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Today went reasonable well. I have started writing in my teachers journal for reflections, and then meaning to type them up here. As you’ve no doubt noticed I’ve been a bit slack with the reflections of late, but that’s mostly because I’ve been working after school as well and so I am incredibly tired. Plus [...]
This week I’ve learnt a lot. I’m not going to go into much detail in my reflections, sorry, I can’t really do that. I knew that these three weeks would be a lot of hard work, and that I would be putting in a lot of effort. [...]
So Donna and I planned for the Brain Conference, (the lesson plan is located here: brain-conference-day-3.doc) even though we were probably going to have a guest speaker talk. We thought it was a good idea to be prepared.
Doctor Rina, the guest speaker did come, and she did an excellent job, the kids loved it. More [...]
Notes from Jenny’s Brain Conference:
Get them to congratulate themselves for being here and having a smart brain.
Clap themselves
Clap on your back
Round of applause (where the students clap and move their hands in a circle)
Be animated- talk about what’s happening right now, around us, but in relation to the brain.
Q: “Why do we think?” A: [...]
Brain Conference- Day 1.
Donna and I were really nervous about doing this brain conference just because we aren’t really experts on the brain. Chris assured us that it didn’t need to be in depth, they were only 4 and 5 year olds, after all. We took this on board when we planned.
Here is the lesson [...]
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