Every year I identify my personal favorite posts, and it’s time for my mid-year selection.
You can see my choices for each of the past nine years here.
And you can also see a list of my My All-Time Favorite Posts!
Here are My Favorite Posts In 2016 — So Far:
Here are some of my favorite “The Best…” lists from this year (by the way, the total lists I’ve published reached 1,580 this year):
The Best Teaching/Learning Resources On The Musical, “Hamilton”
The Best Resources On Student Agency & How To Encourage It
The Best Ways To Use Stephen Curry & The Warriors For Teaching Social Emotional Learning Skills
The Best “Fair Isn’t Equal” Visualizations
I had several articles published elsewhere, including some excerpts from my latest book on the Common Core and English Language Learners:
- Eight education predictions (and some wishful thinking) for 2016 — a teacher’s list
- Common Core Writing and ELLs
- Collaborative Writing, Common Core, and ELLs
- Peer Review, Common Core, and ELLs
- How to Cultivate Student Agency in English Language Learners
- Ideas for “Close Reading” with ELL Students
- Helping English-Learners Meet the Common-Core’s Speaking and Listening Standards
- Chat Stations, Predictions, and ‘Wingmen’: More Speaking and Listening Activities for ELLs
- Teacher: What happened when my students’ behavior took a ‘major turn for the worse’
- Strategies for teaching the Common Core — no matter what you think about the standards
And here are a few other posts from this blog that I thought were particularly useful:
Download All Lesson Plans & Student Hand-Outs From Our ELLs & Common Core Book – For Free!
An Interview With…Me, About Teaching ELLs
Using The “Green Eggs and Ham hypothesis” To Help Students Develop Creativity
Here’s How My Students Taught Their Classmates A Social Studies Unit – Handouts Included
We Did A Great ‘Growth Mindset’ Lesson With Our ELLs This Week – Here’s The Lesson Plan
“Ofrecer autonomía es clave para desarrollar la motivación”
New Study Reviews 25 Years Of Research Into What Helps Students Graduate – Here’s What They Found
Zootopia Movies Highlights Importance Of Grit, But Also Its Limitations
A Community Organizer’s Definition Of Leadership – How Can It Be Applied To Education? (Part One)
I Did A Presentation Today On The Concept Attainment Instructional Strategy – Here Are My Materials
I Did My Best Job Teaching A “Growth Mindset” Today – Here’s The Lesson Plan
Teachers Might Find My “Concept Attainment – Plus” Instructional Strategy Useful
Lastly, The Sacramento Bee asked me to give ninety-seconds of tips for new teachers. Here’s the video:
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