The students moved through their place values and can still recall exactly how they learned them. Having students move around the room, giving them key devices to help each other recall the information will help them when it comes to test time as to where they were standing when they were reviewing. The brain takes pathways and must have something to connect to first before trying to recall the concept. As discussed in previous Brain Compatible Learning articles and in a Teachers. Net poll , mnemonic devices are a great means of helping students review information.
Older students are capable of coming up with their own devices when trying to review information.
Have students develop a device to recall reading strategies, or math formulas. Testing time can cause anxiety with everyone. Summertime is standing outside the classroom windows beckoning for students and teachers to come out to play. Getting through testing must come first and helping students to recall the information they have been taught will help relieve some of the pressures. Kim Tracy is a fifth grade teacher living in North Carolina.