1st Reaction to Whole Brain Teaching

     I had to share this story with you because it just made me laugh. Every few days our students have art class with the other 5/6 split teacher while my teacher and myself teach the other class gym. While a few days ago the 5/6 split teacher had to leave early to attend an appointment so she asked me to supervise our class during art for the last 10 minutes of the day (they were just finishing up an assignment so there was no work involved). The last class of the day, however, is always pretty chaotic for our class and we tend to be all over the place. Well with 3 minutes left in the class our E.A (educational assistant) who is with them during art began attempting to get the students organized for the end of the day: where to put the art supplies, what is for homework, what to clean up, etc. After a few unsuccessful tries, however, I quickly yelled out, "Class" to which the entire class responded, "YES!" and went dead quiet.

whole brain teaching, class yes, getting student attention
Now that is our normal routine when I am with them but to see the expression on the E.A's face was priceless! I am not quite sure if she was impressed or just shocked but it definitely made me giggle to see how surprised she was. I was later approached in the staffroom by another teacher who wanted to know what I do to get our student's attention so quickly!

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