Brain-Compatible Activities, Grades 3-5
- David A. Sousa - International Educational Consultant
November 2007 | 96 pages | Corwin
Sophisticated medical instruments provide a unique glimpse into the learning brain, generating information for both researchers and educators. Using brain research, educational leaders can develop instructional techniques that facilitate the brain's innate learning capacity. The more teachers know about how the brain learns, the more instructional options they have. This activity book, based on David A. Sousa's How the Brain Learns, Third Edition, provides ready-to-use, brain-compatible activities for all content areas. Each step-by-step lesson includes detailed instructions for the teacher and all the necessary reproducibles.
Connections to Standards
Introduction
Put It Into Practice
1. Language Arts
Newspaper Noun Narratives
Formal or Informal...That Is the Question!
Holiday Acrostic Poems
Imagine With Nonsense
2. Mathematics
Show Me Y!
Build It Write
Project Big Print
Where's the Acorn?
3. Social Studies
Social Studies Comic Strip
A Different Perspective
Good Character Medal
Show Me the Money
4. Science
Designed to Fit
Reuse, Recycle, Rethink
Memory Test
It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's a...Cloud!
5. Physical Education and the Arts
Desert Life Mural
Real Life Still Life
Multicultural Moves
The Color of Music
Sequential Movement
Answer Key
References
“The different grade levels and approaches of these workbooks make them a top pick for any library strong in classroom workbooks and activities for teachers. Each workbook holds some 96 pages of projects, with fill-in blanks and ideas perfect for photocopying and classroom use. All are outstanding workbooks that teachers will appreciate.”
Midwest Book Review