Larry Ferlazzo's Monthly Newsletter - May, 2022

APRIL’S “BEST” LISTS – THERE ARE NOW 2,307 OF THEM!

Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,304 of them categorized here – you might also want to check out THREE ACCESSIBLE WAYS TO SEARCH FOR & FIND MY “BEST” LISTS).

Here are the lists from this month:

THE BEST SITES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE 2022 WORLD CUP IN QATAR

THE BEST RESOURCES EXPLORING THE USE OF PRAISE IN THE CLASSROOM

THE BEST ARTICLES ABOUT THE BIZARRE DECISION BY FLORIDA TO REJECT MATH TEXTBOOKS BECAUSE OF SEL & CRT

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

I LIKE THE IDEA IN THIS NEW EDUTOPIA VIDEO: “60-SECOND STRATEGY: DAILY INTENTIONS”

“WOULD YOU URGE A YOUNG PERSON TO GO INTO TEACHING? WHAT TEACHERS SAY”

LISTEN TO….ME, TALKING ABOUT “FOSTERING STUDENT MOTIVATION” ON THE NATIONAL PTA PODCAST

“WHAT THE TEACHER AND CLASSIFIED-STAFF STRIKE IN SACRAMENTO MEANS FOR THE COUNTRY”

JOIN THE #MLLCHAT_BKCLUB DISCUSSION OF OUR NEW BOOK! HERE’S ALL THE INFO YOU NEED

QUIZIZZ ADDS FEATURE LETTING STUDENTS RESPOND WITH AUDIO OR VIDEO RESPONSE

INTRIGUING RESEARCH SUGGESTS RELATIVELY SIMPLE EXERCISE WITH TEACHERS MIGHT REDUCE STUDENT SUSPENSIONS

“PARENTS ARE AMONG TEACHERS’ BEST ASSETS”

A COLLECTION OF TWEETED EXCERPTS FROM OUR NEW BOOK, THE 2ND EDITION OF “THE ESL/ELL TEACHER’S SURVIVAL GUIDE”

ALL STUDENT HANDOUTS FROM OUR NEW BOOK – PLUS FIVE BONUS CHAPTERS – ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD

EXCERPT FROM OUR NEW BOOK: “CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE AND SUSTAINING TEACHING”

“LANDING THE PLANE” IN THE SACRAMENTO TEACHERS & SUPPORT STAFF EIGHT-DAY STRIKE

“HELP LANGUAGE LEARNERS LEAD THEIR OWN LEARNING” IS ANOTHER EXCERPT FROM OUR NEW BOOK

VIDEO: LISTEN TO AN INTERVIEW WITH KATIE & ME ABOUT OUR NEW BOOK

NEW SURVEY FINDS THAT TEACHERS WORK A MEDIAN OF 54 HOURS EACH WEEK – WHAT DO YOU THINK?

NEWLY UPDATED STATISTICS ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN U.S. SCHOOLS

“A GOOD COLLEAGUE CAN MAKE OR BREAK ANY TEACHER”

APRIL’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 MOST POPULAR POSTS OF THE YEAR:

1.I LIKE THIS NEW GEOGRAPHY GAME CALLED “WORLDE” (NOT “WORDLE”)

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

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

4. The Best Websites For Creating Online Learning Games

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

6. All The “Best” Lists

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

8. The Best Sites For Creating Sentence Scrambles

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

10. The Best Resources On Differentiating Instruction

UPDATED “BEST” LISTS OF THE MONTH

Posted by Larry Ferlazzo | Apr 30, 2022 | a look back, monthly updated lists | 0 |

Last month I began a series where I have been revising and updating older “Best” lists.

Even though I’ve always been adding new resources to each one, my process of going through each one and removing dead links or older resources that are no longer up to my standards has been pretty haphazard.

I have been doing this complete revision process for each anniversary or holiday “Best” list each year, but haven’t done the same for many of the over 2,000 other lists.

It’s going to take me awhile.

Here are this past month’s updates:

8 GREAT COLLECTIONS OF INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

28 SITES TO FIND EXCELLENT – AND FREE – LESSON PLANS

TEN TOOLS THAT USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO PROVIDE PRONUNCIATION FEEDBACK

5 TOOLS TO HELP STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT – & CREATE – BUDGETS

8 ONLINE TOOLS FOR ONLINE DICTATION (& HELP ELLS LEARN!)

103 RESOURCES FOR HELPING TO USE BLOOM’S TAXONOMY IN THE CLASSROOM

LINKS TO ALL THE BEST RESOURCES ON THIS BLOG – IN ONE PLACE!

15 TOOLS FOR CREATING EMAIL NEWSLETTERS

THE 4 BEST WEBSITES FOR ELL TEACHERS

32 REFERENCE SITES FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS