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Ever Tried Whole Brain TEaching in your classroom?
http://wholebrainteaching.com/ Register for free access to instructional materials at the beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. Whole brain teaching offers a highly engaging approach to teaching your current content in the classroom!
Whole Brain Teaching is an approach designed toward maximizing student engagement, and focusing on the way the brain is really designed to learn. It is an integrated method combining effective classroom management and pedagogically sound approaches to student engagement that are effective with a wide range of student learning populations vetted through 15 years of classroom application. From this research and experimentation Whole Brain Teaching was born.
Whole Brain Teaching can, and is being used at every level of instruction, kindergarten through college, with tremendous positive results. source: http://www.advanc-ed.org/source/whole-brain-teaching-learning-way-brain-designed
Please check out the video below to see Whole Brain Teaching in action!
Whole Brain Teaching is an approach designed toward maximizing student engagement, and focusing on the way the brain is really designed to learn. It is an integrated method combining effective classroom management and pedagogically sound approaches to student engagement that are effective with a wide range of student learning populations vetted through 15 years of classroom application. From this research and experimentation Whole Brain Teaching was born.
Whole Brain Teaching can, and is being used at every level of instruction, kindergarten through college, with tremendous positive results. source: http://www.advanc-ed.org/source/whole-brain-teaching-learning-way-brain-designed
Please check out the video below to see Whole Brain Teaching in action!
22 simple assessment strategies you can use everyday
1. Ask an open-ended question that gets them writing/talking
2. Ask students to reflect
3. Use quizzes
4. Ask Student to summarize
5. Use hand signals (Fist to 5)
6. Response cards (index, white boards, or responsive devices)
7. Four Corners
8. Think-pair-share
9. Choral Reading
10. One question quiz
11. Socratic Seminar
12. 3-2-1 (3 things they learned, 2 things they want to know more about, 1 question they have)
13. Ticket out the door
14. Journal reflections
15. Formative pencil-paper assessment
16. Misconception Check
17. Analogy prompt (the concept being covered is like _______ because _________.
18. Practice frequency (check for understanding at least 3 times per lesson)
19. Use variety
20. Make it useful
21. Peer Instruction
22. "Separate what you do and don't understand"
http://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/assessment/20-simple-assessment-strategies-can-use-every-day/
2. Ask students to reflect
3. Use quizzes
4. Ask Student to summarize
5. Use hand signals (Fist to 5)
6. Response cards (index, white boards, or responsive devices)
7. Four Corners
8. Think-pair-share
9. Choral Reading
10. One question quiz
11. Socratic Seminar
12. 3-2-1 (3 things they learned, 2 things they want to know more about, 1 question they have)
13. Ticket out the door
14. Journal reflections
15. Formative pencil-paper assessment
16. Misconception Check
17. Analogy prompt (the concept being covered is like _______ because _________.
18. Practice frequency (check for understanding at least 3 times per lesson)
19. Use variety
20. Make it useful
21. Peer Instruction
22. "Separate what you do and don't understand"
http://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/assessment/20-simple-assessment-strategies-can-use-every-day/
Break down those classroom walls
This is an informative blog with some great ideas for your classroom.
LOoking for Creative ways to Check for Students' understanding?
Please check out the resources below for some ideas that you can implement RIGHT NOW in your room!
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Tools for Student REflection
When we reflect on our own Instructional Practice, it allows us to grow as teachers. We can more easily realize our effectiveness and identify our areas of strength and areas in which we could improve. This is also a valuable tool for students. There are a variety of tools available for students to show their understanding and reflect on their own learning.
1. Index Cards--Keep a set of blank cards on your desk. Use these to ask students an open-ended question at the end of the lesson. You can use these cards to group students quickly or to provide quick feedback on the lesson.
2. Sticky Notes--Use these in the same way as index cards, but you could also try having different classes use different colors and then see how responses vary by class.
3. Journals/Notebooks--Students can keep these and then see their progress over time.
4. Handouts/Forms--Give students a pre-made form to use (light-bulb--what do you now understand more?)
5. Peer Turn/Talk--Give students an opportunity to talk to peers and process their thoughts with others. This can be in whole group or partners. Be sure to walk around and give feedback! :)
www.fortheteachers.org
2. Sticky Notes--Use these in the same way as index cards, but you could also try having different classes use different colors and then see how responses vary by class.
3. Journals/Notebooks--Students can keep these and then see their progress over time.
4. Handouts/Forms--Give students a pre-made form to use (light-bulb--what do you now understand more?)
5. Peer Turn/Talk--Give students an opportunity to talk to peers and process their thoughts with others. This can be in whole group or partners. Be sure to walk around and give feedback! :)
www.fortheteachers.org
💜 Show kids you care! 💜
- Write them a personalized note
- Call home and share some REALLY good news about them!
- Set high standards and expectations and give them support to meet those expectations
- Give them a shout out--Tell them you value THEM and your work as a teacher!
- Show up to their events!
- Brag about them in a good way to others (it will get back to them)!
- Incorporate their name into assignments
- Share your own stories of triumphs and challenges
- Celebrate their accomplishments!
✔ 4 Key Questions!
- What is it we expect students to learn?
- How will we know when they have learned it?
- How will we respond when they don't learn?
- How will we respond when they already know it?
📎 Events in Instruction to think about!
- How do you gain student's attention?
- What are the learning objectives? How do you inform the students of their learning targets?
- What is the students prior knowledge? How can you build on what they know already?
- How do you present the material so the students retain the information long-term?
- Guide and facilitate student learning
- What product will students produce?
- What feedback do you give students during the instructional process?
- How are you going to assess student learning? How do you know the students know?
7 Ways to Increase Student Engagement
- Use the 10:2 method. For every 10 minutes of instruction, allow student 2 minutes to process and respond to instruction.
- Incorporate movement into you lessons.
- Pick up the pace. Keep your instructional pace brisk and give them opportunities to quickly respond and move on to the next concept.
- Give them frequent and effective feedback
- Give them 5-7 seconds of "think time" when asking a question.
- Use the 3-2-1 Method of summarizing. At the end of a lesson, have students record 3 things they learned, two interesting things, and one question they have. Let them share with a peer.
- Periodically pause mid-sentence and give students an opportunity to fill in the blanks!
☺ 27 Ideas for Managing a classroom
- Lead--Lead the class. Your mantra is, "I am the teacher. I am the teacher. I am the teacher."
- Practice--Practice consistency. If the rules are set, follow through with the consequences.
- Engage--Engage the students in creating a "Best Practices" policy for the classroom (AKA class rules).
- Demonstrate--Demonstrate acceptable behavior. Treat the students with the same respect you demand.
- Play--Play a game to demonstrate the need for rules. Divide the class into groups. Play scrabble. 1/2 of the group plays by the rules, the other 1/2 does not. Discuss.
- Switch--Switch activities if the students get out of control.
- Signal--Have a signal that shows the class they are off task.
- Write--Know your expectations. Write them out before the class shows up. Write them like learning outcomes.
- Communicate--Communicate your expectations to the class. Display them. Discuss them.
- Team-Up--Team-Up with others in the classroom. Ask them to reinforce the rules.
- Observe--Observe an instructor who has good classroom management skills. Borrow the best practices.
- Ask--Ask co-workers for ideas or help. Ask them to come observe you and give feedback.
- Learn--Learn the triggers for when the class gets chaotic. Avoid or limit those triggers in the classroom.
- Listen--Listen to the students. If a student is expressing a certain behavior, address it quickly.
- Watch--Watch to see what engages the students. Start using more of those teaching techniques.
- Reward--Reward good behavior.
- Motivate--Motivate the students. Build a relationship with the students. Motivate them to reach beyone.
- Show--Show students how being a good citizen starts right now.
- Break--Break bad habits.
- Video--Video the class. Play back the video in class and discuss behavior--good and bad.
- Group--Group students. Keep groups engaged. Rotate around the room. Let the group moderate behavior.
- Mediate--Teach the students mediation. Encourage them to mediate their own problems and issues in the classroom.
- Pause--Take a pause and regroup.
- Quiz--Switch to a quick quiz to go over what each student has learned. Give them some alone time.
- Back-up--Think through a back-up plan if you lose control over the class.
- Escape--Escape from the lesson and go back to where you lost them. Discuss what you are doing with them so they know the cause and effect of the classroom plan.
- Expect--Expect excellence from every student.