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:

NO SURPRISE: NEW STUDY FINDS ENCOURAGING INTRINSIC MOTIVATION FOR READING BETTER THAN OFFERING REWARDS

WHO SHOULD TEACHERS TAKE SERIOUSLY WHEN THEY GIVE ADVICE ABOUT CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION?

HERE’S THE ADVICE I GAVE OUR ADVANCED ELL TEACHERS ON HOW TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR WRITING ASSESSMENTS – WHAT CAN YOU ADD?

“EIGHT WAYS TO HELP ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS FEEL MOTIVATED TO READ & WRITE”

HERE’S THE ARTICLE & PROMPT THAT STUDENTS USED FOR AN ESSAY ON CELLPHONE USE – PLUS SOME OF THEIR RESPONSES

WHAT I’LL BE DOING OVER THE NEXT YEAR

OUR AFTER-SCHOOL PEER TUTORING PROGRAM FOR ELLS – STUDENT HANDOUTS INCLUDED!

THERE ARE LOTS OF REASONS TO REGULARLY BE KIND TO OUR STUDENTS, & A NEW STUDY FOUND ANOTHER ONE

NEW STUDY FINDS THAT STUDENTS BECOME MORE ACADEMICALLY MOTIVATED IF THEY HAVE HOPE IN “SOCIOECONOMIC MOBILITY”

DO’S & DON’TS OF WORKING WITH AN AIDE IN AN ELL CLASSROOM – PLEASE ADD YOUR OWN SUGGESTIONS

NEW STUDY SHOWS ACTIVE LEARNING MORE EFFECTIVE THAN LECTURES – DUH!

“HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO A TEACHER WHO SAYS, ‘I DON’T SEE COLOR’?”

NY TIMES LEARNING NETWORK UNVEILS YET ANOTHER GREAT FEATURE: “MENTOR TEXTS”

“AUTHOR INTERVIEW: ‘UNCONSCIOUS BIAS IN SCHOOLS’”

HOW I’M MODIFYING THE PICTURE WORD INDUCTIVE MODEL ACTIVITY THIS YEAR

DATA WALLS DON’T WORK – FOR ANYBODY

NEW BAM! RADIO SHOW ON WHAT’S THE PROBLEM WITH “I DON’T SEE COLOR?”

HERE’S THE QUESTIONNAIRE MY STUDENTS COMPLETE ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

RESEARCHERS FIND THAT BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE IMPORTANT FOR READING COMPREHENSION. IN OTHER NEWS, THE SUN ALWAYS RISES IN THE EAST