OCTOBER’S “BEST” LISTS – THERE ARE NOW 2,273 OF THEM!

Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,273 of them categorized here – you might also want to check out THREE ACCESSIBLE WAYS TO SEARCH FOR & FIND MY “BEST” LISTS).

This new school year has been hectic for all of us, and I only posted one new list this month. My annual end-of-the-year “Best” lists will also be late – I don’t expect to get to them until Winter Break.

Here’s the list from this month:

THE BEST ONLINE TOOLS TO SEE NEWSPAPERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

MY FAVORITE POSTS THAT APPEARED IN OCTOBER

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 2020’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG! and 2021’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – SO FAR!

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):

Wash. Post Publishes My New Piece On “10 things school districts should do right now”

“English Sandwich” Is A Cool Cultural/Geographical Game Where You Have To Correctly Say Where Dishes Are From

Here Are Step-By-Step Instructions For A Flashcard Activity I Do With My ELL Newcomers

My Latest BAM! Radio Show Is On Mistakes Districts Have Made During The Pandemic

An Example Of Concept Attainment & Retrieval Practice In The Classroom

“7 Mistakes Districts Have Made During the Pandemic”

Excellent New NY Times Video On The Perils Of Grit

ARE SCHOOLS OVERLOOKING AN OBVIOUS STRATEGY THEY CAN IMPLEMENT IMMEDIATELY TO ACCELERATE LEARNING? PEER TUTORS!

My Latest BAM! Radio Show Is On “Small Changes” In The Classroom That Can Have A Big Impact

HERE’S A SHORT INTERVIEW I DID ON SUPPORTING AFGHAN REFUGEES & ALL ELLS

ANOTHER REASON WHY “GOOD TEACHING FOR ELLS IS GOOD TEACHING FOR EVERYBODY”- ONE MORE STUDY FINDS VALUE IN GESTURES DURING LESSONS

“What Students Think About Their Third Year of Pandemic Schooling”

“6 Small Instructional Changes Teachers Can Make for Big Results”

EIGHT TIPS FOR TEACHERS WHO WANT TO WRITE A BOOK

Study Finds – To No Teacher’s Surprise – That Praising More Than Reprimanding Gets Results

OCTOBER’S MOST POPULAR POSTS

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

Not to mention THE TWENTY MOST POPULAR POSTS OF THE YEAR – 2020:

1.The Best Websites For Creating Online Learning Games

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

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

4. The Best Places To Get The “Same” Text Written For Different “Levels”

5. The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures

6. THE BEST VIDEO CLIPS SHOWING EXAMPLES OF BAD & GOOD LISTENING – CONTRIBUTE MORE!

7. My “Best Of” Series

8. The Best Multilingual & Bilingual Sites For Math, Social Studies, & Science

9. The Best Questions To Use For Class Closing Activities — What Are Yours?

10. The Best Online Activities For Learning About Time Zones