Whole Brain Teaching

I teach reading at an elementary school. I love what I do! I wanted to share some "ways to praise" that we use in my classroom. These ...

Teach! Okay! is a fabulous way to reinforce concepts and ideas throughout the lesson. This practice combines seeing, saying, hearing, and doing. It gets students involved and talking. One thing I've noticed is that teachers TALK A LOT! If we can transfer some of that speech to our students, they can take more control of their learning. Plus, it sticks in their little brains better.

To start at the beginning of this book club with me: Buy the book Whole Brain Teaching for Challenging Kids Read about Chapters 1 & 2 here Read about Chapters 3 & 4 here Read about Chapter 5 here Join the Official Book Study here The assignment for The Book Study for chapter 6 was to come up with 10-15 new variations of Class Yes, WBT's attention getter. Here is a list of my favorites from the participants of the book club: Class Meow, Yes Meow (reminds me of Super Troopers!!) Class a doobie…

I have to tell ya, I am loving connecting with so many of you through comments, facebook and instagram about WBT. I LOVE that there are so many of us trying it this year and so many experts out there that we can ask lots of questions! Need to catch up on old posts? No problem! Chapters 1-3 can be found{here} Chapters 4 & 5 can be found {here} Chapters 6 & 7 can be found {here} Chapters 8-10 can be found {here!} Out of the request, I have made my version of rules available {here!} I discussed…

Teaching resources that engage and delight Foundation (K) to Year 3 students.

To start at the beginning of this book club with me: Buy the book Whole Brain Teaching for Challenging Kids Read about Chapters 1 & 2 here Read about Chapters 3 & 4 here Read about Chapter 5 here Read about Chapter 6 here Read about Chapter 7 here Read about Chapters 8-10 here Join the Official Book Study here The Scoreboard is WBT's classroom management tool. They don't use clip charts, stoplights, or card-pulling systems. They don't use stickers charts, prize boxes, or classroom money…

If you haven’t tried "Class, Yes" - it’s a great way to break into the Whole Brain Teaching classroom management system. It works really well! Getting the attention of your class can be difficult, but not with this easy strategy. Click through for an explanation, video to watch, and FREE download. Great for your Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade classroom! {freebie, first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth graders} #ClassroomManagement

The Whole Brain Teaching rules is one of my favorite things to do with my kids. This is something they really get into and it really is effective. There are only 5 rules and they are so, sweet, and to the point. #classroombehavior #behaviormanagement

This post is focused on Chapters 4 & 5 of Whole Brain Teaching for Challenging Kids. You can find my thoughts on the Chapters 1, 2 and 3 {here}! These 2 chapters were read, on the winding mountain roads through Tennessee. Did you see that I said winding...that is why only 2 chapters were read! I forgot how easy it is to get car sick and a headache. Good thing we stopped at Cracker Barrel for lunch and bought some peppermint sticks... Chapter 4: Charting Progress "You can't tell where you…

Current Super Improver Wall Super Improver Wall in August Let's just say this is the best thing I've ever implemented in my classroom! It comes from the Whole Brain Teaching book. I run the template above on the correlating color copy/construction paper. All my students started off with a white sheet of paper and they have to earn 10 stickers (the mini chart stickers you can find at the teacher store) to level up to the next color. So they've gone from white to green to blue and so on. They…