“I’m sorry, but we have to stop for recess,” I explained. The response from my students was a resounding, “AWWWWWW, can’t we finish this first?!” Wow, what a great thing to hear from 2nd graders! The Lesson My last post was about my idea for this lesson. The lesson began with a review of what students already know about how the brain learns and remembers. I reminded them how the brain is able to remember more when it can ‘tie’ the new information to existing knowledge. After using arms…