Ms. Dawn Paton EDTC 631 Mid-Term LINKING THE BRAIN, MIND, TEACHING AND LEARNING Brainy Bits – Biology Pedagogy- Instruction Technology Skills

Dance, Learn and Grow T gether ! Family Life Lesson “This is Me!” 3 rd & 4 th Grade Autistic Students SWBAT identify their body parts

Model Teacher Play Song and Dance Follow Movements Smart Board Lesson Computer Work Q & A Sing and Dance

My Arm My Hand My Fingers 1 st Trace Letters from verbal cue 2 nd Identify Body Parts by *Drag word *Draw line *Circle *Color My Leg My Feet My Toes My Ears My Mouth My Chin My Head My Eyes My Nose My Head Verbal and Visual Information Learn by Doing/Practicing

Song lyrics and name of body parts Body parts are grouped in three Pictures of body parts, words and students Touch body parts, dance and draw Recognition of self and expression of feelings Recognition of peers and cheering for them Categorizing their body by limbs and head Verse to chorus parts to whole body

“ “How do you feel when you saw a picture of you?” If you were a bird, show me what your arms would do. “My fingers are like my toes because….”

Their body Their picture Parts of the body Eyes to see Hands to catch Long Term Memory

L Limbic System Emotions and reason FRONTAL LOBE PARIETAL LOBE OCCIPITAL LOBE TEMPORAL LOBE Listening to words and lyrics Recognizing peers by face Being able to touch body parts Seeing words, pictures and modeling Recalling what dance is Chunking of body parts

Citations Buzan, T. “Use Both Sides Of Your Brain.” 3 rd Edition (1989) Gardner, H. “Frames of the Mind: The theory of Multiple Intelligence.” (1993) Gregorc, Anthony F. Kindergarten Student, September 30, 2013 From: Mills, Dennis W. Saint Mark United Methodist Church, September 30, 2013 From: Senses Clip Art, September 30, 2013 From: Silver, H. F., Strong, R. W., & Perini, M. J. “The Strategic Teacher: Selecting the Right Research-based Strategy for every lesson.” (2007) Sousa, David A. “How the Brain Learns.” 4 th Edition. (2011) “This is Me.” September 30, 2013 From: