Game Fair! TYL Week 8

1. Game Fair!TYL Week 8

2. Agenda • Games: Why? How? • Fair: Rotate around the room! • Break • Continue: Classroom Management

3. Why use games in class? They • Require effort • Motivate • Create a context for learning • Allow students to experience language • Are fun!

4. They’re better than drills because . . . They   • Involve emotions • Require interaction • Demand more “talk time” for individual students • Show living communication • Help students absorb information better

5. How do you know if a game’s good? If it . . . • Is entertaining/engaging • Is challenging • Is interactive • Demands a lot of “talk time” • Does this activity make students actually think? Also, consider . .. • Is it competitive? (Do you want it to be?) • Would students want to do the game in their own language?

6. Introducing Games • Clear, simple English directions with pictures • Sentence frames needed (“This is a ___.”) • Social language needed? • “It’s your turn!” • “Sorry, but good try!” • I do, we do, you do

7. What is the teacher doing when the students are playing?

8. What is the teacher doing when the students are playing? • Walking around • Ensuring understanding • Keeping students on task • Assessing • Checklist?

10. Think-Pair-Share • What are some possible problems with playing games? • How can you solve these problems before they start?

11. Let the games begin!

12. Classroom Management Continued

13. Last week, we looked at . . . • Room arrangements • Desks • Class meeting space? • Decoration • Rules • Procedures • Signs and Signals for Attention and Transitions

14. This week, we’ll discuss . . . • Maintaining students’ attention and concentration • Encouraging participation • Controlling noise • Rewarding good behavior • Punishing undesirable behavior

15. What if students get antsy? Take a brain break!

16. Brain Breaks • Jump-n-Spell • Slap Count • X and O • Cha Cha Slide • 1st grade

17. Smile Break • smile break ppt.ppt

18. Wiggle Breaks

19. Getting their Attention: Quick Fixes • Clapping Games • Follow my finger! • Pair-Share • TPR, tracing in air, etc.

20. What if students can’t concentrate?How do we get their attention when they’re bored? • Make it fun! • Use fun “stuff” while you’re teaching • Realia, stuffed animals, puppets, costumes, characters, funny pictures, and more! • Remember: • Studies say: Kids can concentrate for 1-2minutes times their age (4 year old = 4 to 8 mins); this gets longer with age • Changes of state: Change state frequently

21. Other questions

22. Keeping noise under control

23. Noise: Whole Class • Trafffic light • Calm counter

26. Noise in Groups

27. Participation

28. Participation Ideas

29. Behaviors: rewards and punishments

30. First. . . • Think intrinsic, not extrinsic! • To prevent is better than to cure!

31. Individual praise

32. Rewarding Good Behavior

33. Warm Fuzzies

35. Other Ideas for Economies • Teaching Channel Video

36. Secret Student

37. Group praise

38. Team Points • Keep track • Give small award to Team with most points • Special “trophy” on desks • Line up first • Use pillows in seats

39. Punishment / Behavior modification

41. When a student breaks a rule, always ask: • “Which rule did you break?” • “Why is it important to follow this rule?” • Bad Behavior Prevention: Randomly “catch” students obeying rules; praise them in front of the class and explain which rule they were following

42. Discussion for Misbehaving Kids

47. In conclusion . . .

48. What are the main reasons why students misbehave in a classroom? • not being able to do the work, • fear of failure, • boredom, • lack of clarity about what to do, • too long spent on an activity without a break, • lack of self-esteem and • poor relationships." Newell and Jeffery (2002) "Behavior Management in the Classroom"

49. Putting it all together . . .

50. We’ve been learning all about teaching for the skills, so how do we put it all together?