Larry Ferlazzo's Monthly Newsletter - June, 2022

MAY’S “BEST” LISTS – THERE ARE NOW 2,308 OF THEM!

Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,308 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:

RESOURCES FOR HELPING OUR STUDENTS UNDERSTAND MONKEYPOX

RESOURCES FOR TALKING WITH STUDENTS ABOUT THE BUFFALO MURDERS & “GREAT REPLACEMENT THEORY”

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 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 HAVE TRIED TO HELP STUDENTS FACING CHALLENGES WITH THIS GOAL SHEET & HAVE HAD A LITTLE SUCCESS

THIS SCHOOL YEAR IS ALMOST OVER – HERE ARE MY REFLECTIONS ABOUT 12 CHANGES I WANT TO MAKE IN THE FALL

“7 WAYS PRINCIPALS CAN SUPPORT TEACHERS”

A SHOOTER BRINGS DEATH TO ANOTHER SCHOOL – HERE ARE RESOURCES TO HELP OUR STUDENTS

Three Important Reports Offering Research-Based Teaching Advice

TODAY’S EXAMPLE OF THE BLINDERS THAT SOMETIMES HAMPER THE USEFULNESS OF EDUCATION RESEARCH

GEORGE FLOYD WAS MURDERED TWO YEARS AGO ON MAY 25TH – HERE ARE TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES

THE SERP INSTITUTE LOOKS LIKE IT HAS EXCELLENT – & FREE – LESSON RESOURCES FOR MOST SUBJECTS

“CRYSTAL BALL PREDICTIONS: WHAT WILL EDUCATION FOR ELL STUDENTS LOOK LIKE IN 10 YEARS?”

HERE’S A NEW WRITING “TWIST” I PLAN TO ADD TO PEER TUTORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES NEXT YEAR WHEN WORKING WITH ELLS

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE FOURTH WEEK OF THE #MLLCHAT_BKCLUB ONLINE CHAT ABOUT OUR NEW BOOK

“MAKE TEACHER PREP PRACTICAL, NOT THEORETICAL”

The 14 Online Learning Tools I Used Most This School Year & 2 I Want To Try In The Fall

TEXAS GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES PLAN TO CHALLENGE PREVIOUS SUPREME COURT DECISION REQUIRING SCHOOLS TO EDUCATE UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN

NEW STUDY ON WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TEACHERS TEND TO ACT MORE PUNITIVELY WOULD BE GOOD OUTLINE FOR CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT PD

YET ANOTHER SURVEY FINDS THAT PARENTS ARE HAPPY WITH THEIR CHILDREN’S SCHOOLS

ANONYMOUS EVALUATION RESULTS FROM MY INTERMEDIATE ELL STUDENTS

THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN LATINO UNVEILS FIRST ONLINE EXHIBITION

UPDATED “BEST” LISTS OF THE MONTH

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:

22 TOOLS FOR EDITING VIDEOS

37+ OF THE BEST COMMENCEMENT SPEECHES

11 ONLINE TOOLS WHERE STUDENTS CAN ASSESS THEIR ENGLISH PROFICIENCY

A ZILLION RESOURCES FOR HELPING CONTENT TEACHERS SUPPORT ELLS

25 PLACES TO GET ROYALTY-FREE MUSIC & SOUND EFFECTS

18 RESOURCES FOR HELPING STUDENTS CREATE ONLINE PORTFOLIOS

16 PLACES WHERE STUDENTS CAN WRITE ONLINE

11 “TODAY IN HISTORY” SITES

33 RESOURCES FOR ENDING THE SCHOOL YEAR STRONG

18 VIDEOS DEMONSTRATING THE QUALITIES OF AN EFFECTIVE LANGUAGE LEARNER