Book Study: Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites: Chapter 7

March 28, 2015 by ·

We took a little break from the book study because of spring breaks and just overall craziness this time of the year! We are back and Deanna Jump is hosting the linky party today over on her blog for Chapter 7. In college, the class that I was the MOST excited to take was meteorology. […]

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Book Study: Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites: Chapter 6

March 18, 2015 by ·

I’m on Spring Break so you are going to have to forgive the lateness of this post. I have been too busy sleeping in and doing a lot of nothing the past couple of days :-p Amanda, at One Extra Degree, is hosting the linky for Chapter 6 this week! In college, I specifically remember […]

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Book Study: Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites: Chapter 5

March 14, 2015 by ·

I am feeling pretty good about this chapter because I feel like I do about 100 of them a day with the kids! I am exaggerating…of course…but sometimes I feel like we use them too much. I start doubting myself and thinking that we should be doing something else. Then, I read this chapter and […]

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Book Study: Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites: Chapters 3

March 7, 2015 by ·

The first sentence of this chapter made me give a little “WHOOP WHOOP!” out loud. “The purpose of the brain is not to make good grades or to score high on standardized tests.” I feel like Kelly is echoing my sentiments 🙂 I love the field trips we take during the year! We are very […]

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Book Study: Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites: Chapters 1 & 2

February 28, 2015 by ·

Welcome to the first linky of our book study! What do you think so far? I am only on chapter 5 but I already feel like I’m getting new ideas and just feeling refreshed. Something that has been assuring to me is that I (and most of us) are putting these strategies to use in […]

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