Hi, I just found Whole Brain Teaching from a forum on AtoZteacherstuff, I believe it was Jeff's post. Anyway, I went to the link and I am so excited. I am using the summer to come up with great teaching strategies and I believe this is going to be amazing.

My question is, how do you make the scoreboard? Does anyone have a picture of one they made and are using?

I want to download several of the ebooks, but I tried to download the one about challenging students and got an error message. I have very slow dialup and may have to wait until I can use my computer at school.

I definitely want to go to a seminar. I believe there may be one in St. James, MO on July 8th.

Did I read correctly that Chris will be in Missouri this month? Last one, is there a book I can buy that will talk me through getting started with everything?

Sorry for all of the questions, I am just very excited.

The way I use the scoreboard is drawing it on one side of the blackboard, using the chalk. I draw a , then a , and I convert that into a table (2 columns and 2 rows). On the top row I have the faces, and in the bottom I start marking the points. The bottom row is larger than the other one, just in case. Unfortunately I don't have a picture here to show you...
I know other teachers have done something similar in cardboard, they have plastified it, and they have it on one side of the board. Of course, they use a whiteboard marker so they can write and erase easily.



On the main page of wholebrainteaching.com, you can read: "If it isn't fun or free, it's not Whole Brain Teaching". The e-book you were trying to download is very good. I also recommend you the one for trainers. I think it's simpler and it highlights the basic points you will need at the beginning.

Best,

Edward

This is the greatest strategy that I have used in my eleven years of teaching. It's fun, exciting and gives immediate reward for a job well done. I also include Great Expectations "Celebrations". My students loved it this year and it made my life easier the last week of school. Yes, my students were hyper as always with summer approaching, but they maintained focus following all the rules. My class added four more rules. This comes from my first grade class: "Rule 6 respect yourself, respect your school and respect others Rule 7 Keep your eye on the odometer Rule 8 Watch what you say and Rule 9 Don't argue or tattle Another thing that I found helpful and they loved is the "I statements after lunch. At first they only concentrated on telling each other (example) I don't like it when you pushed in front of me and the person that they called to stand, must state, "I'm sorry I pushed in front of you. Then the person giving the I statement replies, "Apology accepted. I found this ten minutes eliminates tattling and disrupting
class along with satisfying the children involved. Just wanted to share!
I'm sorry, I forgot to answer the question about the scoreboard. I laminated a sheet of cardstock. I use the expo marker and draw two lines vertical. The first one measure over 2 inches, draw the vertical line. Measure over 4 inches draw the second vertical line. On the top of the first section draw a happy face. Leave the center blank; go on the other side of the second vertical line and make a face with a frown. I use the blank space to write children's name that constantly refuses to follow the rules. They are in a category by themselves. When a student's name is placed there for the first disgression he knows if I place a mark by his or her name recess is reduced by one minute for every mark. I call this section my "Independents". If the child sits out recess and changes his/her attitude I give them a chance to ask for being remitted into the class again. This system works very well. I will continue to use it this following school year. (I still allow the class their minute party which they enjoy after 6 good msrks)

I would love to see a picture of Andrea Schindler's scoreboard! The video is a little blurry, but it looks like she has a cool idea there. Is there a way that could be posted somewhere? I'm curious about what she has on the bottom part.

I usually do the scoreboard like the others mentioned, but I change the smiles and frowns each month to represent something festive or relevant to our current topic. For example, in October I had a "happy pumpkin" and a "frowny skull" for my smile and frown. I teach 6th graders, so in November I had "Happy Tom Turkey" (a live turkey) and "Sad Tom Turkey" (a turkey dinner). My sixth graders told me it was "wrong", but they loved it. For International Talk Like a Pirate Day (Sept. 19), I had special pirate-based smiles and frowns. We also didn't do "Class/Yes" that day. We did "Pirates/Arrrr" instead. I teach U.S. History, so I'm considering creating some smiles/frowns based on people the students need to know. You know, have FDR for the smile and Hitler for the frown? I don't know if I'm getting too complicated, but my 6th graders do get bored, and changing up the pictures is an easy way to freshen up the scoreboard.

If you're familiar with Fred Jones' Tools for Teaching and have looked at his "PAT" (Preferred Activity Time), the scoreboard is a similar concept....except WAY easier to implement, manage, and use. I tried PAT, but you have to use a timer and add up minutes and seconds. The scoreboard is much faster, more fun, and incredibly motivational. It's also flexible; I'm going to vary the rewards and do games some weeks, extra credit other weeks.

Hola te envio el que yo utilizo en clase después de plastificarlo y con rotuladores que se puedan borrar.

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Saludos

Lukas

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Hello you sending the one that I use in class after have plastified it and with felt-tip pens that could resign.

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Regards

Lukas

You can also try out classroompower.com to get a basic walk through. I am changing everything over to whole brain teaching, so be aware there are still sections being fixed.