The Weekend School

Thursday, December 31, 2015

Course: How to break bad news

This is a short course developed by Watch Well Cast
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When you have to break bad news, here are the steps...

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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Course: How to prepare for college or university (a course for high school students, including tips form High Tech High and SAT and ACT test prep)

Hello,
This is the standard letter

Your child is in high school. Here are suggestions.

Create a digital portfolio showing important projects and essays that your child has produced.

Create a YouTube channel with videos of your child explaining or doing something related to a passion or interest. What makes your child special? Show us. What does your child enjoy? What interests drive your child?

Phone Apps: If you find other apps, suggest them to Steve at (954) 646 8246

Duolingo: Get more languages in your head.

Math Workout for faster mental processing.

Spread the Words SAT: for a larger vocabulary. Just learn to recognize these words (“is it positive or negative? What is a similar word? “The dog _______ the car. The __________ cat ate quickly.” Is it a verb or a noun? “voracious” What kind of sentence do I use for this word? FreeVocabulary.com

Join the “one click club.” www.oneClickClub.blogspot.com Thank you for participating.

You can send questions to Steve at SteveEnglishTeacher@gmail.com.

Help make teaching more interesting, Click: SiSePuedeLearning.com and TransformTeaching.org Thank you!

How to get free test prep help: (1) Go to MajorTests.com. (2) Take photos of difficult problems. (3) Send the photos to (954) 646 8246 or email to SteveEnglishTeacher@gmail.com. (4) Get the reply.

Link to SAT Test Prep www.FloridaTestPrep.com
MajorTests.com

Link to Spread the Words SAT app
Link to Math Workout

Link to Top Ten Chess apps

Course: What should I read every day? Every week? Every month?

Every day
NYTimes.com
LATimes.com
WashingtonPost.com
CNN.com

Every week
Economist

Every month
National Geographic
Discover Magazine

Every 2 months
Psychology Today

Course: Grammar and Word Use

You can become a GRAMMARIAN and a SPEECH WRITER and a columnist. Why not learn to blog? Take "Grammar and Word Use" and find the power of the "right phrase."

http://www.shefinds.com/2015/this-new-app-helps-women-stop-saying-sorry-and-just-in-emails/

NEW WORD APP

EXCERPT from the review

Just Not Sorry will underline self-demeaning phrases in red like “I’m no expert” and qualifying words like “actually.” If you hover over the underlined words, explanatory quotes will pop up from powerful women. Slate writer Christina Cauterucci explains in her article that the “app relieves women of a bit of the sizable burden of realigning their subconscious word choices though the hover-over explanations could be tweaked to read as more encouraging than blame-y.” Since last night, 5,000 people have downloaded this Chrome extension. Amazing!

What makes our school special?

We offer the "Private School Experience"

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Digital Portfolio (showing your best work, like Michelangelo) and Projects
A Thought for the Day. Spend the day thinking about an important idea. ThoughtForTheDay.blogspot.com
http://athoughtoftheday.blogspot.com/
Phone apps to learn languages and open doors
Math Workout for speed
Lateral Thinking Puzzles for agility
Spread the Words SAT app for depth

Teacher's mobile phone (call 954 646 8246 -- go ahead, try it now)
Give three vocabulary words every day from FreeVocabulary.com
FloridaTestPrep.com for test prep
Mentoring to unfold you as a young adult and "Guidelines for Conduct"

Course: Games of Strategy to Build your Brain

These games build skills
chess planning, rapid decision making. sometimes it is better to make a quick wrong move than to take five minutes to choose the best move. If you are moving, even when making a wrong move, you are alive and engaged.

backgammon: calculating risk

dominos: collaboration, paying attention, estimating the odds.

Here are some materials to get started for each of these games of strategy

chess
Videos How Cast Guide
Ebooks 700 traps
PDF from Exeter

backgammon
Videos
Ebooks College worksheet The Rules Official rules
STRATEGIES

dominos

Videos Tips Mario 1 Mario 2 Mario 3 Mario 4
Ebooks Strategies Dominos

Recommendations provided by Mario Llorente

Checkers? Okay, but the skill building is greater in Chess.

Sudoku? Videogames? Okay, but the repetitive nature of hunting for a number will eventually turn into a routine. Dr. Daniel Amen makes it clear: blood flows to the brain when we are learning new rules and using new information. IF we call on old "routines" to solve a problem, then it's no longer a challenge and there is less flow of blood to the brain.

Video Simulations? Yes. See the COURSE on Brain Building with Video Simulations >> Click Here <<

Two Techniques: ANTeaters and Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)

This post is part of the core curriculum at Weekend School. You are encouraged to read it or watch these videos to get started...
ANTs and ANTeaters (the NIH summary of Dr. Amen's technique)

Replace ugly negative thoughts with positive thoughts

Dr. Amen's approach

Other videos available at the WellCast Youtube Channel

12 tips for a healthy brain

click here

EFT (described by Dr. Mercola)

Article 1 (mentioned in video)
What to Say While Tapping: How to Pick Effective EFT Tapping Phrases

Article 2 (mentioned in video)

CLICK HERE

Sources
http://eft.mercola.com/

http://www.eft-alive.com/eft-article-good-tapping-phrases.html

http://www.eft-alive.com/eft-article-when-eft-does-not-seem-to-work.html