It’s The First Day Of Spring! Here Are Teaching & Learning ResourcesJillWellington / Pixabay Today is the first day of spring! You might be interested in The Best Sites For Learning About The Spring Season .
Two Cool Infographics About Language30by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h
The Visual Capitalist comes up with some great infographics. I’m adding these two to The Best “Language Maps” : You can find more information about this infographic at Ranked: The Countries with the Most Linguistic Diversity And you can find more information about this next one at The World’s Top 10 Most Spoken Languages
Ramadan Begins On April 12th – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resourcesmohamed_hassan / Pixabay Ramadan begins next month. If you want to get a head-start on planning some lessons, you might be interested in The Best Sites To Teach & Learn About Ramadan .
Video: “The Pony Express”Didgeman / Pixabay I’m kicking myself because this new video from Simple History reminded me that I had forgotten to include teaching anything about the Pony Express in my ELL U.S. History class this year. Why is that a big deal, you might ask? Well, its ending destination was here in Sacramento, and we’ve got a big Pony Express statue downtown. I’m posting this here because, one, it’s a good vid
My Most Popular Tweets Of The MonthPhotoMIX-Company / Pixabay I used to post weekly collections of my best tweets, and used Storify to bring them together. Unfortunately, Storify went under. Fortunately, however, Wakelet was a new tool that was able to import all of a person’s Storifys. So you can see all those previous Twitter “Best” lists here . You might also be interested in MY MOST POPULAR TWEETS OF THE YEAR and RECOMMENDATIO
Our Teachers’ Union Local Has Reached An Agreement With The District To Begin Face-To-Face Instruction Next Month!Free-Photos / Pixabay Oof, I forgot to include a specific congratulations to @ShanaJust , one of our school's representatives on the bargaining team who has worked tirelessly for students, their families and us teachers! https://t.co/UDc6anfg8d — Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) March 20, 2021 The great bargaining team of our union was able to reach an agreement with the district for reopening to
Good Piece On The Bad Term, “Learning Loss”Ron Berger, who is an exceptional educator and leads EL Education, just wrote a good piece in the Atlantic, How to Get Our Kids Back on Track . The quote in the textbox gives you an idea of the tone. I’m adding it to Trying To Bring Research, Sanity, Teacher Expertise & Student Voice To The “Learni