As the year progresses, you may notice that our classroom doesn’t run like other classrooms. We will be learning through Whole Brain Teaching, a research based system that utilizes all areas of the brain, keeps children engaged throughout their lessons, and helps them retain much more information than the standard lecture-discussion model.
Whole Brain Teaching is a highly interactive form of instruction that delivers information to students in short “chunks.” Kids then teach what they have just learned to their partners, using hand-gestures to help remember specific vocabulary. While students teach each other, the teacher walks around the room to discover who understands the lesson and who needs more instruction.
Research shows that children retain more information when they have an opportunity to put it into their own words and use gestures to emphasize key instructional units …plus, it’s amazingly fun! For more information about Whole Brain Teaching please visit www.WholeBrainTeaching.com.
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Our class will be using Whole Brain Learning. It is a unique way to engage all parts of the children while learning.
Below you will see the 5 Rules that we will use during our days.
Explanation
Whole brain teaching is a new "radical" idea to some, however it is nothing more than tried and true teaching practices, combined into a new approach. Whole brain teaching combines direct instruction, sharing and immediate feedback to become a new style of teaching. Whole brain teaching surmounts to seven steps that a teacher incorporates into their everyday classroom.
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Rule One:Follow directions quickly! |
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Rule Two:Raise your hand for permission to speak |
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Rule Three:Raise your hand for permission to leave your seat. |
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Rule Four:Make smart choices! |
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Rule Five:Keep your dear teacher happy! |