S.M.A.R.T. News
September/October 2007

Better Tools

More Schools are Getting S.M.A.R.T.

All Through the Day the S.M.A.R.T. Way by Cindy Harvey and Leslie Giese

Better Training

Learning Styles Impact Achievement by Launa Ellison

Vision Related to Behavior Problems? by Cindy Harvey

Better Results

Exciting New Workshop

 

Students LOVE this kind of review!

Need more time for review? How about doing what Mahube Head Start teacher, Deb Gilbertson, does. Deb uses her Basic Vision and Black Light time for review. And boy does she pack it in...with a mere 10 minutes, or less, she is able to review much of her curriculum. Do you want to know the BEST part? The students LOVE it and attend to the entire review! Take a look, and keep in mind all that of this was done in one sitting.

Basic Vision
*ABC's, all sang
*Numbers 1-10, all counted
*Emotions, make a ______ face when the light comes on
*Rhyming words on large cards, Deb presented as inputs
*Opposites, Deb says ______ and all (including Deb) speak the opposite



Black Light
*Number Ladder, all (including Deb) said numbers
*Student Name Cards and letters A and B, 2-3 student names were presented and then A and B...2-3 more names, A and B, 2-3 more names, A and B, etc...all done as inputs
* Eye Movements with a glowing flashlight

The ABC's of schools

Acceptance

Belonging

Community

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Many S.M.A.R.T. Activities in Henderson Enhanced by SMART Boards!

With so many schools having SMART Boards installed (no relationship to the
S.M.A.R.T. Program but it seems EVERYONE wants to be smart!), we loved what we heard was taking place in Henderson!

"I use the SMART board for our high frequency words, Spanish words, and spelling practice.  I darken the room and have the sight words on a slide show, written in a large font.  As they flash, the children follow the directions given to them. Or I type words in different sized fonts, and/or I place the words at different places on the board to allow for eye movement.  Most of the time I type the words in red but there are times I use different colors too.  I can also program the words to appear in a vertical line one at a time or to show all of them."

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Dear Reader - More schools are getting S.M.A.R.T. and looking at students in a different light, one that illuminates readiness skill deficits as the probable cause of many learning difficulties, rather than the student, the parents, the home, etc.
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All Through The Day: The S.M.A.R.T. Way
by Cindy Harvey and Leslie Giese
Remember all the simple and quick ways to integrate S.M.A.R.T. and brain stimulating activities throughout the school day?
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Learning Styles Impact Achievement by Launa Ellison

Each of us has style...the way we prefer to interact with our world. Our significant other has style, which may frustrate us at times. Our children have style also. What is this style? How do I understand it and what does it mean?
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Vision Related to Behavior Problems? by Cindy Harvey

No Way! Really? Your S.M.A.R.T. workshop taught you about vision beyond the Snellen Vision Test and that...
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Exciting New Workshop to Accelerate Reading Achievement

What do you do when you have students who excel, take in everything like sponges, want to take on more challenges than you had in mind, or easily jump to the analysis, synthesis, and evaluation levels of learning all the time?
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FRAP Workshop Brochure (pdf)

 


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