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Larry Ferlazzo's Monthly Website Newsletter -- December, 2013
November’s “The Best…” Lists — There Are Now 1,207 Of Them
Here’s my monthly round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 1,207 of them categorized here):
The Best Ways To Modify The Picture Word Inductive Model For ELLs
The Best Videos Of Tom Lehrer’s Songs
The Best Sites For Learning About Italy
The Best Sites For Learning About France
The Best Online Resources About President John F. Kennedy
The Best Resources For Geography Awareness Week
The Best Resources For Learning About Typhoon Haiyan
The Best Online Resources For Learning About The Gettysburg Address
“My Best Posts On Parent Engagement In 2013″
A Collection Of The Best Fun, Yet True, “Said No Teacher Ever” Resources
“The Best Resources For Learning About The ‘Word Gap’”
The Best Videos Showing “Thinking Outside The Box” — Help Me Find More
The Best Posts Interpreting This Year’s NAEP Scores
Here Is Who I Recommend You Follow On Twitter
The Best “Mind-Blowing” Videos About Technology That I’ve Seen — Help Me Find More
The Best Ways To Use Mistakes When Teaching Writing
November’s Best Posts From This Blog
I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see older Best Posts of the Month at Websites Of The Month (more recent lists can be found here).
Here are some of the posts I personally think are the best, and most helpful, ones I’ve written during this past month (not in any order of preference):
Using Protest Movements & Historical Photos For English Language Development
Here’s What My IB Theory Of Knowledge Students Did For Their “Ways Of Knowing Final Project”
‘Listen, Empathize, Connect’ For Student Motivation
A Simple & Effective Classroom Lesson On Gratitude
“Collection Of Tweets From Second Week’s Chat On Classroom Management”
‘Good News & Bad News’ About Student Motivation
Geography Students Use “Stay.com” To Create Virtual Trips
Create Collaborative Online Documents Using “Notepad” With Audio Chat
“Choice Equals Power: How to Motivate Students to Learn”
“Teachers Should Be Friendly With Students But Not Friends”
‘There Is No Such Thing As An Unmotivated Student’
Professor James Heckman Publishes New Paper On “Non-Cognitive Traits”
“Collection Of Tweets From First Week’s Chat On Classroom Management”
Supporting English Language Learners In Content Classes
Teaching English With Lucha Libre
Having English Language Learners Use Cellphones To Identify High-Interest Vocabulary
No, L.A. School Reformers, Grit Does Not Equal Giving Students Rewards & Being Data-Driven
Finding Similar Images To Use For Compare/Contrast Prompts
Ways To Support Students Setting Goals
Student-Created Prompts As A Differentiation Strategy
English Language Learners Using Screencast-o-matic For Folktale Presentations
Literably Is An Excellent Reading Site — If Used With Caution
Getting A Special Wristband Is Not The Best Road To Greater Student Motivation
“Response: A Bad Day In The Classroom ‘Will Pass’”
Google Unveils Great Resource For Virtual Field Trips
My NY Times Post On Using Music With ELLs
This Year’s Shipment Of Stress Balls For Students Has Arrived!
“My Most Popular Parent Engagement Posts In 2013″
“Recover From Bad Days by Seeing ‘Disasters as Opportunities’”
Three Useful Common Core “Cheat Sheets”
EDpuzzle Is An Innovative Video Site
Education Books In One Sentence — Part One
It Might Be Hard To Find A Better Short Video Than This One To Portray “Grit”
Using Freire & Fotobabble With English Language Learners
“Student Contest | 15-Second Vocabulary Videos”
New Link For My Article, “Developing Teacher Leadership For The Long Haul”
“Five key strategies to get/keep kids engaged at school”
