Are you looking for ways to help your 4th grade students become more engaged and active readers? Note-taking during reading is a powerful tool that can improve comprehension and retention of information. In this blog post, we will explore six tips for effective note-taking during 4th grade fiction reading, helping your students become lifelong learners. The value of writing by hand cannot be overstated. When we read (or listen to something) & then write down key takeaways by hand (not by typing) it engages motor circuits in ways that deeply embed information to memory. Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D., Stanford University Grab This FREE Reading Resource! CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR FREE CITING TEXT EVIDENCE STUDENT CHART! As a 4th grade...
agsandrew/ShutterstockDo you remember learning to drive a car? You probably fumbled around for the controls, checked every mirror multiple times, made sure your foot was on the brake pedal, then ever-so-slowly rolled your car forward. Fast forward to now and you’re probably driving places and thinking, “how did I even get here? I don’t remember the drive”. The task of driving, which used to take a lot of mental energy and concentration, has now become subconscious, automatic – habitual. But how – and why – do you go from concentrating on a task to making it automatic? Habits are there to help us cope We live in a vibrant, complex and transient world where we constantly face a barrage of...
Processing speed refers to the amount of time required for the brain to absorb, interpret, and respond to visual and/or auditory information. The most important thing to understand is, slow processing speed has no correlation to a person’s intelligence. Slow processing speed can be a lifelong challenge. The degree of difficulty with processing speed can vary among individuals along a continuum. Difficulty with processing speed manifests differently depending upon the age of the person. Slow processing speed does not indicate that a person is lazy or unmotivated. What does slow processing look like at different ages? Here are a few examples of what slow processing can look like at various ages. Preschool – the student may stare off into space...
Every single person on the planet deserves access to healthcare. Unfortunately, because of a myriad of factors such as social, economic, environmental, and political issues, healthcare has been rendered unequal in societies across the globe. One of the ways to create momentum toward greater equity in healthcare services is to build awareness. That is, at least in part, the aim of this article: to advocate for equity in healthcare for more vulnerable populations. What Healthcare Equity Is and Is Not Equity in healthcare would be for every person to have access to fair and responsible treatments to support their health needs. The meeting of this goal requires a collective acknowledgment and social agreement in the public and private sectors to...
When I first entered the world of peer counseling I was taken aback at the civil rights side of the movement. I’ve had schizoaffective disorder for seventeen years however, my experiences with psychiatry have been good and psychiatry has definitely saved and restored my life to its full potential which I’m forever grateful for. During peer specialist training I couldn’t figure out why there was such a strong stance in opposition to psychiatry especially when most of the trainers had psychiatrists and therapists of their own. As I’ve worked in the field more it’s taken me time but I’ve deconstructed my own self-stigma. This was a process of working with my psychiatrist but also working with my manager who is...
