January’s “Best” Lists – There Are Now 2,128 Of Them!

Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,128 of them categorized here):

THE BEST RESOURCES TO HELP EDUCATORS TEACH ELL NEWCOMERS

THE BEST TOOLS THAT SHOW “PARALLEL TEXT” – SAME SENTENCES TRANSLATED INTO DIFFERENT LANGUAGES SIDE-BY-SIDE

THE BEST VIDEOS FOR TEACHING ABOUT IRAN-U.S. TENSIONS

THE BEST RESOURCES TO LEARN ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHER MODELING

THIS BLOG’S TWENTY MOST POPULAR POSTS FROM THE DECADE!

My Favorite Posts That Appeared In January

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).

You can also see my all-time favorites here. I’ve also been doing “A Look Back” series reviewing old favorites, too. Check out A LOOK BACK: 2019’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – PART ONE and A Look Back: 2019’s Best Posts From This Blog – Part Two.

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) There are a lot of them this month:

“DRABBLES” ARE COOL WRITING ASSIGNMENTS – HERE ARE A TON OF MODELS

PROJECT ZERO’S “THINKING ROUTINES TOOL” IS AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE

MY LATEST BAM! RADIO SHOW IS ON “IF YOU DON’T SEE RACE, WHAT DO YOU MISS?”

IMPORTANT NY TIMES INTERACTIVE COMPARING HOW HISTORY TEXTBOOKS FROM DIFFERENT STATES TALK ABOUT THE SAME TOPICS

SAS CURRICULUM PATHWAYS – ONE OF THE BEST ONLINE RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS & STUDENTS – BITES THE DUST

“WAYS TO IMPLEMENT RESTORATIVE PRACTICES IN THE CLASSROOM”

FOUR “NEW” ACTIVITIES I’M DOING NEXT WEEK IN MY ELL NEWCOMERS CLASS

EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT STAFFPERSON IN CHARGE OF CURRICULUM ADOPTION SHOULD READ THIS PIECE EXPLAINING WHY WE TEACHERS TEND TO NOT USE THE MATERIALS

THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA’S K20 CENTER HAS USEFUL ONLINE LEARNING GAMES AND A BIG COLLECTION OF LESSON PLANS

“EIGHT EDUCATORS SHARE THEIR BEST MATH LESSONS”

WASH. POST PUBLISHED MY EDUCATION DECADE IN REVIEW AND PREDICTIONS FOR NEXT TEN YEARS

THIS BLOG’S TWENTY MOST POPULAR POSTS FROM THE DECADE!

January’s Most Popular Posts From This Blog

As 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 TWELFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS BLOG – HERE ARE THE FORTY ALL-TIME MOST POPULAR POSTS.

Not to mention THE MOST POPULAR POSTS FROM THIS BLOG IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2019 and A LOOK BACK: 2019’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – PART TWO.

Here are this month’s most popular posts:

1. List Of Knowledge Questions My TOK Students Are Using This Year For Their Oral Presentations
2. Four “New” Activities I’m Doing Next Week In My ELL Newcomers Class
3. The Best Online Virtual “Corkboards” (or “Bulletin Boards”)
4. The Best Video Clips On Goal-Setting — Help Me Find More
5. The Best Resources For Helping Teachers Use Bloom’s Taxonomy In The Classroom
6. Get A Free PDF Of The NY Times’ “1619 Project”
7. The Best Websites For Creating Online Learning Games
8. The Best Places To Read & Write “Choose Your Own Adventure” Stories
9. The Best Places To Get The “Same” Text Written For Different “Levels”
10. The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures