ROCK ON!
November 30-December 4
Week B
Science Kits will be picked up next week. Please have ready for Roger and/or Jeff to put out front by Friday (Dec 4).
We will not have a faculty meeting or data day in December. School Improvement will meet on Dec. 9
Monday, Nov 30
Report Cards go home
Tuesday, Dec 1
3rd Grade Power up Meeting
Wednesday, Dec 2
4th Grade Power up Meeting
Thursday, Dec 3
5th Grade Power up Meeting
Friday, Dec 4
Next Week
Science Kit Pick up
DOE Visit on Tuesday
PTB Christmas Program on Wednesday
School Improvment on Wednesday
NO DATA DAY in December
Brain Rules by John Medina
Brain Rule #4: We don't pay attention to boring things.
- The brain is not capable of multi-tasking. We can talk and breathe, but when it comes to higher level tasks, we just can't do it.
- The 10 minute attention span- You must do something emotionally relevant at each 10 minute mark to regain attention.
- We are better at seeing patterns and abstracting the meaning of an event than we are at recording detail
- Emotional arousal helps the brain learn.
Classroom Implications-
- Students use prior experiences to predict whether they should pay attention
- Use novel stimuli, be usual, unpredictable, or distinctive - to get the kid's attention
- Tap into the student's emotions to get their attentions
- Remember the 10 minute rule when designing mini lessons