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The only ones I can think of are BRAT (bananas, rice, applesauce, toast) which is what you eat when you're tummy is upset and RICE (rest, ice, compression, elevation) which is what we do for sprains and such. Hmm, educational ones would be good. Maybe I should ask my ask my doctor for some, apparently I only rememember the ones he teaches me.

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Every Good Boy Does Fine

All Cows Eat Grass

FACE

 

My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas

 

ROY G BIV (colors of the rainbow)

 

These are the ones we know too, plus Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally for the order of operations (your previous post). And also Good Boys Do Fine Always for the bass clef line notes.

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And one I still remember from Hort classes in college:

 

C HOPKNS CaFe Mg (variously "See Hopkin's Cafe -- mighty good!" or "C. Hopkins, cafe manager" or somesuch)-- the plant nutrients. If you add NaCl (as in "C. Hopkins Cafe [food tastes] mighty good with salt" you have the 13 biologically important elements.

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And one I still remember from Hort classes in college:

 

C HOPKNS CaFe Mg (variously "See Hopkin's Cafe -- mighty good!" or "C. Hopkins, cafe manager" or somesuch)-- the plant nutrients. If you add NaCl (as in "C. Hopkins Cafe [food tastes] mighty good with salt" you have the 13 biologically important elements.

 

I got it. Nm. Lol

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King Patterson Creates Order For Goofy Students (thank you, Mr. patterson and 7th grade science).

 

Kids Have Dropped Over Dead Converting Metrics (Kilo, Hecto, Deca, Unit, Deci, Centi, Milli).

 

Not exactly a mnemonic, but my high school Spanish teacher always did "This and These have the Ts, That and Those do not!" Este, esta, esto, estos, estas= This and these. Ese, esa, eso, esos, esas = that and those.

 

FOIL (First, outer, inner, last)

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Here's a math one:

 

Don't Make Silly Careless Booboos.

Steps in division.

 

 

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NEWS - Directions on a map. Make a zigzag.

Never Eat Squishy Worms. (same)

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Capitol refers to the building, and since most capitol buildings have a dome, think of the "O" as looking down on the top of the dome.

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29 versions of the month rhyme:

http://www.leapzine.com/30Days.htm

 

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"Spring Forward; Fall Back" for Daylight Savings Time.

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Dessert – Double the S because you want more. (Desert has just one S).

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Some books:

 

 

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge: The Book of Mnemonic Devices

 

 

i before e (except after c)

http://www.amazon.com/before-except-after-Parkinson-Judy/dp/0762109173/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b

i before e (except after c)

by Parkinson Judy

 

Know the Roman numerals by remembering “I Value Xylophones Like Cows Dig Milkâ€

 

Thirty Days Has September: Cool Ways To Remember Stuff

 

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I'd love to observe in one of these classrooms:

 

KIPP schools

 

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=afQOvU9A45vA

 

Fifth graders recite multiplication tables in unison through rhyming chants, a mnemonic method known as rolling numbers. First-grade spelling lessons make use of body language, with students snapping their fingers for each vowel in a word, and clapping for each consonant.

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“Roll your ninesâ€

Repeat 9 18 27 35 45, etc. over and over using fingers to indicate the multiplier (1 x 9, 2 x 9, 3 x 9, etc.)

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SOHCAHTOA

:iagree:

 

And for PEMDAS instead of the usual Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally, my programming class a year ago came up with something like Python Experts Make Dandy At-home Students (we were learning Python programming).

 

One I remember from ages ago was People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms (PCMCIA) which is an archaic acronym meaning Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (I had to look that up tho' I could remember the People Can't... acryonym).

 

I remember coming up with a zillion acronyms when I had to remember lists for tests at college. But that was a while ago.

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