Silent LaunchExpectationsThis activity should be…• Silent• Independent

• Work until I say stop

• Be ready to share your answers

5 MinutesShare Using

Partner Share

• On your worksheet there is a silent launch at the top. Answer it in complete sentences.

• When you are done, write down one thing you plan to do over the Thanksgiving break.

Malleable Intelligence

No Books Today

Content/Language Objective

• Today I will…• Learn about how the brain works

by reading about malleable intelligence and watching a video on how learning happens in my brain.

Malleable Intelligence• Do you think people are born smart or they work to get smart?

• We’re going to take 10 minutes to take a pre-test on how we learn

• This should be SILENT & INDEPENDENT

Now we will work in Groups

• Read the article and fill in the read along worksheet (1 per group)

• We will share out our answers at the end.

15 Minutes

PowerPoint on How We Learn

• Follow along by filling in the notes

The Human BRAIN!!!!!

The

Huma

n B

R

A

I

N

!!!!!

What it really looks like…

The brain is made up of cells called

NEURONS:

A 3-D image of a brain neuron:

This is what’s happening inside your head

RIGHT NOW!!

The More Explosions… the Smarter You Are

Intelligence is developed,

NOT predetermine

d

How did Arnold Schwarzenegger

become so strong?

How did Lebron get so good at

basketball?

How do gymnasts make it to the

Olympics??? And win gold medals?

Muscle cells are working hard for these people…

How do babies learn to speak?

How do babies learn to speak?

Malleable Intelligence Theory:

Malleable: means that you can shape or change something

Intelligence: means your ability to learn, reason, and problem

solveTogether this means that if you WORK

HARD… you will GET SMART!!!

We can make our brains stronger, just the

same way we can make our muscles

stronger...

EXERCISE your brain and you

WILL get smarter.

Hard Work is More Important Than

Talent

• Everyone can LEARN• Everyone can be SMART• How hard will YOU work

at it?

It takes LOTS and LOTS of

work to be good at something

• It is GOOD to have to work hard to understand something. It has nothing to do with your intelligence.

• If you know someone who is very good at math… they were not born that way… they worked hard to get there!

INTELLIGENCE is a LEARNED quality and can

be cultivated

• Psychologists who study creative geniuses point out that the single most IMPORTANT factor in creative achievement is willingness to put in a tremendous amount of HARD WORK and to sustain this effort in the face of CHALLENGES

Most people believe that you are born with a certain LEVEL of

intelligence

• This is FALSE and one of our most DANGEROUS beliefs.

Intelligence = How HARDYou Work!

Only YOU CAN set the limits on how much you

can learn• As humans we don’t like to

be CONFUSED. We get frustrated at what we don’t understand.

• But we tend to LIKE what we do understand.

• UNDERSTANDING MATH is something you work at.

Michael Jordan was cut from his High School basketball

team• But he didn’t QUIT• Success is GUARANTEED if

you NEVER GIVE UP!• If you don’t understand

something, keep going until you get it 100%

• Like Michael Jordan, you MUST be willing to keep going, even when you don’t get it the first time.

Did you know…• Twin rats were raised in two different environments: either

in a bare cage with food and water, or in a cage with lots of toys and exercise equipment to explore.

• In the bare cages, the “cage potato rats” just ate and drank and laid around, while in the enriched environment, the “summer camp rats” were busy exploring and learning, exercising their brains.

• It turned out that the summer camp rats became much smarter than the cage potato rats – they were better at learning new things.

• And their brains were heavier, too: they had more connections between the neurons in their brains. This research shows that active mental exercise builds up the brain and makes it smarter.

• Even old rats were able to develop their brains in the enriched environment, proving that you’re never too old to grow your brain!

Now A Video on The Brain

• Video Link: “The Human Mind: Get Smart”

Math Message• What?

o The Human Mind can be grown like a muscle.

• So What?o If you want to get good at

something, you just have to work hard at it. Over time you will develop that skill.

• Now What?o We will take that

knowledge and move forward with it in math class. Work hard, get smart!

Wrap-Up• Today we…• Learn about how the brain works

by reading about malleable intelligence and watching a video on how learning happens in my brain.

• HOMEWORK: No Homework This Week

Not Due this Week

Exit Mini Quiz• Answer the true/false questions

on the small sheet of paper that Mr. Sarlo will give you.

• Work Hard, Get Smart!

ExpectationsThis activity should be…• Silent• Independent

• Work until I say stop

• Name on paper• This is your exit

ticket!

5 Minutes