Monday, November 14, 2016

Whole brain teaching

When people think of whole brain teaching they might not really understand what it means.  When I think of it I think of the call and response method.  For example when the students are being too loud the teacher will say "class?" and the students will respond with "yes!" the teacher can say class any way they want and the students have to respond in the same way.  If the teacher says "class class class" the students must respond with "yes yes yes"  Some ways the teacher can use whole brain teaching is to have rules in the classroom.  Most teachers have 5 basic rules,  1 follow directions quickly, 2 raise your hand, 3 make smart choices, 4 be safe, kind and honest, 5 keep your teacher happy.  The teacher will have the students act out these rules with gestures until they really understand what to do in the classroom.  Also, there is teach! okay! where the teacher will say something to the class then ask them to teach other what they just learned.  when the teacher says teach! the students respond with okay! then they will tell the person next to them what they have just learned.  Also, some teachers use a score board.  With the score board game the teacher will give the class points for being good or bad.  If they have more good points then they will get rewarded at the end of the lesson.  Some other things are "hands and eyes", mirror, hocus pocus, chairs and bodies and hugs and bubbles.  The students also get brain breaks when they have worked hard. 

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