"Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day…" - 5 new articles

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 can also see all my “Best” lists on instructional strategies here.

Here are this week’s picks:

How to get the most out of student grouping is from Teach Learn Grow. I’m adding it to  Best Posts On The Basics Of Small Groups In The Classroom.

A Simple Visual Routine to Help Students Engage With Poetry is from Edutopia. I’m adding it to The Best World Poetry Day Resources – Help Me Find More.

Wait Time is from DistillEd. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On The Idea Of “Wait Time”

Assessment: The bridge between teaching and learning is by Dylan Wiliam. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Formative Assessment.

Ramping Up Relevance With Community-Centered Learning is from Edutopia. I’m adding it to The Best Ideas For Helping Students Connect Lessons To Their Interests & The World.

     

Mohamed_hassan / Pixabay

Many of us are familiar with the old saying that half of all new teachers are gone from the profession within the first five years.

Fortunately, that number is a bit of an exaggeration, but not by much.

The Education Endowment Foundation in Great Britain recently came out with a new study finding that:

Almost one in three teachers leave within their first five years of teaching, rising to 43% within
ten.

That report got me wondering about the numbers here in the United States.

The most recent study I could find was ten years old, and it estimated that 44% of teachers leave within the first five years.

My guess would be that today’s number is at least that percentage and is likely more, given post-pandemic stress and additional cultural/political pressures.

Perhaps districts and schools might want to consider upping their game around supporting newbies?  That is something they can control.

Let me know if anyone is aware of more recent numbers.

     

Spelly is a new AI-powered tool to assess pronunciation.

Type in what you want to practice, say it, and it will evaluate your pronunciation.

I’m adding it to:

The Most Useful Free Or VERY Low Cost AI Tools For Supporting English Language Learners

THE BEST SITES FOR ONLINE PRONUNCIATION FEEDBACK – DO YOU KNOW OTHERS?

     

Type in any two locations in the world, and New Life will almost immediately provide a comparison to how it is living in each place, including economic and “socio-cultural” factors.

It doesn’t quite fit, but I’m adding it to The Best Tools For Comparing Demographics Of Different Countries.

     

What could students infer from this Visual Capitalist infographic?

Could they do research and make predictions about the most common jobs ten years from now?