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Virtual learning hack! The Rule of 20-20-20:⁣ 💻 ⁣ To help prevent eye strain, have your child take a break EVERY 20 MINUTES, ⁣ ⏰ ⁣ Look at something 20 FEET AWAY⁣ 👀 ⁣ For 20 SECONDS⁣ ⏱ ⁣ instagram.com/p/CHvDvjdlUpi/…

Creating an #OUTLINE when you study helps your #BRAIN organize, group and categorize new information, RESULTING IN BETTER RETENTION. ⁣ 🧠 ⁣ Before you read, use the books FORMAT- headings, vocabulary words, etc. to… instagram.com/p/B2hCAuvFTe0/…

As #humans, our brains like to GROUP THINGS. ⁣ 👍⁣ Use this #BIOLOGICAL #PREDISPOSITION when teaching by relating concepts. ⁣ 🔁⁣ In this example, the WH- word family is grouped to show examples of words that are… instagram.com/p/B1_injElQTY/…

When introducing NEW CONCEPTS, use a VARIETY OF METHODS to ACTIVATE DIFFERENT NEURAL PATHWAYS. ⁣ ⁣ 📺 VIDEO engages AUDITORY AND VISUAL pathways. ⁣ 📖 TEXTBOOKS engages VISUAL pathways. ⁣ ✍🏼 OUTLINES engage TACTILE… instagram.com/p/B1_hRsZFEWK/…

Using a #MULTISENSORY approach to #SPELLING can help all students learn patterns and INCREASE #RETENTION of tricky words. ⁣ 🖐 ⁣ LETTER TILES and a WIPE BOARD activate neurons for greater retention and increased… instagram.com/p/B19F3yYF_JL/…

⁣Learning GRAMMAR RULES can be difficult for anyone, but especially hard for students with #LEARNINGDISABILITY. ⁣ 📝⁣ Creating your own #CHEATSHEET with examples from your own work helps the brain remember #RULES. ⁣ 📓… instagram.com/p/B03YfFtl-H4/…

⁣⁣⁣ 🍎🧠🏫⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS help students process, understand and retrieve important information when writing. ⁣ ⁣📖⁣⁣ ⁣By organizing main concepts, facts and other important information PRIOR to writing a… instagram.com/p/B0ySp1XAUMg/…

⁣🍎🧠🏫⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ Get ready to #READ by saying a list of leveled DOLCH SIGHT WORDS. ⁣ 💡⁣ This warms up your brain and gets you READY TO READ! ⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣📖⁣ Sight words make up the majority of text, so priming our brain helps us… instagram.com/p/B0DzK2IlpmT/…

⁣🍎🧠🏫⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ #LEARNING hack! ⁣ ⁣ It’s hard for brains to PROCESS ON COMPUTERS! ⁣ 💻 ⁣ When EDITING, print out a HARD COPY of your paper and MAKE CHANGES DIRETLY INBTHE SHEET. ⁣ 📝 ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣Our brains PROCESS… instagram.com/p/B0BXhG3l6Rl/…

⁣🍎🧠🏫⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ #WORDSTUDY hack! ⁣ ⁣ Help students with SLOW PROCESSING speed up word sorting and GENERALIZE SPELLING PATTERNS by providing a list of TARGETED WORD FAMILIES on one sheet and TARGETED BEGINNING SOUNDS… instagram.com/p/B0BVjcLlPna/…

⁣🍎🧠🏫⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ You can help develop HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS in your students by simply ASKING THEM WHAT THEY THINK! ⁣ 💡 ⁣ Rather than giving specific directions, leave some tasks OPEN ENDED, allowing students… instagram.com/p/BzYURvCFKX-/…

⁣🍎🧠🏫⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ You can SPEED UP SLOW PROCESSING by providing an outline of key vocabulary words from the text. ⁣ 📝 ⁣ This allows the brain just to FOCUS ON MEANING AND LEARNING. ⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣✍🏼⁣ As students read, have… instagram.com/p/BzYTlMWFTRU/…

⁣🍎🧠🏫⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ #WARMUP for reading by reviewing a list of SIGHT WORDS. ⁣ 📚 ⁣⁣⁣ Since the MAJORITY OF TEXT is made up of HIGH FREQUENCY SIGHT WORDS, this gets your brain ready for most of the words on the page. ⁣ 📖… instagram.com/p/ByDT08VgMQY/…

⁣🍎🧠🏫⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Trying to DEVELOP FLUENCY in reading? Wonder how to correct miscues while not breaking the pace? ⁣ 📚 ⁣⁣ Check out this example of ACTIVE READING which shows how to ATTACK UNFAMILIAR WORDS while still… instagram.com/p/ByDTQEQgstd/…

⁣🍎🧠🏫⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ TRACKING reading speed (WORDS PER MINUTE) and accuracy over the course of an entire book provides AWESOME INSIGHT into LITERACY DEVELOPMENT! ⁣ 📚 ⁣ This student made ORAL GAINS from 45 to 88 words per… instagram.com/p/ByA0-i1lyFv/…

⁣🍎🧠🏫⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #TEACHINGHACK alert! ⁣ ⁣ Wondering if the book your student is reading is the right level? ⁣⁣ 🤷‍♂️⁣⁣ Use a RUNNING RECORD to determine an instructional level. ⁣⁣ ✍🏼⁣⁣ Make a COPY OF THE PAGE and… instagram.com/p/BxpnaA2laJS/…

⁣🍎🧠🏫⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Break down hard to spell words INTO SYLLABLES and then FOCUS ON SPELLING ONE PART AT A TIME. ⁣ ✍🏼 ⁣ Our brain can only focus on A FEW SOUNDS AT A TIME, so use chunking to… instagram.com/p/Bxcbw0yFBCH/…

⁣🍎🧠🏫⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ SIGHT WORD reading and spelling can be seriously TRICKY! ⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ 🤷🏽‍♀️⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Check out this #TEACHINGHACK to activate neurons and get those patterns into LONG TERM… instagram.com/p/BxSobG9FAdV/…

⁣🍎🧠🏫⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Need to teach a student how to #EDIT but don’t know where to start? ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 🤷🏽‍♀️⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #TARGET 1 skill at a time⁣ ⁣ 1️⃣After the student SELF IDENTIFIES ABOUT 5 words, correct… instagram.com/p/Bwou8RUF2bV/…

⁣🍎🧠🏫⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Need to teach a student how to #EDIT but don’t know where to start? ⁣⁣ 🤷🏽‍♀️⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #TARGET 1 skill at a time! ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 1️⃣ After reviewing CAPITOLS and PUNCTUATION, target… instagram.com/p/BwmbSqZF5Yk/…