Larry Ferlazzo's Monthly Newsletter - May, 2020

Larry Ferlazzo's Monthly Newsletter - May, 2020

APRIL’S “BEST” LISTS – THERE ARE NOW 2,150 OF THEM!

Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,150 of them categorized here):

THE BEST VIDEOS FOR TEACHING & LEARNING ABOUT – YES – “POOP”

THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING HOW BLACK GIRLS ARE TREATED UNFAIRLY & WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. GAVE HIS “MOUNTAINTOP” SPEECH 52 YEARS AGO TODAY – HERE ARE TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES

THE BEST SITES WHERE YOU CAN FIND COOL THINGS THAT HAPPENED ON YOUR BIRTHDAY

GREAT RESOURCES FOR CREATING & GOING ON VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS

THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL

THE BEST VIDEOS IN SPANISH TO HELP PARENTS & STUDENTS ACCESS TECH IN REMOTE LEARNING

ALL THE “BEST” LISTS RELATED TO SUPPORTING TEACHERS IN THE AGE OF THE CORONAVIRUS – IN ONE PLACE!

MAYBE – OR MAYBE NOT – THE BEST TOOLS FOR CREATING YOUR OWN TEACHING VIDEOS

BEST LISTS OF THE WEEK: TEACHING ONLINE AMID SCHOOL CLOSURES



MY FAVORITE POSTS THAT APPEARED IN APRIL


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:

THE MATH, SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES TOOLBOX BOOKS ARE OUT!

“SPANISH-LANGUAGE VISUALIZATION: ‘7 TIPS FOR PARENTS SUPPORTING REMOTE LEARNING’”

“VIDEO: ‘TIPS FOR REMOTE TEACHING WITH ELL STUDENTS’”

“ALL CLASSROOM Q&A POSTS ON THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS”

VIDEO: HERE’S AN EXAMPLE OF MY DAILY ONLINE LESSON FOR ELL NEWCOMERS

“VISUALIZATION OF ‘7 TIPS FOR PARENTS SUPPORTING REMOTE LEARNING’”

STUDY FINDS WRITING IN CONTENT CLASSES ENHANCES LEARNING, AS LONG AS IT IS A SPECIFIC KIND OF “WRITING-TO-LEARN”

ISLCOLLECTIVE MAKES THEIR WORKSHEETS INTERACTIVE SO STUDENTS CAN COMPLETE THEM & SEND TO THEIR TEACHER

JOIN ME ON APRIL 30TH FOR A WEBINAR ON “DISTANCE LEARNING & ELLS: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED SO FAR?”

INFOGRAPHIC: ‘7 TIPS FOR REMOTE TEACHING’

“FOUR WAYS TO HELP STUDENTS FEEL INTRINSICALLY MOTIVATED TO DO DISTANCE LEARNING”

THE VALUE OF ORAL READING IN PARTNERS FOR ELLS & OTHERS

STORYCORPS UNVEILS NEW TOOL TO LET USERS INTERVIEW PEOPLE REMOTELY – WILL IMMEDIATELY BECOME GREAT CLASS ASSIGNMENT FOR THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS

TIMELY NEW STUDY FINDS NOT A WHOLE LOT OF LEARNING HAPPENS IN LAST PART OF SCHOOL YEAR

THE IMPORTANCE OF TELLING STORIES WHEN TEACHING OR PRESENTING

ENGLISH CENTRAL, WHICH I THINK IS THE MOST ENGAGING ONLINE SITE FOR ELLS, LETS TEACHERS & STUDENTS USE IT FOR FREE DURING CRISIS

HERE’S WHAT I’M TRYING OUT IN MY DAILY THIRTY-MINUTE LIVE ONLINE NEWCOMERS CLASS

MY LATEST BAM! RADIO SHOW IS ON: “SCHOOL CLOSED? TIME TO WRITE THAT BOOK YOU’VE BEEN CONSIDERING”

VIDEO: “7 TIPS FOR PARENTS SUPPORTING REMOTE LEARNING”

MY NEW ED WEEK VIDEO: “7 TIPS FOR REMOTE LEARNING”

NY TIMES EXPANDS ITS FREE SUBSCRIPTION PROGRAM – NOW EVERY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN THE U.S. CAN GET ONE

MY LATEST BAM! RADIO SHOW IS ON “TEACHING ELLS ONLINE: WHAT’S WORKING?”

THESE ARE GREAT! SIX FREE TOOLS TEACHERS & STUDENTS CAN USE TO LEARN ENGLISH, SPANISH & OTHER LANGUAGES DURING THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS

“NEWS-O-MATIC” IS DEFINITELY A SITE I WOULD CONSIDER USING WITH STUDENTS RIGHT NOW

“STUDENTS DESCRIBE THEIR FAVORITE TEACHERS”

TEN MILLION PEOPLE APPLIED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT IN TWO WEEKS – WE BETTER KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE’RE TEACHING



APRIL’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 Thirteenth 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.The Best Websites For Creating Online Learning Games

2. The Best Online Virtual “Corkboards” (or “Bulletin Boards”)

3. List Of Knowledge Questions My TOK Students Are Using This Year For Their Oral Presentations

4. The “Best Of The Best” Resources To Support Teachers Dealing With School Closures

5. FUNNY VIDEO: “QUARANTINE MATHS CLASS DISASTER”

6. Are We Going About This Whole “Distance Learning” Thing All Wrong?

7. The Best Places To Read & Write “Choose Your Own Adventure” Stories

8. All My Best Lists

9. MY NEW ED WEEK VIDEO: “7 TIPS FOR REMOTE LEARNING”

10. The Best Resources For Helping Teachers Use Bloom’s Taxonomy In The Classroom



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