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I’ve been a New York Knicks fan for nearly sixty-years (I grew-up on Staten Island), but how can you not like Victor Wembanyama?

After being responsible for throwing the ball away for a turnover, and then missing the final shot, he modeled what taking responsibility is like:

 

Which is why I’m add this info to The Best Resources For Helping Students (& The Rest Of Us) Learn The Concept Of Not Blaming Others.

And, then, he followed those comments up with this:

And that’s why I’m also adding this info to The Best Posts, Articles & Videos About Learning From Mistakes & Failures.

This is not the first time I’ve highlighted how Wemby is a great model for our students.  You can see more about him at The Best Videos & Articles Where Athletes Explain How Reading & Writing Well Has Helped Their Career – Help Me Find More.

And he’s not the only athlete I’ve used in SEL lessons – check out The Best Ways To Use Stephen Curry & The Warriors For Teaching Social Emotional Learning Skills!

     

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It’s Pride Month:

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan.

You might be interested in THE BEST WAYS TO SUPPORT LGBTQ STUDENTS and THE BEST VIDEOS FOR LEARNING ABOUT PRIDE MONTH

     

I wore a sport coat and tie every day during my twenty-three year teaching career (except for when we went on field trips).

I always thought it was important for my students to come in contact with someone who dressed formally.

Now, I’ve read an interesting NY Times article, Pat Riley thinks a suit makes a more effective leader. He might be right, that suggests there might have been more benefit to me.

I’m adding this info to The Best (Or, At Least, The Most Interesting) Posts On Teacher Attire.

     

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:

I’ve previously posted Guest Post: “Walk & Talks” Are Extremely Effective Way To Connect With Students – Here’s A “How-To” Guide. It shares instructions from my former principal on a great strategy to connect to students. It builds on this research that was recently featured in a Washington Post article:

     

I’ve made many videos over the years, including quite a few animated ones with Education Week on differentiated instruction, learning transfer, and student motivation.

You can see thirty of them all here.

I’ve also made about more on TikTok, which you can see here.

I’ve begun uploading those TikTok videos to my YouTube Channel, which you can access here.