Book Study Part 9: Whole Brain Teaching for Challenging Kids

We are finishing upwards our mass written report on Whole Brain Teaching for Challenging Kids today! We volition endure taking a expect at what is offered inwards the Bonus Chapters. If you lot are but joining us, experience gratis to role the links below to start at the beginning. I would honey to take away heed your thoughts as well as ideas on Whole Brain Teaching fifty-fifty if you lot are finding this months afterward the initial posts!

Chapter 30: Designing your Whole Brain Teaching Model Classroom

This chapter contains a lot of information! I notice it real interesting as well as fairly unique that you lot tin become your classroom WBT certified yesteryear doing it for a twelvemonth as well as submitting but about documentation. I intend this is a bully agency to continue rails of who is using the organization as well as makes it pretty powerful if you lot desire to see a classroom using this model locally than they tin indicate you lot inwards the correct direction.

As is discussed inwards this chapter, my ain schoolhouse struggles to learn writing to a greater extent than than whatsoever other plain of written report despite a potent focus on it for the in conclusion few years as well as much professional person development, our kids seem to lack writing skills to a greater extent than than anything else. The ideas presented inwards this chapter that become kids thinking out loud as well as presenting evidence seem similar they could assistance our schoolhouse ameliorate our writing program.

Homework is something I convey catch a lot almost the in conclusion few years as well as actually similar how it is presented inwards this chapter. The catch of doing but about reading as well as a few quick things to move on fluency actually appeals to me. It ever seems to endure the kids who involve the practise the most are the ones who do non do homework. My solution has been to but assign kids reading for homework as well as a tiny chip of math to move on fluency. For the kids who I know never EVER become their homework done, I convey included fourth dimension inwards the schoolhouse calendar week for them to pass 10 minutes or as well as hence alongside but about other adult, peer or older pupil doing but about extra move on fluency.

Chapter 31: The Five Step Lesson Template

This chapter contains many ideas for getting started as well as structuring your lessons. This is something I volition convey to revisit when I commit to using these ideas inwards the classroom.

Chapter 32: eleven Day Writing Lesson Plan

This chapter outlines inwards bully details but about ideas almost education writing. Because my schoolhouse seems to combat to a greater extent than alongside education writing than alongside anything else (including management!) this has but about bully ideas I tin portion alongside my colleagues. After iii years of intensely working on education writing, nosotros convey non seen the results nosotros would similar as well as are looking to endeavour out novel ideas.

Wrapping it all up

My in conclusion impression of Whole Brain Teaching is for sure a positive one. I honey the pupil appointment as well as commitment to improvement. Because I convey the fortune of working inwards a schoolhouse where administration isn't a huge number at this point, it is non critical for me to become started alongside these ideas correct away. We also convey a schoolhouse as well as district broad policy for what types of administration systems nosotros role although at that spot is but about leeway. Whole Brain Teaching is definitely something I volition endure discussing alongside colleagues as well as thinking almost using inwards the future.

Where are you lot on your journeying to Whole Brain Teaching?