Series NEA: Practice, Planning & Collaboration Around the Common Core: Brain Break: Move & Focus

Brain Break: Move & Focus

Lesson Objective: Use movement to transition between activities
All Grades / All Subjects / Transition
2 MIN

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Discussion and Supporting Materials

Thought starters

  1. What is the effect of taking movement breaks?
  2. Notice the kinds of breaks Ms. Ugalde has her students take. Which breaks could you imagine using in your classroom?

47 Comments

  • Private message to Becky Little

Going to use this strategy with my 3-5 year olds!!! 

 

Love the counting as they go!

 

Thanks, Becky Lou

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  • Private message to Laiqa Kashif

Brain breaks are essential as it help learners to focus and be more productive. By movement the oxygen gets into the brain. I will definately implement my lesson with brain breaks.

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  • Private message to Wajiha Asim

Brain breaks give students the opportunity to rethink, reconsider and re-evaluate on the given task in a better manner than before. They come up with great ideas after a short brain break like stretching or walking in between the aisles. 

I sometimes play a song of their choice when I have a double lesson of around 80 minutes or even throw a soft ball at them and ask questions to keep them active.Thanks a lot for sharing more interesting ideas.

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  • Private message to Karen Cohen

As the teacher says, brain breaks give the brain a chance to re-focus.  I can imagine using all of the breaks that she demonstrated.  They are so quick and so different from one another and from the math we are doin in class.  Thank you for these ideas!

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Transcripts

  • Brain Break Transcript
    Teacher: Tita Galde

    Teacher [in class]: Who would like to lead us in one of our brain breaks?

    Teacher

    Brain Break Transcript
    Teacher: Tita Galde

    Teacher [in class]: Who would like to lead us in one of our brain breaks?

    Teacher [in interview]: Brain Breaks is a way to stop - give the Students an opportunity to reorganize and transition from one - maybe from one activity to another. We need to move around and when we do that, blood gets moved around. The oxygen goes to our brain. Everybody needs to have water so that they get oxygen and they need to hydrate their body as well.

    Teacher [in class]: The cat! Okay, everybody the cat stretches the back! The frog! The hops, a few bounces. You're finding humor in that, ok. Let's see. Valerie.

    Student: The dog?

    Teacher [in class]: I count five alligators.

    Teacher [in class]: All right. Alyssa.

    +++ 00:01:03.22 +++

    Student: The airplane.

    Teacher [in class]: Airplane! How many alligators?

    Students: ...two alligators, three alligators, four alligators...

    Teacher [in class]: How about you, Alex?

    Student: Corn pops?

    Teacher [in class]: Corn...

    Students: Pop!

    Teacher [in class]: Corn...

    Students: Pop!

    Teacher [in class]: Corn...

    Students: Pop!

    Teacher [in class]: If you do it fast, it's what?

    Teacher [in class]: Corn...

    Students: Pop!

    Teacher [in class]: Corn...

    Students: Pop!

    Teacher [in class]: Corn...

    Students: Pop!

    Teacher [in class]: And then we hear what word?

    Students: Popcorn!

    Teacher [in class]: Popcorn! That's right.

    Teacher [alone]: Brain break gives them a chance to move around.

    Teacher [in class]: Breathe in. Bend your knees. Breathe out.

    Teacher [in interview]: It gives them a chance - really, to engage their brain again and refocus.

School Details

Amanecer Primary Center
832 S. E.man Ave.
Los Angeles CA 90023
Population: 196

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