What's In My Brain Lessons

Ask students to decide why items are grouped into two different categories. *A Byrdseed favorite!* Based on the Concept Attainment model of instruction.

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Writing Concept Attainment Lessons

In a Concept Attainment lesson, we give students examples and non-examples of a concept -- without telling them what that concept is!

 What’s In My Brain – The Park vs The Museum

We're looking at the past progressive tense and the simple past tense.

 What’s In My Brain: Progressive vs Simple Tenses

Will your students notice progressive tense vs simple tense?

 Complex or Compound – What’s In My Brain

Can your class spot the complex sentences vs compound sentences?

Run On or Not? – What’s In My Brain

Can your students spot the run-on sentences?

 Simple or Compound Sentences – What’s In My Brain?

Can your students spot simple sentences vs compound sentences?

 What’s In My Brain – Independent vs Dependent

Some of these clauses are dependent and some are independent.

 What’s In My Brain: Cute Baby vs Fast Cheetah

Can students spot similes vs metaphors?

What’s In My Brain: Painting vs Painting

Students infer the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs.

 What’s In My Brain: Trapezoids or Not?

Which are trapezoids and which are not?

 What’s In My Brain: May vs May

The word "may" can be used for possibility or permission. It's a modal auxiliary verb!

 Concept Attainment: Art

Can your students tell the difference between cubism and abstract art?

 What’s In My Brain: Owl vs Eagle

Some of these animals are nocturnal and some are diurnal.

 Writing Concept Attainment Lessons

In a Concept Attainment lesson, we give students examples and non-examples of a concept -- without telling them what that concept is!

 Concept Attainment: Hornet vs Tiger

Can your class spot the vertebrates vs invertebrates?

 Concept Attainment: Walnut vs Clouds

Let's look at living vs non-living things.

 Concept Attainment: Conductors

Some of these examples are conductors and some are insulators!

 Concept Attainment: Japan vs Jamaica

Is it an island or an archipelago?

 What’s In My Brain: Narwhal vs Penguin

Students will be working with examples and non-examples to deduce the topic of Arctic vs Antarctic.

 What’s In My Brain: Crocodile vs Tree Frog

Is it a reptile or an amphibian?

 What’s In My Brain: Ball vs Book

Students will be working with examples and non-examples to deduce the topic of Kinetic vs Potential Energy.

 What’s In My Brain: Tree vs Tree

Let's look at deciduous vs coniferous trees.

 What’s In My Brain: Coral vs Water Lilies

Let's look at saltwater vs freshwater organisms.

 What’s In My Brain: Italy vs Normandy

Students will be working with examples and non-examples to deduce the topic of Countries vs Smaller Regions.

 What’s In My Brain: Austin vs Los Angeles

Students will be working with examples and non-examples to deduce the topic of capital cities.

 What’s In My Brain: Pentagon vs Pentagon

We're looking at regular vs irregular polygons.

 What’s In My Brain: Spain vs Germany

Students will be working with examples and non-examples to deduce the topic of Spain vs Germany.

 What’s In My Brain: Guinea Pig vs Potbelly

Students will be working with examples and non-examples to deduce the topic of misnomers