tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63466126315428704842024-02-19T07:24:46.266-08:00Class? ...Yes!!Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15087123599300382203noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346612631542870484.post-21196203824413220632013-01-06T16:28:00.001-08:002013-01-06T16:28:17.050-08:00Practice Cards!I have started using <b><span style="font-size: large;">Practice cards</span></b> in my classroom... and I am <span style="color: red;">loving</span> it! My students know our <b>5 class rules </b>inside out and when or<i> if</i> they misbehave they know exactly which rule they broke and so does everyone else. Whole Brain Teaching creates a <span style="color: blue;">fun and positive</span> atmosphere so when a rule is broken it is approached as if the student simply needs more practice with that specific rule. They would never purposely break a rule to be malicious. :)<br />
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"Johnny, because you continue to shout out and not raise your hand, it makes me think you needs more practice following rule number 2. Please place rule number 2 practice card in your chart pocket." <br />
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Johnny will practice the rule he broke at recess for 2 minutes. Johnny will repeat the rules with gestures for two minutes before he goes and plays. Yes, he may feel funny doing this but just think he is becoming an expert with this rule! LOVE IT!!<br />
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The <i>Super Improvers Wall</i> motivates students to improve beyond their current academic and/or behavior performance. Each student is trying to move up the top level, genius, by showing improvement. This is <b>not</b> a race with other students. Students will be focus on their own progression and improvement. My classroom has an extremely wide range of learners and the Super Improvers wall will be able to hit everyone's needs! It will challenge every student no matter their academic/behavior performance. It is all about ... IMPROVING! </div>
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Everyone starts with a white star chart - the color of the star charts will reflect what level they are on. Once they have earned 10 stars by showing improvement they will move up to the next color level. There are special surprises at different levels... picture time! </div>
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To learn more about the Super Improvers Wall - go to <a href="http://www.wholebrainteaching.com/" target="_blank">wholebrainteaching.com</a></div>
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The cute level signs were found on TPT! <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Whole-Brain-Teaching-Super-Improvers-Wall" target="_blank">Teacher Pay Teacher</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The goal of Oral Writing - To verbally practice writing skills<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Yes, Whole Brain Teaching is Notebook worthy!
As I start collecting and gathering all the amazing resources, games, and
WBT ideas I think it is time to create my own Whole Brain Teaching Notebook.
So far I have a few games to help with math fact fluency, sight word
fluency, and reading comprehension. I am including the cute signs for the
Super Improvers Wall - I found them on <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Whole-Brain-Teaching-Super-Improvers-Wall"><span style="color: #0000e9;">Teacher Pay Teacher</span></a>. I am also keeping
my Whole Brain Teaching Certification points documents in this notebook for safekeeping!
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Speaking of amazing WBT ideas, I have started using practice
cards in my classroom and I absolutely love them! If I notice a student
not following one of our 5 rules, I simply give them a practice card for the
rule they were not following. They will place the practice card in our
class chart. "I notice you are having a difficult time following
rule number 2. Looks like you might need some more practice following
that rule." If students have a practice card in the class chart,
they will practice reciting the rule and using the gestures for the first two
minutes of recess. I love approaching their misbehavior as they <i>just
need more practice</i> instead of they <i>are in trouble</i>. Just a
positive spin on it! Check out the WBT website for a free download of the
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My students are having so much fun with PB and Jelly! We use PB and Jelly for partnering. Each student has a picture on his or her desk of either peanut butter or jelly. By simply having these labels we can quickly and smoothly find a partner to share with/teach to. The transitions are easy. This is a picture of my student desks. When we use SWITCH I will assign either the peanut butter or jelly kiddo to share first. When I say <i><b>Switch</b></i> the other partner knows it's their turn to talk. Sometimes peanut butter and jelly are partners. Sometimes the peanut butters work together and the jellies work together. Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15087123599300382203noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346612631542870484.post-21237734536756155072012-11-04T11:38:00.000-08:002012-11-04T11:39:22.982-08:00Switch!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">According to the WBT website, "<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">When you are ready for your class to teach each other, explain that you want the ones to teach the twos. When you call out "Switch", they should respond "Switch!" Then the twos will teach the ones. Thus, you are guaranteed that every student in class is equally involved in speaking and listening."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">I have placed a picture of a peanut butter jar on some desks and the neighboring desks I placed a picture of a jelly jar. This is just a cute visual for kiddos to have when we turn and teach a partner. </span></span>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15087123599300382203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346612631542870484.post-8622263636153790262012-11-01T17:59:00.000-07:002012-11-01T19:38:03.108-07:00One Second Party!Yes, we have many <i><span style="color: #38761d;">one-second parties</span> </i>in my classroom!<br />
I use the Whole Brain Teaching scoreboard to help with classroom management. ... A competition between smilies and frownies! I found this image of a scoreboard by simply
searching Google image. I actually find
a lot of fun ideas with Google image.
Pictures are worth a thousand words!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">My kiddos can earn smiley points for listening, energetic participation, following directions, and working hard. When they earn a smiley point I will say </span><i><b><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">One-second Party</span></span></b></i><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> while placing a tally mark on the smiley side of the scoreboard. The kiddos clap and say, "Oh yeah!" Now, the frownies can also earn points. When students are </span><u style="font-family: Helvetica;">not</u><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> listening, following directions, working hard, or participating I will place a tally mark on the frowny side. When I do that I say </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Helvetica;"><b><i>Mighty Groan</i></b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> and the kiddos shrug their shoulders and groan. I keep the scores close, one side is never winning by much. I think this helps keep my students on their toes and motivated. My scoreboard is actually on a mini whiteboard. I can carry the board with me wherever I go... font of the room, back of the room, library, computer lab, etc. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">The other day my scoreboard changed some. It was smilies vs. pirates. My kiddos had a fun time with the change! If the pirates earned a point (thanks to a misbehavior) the kiddos would say "argh". Of course, my kiddos worked hard because we couldn't let pirates win! Fun times in second grade! </span>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15087123599300382203noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6346612631542870484.post-69882665119692043942012-10-30T20:14:00.003-07:002012-11-01T19:24:58.726-07:005 Class Rules<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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Our 5 Class Rules!</span></h2>
I wanted to share these super cute <a href="http://learnalotwithmrsscott.blogspot.com/2012/05/whole-brain-teaching-rules.html?showComment=1351652090953#c8443011147673390694" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Class Rules Posters</span></a>. I found these posters on Pinterest - of course! The teacher who created these posters has a great blog with lots of other fun ideas for the classroom. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I have implemented these Whole Brain Teaching rules and, for the first time, my students actually have fun with the rules! They LOVE reviewing the rules and doing the gestures - I know, it's crazy huh!? I introduced one rule a day and we review, model, review, model... you get the picture! By introducing one rule a day my students were so curious and excited to find out the next rule. :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Our rules: (each rule has their own gestures.) </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Follow directions quickly! </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Raise your hand for permission to speak </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Raise your hand for permission to leave your seat.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Make smart choices!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keep your dear teacher happy! </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 16px;">I love the last rule - it serves as a big umbrella for possible misbehaviors... so yes, I have a rule for everything. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">My class reviews the rules every morning. My calendar helper leads the class with the rule review. According to the WBT website - <span style="font-size: large;">You must have the rules running around in your students’ heads for them to be effective. </span> My students know the rules forwards and backwards. Whenever I notice a kiddo or kiddos not following one of our rules I simply say the rule number that they are not following and the kiddos recite that rule. It serves as a quick reminder. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Watch this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP-P9Lq68Ac" target="_blank">WBT video</a>. </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> This teacher does a great job reviewing the class rules! She is very energetic and animated! </span></div>
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<b style="text-align: center; text-indent: 48pt;"><span style="font-size: 24pt;">Class? Yes! Oh Class? Oh Yes!!</span></b></div>
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Welcome to my blog! My name is Ashley and I
am currently in my seventh year of teaching. I taught first grade for six
years and last year I made the big move to second grade. I have created
this blog for multiple reasons, one being a chance to simply share
and showoff what's gong on in my classroom. I enjoy sharing new ideas and
collaborating with other educators. It is what keeps me motived
and current in my practices. My <i>inner nerd</i> comes out when
googling teaching related ideas... hi, my name is Ashley and I am addicted
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Two years ago I stumbled upon a YouTube video on Whole
brain Teaching. I immediately was <span style="color: blue;">hooked</span>,<span style="color: blue;"> excited</span>, and <span style="color: blue;">eager</span> to implement <span style="font-size: large;">Whole Brain Teaching </span>in my
classroom. I love how Whole Brain Teaching creates such an energetic
classroom. Students are more attentive and engaged in the lessons. Students are actively involved in the lessons
and are having fun. I have explored many
websites, blogs, and YouTube videos about WBT and this year I went full force
with the implementation of Whole Brain Teaching. My classroom now uses many WBT strategies
such as class? Yes!, hands and eyes, Teach? Ok!, scoreboard, 5 class rules,
etc. This blog will serve as
a vehicle for sharing my Whole Brain Teaching experiences. <o:p></o:p></div>
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If you are new to Whole Brain teaching, you might
want to visit and explore this website... lots of great info and ideas.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><a href="http://www.wholebrainteaching.com/index.php/blog/Chris-Biffle.html"><span style="color: #0000e9; font-size: 24.0pt;">Whole Brain Teaching </span></a></span><span style="font-size: 24pt;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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