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: 2019’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – PART ONE.

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) There are a lot of them this month:

WOW! “GENIAL.LY” HAS DEVELOPED INTO AN AMAZING MULTI-PURPOSE TOOL!

GUEST POST: THE LESSONS OUR ELL STUDENTS TAUGHT THEIR SCHOOLMATES – DOWNLOADABLE BOOK INCLUDED!

WHAT I WANT TO DO BETTER NEXT SCHOOL YEAR – HOW ABOUT YOU?

“BORN IN SLAVERY: SLAVE NARRATIVES FROM THE FEDERAL WRITERS’ PROJECT” IS AN AMAZING & HORRIFYING COLLECTION – WITH TEACHER RESOURCES

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CANCELS EDUCATION SERVICES & RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR UNACCOMPANIED MINORS IN CUSTODY

TWELVE WAYS ELLS – & ANYONE ELSE – CAN READ & DEMONSTRATE UNDERSTANDING OF A TEXTBOOK CHAPTER – ADD TO THE LIST!

“‘TO MAXIMIZE GROUP WORK, MAKE IT METACOGNITIVE’”

NEW & REVISED: HERE ARE THE SITES I’M USING FOR MY SUMMER SCHOOL “VIRTUAL CLASSROOM”

NEW STUDY FINDS THAT THINKING WE MIGHT KNOW SOMETHING, BUT THEN DISCOVERING WE DON’T, IS MOST MOTIVATING TYPE OF CURIOSITY

HERE ARE COVERS FOR THE THREE BOOKS WE’RE EDITING: MATH, SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES

THE VALUE OF WALK-AND-TALKS WITH STUDENTS

HERE’S THE YEAR-IN-REVIEW PRESENTATION PLAN MY STUDENTS USED THIS WEEK – HANDOUTS & SLIDESHOW EXAMPLES INCLUDED!

AN SEL TWIST ON THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL INCIDENT ESSAY