5.+The+Brain+and+Literacy

**Core Readings **
[|The Gully in the Brain Glitch Theory] [|The Brain and Reading] (Sebastian Wren)

Reading & the Brain: Rewiring the Brain
Students are to hold this page in a way so that they can see the parts of the sentence by each number.
 * How The Beginning Reader Sees Reading **

//The sentence in the above document is: // 1. At first you only see 2. word shapes and lines 3. then someone helps 4. and a miracle happens

Multiple Intelligences Thrive in Smartsville Brain Pathways and Reading

**Teaching with the Brain in Mind** activity (Thanks Cheryl!)


**The Brain and Learning** (PowerPoint)

[| Knowledge We Use When We Read] (animated) [|An Information Processing Approach to Reading] (animated: word level, sentence level, conceptual level, topic level)

The Brain and Reading <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">A series of videos from Reading Rockets: Babies First Reading Skills, Biomapping the Brain, Rewiring the Brain, Reading and the Brain. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">[| Wernicke-Geschwind Area]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">**Create a Road Map** of your ‘journey’ through the different areas of the brain that information travels through when a student reads. Use directional ‘road signs’ that let you know in what area of the brain you are located when using different aspects of brain function to process text (i.e., visual, language, memory, physical movement, etc.) and where you will go for each phase. You may use a flow chart graphic organizer, or draw your own. Be creative and include informational and safety messages, if you like!

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">[|Printable Road Signs] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">[|More Printable Road Signs] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">[|Arrow Road Signs]