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I Wrote Nearly 100 NY Times Posts On Teaching ELLs – Here Are Links To All Of Them
For several years, I regularly wrote posts for The NY Times Learning Network on teaching English Language Learners. You can see all of them at ALL MY NY TIMES POSTS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS – LINKED WITH DESCRIPTIONS.      Funny Fictional Reviews Of Our New Book
On a lark, I asked ChatGPT to come up with fictional book blurbs endorsing our latest book, The Better Teacher’s Toolbox. Here’s what it came up with: E.T. “Teachers… phone home… and tell everyone to get The Better Teachers Toolbox. Even an alien can learn something.” Tony Soprano “Lemme tell you something. Running a classroom? Tougher than running certain… family businesses. This book? It earns respect.” Chewbacca “Rrraaaaghhh! Rrroooaaarrrgh! (Translation: ‘Even on Kashyyyk, we’d use these strategies. Five Wookiee stars.’)” Dr. Strange “I looked across millions of possible classrooms. In the best ones, someone had this book.” Sherlock Holmes “Elementary. The evidence overwhelmingly supports reading The Better Teachers Toolbox.” Yoda “Teach better, you will. Read this book, you should.” Captain Picard “Make it so. Better instruction begins on page one.” The Terminator “I’ll be back… to borrow this book again.” Darth Vader “The ability to manage the galaxy is insignificant next to the power contained in The Better Teachers Toolbox.” Forrest Gump “Teaching’s kind of like a box of lesson plans. This book helps you know what you’re gonna get.” Spock “It is only logical that every educator own this volume.”  SEL Weekly Update
I’ve begun this weekly post where I’ll be sharing resources I’m adding to The Best Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Resources or other related “Best” lists. Also, check out “Best” Lists Of The Week: Social Emotional Learning Resources. Here are this week’s picks: I’m adding this post to The Best Posts, Articles & Videos About Learning From Mistakes & Failures:
The power of culture: Why the Patriots quoted a 1979 film on the road to the Super Bowl is an interesting NY Times piece on rituals. I’m adding it to The Differences Between “Rituals” & “Routines” In The Classroom, & Why We Need Both. New study finds the words to show you care is from BPS. I’m adding it to THE BEST RESOURCES SHARING RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT “TEACHER TALK” and to The Best Resources On The Value & Practice Of Having Older Students Mentoring Younger Ones. I’m adding this infographic to The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures:
Trust: Teaching the Good Stuff, Part 2 is from Stacey Johnson. I’m adding it to The Best Posts About Trust & Education.  A Look Back: “Kid Citizen” Looks Like A Fabulous Social Studies SiteFor the next several months, each week I’ll be republishing posts from the past that I think readers might still find useful. This post first appeared in 2019.
Kid Citizen is a free site designed for students to learn with primary sources. It says its focus is K-5, but I think it could be useful with older students, too, – particularly English Language Learners. It’s filled with interactive videos and, on top of that, teachers can also create their own interactives, share them with students, and monitor student progress through a sort of virtual classroom. I’m adding it to: The Best Resources For Using Primary Sources The Best Sites Where Students Can Work Independently & Let Teachers Check On Progress  Five New Interesting Updates To Wayground (Formerly Quizziz)
Wayground/Quizziz is on tons of my “Best” lists, and I’ve published many posts about it over the years. They just shared a video about some new features – I’m intrigued by the games, less excited about its AI grading worksheets (not thrilled about worksheet use, nor about teachers having AI grade anything beyond learning games):   More Recent Articles
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