What Are Your Favorite Pop Songs For ELL Newcomers?by Larry Ferlazzo / 11min
Free-Photos / Pixabay What are the favorite pop songs you use with ELL Newcomers? Pop songs are obviously more engaging to older students than the typical simple English songs that work with younger ones. The problem is that, though it is fairly easy to find pop songs with choruses that work with Newcomers, it’s not so easy to find full songs that are accessble. Mine are: Hello, Goodbye You Are S
“10 Strategies for Encouraging Students to Ask Questions”10 Strategies for Encouraging Students to Ask Questions is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Four educators share ways to encourage students to ask questions, including the “Notice & Wonder” routine. Here are some excerpts:
Monday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopeningsmaxmann / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING (& SHOWING) WHAT SCHOOLS LOOK LIKE DURING THE PANDEMIC (you might also be interested in SCHOOLS WENT REMOTE A YEAR AGO – HERE ARE MY CHOICES FOR THE BEST PIECES WRITTEN ABOUT SCHOOL REOPENING SINCE THEN): How To Use Summer to Close Student Learning Gaps is from The Teaching Channel. I’m adding it to THE BEST RESOURCES FOR THINK
This Week’s Resources To Support Teachers Coping With Concurrent Teaching & School ClosuresWokandapix / Pixabay I have a number of regular weekly features (see HERE IS A LIST (WITH LINKS) OF ALL MY REGULAR WEEKLY FEATURES ). This is a relatively new addition to that list. Some of these resources will be added to The Best Advice On Teaching K-12 Online (If We Have To Because Of The Coronavirus) – Please Make More Suggestions ! ; The “Best Of The Best” Resources To Support Teachers Deali
Ed Tech DigestTen 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 we
May 31st Is World No Tobacco Day – Here Are Teaching & Learning ResourcesOpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay May 31st is World No Tobacco Day . You might be interested in The Best Sites For ELL’s To Learn About The Dangers Of Smoking .
Sunday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopeningsniekverlaan / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING (& SHOWING) WHAT SCHOOLS LOOK LIKE DURING THE PANDEMIC (you might also be interested in SCHOOLS WENT REMOTE A YEAR AGO – HERE ARE MY CHOICES FOR THE BEST PIECES WRITTEN ABOUT SCHOOL REOPENING SINCE THEN): Schools Are Open, but Many Families Remain Hesitant to Return is from The NY Times. California high schoolers are saying
Pins Of The WeekI’m fairly active on Pinterest and, in fact, have curated 22,000 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 2020 Here
The Best Twenty Web 2.0 Applications For Education In 2021 – Part OneAs regular readers know, for the past thirteen years I’ve been publishing about twenty-five different bi-annual lists highlighting the best educational resources around (along with tons of other “Best” lists). You can see them all here. It takes a lot of time to compile those lists, so I now do them every six months. I’m starting off by focusing on Web 2.0 tools. It’s possible that a few of these
Infographic Of The Week: “Key Events in U.S. History that Defined Generations”I’ve been sharing an infographic or two each week, and you can find previous ones here . You might also be interested in all my “Best” lists on infographics Here’s my latest pick, Timeline:Key Events in U.S. History that Defined
