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Whole Brain Teaching "Cheat Sheets": Great For Guest Teachers
Whole Brain Teaching "Cheat Sheets": Great For Guest Teachers
“Cheat Sheets”
Great for Guest Teachers
Includes directions for:
• “Turn and teach”
• “Turn and talk”
• “Mirrors!” (with words)
• “Hands and Eyes”
• “Class, class, class!”
• Bodies and Chairs”
• “What’s Rule #1?”
• “Criss Cross”
• Mighty Groan/Oh yeah!
The class’ “Hands and “Hands and eyes!” Students will stop messing
attention to teach eyes!” around/ working, sit up
-Great to use and lock their hands to
when they are focus on you. Some will
fidgeting in their really stare you down!
desk, not looking
at the speaker,
messing around,
etc
The class to sit “Criss cross” “Applesauce, Students should sit criss
on the floor in spoons in your cross and put their hands
listening position. bowls” in their laps and focus
their eyes on you.
Copyright © 2012 Carrie Friedauer
Following Directions/Rules
When you want: You say: Students respond: What should happen:
To remind “What is rule “Raise your hand Whoever was not
students of a rule number 3?” to leave your following the rule should
that is not being Sometimes I seat.” immediately sit down and
followed (Ex. might say “Can raise their hand (or
people are getting we remind Sue whatever rule it was.)
out of their seat) what rule #2
is?”
Students to follow What you want By repeating your They follow directions
directions quickly them to do: direction 3 times better and tend to be
and not start “Get out your as they do it. Ex more focused because
talking when given math books.” “Get out my the directions are being
specific directions math book, get repeated for everyone.
out my math It’s hard to get used to,
book, get out my but it is so powerful!
math book.” (Sometimes they repeat
too often.)
Students to stand “Bodies and “Bodies and Students will be up and
up and push in chairs” chairs, bodies and chairs will be pushed in
their chairs chairs, bodies and and they will be waiting
chairs” as they for your next direction.
stand up and (Ex. Tip toe to the rug.)
push in their
chairs