Changing Your Brain
Messages in the brain move along ___________.
What is a pathway?
When Kody first learned to shoot a basketball, his brain created a group of lines that connected to form a __________.
What is a Network?
What happens in the network in our brain when we practice?
The network gets stronger.
Working together with a group of people to accomplish something (a goal), is a definition for what character trait?
What is COOPERATION?
Why is writing your name with your opposite hand difficult and feels strange?
What is, my brain has not done it before.
What is, my brain has not practiced writing with the opposite hand.
What is, I have not learned it.
Why does writing your name with the hand you normally write with is easier and looks better than when you write your name with a different hand?
What is, I have practiced writing my name with the hand I normally write with.
True or False? It is possible to practice doing something and but still not get better at doing it.
What is True?
Always telling the truth is a definition for what Character trait?
What is HONESTY?
The _________sends messages from one to the other side when you are learning something new.
What is the Brain?
When you are very good at something, does it mean that you have a strong network or a weak network?
What is Strong Network?
Trey practiced over and over again, but his drawing did not look like the drawing in the book. What can he do to help get better?
1) Quit doing it
2) Complain to your best friend
3) Ask for help from someone who is good at what you want learn.
What is, Ask for help from someone who is good at what you want to learn?
Participating in a day where everyone helps to pick up trash in the community is an example of this character trait?
What is CITIZENSHIP?
In order to make better at something you just learned you must _____________.
What is Practice?
You just learned your multiplication table (times table). What can you do get better at remembering your times tables?
What is Practice?
If you have tried several times to make an airplane that flies the furthest, and you ask your friend Lum to help, but it helped only a little bit. What is another strategy you can use to improve your airplane making?
What is try new ways, or make a small change.
True or False, It is not important to have good character trait in order to be a good student?
What is False.
When you learn something new, your brain has formed a new __________.
What is a Network?
When you practice math problems and make a mistake, are you making your brain network stronger or weaker?
What is stronger? Making a mistake helps your brain seek out different ways to solve a problem.
Showing care to do what your parents or teachers ask you to do is an example of this character trait.
What is RESPECT?