Whole Brain Teaching

Dear Parents,

As the year progresses, you may notice that our classroom doesn’t run like other classrooms. We will be learning through Whole Brain Teaching, a research based system that utilizes all areas of the brain, keeps children engaged throughout their lessons, and helps them retain much more information than the standard lecture-discussion model.

Whole Brain Teaching is a highly interactive form of instruction that delivers information to students in short “chunks.” Kids then teach what they have just learned to their partners, using hand-gestures to help remember specific vocabulary.  While students teach each other, the teacher walks around the room to discover who understands the lesson and who needs more instruction.

Research shows that children retain more information when they have an opportunity to put it into their own words and use gestures to emphasize key instructional units …plus, it’s amazingly fun! For more information about Whole Brain Teaching please contact me, come by for a classroom visit and/or go to www.WholeBrainTeaching.com.

Our class follows the 5 rules from Whole Brain Teaching.

Rule #1 Follow Directions Quickly
Rule #2 Raise Your Hand For Permission To Speak
Rule #3 Raise Your Hand For Permission To Leave Your Seat
Rule #4 Make Smart Choices
Rule #5 Keep Your Dear Teacher Happy

I am happy when they are learning! : )

We are also SAFE, RESPECTFUL, and RESPONSIBLE and KIND!!

If a student moves their clip to green, they have the rest of class time to earn their way back up to blue. If a student goes home on green, they lose their self manager badge and self manager privileges. They can earn their badge back by staying on blue for 3 consecutive days. Once they have proved that they have been on blue for 3 days by showing me their behavior chart, they may request a self manager application. They must fill it out and sign it and bring it back to school on the next school day signed by a parent/guardian. After doing so, they may have their badge and extra privileges back.

Thanks!
Calli Caperton