1. Write a sentence for each word
watermelon, knocked, yellow, slowly, but
2. Write a paragraph/essay:
Who was Michaelangelo? What did he do?
Brain:Some memories last longer Pg 50
Attention, Survival, Relevance, Experience, Meaning, Context, Neural Networks.
1. Write a sentence for each word
noun, verb, adjective, adverb, conjunction
2. Write a paragraph/essay:
What is your favorite fruit or vegetable? Describe it.
Brain:Some memories last longer Pg 50
Attention, Survival, Relevance, Experience
Goals: It is the first class of the month. This is a great time to set some goals for the month. How many essays will you write? How many sentences?
How many hours will you attend class? How many math worksheets will you complete with success?
1. Write a sentence for each word
country, cousin, creature, touched, proud
2. Write a paragraph/essay:
What’s your dream tourist destination — either a place you’ve been and loved, or a place you’d love to visit? What about it speaks to you?
( from https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_prompt/tourist-trap/)
Brain:Learning how to remember: Long term memory in the brain
4. associations, 5. reformatting, 6. multiple pathways
1. Write a sentence for each word
battle, daughter, minutes, screamed, wonder
2. Write a paragraph/essay:
What’s your dream tourist destination — either a place you’ve been and loved, or a place you’d love to visit? What about it speaks to you?
( from https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_prompt/tourist-trap/)
Brain:Learning how to remember: Long term memory in the brain
1. rehearsal/repetition 2. mnemonics 3. chunking
1. Write a sentence for each word
kicked, sloppy, wealthy, transplant, invent
2. Write a paragraph/essay: Write about your favorite character.
Brain: Working memory. Long and short term memory p48
No School. President’s Day
1. Write a sentence for each word:
studying, addict, ponies, stamped, reward
2. Continue working on your paragraph/essay: Re-springing your Step
3. Discover the one thing you must do to learn material. (Brain Upgrade)
Write a sentence for each word
peaches happened unfinished soreness filed
Write a paragraph/essay: Re-springing your step. What was the last experience you had that left you feeling fresh and energized? What was it that had such a positive effect on you?
Brain: What are strategies that you can use to help you read or study? p47
1. Write a sentence for each word.
helping
discard
painted
prescribe
adapt
2. Write together: A moment in time
3. Essay: A Moment in Time
Crossroads
Cross my heart
Weaving
Unraveling
Weaving
Cross my heart
Crossroads