Monday, September 21, 2009

This morning we did an opening activity where we worked in groups to create an ad about one of the objectives of Cadre. The activity was fun and helped us get to know each other and build on prior knowledge. Jennifer said that brain research supports the idea that we remember more when emotion is attached. What kinds of opening activiites do you have your students do that allows them to link emotion to learning?
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  1. StoltzySeptember 21, 2009 at 4:24 PM

    Hi Linda
    I have my students throw around a beach ball that has personal questions on it. When one student catches the ball, wherever their right thumb falls, that is their question. An example question is "How many houses have you lived in?" or "What is the worst occupation and why?" etc. It's a fun icebreaker and it gets the kids talking. The only draw back is how long it takes to write 200 questions on a beach ball. :-)

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  2. UnknownSeptember 21, 2009 at 5:23 PM

    Emotion Attached to Learning
    In my classroom, we have an opening daily graph. The graph topics relate to the students' lives and range from favorites to choices the students make. This leads to a short discussion time and we get a little math in too:)
    Deb

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