There's so much I love about using Whole Brain Teaching with my 4th graders. In fact, it's impossible for me to choose my all-time favorite technique from their overwhelmingly abundant list of ideas. So I won't even try. I will, however, discuss how I am using the Switch technique and how I keep it "fresh" all year long. The Habituation Fight One of the key principles behind Whole Brain Teaching is the idea of habituation. After a while, what was at first appealing becomes boring. As human … [Read more...]
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How I Use an Online Lesson Planner to Easily Write Detailed Lessons
It’s only the beginning of February, but the winter weather has caused several snow days in my district. This used to mean lots of time devoted to erasing and re-writing my lesson plans by hand. Not anymore! Now that I am using an online lesson planner, writing (and revising) lesson plans has never been so […]
Quick and Easy Reading Workshop Mini-Lessons for Busy Teachers
Can anyone explain why reading workshop mini-lessons, which last only 10 minutes, take an hour to plan? What’s up with that?! Am I the only one that wishes a mini-lesson had a minimum amount of prep time? I didn’t think so. Read on, teacher friends, about how you can quickly plan your reading workshop mini-lessons […]