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 A Look Back: 2018’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):

EDITING LIST FOR WHEN TEACHERS WRITE BOOKS

USING PLAY DOH WITH IB THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE STUDENTS

“WAYS TO BUILD SPEAKING SKILLS WITH ELLS”

“I GIVE MR. FERLAZZO AN A AT BEING ANNOYING.”

RETRIEVAL PRACTICE UPDATE

SAYING “THANK YOU” TO STUDENTS

STATISTIC OF THE DAY: NINTH-GRADE IS VERY IMPORTANT

“AUTHOR INTERVIEW WITH RICH MILNER: ‘REIMAGINING ‘CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT’ FOR EQUITY”

LEARN ABOUT THE WORLD’S DIFFERENT CULTURES AT “CULTURAL JAMBALAYA”

“TELEPROMPT.ME” HAS SCRIPT MOVE AS YOU SAY THE WORDS, NOT AT A PRE-SET SPEED

“BRAIN PRIMING” & SUPERMAN

EXCELLENT COLLECTION OF INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

THOUSANDS OF NEW BOOKS, FILMS & SONGS ENTERED THE PUBLIC DOMAIN THIS WEEK – HERE’S HOW TO ACCESS THEM

SETERRA NOW LETS TEACHERS AND – EVEN BETTER – STUDENTS EASILY CREATE GEOGRAPHY GAMES

BIG NEW STUDY ON RESTORATIVE PRACTICE OFFERS USEFUL DATA & MISSED OPPORTUNITIES

BOW VALLEY COLLEGE HAS A NICE COLLECTION OF ONLINE READERS FOR BEGINNING ELLS

WHAT IF? HISTORY PROJECTS

MY ELL STUDENTS USE VISUALIZATION, AND SO DO MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL STARS

GUEST POST: MISTAKES MADE IN READING INSTRUCTION

QUOTE OF THE DAY: WISDOM FROM PAULO FREIRE

GREAT REFLECTION: “THINGS WE (ALL EDUCATORS) NEED TO LEAVE IN 2018”

WASH. POST PUBLISHES MY EDUCATION PREDICTIONS FOR 2019

TWO NEW INFOGRAPHICS ABOUT U.S. HISTORY – ONE IS VERY GOOD, THE OTHER IS AMAZING