Legislative Session Wrap Up

This was just sent to me in my email. There is plenty to make note of, but 3 subjects were of great significance to me: abortion update, teacher tenure,  parent conference requirement (lol)...

Legislative Session Wrap Up 

School's Out!!!!!

So I guess I went on a bit of a hiatus????  We have been out for a little over a week, but now I'm in classes for the summer...School Law...sad face.

But, I have a plan for the summer. Remember, this is the most important time of the year for planning. Get a couple of books, review your Whole Brain methods...just get better!!!

My summer review looks like this:

Instruction:
Whole Brain Teaching
Kagan
Capturing Kid's Hearts

Management: 
Whole Brain Teaching
High Trust Classroom
A Framework for Poverty----Done with this one, I'm planning on building our School-Wide Positive Behavior Plan around this. It will be used as our "Framework" :)
49 Techniques (Teach Like a Champion)

Just a note- Whole Brain methods are more than just instruction... the method is three-fold encompassing Instruction----Management----Skills

So, if you have only focused on one aspect of Whole Brain thus far, step out there, get a plan, and wow the socks off of your kids next year! They need you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New Video With My Kids....

Whole Brain Teaching and English as a Second Language (ESL) Students

Whole Brain Teaching and English as a Second Language (ESL) Students

Whole Brain Teaching is designed to engage every member of a class, gaining and keeping their attention throughout a whole lesson. The techniques used in Whole Brain Teaching help students stay engaged and make learning fun for everyone. They prevent some students from disrupting the learning of others. All these things are important in any type of classroom, not just in standard K-12 classes in standard school subjects. They are just as important in an ESL classroom. More and more ESL teachers are learning about and using Whole Brain Teaching in their classrooms, whether they are teaching groups of immigrant children, or working overseas.

Whole Brain Makes a Scene

Check out this video...Whole Brain making a scene!!!!!

Getting Started With Whole Brain Teaching

Where to start????

The Big 7!!!!!

Back from Spring Break...and Loving Crazy Professor!!!!!

Well...I knew coming back from Spring Break it would be hard to get my students going. I scheduled Crazy Professor Reading Game as an activity for today. To say the least, they are loving it. There is a youtube video that my students are really into right now, so to help them understand "dramatic" reading, I acted the video out with them :) I love Whole Brain....