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My 11 Rules for Engaging Students' Brains

Engaging Students' Brains

• 1. Make sure students know that brains can grow, and change and get smarter.

• 2. Make sure students feel safe and valued... then make it fun!

• 3. Have students make predictions.

• 4. Make it visual.

• 5. Get students moving.

• 6. Get students talking.

• 7. Get students listening to you and to each other.

• 8. Help students make connections between what they are learning and what they already know.

• 9. Do something new.

• 10. Play music.

• 11. Repetition - Brains need repetition to remember.