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| Title | Hints for the First Days of Class |
| Body | Whether your classes have begun or not, you may be looking for new ways to get to know your students and set the atmosphere for the class in the first week or two. Here are some recommendations from one teacher; look for more ideas next week. ---- Have you read Harry Wong's “First Days of School”? There are EXCELLENT suggestions for class management, including first-day-of-school stuff. Here's one that I've found to be invaluable: On the first day of school, GREET EACH OF YOUR STUDENTS AT YOUR CLASSROOM DOOR. Have seats already assigned. You can do this a number of ways. Here's what I do: When I greet the students at the door, I hand them an envelope which has their name on it and a question in Spanish. I tell them to find the seat with the answer to the question - that is their assigned seat! I also tell them to follow the instructions that are on the board. The instructions that I have on the board are: - Choose a name in Spanish that you'd like to use in this class. - Complete the student information sheet (This is already on their desk, or I hand it to the students at the door) The beauty of this system is threefold: 1. By the time class begins, I've already taken attendance. 2. By the time class begins, the students are already on task. 3. I have something that leads right into using the language. Once class begins, I then ask students to tell us the name they've chosen. They also read the question (from the envelope) out loud, as well as the answer. (With students I haven't had before, these questions are about me. With others, I will ask cultural info questions). After everyone has introduced themselves, I give the students a pop quiz on the information. (I don't count this). The student(s) with the most correct answers get a little token prize. The purpose of this is to get the students used to LISTENING to each other! Damascus, B. Re: First Days of School. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (15 Aug. 2006). |
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