Every year I identify my personal favorite posts, and it’s time for my end-of-year selection.
You can see my choices for each of the past ten years here.
And you can also see a list of my My All-Time Favorite Posts!
I’ve also been highlighting some of the “best-of-the-best” in the “A Look Back” series.
I’m adding this list toAll 2018 Mid-Year “Best” Lists – In One Place!
Here are My Favorite Posts In 2018 — So Far:
NON-“BEST” LISTS:
“Four games for vocabulary development”
Guest Post: Classroom Management – Redirecting without Escalating
Highlights From First Two Weeks Of The Online Book Chat About Our New ELL Book
“How Income Affects The Brain” & What We Can Do About It
“Culturally Responsive Teaching in the ELL Classroom”
A Few Simple Phrases To Help Keep Students Engaged
Video: Katie & I Share ELL Instructional Strategies
“How to Use Oral Presentations to Help English Language Learners Succeed”
Guest Post: How One Of Our Teachers Has Approached The Stephon Clark Shooting In Class
ALL Student Reproducibles From Our New Book Are Now Available To Everybody!
How Our Intermediate ELLs Taught Our Beginner ELLs About World War One Today
Revised Extensive Outline, Including Student Exemplars, For TOK Essay Unit
New Video: English Language Learners Share What Helps Them Learn
“Micro-Writing for English Learners” Is My New Article In ASCD’s “Educational Leadership”
Important Reminder That We Need To Praise Process To Support A Growth Mindset
Three Videos Of English Language Learners Giving Advice To Teachers
“How Smart Do You Make Others Around You?” Has Been A Useful Question For Me To Ask In Class
We Need To Talk More About Schools As Mediating Institutions
“Active Listening: Using Times Videos, Podcasts and Articles to Practice a Key Skill”
Take Two: Revised My TOK Oral Presentation Materials AGAIN
New Meta-Analysis Identifies Instructional Strategies To Help Struggling Adolescent Readers
Intriguing New Study On “Student Engagement” & How To Define It
One Of The More Interesting Studies You’ll Read This Year: Junk Food & Low-Income Families
Grading English Language Learners – A Perspective From Two Teachers
English Language Learners Tell Us What Helps Them Learn
Nick Foles Just Gave Teachers A Gift Of A Great SEL Lesson
Geography Writing Frames For ELLs (They Can Be Used In Other Subjects, Too)
In Education, If It Sounds Too Good To Be True, It Probably Is….
A Fourth Step: “I Do, We Do, You Do” and then “You Teach”
Wash. Post Publishes My Predictions For 2018
We [White] Teachers Should Look At This Research When We Feel We Don’t Show Bias In The Classroom
Helping Students Create “Public Narratives”
Am I The Only Teacher In The World Who Had Not Heard Of The “Stapleless Stapler”?
“The Banana Principle” Is A Useful Way To Talk About – & Implement – Change
Wow! Amazing New Video Created By Smithsonian Will Probably Be Used In A Zillion ELL Classes
“Fifteen ways to adapt your textbook so your students aren’t bored to death”
One Of My Favorite – & Easiest – ELL Activities To Practice Speaking (Links & Recordings Included)
“BEST” LISTS:
The Best Resources For Learning About The Teacher Compensation Crisis
A Compilation Of Resources To Support Student Organizing
Revised & Updated: Useful Resources For Learning About Race & Racism
The Best Tools That “Automatically” Create Presentations
The Best Resources For Teaching About The Black Panther Movie
The Best Resources Sharing The History Of Teens Organizing For Justice
New & Revised: The Best Resources I’ve Used In Lessons About Race & Racism
New & Revised: A Collection Of Advice On Talking To Students About Race & Racism
The Best Resources On “Differentiated Grading” For English Language Learners
The Best Apps, Online Tools & Other Resources For Math
The Best Videos For Learning Why It’s Important To Study History
The Best Videos For Learning Why It’s Important To Study Geography
A Collection Of My Best Resources On Parent Engagement
A Collection Of My Best Resources On Student Motivation
A Collection Of My Best Resources On Teaching English Language Learners
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