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Make my life easier!

Establishing classroom routine and


procedures
Presentation by
John Buckner
TEFL Peace Corps

An ounce of prevention
is worth a pound
of cure.
- Benjamin Franklin

Objectives for this session


What
How

activities do you do all the time in class?

can you save time with these activities?

What
What
When
What

is the first thing you need to do every class and why?

are some classroom procedures that you can establish?


is the best time to establish class routines?
are the benefits of establishing classroom procedures?

The first days of school


What do you do the first days of school?
Day 1 agreements, rules, rewards,
consequences
Classroom vocabulary, individual and class goals

Day 2 establish and practice class


routines
Day 3 agreements, rules, rewards, and
consequences quiz
Day 4 Diagnostic test
Personality Diagnostic (Myers Briggs) Gratis
Learning-Type Diagnostic (Gratis. En Espaol)

An ounce of prevention
Seating

chart

Learn the students names quickly.


Establishes stronger relationships
Helps manage behavior effectively
Which is more effective?
Hey. You, student. Stop talking.
Natalia, face forward.

Demonstrate authority
How

do you organize the seating


chart?
When do you do the seating chart?
How do the students find their seats?

Classroom Vocabulary
Use

English to give classroom


commands.

Stand up. Sit down.


Face forward. Face me.
Open your books. Close your books.
Take out a pen and sheet of
paper/your homework.
Get into (your) groups.
Exchange (your homework) with your
neighbor.

What activities are most


common?
Get into (your) groups.
How? (groups of 5)
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Get into your groups.


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Get into your groups.

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Occasionally, switching group members


after forming the groups provides
flexibility.
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Turn in your
(home)work.
One

student in each row stands


up and collects their classmates
(home)work.
What are the benefits?
What are the problems?

Turn in your (home)work.


How?

PASS
IT
FORWARD.

Pass your (home)work forward.


Students

stay seated and pass


their (home)work to the student
seated in front of them.
What are the benefits?
What are the problems?

Collect money for copies.


How?
PASS
IT
FORWARD?

Benefits?
Problems?

Collect money for copies.


When?

Ask the president of the class to do it


before or after class and then give
the money to you.
Other suggestions?

Taking attendance for 40 or


more students
Question: How can you save time
with this activity?
Answer: Ask who is absent as
opposed to calling each students
name.

Class routine

What should you do at the


beginning of every class?

1. Write the objective on the board.


2. Write the schedule for the class on
the board.

Class Objective Example


Objective:

Students will be able to


fill in the blank with the correct
conjugation of the verb to be in
the first, second and third person in
the present tense when given a
sentence with an accuracy of at
least 70% (or 7/10).

Why

do you need to write the


objective?

Class Schedule Example


1.
2.
3.

review and grade homework


guided practice to be
individual practice to be

(Write 15 sentences using to be.)


4.
5.

assign homework
activity or game

Why

do you need to write the


schedule?

Dont take homework


home.
Work smarter, not harder.
Can you think of a classroom
procedure that could save you time
grading homework?
Peer grading is one solution!

Speaking of homework
Routine

doesnt just have to


include activities where the
students move around.
Write the homework assignment and
when its due in the same place on
the board every day. Never change
it.
Can you think of other routines that
you can develop to save time and
effort?

Develop your own procedure


1.
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6.

Write step-by-step instructions for the


activity.
Say the steps or read them aloud.
Show the steps visually in writing or
through illustrations.
Demonstrate each step or have a student
demonstrate.
Have the whole class practice until each
student masters the procedure and it
becomes a routine.
If necessary, re-teach procedures.

Time Considerations

tardiness and absences


homework
what is being prepared for class
students who finish early
student relationships
how students expected to behave
toward one other
types of group work
students helping each other

Consider teacher/student relationships


What will be your routines?
How do students speak to the teacher and
when?
Can students work while the teacher
speaks?
What are the rewards and consequences for
the policies?
Will you make an agreement with your
students about classroom rules?
How will you present your policies to the
students?
How will you give instructions?
Do you expect your students to take notes?

Bibliography

Doug Lemov. (2011). Teach Like a Champion Field Guide. Hoboken,


NJ: Jossey-Bass.

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