8 Strategies For Teachers To Learn Student's Names Quickly

 Well, my accomplishment for the week is learning all 28 of my homeroom student's names! In classes, we were told that one of the most important things we can do to help build relationships with our students and begin establishing classroom management is to learn our student's names as quickly...

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The Five Step Lesson Plan

A fundamental part of Whole Brain Teaching is the five-step lesson plan.  I love the five-step lesson plan.  Mastering this lesson plan design will move you one step closer to teacher heaven.  What makes it so great is that it is easy to follow and can be used with any lesson or program...

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Whole Brain Teaching Series! Super Improvers Wall

This is my eighth Whole Brain Teaching Series post and so I am happy to present you with information on the "Super Improvers Wall"! I hope that this focus on a specific WBT strategy is helpful to those of you who are wishing to learn more about how a certain strategy may work. Last...

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Red/Green Writing

If you are looking for a good and easy place to get started with the WBT writing program, I would highly suggest red/green writing. To get started all you need is a green and a red pen.  Assign students a ten-minute quick write.  Make the topic open-ended so that students can not claim to be finished.  Announce the focus skill/s that you will be looking for.  At the beginning of...

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Whole Brain Teaching Writing Program

I have found a writing system from WBT that I will be using this year and I wanted to share it with you. I can't help but reflect on all of the changes that have taken place in my classroom last year. I know it must have been some kind of divine intervention that led me to whole brain teaching, and I am forever grateful for the wonderful things it has done to my classroom.  I am amazed at...

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First Day of School Reflections

Where to even begin?  Day one was better than I could have ever imagined!  The morning went so smoothly and so quickly.  It all started with "Class Yes".  From the smiles on my students' faces, I knew that they were hooked.  Rule one was a lot of fun, especially when I tied it into the scoreboard.  My favorite part of the morning, however, was the "3-peats".  What...

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