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Classroom Pictures
Most recent classroom pictures from Butler Elementary. I called this my Rainbow Room!
MY FAVORITE TEACHING METHODS
WHOLE BRAIN TEACHING
Whole Brain Teaching is designed for students of all ages, from kindergarten through college, Whole Brain Teaching maximizes student engagement by focusing on mimicry, which is a natural way for the brain to learn. This is coupled with an intense, in-the-moment teaching method that compels constant attention from students. From the beginning, the teacher introduces the basic rules to the class, a little bit at a time, and students are trained to listen and respond within the framework of those rules. Source
PHONICS DANCE
This Six Step Program offers learning through cost free strategies that
incorporate rhyme, movement and chant. Building on phonemic
awareness, students become confident, successful writers. In the
process they develop strong decoding skills through the use of
“hunking and chunking” to build poise and fluency in reading. Learn
how to use your word wall to teach all your language arts concepts! Source
SIGHT WORD SONGS BY HEIDISONGS
Heidi Songs teaches sight words with music and movement. Singing and moving help to engage children in active learning, and aid in recall on those tricky sight words. Source
ABC BOOTCAMP BY KINDERGARTEN SMORGASBOARD
ABC BOOTCAMP makes teaching beginning sounds and letters fun and effective using engaging, the science of reading-aligned activities. This set whole group and small group lessons and activities to explicitly and systematically teach sounds and letters using a speech-to-print approach.
ABC BOOTCAMP is a developmentally appropriate, rigorous, classroom-proven curriculum for teaching sounds and letters. This resource is completely flexible and will work in any classroom. Source
ENGAGING READERS BY DEANNA JUMP
The teacher does the reading work while the students do the thinking work. These lessons are grounded in research. It is said that the person doing the most talking is the person who is doing the most learning. SO these lessons scaffold instruction to get students talking. Side-by-side, students learn comprehension strategies such as Predicting, Visualizing, Retelling, Text Details, Connecting, Inferring, Character Analysis, Opinion Writing and so much more. You won’t believe how quickly students fall in love with your read-aloud time. Source