BRAIN GYM word or colour

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BRAIN GYM word or colour?

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• pink

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Learning Focus Evening

• Memory Techniques
• Techniques to help your son/daughter to remember
  the key facts, figures and information they need
  to succeed.

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What can affect memory
What can improve memory

• Distractions
• Time of day
• Your comfort level
• Stress
• Your interest in the material
• Your level of motivation

• Positive thinking be positive and your brain is
  more likely to learn
• Avoiding stress
• Getting enough sleep 
• Eating the right foods (Oily fish, eggs, beef,
  whole-wheat, chicken, bananas, dairy products,
  avocados)
• Getting some regular exercise
• Drinking lots of water
• Training your memory

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but did you know?

• On average, 80 of the lesson is lost only a
  day after it took place.
• Only 5 of what is heard is remembered
• Only 10 of what is read is remembered
• The brain remembers context rather than content.
• Everyone learns best in different ways (Visual,
  Auditory, Kinaesthetic).
• So we need to review the information in as many
  ways as possible.
• Using memory tricks will best enable us to do
  this

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Using mnemonics
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Do you recognise these?
Naughty Elephants Squirt Water Richard Of York
Gave Battle In Vain My Very Easy Method Just
Speeds Up Naming Planets Rejoice Heartily Your
Teacher Has Measles Not Every Cat Eats Sardines
(Some Are Really Yummy) I before E, except after
C Red Sky At Night, Shepherd's Delight
List order
Spelling
Rhymes
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Follow me cardsor(aural) dominoes
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Turn cards
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The colour goes after the word e.g. les cheveux
noirs
Whats the rule about describing the colour of
someones hair?
Whats the rule about describing More than one
of something?
The adjective has to agree with the noun e.g. les
yeux bleus
What do you need to remember if you are
describing someone other than yourself?
If the pronoun changes, so does the verb
(usually) e.g. jai but il a
How do we tell the difference between the
present tense and the past tense? (clue number)
We have two verbs in the past tense e.g. jai joué
How do we tell the difference between the
present tense and the past tense? (clue accent)
The past participle often ends in é e.g. jai
mangé
How do we tell the difference between the
present tense and the past tense? (clue HAVE)
The first verb is usually avoir jai or il a etc.
How do we make something negative in French?
What do we have to remember when we say we
didnt do something (past tense)?
We put ne pas around the first verb to make it
negative
With nepas du, de la des change to DE je
nai pas fait de velo
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Thinking in pictures
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Use of colour and shapes
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or imagery.
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• Un tapis
• (French for rug)

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Using a tune
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MA JOURNÉE Je me lève, je me laveJe me brosse
les dentsJe m'habille, je fais pipiet Je quitte
la maison OH! À huit heures je prends le busEt
je vois mes amisEt quand j'arrive au collègeIl
est huit heures et demie
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Actions speak louder than words
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Les Sports
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Teach the Class
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"What did you learn today?"

• One of the best ways to review a topic is to
  teach it. Ask your son/daughter to talk to you
  about what they have learnt at school and ask
  them plenty of questions about what they did.
• Teaching a topic encourages pupils to put the
  learning into their own words and reduce a lot
  amount if information into the key points.
• Or you could even encourage him/her to help a
  younger member of the family with homework
  instead of doing the washing up for pocket money.
• Checklist
• 1) Whats did you learn today in?
• What were the main points?
• What did you enjoy the most and why?
• What about?
• What do you think youll do next lesson?
• WHO WHAT WHEN WHERE WHY HOW

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Blockbusters
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I drink hot chocolate
I eat cereals
I eat toast
I bought some ham
a cake
I went to the bakers
bread rolls
13 apples
peas
a kilo of potatoes
a bottle of wine
butchers
sweets
BLOCKBUSTERS
I went to the market
I went to the cake shop
a packet of tissues
a tube of toothpaste
a tin of sardines
strawberry tart
jam
a kilo of sugar
coffee
cheese
seven baguettes
orange juice
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Snakes and Ladders
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ARRIVÉE!!
DÉPART!
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Running Dictation

• For longer texts

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Mon collège

• Mon collège
• Le collège Jacques Prévert, cest un collège
  mixte de 607 élèves et 46 professeurs. 304
  élèves sont demi-pensionnaires.
• Le collège est sur un site de 3 hectares dont 2
  hectares de terrains de sport et cours de
  récréation.
• Il y a 27 salles de classe, 4 laboratoires, une
  bibliothèque et une cantine.
• Clubs  atelier théâtre, club astronomie, club
  déchecs, orchestre, club de devoirs, activités
  sportives (basket, volley, danse).

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1) No spaces

• LecollègeJacquesPrévert,cestuncollègemixtede607él
  èveset46professeurs.304élèvessontdemi-pensionnaire
  s.

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2) No vowels

• L_ c_llèg_ _st s_r _n s_t_ d_ 3
  h_ct_r_s d_nt 2 h_ct_r_s d_ t_rr_ _ns
  d_ sp_rt _t c_ _ rs d_ récré_t_
  _n. (hectares/site/dont/terrains)

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3) Wrong order

• Il y a 27 4 bibliothèque cantine. classe, de
  et laboratoires, salles une une

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4) Change (vowels)

• Clbs  tlir théâtr, clb strnmi, clb
  déchcs, rchstr, clb d dvirs, ctivités
  sprtivs (bskt, vlly, dns).

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5) Key words omitted

• Des v_____s scolaires __ G______-B_____ et en
  I_____ s___ régulièrement org___is_s.

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6) First letters only

• D__ v______ s________ e_ G______-B_____ e_ e_
  I_____ s___
  r_____________ o_______.

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7) Spaces only

• D__ _______ _________ __ _______-______ __ __
  ______ ____
  ______________ ________.

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Memory Keys A summary

• Your memory works best
• when it is given a work out
• Do something with the information
• Review the work regularly
• Review it in as many ways as possible
• Encourage them to talk about
• what they have done or even teach it