What's In My Brain Lessons

Intriguing lessons based on the Concept Attainment model. Ask students to decide _why_ items are grouped into two different categories. *A Byrdseed favorite!*

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Writing Concept Attainment Lessons

Writing Concept Attainment Lessons

For Teachers

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: Cute Baby vs Fast Cheetah

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

Can your students puzzle out the differences in these types of figurative language - without any instruction!?

Run On or Not? – Concept Attainment

Run On or Not? – Concept Attainment

Can your students puzzle out the differences in these sentences - without any instruction!?

Concept Attainment: Walnut vs Clouds

Concept Attainment: Walnut vs Clouds

Students will be working with examples and non-examples to arrive at the topic of living vs non-living things.

Concept Attainment: Hornet vs Tiger

Concept Attainment: Hornet vs Tiger

Students will be working with examples and non-examples to arrive at the topic of invertebrates vs vertebrates.

Concept Attainment: Conductors

Concept Attainment: Conductors

Students will be working with examples and non-examples to deduce the topic of electrical conductors!

Simple or Compound Sentences – Concept Attainment

Simple or Compound Sentences – Concept Attainment

Can your students puzzle out the differences in these two types of sentences - without any instruction!?

Complex or Compound – Concept Attainment

Complex or Compound – Concept Attainment

Can your students puzzle out the difference between these two types of sentences without any instruction!?

What’s In My Brain: Trapezoids or Not?

What’s In My Brain: Trapezoids or Not?

What's the deal with these four sided polygons?

What’s In My Brain – Independent vs Dependent

What’s In My Brain – Independent vs Dependent

What makes these clauses different?

What’s In My Brain: Owl vs Eagle

What’s In My Brain: Owl vs Eagle

Students will be working with examples and non-examples to deduce the topic of nocturnal vs diurnal animals.

Concept Attainment: Art

Concept Attainment: Art

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

What’s In My Brain: Pentagon vs Pentagon

What’s In My Brain: Pentagon vs Pentagon

Students will be working with examples and non-examples to deduce the topic of regular polygons.

Concept Attainment: Japan vs Jamaica

Concept Attainment: Japan vs Jamaica

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

What’s In My Brain: Crocodile vs Tree Frog

What’s In My Brain: Crocodile vs Tree Frog

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

What’s In My Brain: May vs May

What’s In My Brain: May vs May

Students will determine when "may" is used for possibility and when it's used for permission.

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

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

Can students figure out the differences between sentences with past progressive and simple past tenses using the concept attainment model?

What’s In My Brain: Progressive vs Simple Tenses

What’s In My Brain: Progressive vs Simple Tenses

Can your students puzzle out the differences between these two tenses - without any instruction!?

What’s In My Brain: Painting vs Painting

What’s In My Brain: Painting vs Painting

Can the concept attainment model make transitive and intransitive verbs interesting? In my experience, it sure can!

What’s In My Brain: Tree vs Tree

What’s In My Brain: Tree vs Tree

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

What’s In My Brain: Narwhal vs Penguin

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: Coral vs Water Lilies

What’s In My Brain: Coral vs Water Lilies

Students will be working with examples and non-examples to deduce the topic of Saltwater vs Freshwater Organisms.

What’s In My Brain: Italy vs Normandy

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.