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What is it? Let’s try it! What do you think?

Today we are: So that we can: I’ll know I’ve got it: Learning Whole Brain Teaching and Imagine’s 6 measures of excellence. Use this fabulous strategy in the classroom and know Imagine’s 6 measures of excellence. When I can go through the WBT together and then name the 6 measures of excellence. Agenda/Objectives:

Let’s watch my inspiration and expectations of what we will look like after this PD. x1RA

There are 7 simple steps, but I I don’t use all of them. Tisk tisk for me! You can adjust to your own style. I will give them to you in pieces so we can learn it together. We can do this! Class – Yes Teach –Ok Scoreboard game Hands and Eyes Mirror Switch Classroom rules

What is all the fuss? Research “best teaching practices”. Suggests that the historical approach to learning, right brain and left brain, is no longer applicable. Teaching to the whole brain requires establishing rituals and routines, stimulating emotions and allowing students to become active learners. It combines direct instruction, sharing and immediate feedback. Whole-brain teaching centers on the use of active learning and rituals in the classroom where students become the teachers and teachers become merely "facilitators of learning.“ It breaks learning down into small segments with direct instruction leading to cooperative learning and instant feedback. Whole Brain What??

Step 1: Class-Yes The teacher of a whole brain classroom uses this attention getter before beginning every class. The teacher begins class by saying "class" any way he/she likes, and in turn the class is responsible for mimicking the teachers voice by responding yes. Therefore, if the teacher says, "class, class, class, classy class!" The class must respond: "yes, yes, yes, yessy, yes!" Once this step has been accomplished, the teacher moves on to step 2. I have fun with this one!

Let’s practice….

Step 2: Teach - OK This is the informative part of the lesson. (I usually tell the students to teach to their right, left or eye partner depending how the classroom is setup) Then the teacher begins to teach small sections of information, while incorporating gestures, songs, movements and chants. When the teacher has finished a small portion of information he/she says to the class "Teach" and the class responds "OK!" In turn the students turn to teach each other, mimicking the "lesson" taught by the teacher. During this time the teacher observes the students' comprehension, if the teacher is not convinced the students understand the lesson, repeat this process.Otherwise, move to "class-yes" and begin another short lesson.

Let’s practice….

Step 2: Score Board Depending on the age of the students there are several different scoreboard games. I have fun with this one! On the attached paper, there are different ways you can use this depending on the grade level. I used it for when I said class and they said “yes” quickly and stopped what they were doing and all were focusing on me. I would give them a point. I would use the points for a class prize at the end of the week. Give me a mighty OH YEAH! When they did it correctly and a Oh Nooooo when they didn’t.

Step 5: Hands and Eyes This step is used at any point during the lesson when you want students to pay "extra attention" to what you are saying/doing. To begin this process the teacher says, "Hands and Eyes!," and the students respond by mimicking the words and movements of the teacher. Step 6: Mirror Similar to "Hands and Eyes," mirror allows the teacher to gain control of the classroom as well as have students mimic the motions and speech of the teacher. This is the main part of the lesson where teachers are expected to contribute their own "silliness" and movements into the lesson. Teachers will incorporate their own gestures, songs or chants in this portion of the lesson and the students are expected to "mirror" the teacher after the teacher says "Teach" and the class responds "OK. These are the two that I merge with “Class, Class” and “teach”

Step 7: Switch! This step is to be used with the "Teach-OK" step, while students are teaching it is imperative that the same student not teacher every time. Therefore, in order to get every student involved in the lesson, the teacher will direct the students to "Switch!," the students will respond by saying "switch" and the "teacher" of the group will rotate.

Let’s practice…. With switch.

Step 1: Classroom Rules 1. Follow directions quickly. (the gesture: make your hand shoot forward like a fish) 2. Raise your hand and ask for permission to speak. (the gesture: raise your hand, then pull it down next to your head and make a talking motion.) 3. Raise your hand for permission to leave your seat. (the gesture: raise your and, and then make a little walking figure with your index and middle finger.) 4. Make smart choices. (the gesture: tap one finger to your temple as you say each word.) 5. Keep your dear teacher happy. (the gesture: hold up each thumb and index finger out like an “L” framing your face; bob your head back and forth with each word and smile really big!) Teach…