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| Contentid | 1969 |
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| Content Type | 1 |
| Title | Seating Chart Rotations |
| Body | Sitting in the same place day after day can make kids too complacent, so I train mine to change places every Monday. The front row moves to the back, and everyone else moves up. Also, the row nearest the door, moves over to the window side, and everyone else moves to the right. I tell them why: 1) I tend to teach to a wedge in the center 2) Everyone gets one of the best seats on a regular basis. 3) They are paired with a different conversation partner every other week. 4) Research shows that the stimulus of being in a different part of the room contributes to alertness. Of course, students with a hearing impairment may need to have a permanent place in the front row. My students really like this system. It makes my class different. They loudly remind me if I launch into Monday's lesson and I haven't asked them to change seats. To help you keep it straight or have a seating chart for a sub, you can make columns on your computer, type in the names, and then on Mondays, select and move whole rows and reprint the seating chart. Be sure to include the date! Bishop, M. Rotating Seating Chart. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (16 Aug. 2004). |
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| Inputdate | 2004-08-27 13:50:00 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2004-08-27 13:50:00 |
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