Larry Ferlazzo's Monthly Newsletter - August, 2019

July’s “Best” Lists – There Are Now 2,061 Of Them!

Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,061 of them categorized here):

THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2019 – PART ONE

THE BEST SCIENCE SITES OF 2019 – PART ONE

THE BEST COLLECTIONS OF DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES’ POLICY POSITIONS

THE BEST ARTICLES (& BLOG POSTS) OFFERING PRACTICAL ADVICE & RESOURCES TO TEACHERS IN 2019 – PART ONE

THE EIGHT BEST TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES AVAILABLE ON THIS BLOG

THE BEST SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING RESOURCES OF 2019 – PART ONE

THE BEST ARTICLES, VIDEOS & POSTS ON EDUCATION POLICY IN 2019 – PART ONE

THE BEST THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE RESOURCES IN 2019 – PART ONE

My Favorite Posts That Appeared In July

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.

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:

EXCELLENT ARTICLE APPLICABLE TO PRONOUNCING STUDENT NAMES CORRECTLY: THEY’RE NOT “HARD,” THEY’RE “UNPRACTICED”

Responding To Racist “Go Back To Your Country” Trope

“I SPY” ILLUSTRATIONS ARE GREAT FOR ELLS & HERE’S A COOL VIDEO EXPLAINING HOW THEY ARE MADE

“AUTHOR INTERVIEW: ‘BLACK APPETITE. WHITE FOOD.’”

NEW GROWTH MINDSET STUDY, BUT THE CAVEATS ARE MORE INTERESTING THAN THE RESULTS

SHOCKING – NOT! NEW STUDY FINDS EDUCATORS TEND TO DISCIPLINE BLACK STUDENTS MORE HARSHLY THAN WHITE STUDENTS

NEW ARTICLE ON ARISTOTLE & PERSUASION WOULD BE GREAT FOR STUDENTS – & TEACHERS – TO READ

“FLUENT KEY” LOOKS LIKE A WONDERFUL VIDEO TOOL FOR ALL TEACHERS

“USA LEARNS,” ONE THE BEST ONLINE TOOLS FOR LEARNING ENGLISH, GETS EVEN BETTER!

BEING A MENTOR AT OUR SCHOOL MAY HAVE RESULTED IN IMPROVED GRADES FOR THE…MENTORS

“THREE WAYS TO END THE SCHOOL YEAR STRONG” IS MY LATEST BRITISH COUNCIL POST – LOTS OF STUDENT HAND-OUTS INCLUDED!

I CREATED A NEW FACEBOOK PAGE – FEEL FREE TO “LIKE” IT IF YOU WANT TO BE NOTIFIED OF NEW BLOG POSTS!