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Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Boys & Girls Learn Differently! A Training Program of the Gurian Institute

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! We are Generalizing! We are not Stereotyping!

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Apply the Gender Lens How does this new lens change our ideas about teaching boys? 3

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Classroom Strategies: Closing the Gender Gap in Literacy 4

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Increase Movement • Shorter verbal chunks • Brain Breaks • Lessons with movement • Social interaction • Flexible work areas • Small motor stimulation 14 15 16 5

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! How does movement help learning? 15 6

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! General Movement Ideas 7

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Boys and Girls Learn Differently! General Movement Ideas Stand up instead of raising hand 10

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! General Movement Ideas Take regular stretch breaks 11

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! General Movement Ideas Students get up to get own supplies 12

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! General Movement Ideas Stress balls www. officeplayground. com and www. orientaltrading. com 13

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Content-Integrated Movement Ideas Ball Toss Review 16 14

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Content-Integrated Movement Ideas Continent Scramble 15

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Content-Integrated Movement Ideas Attack of the Stickies 16

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Content-Integrated Movement Ideas 17

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Creating space… • Boys need more physical work space. • Make sure desks can be moved aside. • Create a variety of seating arrangements

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Keep some floor space open, if possible 19

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Take it outdoors! 20

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! When do you use music? Relaxing - Energizing - Transitioning 30 21

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! In your table group some up with: • A lesson that could incorporate movement • A great idea for a Brain Break • A great movement song Choose someone who will share your best idea with the whole group! 22

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Brain Break 15 23

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Use Visual-Spatials • Graphic Organizers 24

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! ♥☼ $ ♂ • Learning Scrolls • Word Walls • Symbol Cards 25

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Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Robbie Lazy Funny Swimming Singing Sleeping Superman Champion Astronaut Robert 29

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! When do you use music? Stimulating Sensory & Emotive Detail 30 30

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Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Show What You Know • Create a 4 -panel coat of arms • Draw a road map for how to … • Create a book cover and table of contents… 32

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Boys and Girls Learn Differently! www. flickr. com 36

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Tough Choices, Tough Times 37

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Do You Hear What I See ? ? 31 38

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Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Incorporate Topics That Appeal To Boys 29 40

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! “A good book for a boy is one he wants to read. ” (Moloney, 2002)

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Amazon’s Top 5 List of Books Boys Are Reading (May 2008) 1 -2 -3: Rip-roaring escapades featuring the 14 -year-old spy 4: Astonishingly tall 15 -year-old Alfred is plunged into a world of adventure, assassination, and Arthurian legend 5: Eighth-grade football hero Wallace earns a detention that takes him off the team and plunks him down in the auditorium where he ends up in a school musical

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Topics that appeal to boys • Aggression-themes, violent scenarios • Action-oriented, competition • Superheroes • Gross or slapstick humor • Stories reconstructed from TV & video games 43

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Girls tend to favor: • Relational-themes • Stories about feelings and memories • Stories about family, friends 44

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Violence in boys’ writing • Where do you draw the line? • Have the boundaries changed in light of school shootings? • Are we shutting boys down? • What are ideas for managing what is written & shared? 45

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Suggestions for Boys… • Bring in boys’ outside interests • Appreciate boy humor • Be open to aggression themes in writing 46

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! • Add “non-school” texts to classroom libraries. • Check out www. guysread. com

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Use song lyrics as text www. rockhall. com 48

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! • Share books that appeal to boys. • What kinds of “nonschool” texts can you add to your classroom? • Where do you draw the line with violence in boys’ writing? 49

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! What Jump Starts Our Brains? Survival Novelty Relevance 50

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Make Learning Real • • KIDS’ INTERESTS REAL WORLD STUFF COMPETITION AUDIENCE 51

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Boys and Girls Learn Differently! What REAL ISSUES can kids work on? How can you tap into their POP CULTURE? Are there opportunities for healthy competition? How can you expand AUDIENCE opportunities in the school? 57

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Brain Break 58

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Offer Single-Sex Groups 23 59

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Mentors & Role Models 21 22 60

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Boys are faced with many contradictions between school literacy practices and societal expectations regarding masculinity. From: Canadian Adolescent Boys and Literacy Study 61

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! • Dads/men during literacy • Vertical mentors • Postcards to students 62

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! The Delinquents 60 Minutes II (Order from the Gurian Institute)

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! • Share ideas for getting men involved with literacy at school and at home. • How might older students serve as mentors to younger students?

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Q U I Z T I M E So dudes, how’d you do?

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Brain Break 66

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Action Plan • Jot down three things that you would like to implement in your classroom. • Share your plan with a partner. i 4 67

Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Looking at the same work in a different way 68

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Boys and Girls Learn Differently! Thanks for all you do for the kids! Please complete the evaluation – last page of your manual! 70