* BrainSMART Teaching Stratagies Donna Wilson PhD, Author Former Teacher, Psychologist, & Teacher Educator Co-developer of the M.S. and Ed.S. focused.

*BrainSMART Teaching Stratagies

Donna Wilson PhD, Author Former Teacher, Psychologist, & Teacher Educator

Co-developer of the M.S. and Ed.S. focused on Brain-Based Teaching

with Nova Southeastern University

www.brainsmart.orgCopyright 2015 BrainSMART, Inc.

*Objectives for this Session

*Learn BrainSMART strategies for teaching.

*Use some of our graduates favorite strategies.

*Experience why modeling is important for teaching and student learning.

*Acquire content for possible sharing with your students’ parents.

Copyright 2015 BrainSMART, Inc.

* Meet D’Jon McNair

I learned important information from my study of mind, (psychology) brain, & education and strategies for helping my students achieve more academic success… Effective Teaching, Successful

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An Example: Your Stories from Yesterday

Wiring in stories prepares children for reading success. They internalize the structure of stories from our home culture. Then they learn to read about others. You might want to share with parents.


Retention Probability Index


Adapted from Sousa, D. (1995). How the brain learns. Reston, VA: National Association Secondary School Principals.

Meet Teacher Aaron Rhode

“The H.E.A.R. strategy is so important for me to teach I usually teach it at the beginning of school each year. We practice it often.”


H.altE.ngageA.nticipateR.eplay

*BrainSMART Strategy: H.E.A.R.





Ensure reading success with strategies to get students motivated to read each day!

Transfer to Reading


Strategy: Chapterscape

Let students act out key elements of a favorite book chapter

Use nonlinguistic learning Great way to build

elements of a story Develop plot, characters,

and motivation


Strategy: Character Smart

Making meaning with visual and kinesthetic experiences

Student selects a character from a book

They then prepare and perform a short dialogue


Example Character Smart

Dressed in a large blue windbreaker with a couple of pillows a fourth grade boy changed himself into Augustus Gloop from Charlie and the Chocolate

Factory. After creating a brief script he summarized his dilemmas in a two minute perfomance.

(Adapted from the work of Richard Allington)


Strategy Reading and Oral Language Development: Talk Show

Students pretend to be a character from a book.

They are interviewed on a talk show.


Strategy for Families: Thinking Strategy (Prediction)

Parents can help students to become expert at predicting by practicing this skill during commercials (mute, recall, and predict). For example, when watching a video or movie ask what do you think will happen next?


The Whole Child

The body, mind, and brain system are one. So, at school we should respect that our students’ mind and brain systems need to be able to move some throughout their learning day so they are ready to learn with all systems ‘go’ for active minds-on learning like this boy.


* SMART PegsOne of 60 BrainSMART

Strategies in Introductory Teaching Text

Memory Principles Used

LocationImaginationCelebration

BrainSMART: 60 Strategies for Increasing Student Learning


* Strategy: Smart PegsContent: 10 Foods For Health and

Learning BlueberriesNutsSalmonBroccoliBananas

Frozen Yogurt

Olive OilBrown BreadSpinachTomatoes





Use the number of pegs needed for …

Help students understand how well they can learn and remember. Parts of speech. Continents of the world You decide based on your students and content!

Examples of Transfer Across Content Areas


* Meet Deanna Evans: Thinking Strategies Are Keys to

Success

“I am developing a plan to teach my middle school students how to develop thinking skills for literacies and life. This is the most important thing I can do for them.”


* BrainSMART Strategy: Teach Comparisons (1 of 25 of Our Thinking for Results Strategies)

Comparisons is a basic core cognitive skill for increasing student achievement. Students need to learn to compare spontaneously.


*Choose Your Food Choose Your Mood

ProteinDopamineAlert

Carbohydrate SerotoninSleepy


* Comparisons can be a matter of life and death.

HDL “Healthy”Removes LDL

and Reduces Risk of Heart DiseaseLDL “Lousy”

Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Disease

Source: Real Age


*Comparisons - Drinks Soda – 8 oz.

10 Teaspoons Sugar 150 Calories

1 ½ Miles

Mineral Water – 8 oz.

Sugar – 0 Calories – 0

Miles = 0


*Comparisons - Pizza Pizza Hut Tossed

Veggie Lovers – 3 Slices

Calories 550 Total Fat 14 Saturated Fat 6

Papa John’s All Meats – 3 Slices

Calories 1, 180 Total Fat 78 Saturated Fat 27


*Comparisons – Fast Foods Subway’s 6” Sub

260 Calories 5 Grams of Fat 1 Gram Saturated Fat

2.6 Miles

Cheese Fries with Ranch Dressing

3,010 Calories 217 Grams Fat 91 Grams Saturated

Fat 30 Miles


* BrainSMART HealthWise ResultsBrookshire Elementary School

* Results of Study

* Vegetable group 2.62 +54%

* Fruit group 4.59 +83.2%

* Fat/oil/sweet 2.68 -32.8%

Source for Evaluation: Drs .Wang and Byers at the University of Central Florida for Winter Park Health Foundation


Non Linguistic Strategy: BrainSMART Plate


Summary: A Few of the Teaching and Learning Strategies You’ve

Learned

Selected Strategies Importance of Modeling Teaching with Passion, Stories &

Strategies “Chunking” 8 Minute Rule Using Experiences in Classroom Teaching Thinking Strategies Educating Parents: Practical

Optimism, Thinking Strategies, Movement, & Nutrition

Location and Non-Linguistic Strategies for Memory

Memory Scape and SMART Pegs Positive Learning States

Gratitude and Appreciation Listening [HEAR] Comparisons Structured Movement Leadership Can Propose Good

Nutrition for School


* Think, Talk, and Share as a Way to Remember What Is Studied

Information and experiences go into long-term memory when we are engaged in thoughtful dialogue.

Pair and dialogue what you learned in our session today.


* BrainSMART Teaching Stratagies Donna Wilson PhD, Author Former Teacher, Psychologist, & Teacher Educator Co-developer of the M.S. and Ed.S. focused.

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