Whole Brain Teaching

I teach reading at an elementary school. I love what I do! I wanted to share some "ways to praise" that we use in my classroom. These ...

Teach! Okay! is a fabulous way to reinforce concepts and ideas throughout the lesson. This practice combines seeing, saying, hearing, and doing. It gets students involved and talking. One thing I've noticed is that teachers TALK A LOT! If we can transfer some of that speech to our students, they can take more control of their learning. Plus, it sticks in their little brains better.

To start at the beginning of this book club with me: Buy the book Whole Brain Teaching for Challenging Kids Read about Chapters 1 & 2 here Read about Chapters 3 & 4 here Read about Chapter 5 here Join the Official Book Study here The assignment for The Book Study for chapter 6 was to come up with 10-15 new variations of Class Yes, WBT's attention getter. Here is a list of my favorites from the participants of the book club: Class Meow, Yes Meow (reminds me of Super Troopers!!) Class a doobie…

Teaching resources that engage and delight Foundation (K) to Year 3 students.

I have to tell ya, I am loving connecting with so many of you through comments, facebook and instagram about WBT. I LOVE that there are so many of us trying it this year and so many experts out there that we can ask lots of questions! Need to catch up on old posts? No problem! Chapters 1-3 can be found{here} Chapters 4 & 5 can be found {here} Chapters 6 & 7 can be found {here} Chapters 8-10 can be found {here!} Out of the request, I have made my version of rules available {here!} I discussed…

If you haven’t tried "Class, Yes" - it’s a great way to break into the Whole Brain Teaching classroom management system. It works really well! Getting the attention of your class can be difficult, but not with this easy strategy. Click through for an explanation, video to watch, and FREE download. Great for your Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade classroom! {freebie, first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth graders} #ClassroomManagement

To start at the beginning of this book club with me: Buy the book Whole Brain Teaching for Challenging Kids Read about Chapters 1 & 2 here Read about Chapters 3 & 4 here Read about Chapter 5 here Read about Chapter 6 here Read about Chapter 7 here Read about Chapters 8-10 here Join the Official Book Study here The Scoreboard is WBT's classroom management tool. They don't use clip charts, stoplights, or card-pulling systems. They don't use stickers charts, prize boxes, or classroom money…

An educational blog hosted by a collaborative group of teacher-authors hoping to share creative and colorful ideas and activities from our classrooms!

Current Super Improver Wall Super Improver Wall in August Let's just say this is the best thing I've ever implemented in my classroom! It comes from the Whole Brain Teaching book. I run the template above on the correlating color copy/construction paper. All my students started off with a white sheet of paper and they have to earn 10 stickers (the mini chart stickers you can find at the teacher store) to level up to the next color. So they've gone from white to green to blue and so on. They…

I want to share with you a few tips that changed the way I taught. It’s called Whole Brain Teaching or WBT. #elementaryclassrooms #teachers #create-abilities