Must Watch and Must Reads for WBT-The Walls

Last Wednesday we covered the Core Four and the Five Classroom Rules, the foundation of Whole Brain Teaching. The 5 Rules, Scoreboard, Class/Yes, Mirror and Teach/OK make the foundation of the WBT classroom and really will change the way you teach forever. For me I can't teach without these WBT tools and the more I use them, the more I love them and the better my class is. If I have a hard day or...

WBT Social Media Intern Project

I am sooooo excited! I am now a WBT Social Media Intern!!! My job is simple, use social media to spread the Whole Brain Teaching movement. We want as many teachers to know about the amazing, life changing tools Whole Brain Teaching offers as possible.What social media are we using?  EVERYTHING! Let's take a look at my favorites. First we have the wonderful WBT Facebook pages that I am so loving. Be share to like the mani WBT page and the page for your grade level to get the latest...

Must Watch and Must Reads for WBT - Core Four and the Rules

Let's start at the very beginning, a very good place to start! This is the first in a series I'm calling Must Watch and Must Reads for Whole Brain Teaching.  Whole Brain Teaching  has so many amazing, exciting,  life changing tools that will improve your teaching sometimes it is all a little overwhelming. Newbies and experienced WBT'ers will want to start with...

Math Power Pics in Google Docs

In case Scrib doesn't work for you here are the Math Power Pics for K-1st on Google Docs. I am working on finishing the higher grades :) The pics are too big to do a preview, Here is the link https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B--i-JeVFp-9ZTJEc2VuV09RWEk Here are the teacher notes. Click the little arrow on the right or this link to download https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B--i-JeVFp-9ZEx4TGtXdmlxcjQ...

PowerPix, PowerPix

So I will be working on getting the Electronic Power Pix up and ready but also wanted to share that I am giving away a copy of My Memories Suite on my other blog. Just click here to enter :) This is the program I use to make the Common Core Power Pics in PDF :)...

Electronic PowerPix???

So I have been working like crazy on many things and one of them was the idea of a Smartboard file for PowerPics. After looking at many things I decided that the best option would be an Electronic PowerPics in Power Point. This way people without a Smartboard or Promethian Board could still use the file. Here is a sample of what I think will work. Click the little black box with the arrow to open full screen and download / Please try to play the show and let me know if you think that...

Teacher Tech Tuesday

Come check out my post on my other blog and and some of my favorite WBT blogs to your Google Reader in seconds :)  Quickly Add Blogs to Google Reader and a blogroll ...

First 10 Minutes of the First Day

Be sure to join me at http://wholebrainteaching.com/Whole-Brain-Teching/WBT-TV.html tonight for the live webcast! "WBT: The First Hour!" Ready for school to start?  Discover what to do on the first hour, first day of your WBT class!  Tune in live Tuesday, July 24  5 PM Western, 6 PM Mountain, 7 PM Central, 8 PM Eastern ...

WBTKindergarten Facebook Conversations- Class/Yes and the 5 Rules

So I have been busy on the WBT Kindergarten Facebook page with some awesome conversations! Our first conversation has been about Class/Yes. Here are the questions to ponder: Why do you like Class/Yes?Why do you use Class/Yes?When do you introduce it?How do you introduce it?How do you change up your Class/Yes? Our second conversation just started about the 5 Rules and 3-peats. Here are the questions...

Webinar Tuesday

"WBT Grade Level Teams Now Forming!" Would you love to meet grade level colleagues who share your passion for WBT?  Tune in to Tuesday, July 10, for a free, live webcast 5 PM Western, 6 PM Mountain, 7 PM Central, 8 PM Eastern  www.livestream.com/wholebrainteachin...

Blog Awards

Everyone loves awards and I am honored that my little blog has won these: from Farrah at http://mrsshipleywholebrainteaching.blogspot.com/ from Nancy at http://nstoltenbergwbt.blogspot.com/ and Pinetreelia at http://mywholebrainteachingblog.blogspot.com/  The usual rules for The Versatile Blogger are :  1. Thank the blogger who nominated you. 2....

WBT on Facebook

Make sure you hop over the the WBT facebook page for updates and opportunities to get certification points :) https://www.facebook.com/pages/Whole-Brain-Teaching We even have grade level facebook pages! I hope you will all hop over to the kindergarten page I started and show some love :) The logo was created with My Memories Suite which I'm giving away a copy of as part of Miss...

Miss L's 100 Follower giveaway!

I am excited to be a part of Miss L's 100 follower giveaway! Be sure to comment here and follow my blog for an entry into her giveaway. Stop by her blog to follow her and find out the other great blogs that have donated to her giveaway :) ...

Facebook Teacher Party

Come join me on my Facebook page and meet a bunch of my teacherific blogging buddies! Many will be posting special freebies on my wall. The fun starts at 6PM Pacific tim...

WBT Wednesday

WBT Power Pics are an amazing addition to my classroom because they provide so much bang for your teaching buck. Power Pics help students to use their whole brains to remember important state standards and core concepts. For each Power Pic there is a picture in the center to give you a quick visual of the concept, a Question and Answer prompt to help teach the concept auditorally and a gesture...

New Online Home and Linky Party

Just wanted to let everyone here know I have a new online home, I will still be posting all things WBT here on this blog but will be sharing the rest of my adventures as a Transitional Kindergarten teacher at my new blog. I hope to see many of my WBT friends :) If you have a Whole Brain Teaching blog please be sure to join the linky party at  http://thinkwonderteach.blogspot.com...

Everything is coming up rainbows

So 8 school days left and I should be working on report cards but I have been inspired to create things for next year instead :) One of my FAV kinder blogs Live, Love, Laugh Everyday in Kindergarten has been sharing many wonderful freebies and tips over the last several days as she does Extreme Makeover-Classroom Edition. Be sure to hop over and follow her blog and TpT store. Her files are awesome and so cute! She made the cutest polka dot name tags here. I have decided...

PowerPics Webinar!

Tune in to WholeBrainTeaching.com and discover an incredibly entertaining way to meet one of education's most daunting challenges ... teaching the state standards. Tuesday, May 22, 2012 WholeBrainTeaching.com "Power Pix:  Learning State Standards the WBT Way!" 5 PM Western 6 PM Mountain 7 PM Central 8 PM Easte...

Ready for Summer

So this blog is one of many things that has had to go to the back burner this school year. We have a few weeks left of school and then I look forward to updating, completing some projects on this blog.&nb...

Webinar Tuesday

 If you want to learn the secret powers of WBT's core instructional strategy, don't miss the next WBT broadcast! Tuesday, February 21"The Mighty, Mighty Teach-Okay!"5 PM Western6 PM Mountain7 PM Central8 PM Eastern Tune in at WholeBrainTeaching.com ... text in your questions and have them answered live by out panel of WBT exper...

Webinar Tuesday

I'm so excited for the newest WBT webinar! Check out Chris B's Email:            Dear Colleagues: SUPERSPEED RHYMES, our huge, 500 slide PowerPoint program will debut on our webcast, Tuesday, January 31. 30 word families, 200+ words, every word illustrated with a high quality, cartoon graphic! Teach your kids rhymes, sight words, question answering, critical thinking...