Dr' Kathy Nunley

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• Dr. Kathy Nunley
• Layered Curriculum
• Brain.org
• help4teachers.com
• Books
• A Student's Brain The Parent / Teacher Manual
• Layered Curriculum The practical solution for
  teachers with more than one
• student in their classroom.

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12 over poor comprehension comes from
fluency issues reading voice in your head is
not good you need to learn to mimic a fluent
reader (with meaning, not monotone)
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iambic pentameter The most common meter in
English verse. It consists of a line ten
syllables long that is accented on every second
beat . The Merchant of Venice, by William
Shakespeare In sóoth,/I knów/not whý/I ám/so
sád. It wéa/ries mé/you sáy/it wéa/ries
yóu.... the readings at Mass
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• fight the rhythm - Jabberwocky
• Twas brillig, and the slithy toves  Did gyre
  and gimble in the wabeAll mimsy were the
  borogoves,  And the mome raths outgrabe.

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hindbrain focuses attention video era effects
super stimulates - makes classroom boring
one third of brain involved with vision
whole back half of brain video is damaging
for 0 2 years old this is why todays teens
cant sustain attention
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the arts are so important maintains neural
pathways in hypothalamus (reptilian brain)
survival eat, mate, fight or
flight Hierarchy of attention grabbers 1.
physical needs (hunger, bladder, pain) 2. sound
of your name 3. self-made choices 4. novelty
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Multiple Natural Intelligences music most
important to adolescent - but we must
teach THEIR art not from the teachers era use
current technology
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all students need their education
specialized average teacher is visual/auditory
thats how we made it through college average
student is tactile
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Layered curriculum comes from Blooms from a
brain perspective low level basic rote grow
branches child must have a base to build
upon application analysis connect the
branches connect to prior knowledge
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highest level ethics, values, morality your
grade depends on how far you go into the work
C, B, A offer choices in how student
learns focus on the process not the product
why do homework where is it leading the
student?
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At the A level you are asking students to become
leaders and decision makers Not contract for
grade not more stuff, but more complex stuff
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Accountability prove that you learned
something didnt just complete the assignment -
especially at C level offer verbal defense
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• A Whole New Mind
• Why Right-Brainers Will Rule The Future
• Daniel H. Pink 2006
• L(eft brain)-Directed aptitudes the sorts of
  things measured by the SAT and deployed by CPAs
  are still necessary.
• But theyre no longer sufficient. Instead, the
  R(ight)-Directed aptitudes so often distained and
  dismissed artistry, empathy, taking the long
  view,
• pursuing the transcendent
• will increasingly determine who soars and
• who stumbles

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• The high concept abilities of an artist are often
  more valuable than the easily replicated
  L-Directed skills of an entry-level business
  graduate.
• We will need to learn how to work with people and
  how to be inspired by other people.
• Our species has always harbored an innate desire
  for novelty and beauty.

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• Stories are important cognitive events, for they
  encapsulate, into one compact package,
  information, knowledge, context, and emotion.
• Learning isnt about memorizing isolated facts.
  Its about connecting and manipulating them.

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How to get students to open up in class and
talk After a group discussion, have students
share what another classmate said But not a
PowerPoint presentation
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Video presentations Students are often more open
and adventurous on camera than live retakes
are available
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group cooperation division of jobs writer,
director props and costumes camera operator,
film editor location scout
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What is needed? Access to video or digital
cameraaccess to Internet for pictures
-school filter? Voice recording device and
software
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What is needed? Access to video
software PhotoStory free download Windows Movie
Maker comes with Windows Storage
devices flash drives and CDR discs
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How much in class time and/or out of class time
is available and needed? Do students have
access to each other outside of school? Software
compatibility between home and school
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think about acoustics simple special
effects presentation act like you are really
interested and/or believe in your
topic Audience responsibility act like you
appreciate the time that went into this project
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Suggestions conversation between 2 prominent
people dramatize a discovery what lead up to it
how did it chang the future from then on what
might have happened if a historical event had
had a different outcome
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• Character analysis
• 1. Who is this person age, gender, nationality,
  social status, history (what brought them to this
  point of the story), etc. ?
• How does this person feel about the other people
  in the story? What is their history together?
• What life experiences have you had that help you
  understand what your character is going through
  in this story?