May’s “Best” Lists – There Are Now 2,153 Of Them!

Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,153 of them categorized here):

THE BEST SITES FOR CREATING NOT TOTALLY USELESS WORD SEARCHES

THE BEST IDEAS FOR ONLINE ACTIVITIES TO USE WHEN TEACHING ELLS REMOTELY – SHARE MORE!

THE BEST – & MOST INTERESTING – RESOURCES FOR STUDYING HISTORY

My Favorite Posts That Appeared In May

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:

Schools Are Going To Have A BIG Problem Getting Substitute Teachers Next Year

ONE ADDITIONAL CONCERN I HAVE ABOUT THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR

ARE WE GOING ABOUT THIS WHOLE “DISTANCE LEARNING” THING ALL WRONG?

HERE ARE THE QUESTIONS I’M HAVING STUDENTS ANSWER IN MY END-OF-DISTANCE-LEARNING EVALUATION

THIS IS THE BEST PIECE OF PANDEMIC TEACHING ADVICE THAT I’VE HEARD….

NEW VIDEO: “TIPS FOR STUDENT MOTIVATION: RELATEDNESS & RELEVANCE”

MY NEW BRITISH COUNCIL POST IS ON “FOUR QUESTIONS – AND ANSWERS – ABOUT TEACHING ENGLISH ONLINE”

“NINE WAYS TO END THIS CRAZY SCHOOL YEAR STRONG”

It’s Going To Be A New Classroom World In The Fall – Here Is What I Think It Might Look Like

Are 800,000 Of Us Older Teachers Not Going To Be Able To Teach In A Physical Classroom Next Year?

Nine Long-Term Changes I Think The Distance Learning Crisis Will – & Will Not – Bring To Our Schools

VIDEO: PUBLIC TELEVISION INTERVIEW SHOW WITH DISTRICT LEADERSHIP…AND ME

MY NEW OP-ED IN ED WEEK: “WE MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN REMOTE LEARNING WRONG. WE CAN STILL FIX THIS SCHOOL YEAR”

NEW BIG STUDY FINDS SEVERAL MATH & READING INTERVENTIONS HELPFUL TO SECONDARY STUDENTS, BUT OFFERING INCENTIVES IS USELESS

VIDEO: “TIPS FOR STUDENT MOTIVATION: AUTONOMY & COMPETENCE”

IT’S CHRISTMAS IN MAY! HERE ARE HUNDREDS OF FREE DOWNLOADABLE STUDENT HANDOUTS FROM THE MATH, SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS’ TOOLBOXES

NEW STUDY FINDS LONG-TERM EFFECTIVENESS OF SIMPLE INTERVENTION SUPPORTING FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS – HERE’S HOW I ADAPTED IT FOR HIGH SCHOOL

GREAT STORY: IRISH REPAY SUPPORT THEY RECEIVED FROM NATIVE AMERICANS 173 YEARS LATER

“SEVEN WAYS TO SUPPORT ELLS IN ONLINE CONTENT CLASSES”

I WAS ON A WEBINAR PANEL TODAY ON DISTANCE LEARNING FOR ELLS & YOU CAN WATCH IT FOR FREE

HIGHLIGHTING SCIENTISTS WHO SUCCEEDED MORE THROUGH EFFORT THAN BRILLIANCE ENHANCES STUDENT MOTIVATION IN SCIENCE

“VISUALIZATION OF ‘TIPS FOR REMOTE TEACHING WITH ELL STUDENTS’”

VIDEO: “DISTANCE LEARNING AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS”

May’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.Are 800,000 Of Us Older Teachers Not Going To Be Able To Teach In A Physical Classroom Next Year?

2. Schools Are Going To Have A BIG Problem Getting Substitute Teachers Next Year

3. It’s Going To Be A New Classroom World In The Fall – Here Is What I Think It Might Look Like

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

5. The Best Websites For Creating Online Learning Games

6. ARE WE GOING ABOUT THIS WHOLE “DISTANCE LEARNING” THING ALL WRONG?

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

8. Nine Long-Term Changes I Think The Distance Learning Crisis Will – & Will Not – Bring To Our Schools

9. ONE ADDITIONAL CONCERN I HAVE ABOUT THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR

10. CDC OFFICIALLY RELEASES EXTENSIVE GUIDELINES FOR SCHOOL RE-OPENING