It’s Groundhog Day & Here Are Teaching & Learning ResourcesCairomoon / Pixabay Every February 2nd is Groundhog Day! You might be interested in The Best Resources For Groundhog Day .
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
Ed Tech DigestNine 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 2020 – PART TWO , as well as checking out all my edtech resources . Here are this w
Tuesday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopeningsgeralt / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : Missing in School Reopening Plans: Black Families’ Trust is from The NY Times. Chicago update: Mayor Lightfoot and CPS CEO say district has made progress in negotiations with the teachers union over school reopening. Remote learning will continue Tuesday and Wednesday while they try to r
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: COMIC: How To Raise Informed, Active Citizens is from NPR. Challenging your
Langston Hughes Was Born On This Day In 1902 – Here Are Two Good Lessons For ELLs Using His PoetryEditor’s note: I published this post a year ago, and thought readers would find it helpful if I reposted it. 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 essays. After studying the poem, students write a letter to
Just Sent-Out Free Monthly Email Newslettergeralt / Pixabay I’ve just mailed out the February issue of my very simple free monthly email newsletter . It has over 3,000 subscribers, and you can subscribe here . Of course, you can also join the eighteen thousand others who subscribe to this blog daily. Here Are 8 Ways You Can Subscribe For Free…
New Resources For Black History MonthHere are new additions to The Best Sites To Teach About African-American History : Black History Is About More Than Oppression is from Education Week. Here are a ton of resources from Facing History. Black History Month is from Oprah Magazine. Black History Month Lessons & Resources is from The NEA. The Library of Congress has a ton of teacher and student resources .
Monday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopeningsgeralt / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : THE LATEST ON CHICAGO: CPS, CTU still without deal; in-person learning pushed back to Tuesday While Biden pushes to reopen schools, Europe moves in the opposite direction is from The Washington Post. The racial disparities over who is returning to D.C. classrooms puts equity spotlight on
January’s “Best” Lists – There Are Now 2,230 Of Them!Prawny / Pixabay Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,230 of them categorized here ): THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING & TEACHING ABOUT THE POSSIBLE SECOND IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP WAYS TO TEACH ABOUT TODAY’S INSURRECTION – SHARE YOUR OWN INCREDIBLE TWEETS ABOUT TODAY’S INSURRECTION AT THE U.S. CAPITOL THE BEST SITES FOR LEARNING ABOUT TH
Good Advice On Talking With People Who Disagree With You – With Some Blind SpotsAdam Grant has a useful column in today’s NY Times, and it also contains a lot of great links. It’s headlined The Science of Reasoning With Unreasonable People . He provides helpful advice on how to talk with people who disagree with you and, in fact, reflects some of what I’ve written in Leading With Inquiry, Not Judgment . However, I think it’s important to point out that I think this kind of a
“Pandemic Lessons for a Post-COVID Classroom”Pandemic Lessons for a Post-COVID Classroom is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Five educators share ideas for lessons learned this year that will carry over when they return to “normal” classrooms.
January’s Most Popular PostsAs regular readers know, at the end of each week I share the five most popular posts from the previous seven days. I thought people might find it interesting to see a list of the ten most popular posts from the previous thirty days. You might also be interested in It’s The Thirteenth Anniversary Of This Blog – Here Are The Forty All-Time Most Popular Posts. Not to mention THE TWENTY MOST POPULAR
Here Are Model Lesson Ideas For Our New ELL Support Classgeralt / Pixabay Our school is really trying hard to provide extra support for our English Language Learners during this time of full-time distance learning. My two ELL classes are the only ones in the school meeting five days a week (all others meet three days), and we’re providing those additional classes with no support from our district (even though it is now receiving an unexpected $200 mill
Sunday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopeningsgeralt / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : CPS, CTU make progress with several tentative agreements, but strike still looms is from Thed alarm on school
