As we start our school year, I am seeing that I have quite the energetic group of students. They like to talk and move around as much as possible. To better suit the needs of these students, our class has piloted a classroom management system called whole brain or power teaching. This type of teaching involves call and response between teachers and students and gestures to help students internalize learning through muscle memory. My favorite part about power teaching is that teacher talk or lecture is limited to sixty second snippets before students respond or imitate the teacher.
At this point in the school year, students are practicing the five whole brain teaching rules and the basic call and response techniques. As the year progresses we will hopefully be using the whole brain teaching techniques through out the day in all lessons. If you are interested in learning more about power teaching there are many videos online and there is a website that can be accessed as well. Also, please feel free to ask your children what type of techniques we’ve been practicing or about the five classroom rules.
Here are some good videos to start watching if you are interested in learning more:
Whole Brain Teaching: The Basics
Third Grade WBT: The Rules
WBT First Grade
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