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I’ve wanted to come up with a clever way for students to remember their thinking for reading strategies. A list just seems too boring. One thing I’ve learned in BrainSMART is to connect information to parts of the body to make it more memorable. So I Read More...
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Sometimes, you just can’t appreciate the potential of a brain-friendly strategy until you try it. Today, I tried the “Oprah Winfrey” interview to help students think more critically about a story we read. I was honestly surprised at its effectiveness. Read More...
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If you’ve followed me for long, you know I love to blog about things I’m learning in the BrainSMART Masters degree program. I’ve recently discovered something new and phenomenal! I came across it in a book used by the BrainSMART program called, Building Read More...
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I’m trying to create more brain-friendly lessons based on what I am learning in my BrainSMART classes. One point of research suggests that students do much better when their subjects are integrated as much as possible. That gave me another bright idea… Read More...
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Image via WikipediaIn my last blog post, When YOUR Child has a Reading Disability – A Teacher’s Story, I discussed how it felt to find out my sons have ADD and dyslexia. From denial to enabling… I’ve been there done that. In retrospect, I did a lot of Read More...
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Image via WikipediaIt happens in every classroom. You are happily engaging the classroom in a lesson when you notice a bored face with a glazed expression staring back at you. Or worse, rather than a glazed expression the student may be causing havoc Read More...
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“Never question ability, always improve strategy.” That is my favorite quote from the book: BrainSMART 60 Strategies for Boosting Test Scores. I received this book as part of the BrainSMART Masters Degree program (through Nova Southeastern University), Read More...
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“I’m sorry, but we have to stop for recess,” I explained. The response from my students was a resounding, “AWWWWWW, can’t we finish this first?!” Wow, what a great thing to hear from 2nd graders! The Lesson The lesson began with a review of what students Read More...
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Image via WikipediaI got a bright idea today! (My partner-teacher always gets nervous when I say that.) I was thinking about metacognition and how to make that concept concrete for my 2nd graders. The corresponding bright idea came while watching one Read More...
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“Why do you say ‘yes ma’am’ and ‘yes sir’ to us?” The student looked puzzled as she asked me the question. Several interested faces turned toward me, curiosity knitting their brows. I smiled warmly and answered, “I do that to show you respect, just like Read More...
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I learned that the old adage ‘a little dab will do you’ also works with shaving cream. Let me paint the picture for you… The Idea I got the bright idea from a first grade teacher (you know who you are!) to let students spell their names out in shaving Read More...
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I used to be the school secretary. My office was across from a second grade classroom. Every great now and then, the teacher would step out of her room, crazed grin on her face, and ask if I had seen her patience. She’d look down the hall one way, then Read More...
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I’ve mentioned before that I am getting my Masters degree in Brain Based Teaching. It is the BRAINSmart program through Nova Southeastern University in Florida. This week, among other things, we learned about the modular brain and it’s connection to Gardner’s Read More...
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My sons both struggled through school with dyslexia and ADD. At the time I didn’t think it was severe enough to warrant medication (although in retrospect that was probably a mistake), so we soldiered through. At one point, a reading tutor recommended Read More...
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This is my second post about the online components of Everyday Math. The first reviewed how to sign in and set up classes. This post will detail how to set up your online lesson plan. One of my favorite components of EM online is the ePlanner. Just input Read More...
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