Mindfulness Edition 🧠

Information from Katy Geare session on "Hacking the Brain" included concepts and strategies that can be used in any classroom. Check out some of the highlights below.

😤Increase student readiness

Did you know? ➔Deep breathing releases tension and toxins

➔ It also lowers our blood pressure

➔Oxygenating our cells prepares us for learning

Activity have students pause and have mindful breathing for 30 seconds before you begin class. Check out these mindful breathing exercises.

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Live Lesson Considerations 💻

1. Focused Learning Period

   1. Chunking leads to better memory formation-Consider around no more than 4 pieces of information at a time and duration of time 1 minute/every year of age

2. Elaboration Activity

   1. Multisensory-visual, auditory, tactile…

3. Break

   1. Movement for all learners! Quiz, Quiz Trade, 4 Corners, 20 questions in silence, stretching, stand if…

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💬 Consolidation

Katy suggests that immediate feedback is necessary to be transferred to memory correctly.

Having students retrieve information without notes helps to reinforce pathways - Consider having students do a brain bump at the beginning of class to recall information from the previous class.

Katy references the book Brain-Based Learning: Teaching the Way Students Really Learn by Eric Jensen and Liesl McConchie.

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Quick Trivia ❓

What day is World Kindness Day celebrated? For Christmas, I will award a prize to the person who answers the most trivia questions correctly!🏆 Post your answer in the comment.

Last week’s trivia winner was Ashley, Courtney, and Michiyo! Congratulations!🥇

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