How to Summarize 6th Grade Power Teaching
Power teaching is a teaching method for students starting from elementary school and continuing into middle school. The teaching is designed to make school fun for students, so students are willing to learn, and education is more effective. Power teaching, which is sometimes called whole-brain teaching, is applicable with older students, like those in sixth grade, as well. When summarizing the methods as used in sixth-grade classes, it is important to note which methods are working with the students and which are too young for the students.
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Determine the description of power teaching. To summarize power teaching on the sixth-grade level, it is important to establish what power teaching is before it can explain the use in sixth grade. Power teaching is a method of teaching that uses full-brain techniques and helps students focus on the lessons.
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Explain the methods of the power teaching techniques. A few methods go with power teaching at any level. According to the University of Oregon, the common methods are "Class-Yes," "Teach-Okay" and "Hands and Eyes." These are catch phrases a teacher uses to get the class attention and give directions. For the "Class-Yes" method, the teacher calls out "Class" and the entire class calls back "Yes" to focus on the teacher. The "Teach-Okay" method has the teacher call out "Teach" and the class calls back "Okay" before starting to share information the teacher just taught to the person next to them. The "Hands and Eyes" is a direction for attention in which the teacher says "Hands and Eyes" and the students repeat the saying while turning eyes forward and folding hands.
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Explain the rules. Power teaching has five basic rules the students need to follow. According to the Whole Brain Teaching website, the rules students follow are: "follow directions quickly," "raise your hand for permission to speak," "raise your hand for permission to leave your seat," "make smart choices" and "keep your dear teacher happy." The rules come with gestures to clarify the actions, such as tapping the head for "make smart choices" or making a walking movement with fingers for "permission to leave your seat."
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Determine rewards. When looking at the power-teaching methods that work best with sixth-graders, the rewards are somewhat different than the earlier rewards. For example, good behavior might result in more computer time, free time outside or even extra credit on a test.
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Give an explanation of how the power teaching is effective for sixth-graders. Once the methods, rules and explanation of the teaching are established, explain in the summary about sixth-graders and the effects on sixth-graders. The key points to summarize are the rewards-based incentive, student accountability, fun classroom environment, better focus in the classroom and ways that sixth-grade students react to the methods. Explain how it is effective and which areas might need adaptations for the older students, such as rewards that are appropriate for 12- and 13-year-olds.
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