Starting Whole Brain

So over the Christmas Break this past year I discovered a revolution which had my teacher brain jumping up and down with excitement.... Whole Brain Teaching.  WOW!  Have you seen some of these videos?!  I want to be THAT teacher is all I could think. 

So I researched and watched videos and really embraced everything I read. 

You can check it all out here:
http://www.wholebrainteaching.com/

Then we came back from break and I was ready to introduce some WBT elements into my daily teaching.  The amazing thing was how effortlessly it worked its way into my teaching.  I didn't add a lot because it is so hard to introduce a whole new creature to the class in the middle of the year.  Not to mention we were just returned from break.  So...baby steps, right?!

I decided the easiest thing to start with was Class/Yes and Teach/OK.  And...WOW!!...they took to that like gangbusters.  Then I kept adding in new things like, mirror and mirror/talk, and switch! Quickly they found their way into my everyday teaching.  And what WBT classroom would be complete without the smiley and frownie?! 

This year, I plan on starting the WHOLE year off the WHOLE brain way.  With a little bit of my own twist.

Today I worked on the rules for my class...I can just hear them now...."RULE #1...." in their sweet little voices!

Here are the rules I plan to use:

And my little twist...instead of "keep your dear teacher happy"  I decided the rule leader will ask, "Why do we follow the rules?"  and the students will answer, "To keep the WHOLE class happy!"

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy.  Click on each picture above to download a copy.

The door is always open, so come on in!

~Mindy