ
Monday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopeningsllorcraft / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : Guards, Generosity, Patience: A Volunteer Effort To Vaccinate Public School Workers is from NPR. No quick path to reopening L.A. Unified is emerging as school year slips away is from The L.A. Times. Will reserving vaccines for California teachers break school reopening logjam? is from
John Lewis Was Born On This Day In 1940 – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources About His LifeJohn Lewis was born on this day in 1940. You might be interested in TERRIBLE NEWS: JOHN LEWIS HAS PASSED – LEARN ABOUT HIS LIFE . John Lewis was born on this day in 1940. We miss his leadership, but we are grateful for his years of activism and the path he and others so clearly charted: a path forward, laid by coalitions of those who kept marching for justice. Rest in power. https://t.co/UzoV9GcB
Video: “Accent Expert Gives a Tour of U.S. Accents – (Part 2)”Tumisu / Pixabay Last month, I shared Video: “Accent Expert Gives a Tour of U.S. Accents.” Here’s Part Two. I’m adding this new video from Wired to The Best “Language Maps” :
Classroom Instruction Resources Of The WeekEach week, I publish a post or two containing three or four particularly useful resources on classroom instruction, and you can see them all here. Of course, this is a crazy time for “classroom” instruction…. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES ON INSTRUCTION IN 2020 – PART TWO . Here are this week’s picks: Tell Me Something Funny is from Character Lab, and reminds us that not only
“Ten Ways to Use Retrieval Practice in the Classroom”is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Five educators explain why and how they use retrieval practice in their classroom. Here are some excerpts: I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Retrieval Practice .
Malcolm X Was Assassinated On This Day Fifty-Six Years Ago – Here Are Teaching & Learning ResourcesOpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay Malcolm X was assassinated 56 years ago today. You might be interested in The Best Resources For Learning & Teaching About Malcolm X . My father in Cairo weeks before he’d be assassinated at age 39. Despite following his every move an FBI informant called him, “a man of high moral character who neither smokes nor drinks.” He spoke truth to power, and we know that tru
