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Background info on the nature of poverty 

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Background info on the nature of poverty 

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That the school needs to buy into this change for it to work. 

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That the school needs to buy into this change for it to work. 

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How poverty affects behavior and academic performance 

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How poverty affects behavior and academic performance 

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Children raised in poverty spend less time discovering the world around them and MORE time trying to survive within it.

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Children raised in poverty spend less time discovering the world around them and MORE time trying to survive within it.

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"Teachers don't need to come from their students' cultures to be able to teach them, but empathy and cultural knowledge are essential."

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"Teachers don't need to come from their students' cultures to be able to teach them, but empathy and cultural knowledge are essential."

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-Eric Jensen

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Family income correlates with children's academic success most significantly in the pre-k, kindergarten, and primary years.

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Family income correlates with children's academic success most significantly in the pre-k, kindergarten, and primary years.

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"Kids raised in poverty are more likely to lack - and need - a caring, dependable adult in their lives, and often it's TEACHERS to whom children look for that support."

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"Kids raised in poverty are more likely to lack - and need - a caring, dependable adult in their lives, and often it's TEACHERS to whom children look for that support."

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- Eric Jensen

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We as teachers need to react patiently and positively to really challenging situations, like dealing with chronically impulsive students and not fall back on using punitive techniques.

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"Every proper response that you don't see at your school is one that you need to be teaching."
Eric Jensen

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Social Inequalities Explained in a $100 Race - Please Watch to the End. Thanks.

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How to teach students who have acute or chronic stress when our job as teachers is chronic stress

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How to teach students who have acute or chronic stress when our job as teachers is chronic stress

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Cognition does not happen until students' social emotional side is regulated.

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Cognition does not happen until students' social emotional side is regulated.

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Build a positive and supportive  work environment between staff through payday breakfasts, relaxing strategies etc. 

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Build a positive and supportive  work environment between staff through payday breakfasts, relaxing strategies etc. 

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http://www.mindfulschools.org/resources/room-to-breathe/

In reading about neuroplasticity and how the brain can change, I thought of a documentary I have watched- mindfulness techniques can help rewire the brain and change a person's frame of mind about themselves as a learner, and a person in general.

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How can the brain change for the better?

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How can the brain change for the better?

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Music can improve self-discipline, wide brain function, and verbal memory. It also enhances visual math skills as well as long-term will and effort. 

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Music can improve self-discipline, wide brain function, and verbal memory. It also enhances visual math skills as well as long-term will and effort. 

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Brain Building Games for Wednesdays Lunch: 

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Brain Building Games for Wednesdays Lunch: 

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- Hand clapping challenge
-Read backwards numbers, letters, and shapes
- Unscramble words tca (cat)
-Simon says
- Go find games (Energizers) ex. Go find 3 people with same color eyes.
-Telephone
- Child created skits to address expected behaviors
-Charades

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How Poverty Affects Behavior and Academic Performance 

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How Poverty Affects Behavior and Academic Performance 

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Research shows that music education can improve brain processing.

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Kids in poverty need less content bombing and they need more capacity. 

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Kids in poverty need less content bombing and they need more capacity. 

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-Auditory, visual and tactile processing skills.
-Attentional skills
-Short term and working memory
-Sequencing skills
-Mind-set and confidence

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From Carrie
First Weblog: Teaching Children the Skill of Paying Attention

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How to get the school to buy in and all be on the same page aiming at the same goal

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How to get the school to buy in and all be on the same page aiming at the same goal

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Support the whole child     Hard data             Accountability        Relationship building Enrichment mind-set

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Support the whole child     Hard data             Accountability        Relationship building Enrichment mind-set

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Action Step build relationships among staff! And build relationships among students!