1. The Brain that WORKS is the Brain that LEARNS

2. Objective To explore brain-based instructional strategies to increase student achievement

3. Brain-Based Classrooms Are: Student-Centered Collaborative Social Experiential Emotionally Engaging

4. Anticipation Guide

5. 5% 10% 20% 30% 50% 75% 90% Lecture Reading Audio-Visual Demonstration Discussion Groups Practice by Doing Teaching Others/Use Immediately Average Retention Rates

6. Graphic Organizer The brain stores pictures and images better than words, so graphic organizers are a great way to organize facts for learning. “Since the brain likes to chunk information, the graphic organizer complements the way the brain naturally works.” - Freeology.com Graphic organizer website

7. Jigsaw Jigsaw is an effective learning strategy because it allows for: –Cooperative learning (social) –Chunking information –Graphic organizer (visual)

8. Your Turn: Jigsaw Take out the Cornell Notes graphic organizer and the “Brain-Based Strategies for Teachers” pamphlet. Form a group of 4 people. Each person in the group take one section of the pamphlet. Silently read and note useful information from your page on the Cornell Notes sheet. When everyone in your group has finished, share your notes with your group.

9. Applying to Your Classroom (Think-Pair-Share)

10. Evaluation & Thank You Kelly Kirby Teacher Specialist for Professional Development