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Here are some ideas for classroom management. ● Take control of where the kids sit. Even if you don’t allocate the exact seats, get each student simply to sit in a different seat from the one they had in the last class. ● Keep desktop clutter to a minimum – provide pencils/paper, etc yourself. ● If you want the kids to move around, give clear instructions, including a quick diagram on the board even, before they start moving. ● Divide the lesson into ‘circle time’ for presentations, games, recycling, etc, and ‘table time’ for book-based work. ● A non-verbal signal to be quiet is better than a loud noise or raising your voice – don’t get into a competition with them! ● The fewer and simpler the rules, the better. ● Positive reinforcement is better than negative commands: try asking noisy students to do something specific or answer a question rather than saying Stop …! ● Remove misbehaving students from their audience (the rest of the class). Put them just outside the door, in the back of a colleague’s classroom, in the corner out of the sight line of the other students, etc. Alex Bishop Madrid, Spain |
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