AN INTRODUCTION TO CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

Task 1

A)A student says I do not want to do this exercise.
*Ask why he/she does not want to do the exercise.
*Ask if the instructions are clear.

B)You expected an activity to take five minutes. It has taken 20 so far and the students still seem to be very involved. There is something else you would like to do before the lesson ends in ten minutes.
*If my learners are interested in the topic I do not interrupt the activity, I must adapt the new activity with the previous.
*Begin my next class with the previous, because my students are motivated.

C)The next activity involves students working in groups of five. At the moment all the desks are facing forward in rows. They are movable, but it takes a few minutes of chaos to do it.
*Before to ask that our students make teams, we have to see the conditions of the classroom.
*If we are going to work in teams is better if we ask that our students move the chairs before we enter to the classroom.

D)The students are working in groups of three. Two groups have finished the task you set them and are now sitting looking bored. The other groups still seem to have a long way to go before they finish.
*We can star to review the task, and give 5 more minutes to the other team.
*If this situation happens frequently we can change the members of the teams.