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I'm decorating my room this year with a bright colored tropical theme.  So of course I had to make new Whole Brain Teaching posters! Included: The 5 Rules Class Yes Teach? Ok! The Tickler Switch Mirror Hands and Eyes Click the picture to download from Google Drive! I hole punched the strategies and attached them all with a binder ring.  This way, when I am introducing and reading from the back, the students can see the poster on the front for a visual. The best thing about these posters, is that I also made scripts for how to introduce each rule and strategy.  I made them in a circle outline to fit on the back of these circle tropical posters, but they will also fit on the back of any WBT poster you use.   Click the picture to download the scripts from Google Drive What theme are you decorating with this year? I'm linking up with Manic Monday !

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 Read about Chapter 11 here Join the Official Book Study here I'm back with my thoughts on two more WBT techniques: Mirror & Hands and Eyes. Mirror is when you want students to mimic your gestures or to even repeat after you.  The teacher says "Mirror".  The students respond with "Mirror" and start to mirror the teacher's motions.  There are three main types of gestures that you can use while teaching: Casual - the hands motions that you would normal use while talking Graphic - motions that match what you are saying.  The gestures for the rules are graphic {Say "Raise your hand.." while raising your hand.} Memory - these are gestures to help you remember a fact,...

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 Join the Official Book Study here Teach Okay is WBT's main strategy.  We know that research shows that kids learn best when they teach each other and work in collaborative groups. In order to do Teach Okay, the teacher talks for about 30 seconds, says "Teach", the students say "Okay" and teach each other what the teacher said.  The teacher and students both use big gestures while teaching.  There are four reasons for this: First, if students are suing gestures, then the teacher can easily see who is on task and who is not.  Second, this brings in some kinesthetic learning and activates more areas of the brain.  Third, this gives students who are antsy, overly active, or have ...

I'm following along with the book Whole Brain Teaching for Challenging Kids  (I bought the Kindle version).  There is a book study page over at the blog  http://wbtbookclub.blogspot.com .  This site is mostly for people who want to become WBT certified, so I am sharing my thoughts here, too, in case you are more interested in just learning about what WBT is! To see my thoughts on chapters 1 & 2, read this post over on my other blog, Teaching With Style . Chapter 3 This chapter is all about the common mistakes that teachers make.  The author and creator of WBT, Chris Biffle, highlights these seven: Losing your temper and yelling at kids Confronting misbehaving children in front of their peers Having a disorganized space Being unhappy in your job Being unwilling to take work home or putting in more time than your contract indicates Assuming that all children love school or want to follow directions intrinsically Refusing to change or grow as a professiona...