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Each week, I publish a post or two containing three or four particularly useful resources on classroom instruction, and you can see them all here.

You might also be interested in The Best Articles (& Blog Posts) Offering Practical Advice & Resources To Teachers In 2016 – Part Two and The Best Resources On Class Instruction In 2016 – Part Two.

Here are this week’s picks:

The Education Endowment Foundation in the UK has released an update of their Teaching and Learning Toolkit. They fund education research and their new reports are pretty interesting and useful.

Robert Peal shares a nice writing scaffold at Planning a knowledge-based scheme of work. Part 2: Writing. I’m adding it to The Best Scaffolded Writing Frames For Students.  Thanks to Doug Lemov for the tip.

Culturally Responsive Classrooms is from Scholastic. I’m adding it to The Best Resources About “Culturally Responsive Teaching” & “Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy” – Please Share More!

8 Ways to Help Students Watch Video Critically (Instead of Zoning Out) is from We Are Teachers. I’m adding it to The Best Popular Movies/TV Shows For ESL/EFL.

Our Fourth Annual Student Editorial Contest: Write About an Issue That Matters to You is from The New York Times Learning Network.

401 Prompts for Argumentative Writing is from The New York Times Learning Network. I’m adding it to The Best Online Resources For Helping Students Learn To Write Persuasive Essays.

I’m adding the first tweet to The Best Resources On “Close Reading” — Help Me Find More:

I’m adding these next two tweets to The Best Resources For Learning About Homework Issues: