Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week

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’m adding this Edutopia video to The Best Tools & Lessons For Teaching Information Literacy – Help Me Find More:

This post shares good advice for peer mentors to know. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On The Value & Practice Of Having Older Students Mentoring Younger Ones:

These creative questions are fun to answer and can help reveal people’s personalities. Conflict resolution facilitator Priya Parker shares her favorites and explains how to come up with your own.

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— NPR (@npr.org) May 29, 2025 at 6:35 AM

4 Language Shifts That Support a Culture of Continuous Improvement is from ASCD. I’m adding it to THE BEST RESOURCES SHARING RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT “TEACHER TALK”

Today in class:

“Are you mad, Mr. Ferlazzo?”

“No, do I sound mad?”

“Yeah, a little bit.”

“It’s because he’s old. All old people are mad”

— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) May 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM

15 Formative Assessment Hacks to Boost Students’ Learning is from Edutopia. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Formative Assessment.