Classroom Activities

Mr.Daniel's issue~ 

Mr.Daniel is teaching in class 3 Mesra...when he entered the classroom, the pupils would ignore him and don't even bothered to listen to what he wanted to say..there are not much difference when we look at Mr.Daniel's side: he too is ignorant towards his pupils. Although he knew that his pupils wasn't paying any attention to him, he put all the blame on them and just go on teaching the 'walls' of the classroom.


By this, we would like to suggest 3 activities that Mr.Daniel could do in order to save himself and the pupils of the class 3 Mesra...








 Activity No.1 "Are you listening?~ Last person to stand up...~"

Based on the situation given, we can say that Mr.Danial have problem in getting his pupils' attention while he is teaching. Clearly he doesn't even bother to try and just go on with his so-called job. As a teacher,  Mr.Danial should not have given up on his pupils; he should plan some new methods on getting these pupils back in track. 

To get the pupils' attention we must get them to LISTEN. No, you shouldn't rise your voice on them and shout "SHUT UP!". That would scare the heaven out of them.

The pupils need to feel safe around you. So the best way to get your pupils to listen is to PLAY. But not in their way, YOUR way. So I would like to suggest this simple activity to overcome Mr.Danial's issue with his pupils.



I call this activity "Are you listening~? Last person to stand up.."

To gain everyone's attention, the teacher will sing, "Are you listening~?" The pupils would sing back to him, "Yes we are~."

Then the teacher will get the pupils' participation at random he will say, " the last person to stand up...." and the last person to stand up has to ask a question, or answer a question or explain something.

It is interesting because everybody is attentive after that first " the last person to stand up."

Sure the teacher will work hard on getting the pupils to get use to this game and this might be a very simple activity or routine but the goal on gaining your pupils' attention is rather highly be achieve. Plus, pupils like simpleness.

Came back from my SBE! So here's the result I get with this activity...Are you listening?~

ACTIVITY 2: RIDDLE BOX

  

AKTIVITY 2 : RIDDLE BOX

I have come up with an activity for class management.

At last~ :D

As the name suggest, its a box full with riddles.

When I was in primary school, I really love riddles.

My English teacher, Miss Caroline (maybe Madam now =)) is a great teacher.

She loved telling stories and giving us riddles in the middle of her lesson.

and she always starts whenever I feel sleepy or when I start to think that the class is boring... :3 hehe.

Well, that is pretty much history of how I got the idea for this activity.

So, move on to how we teachers should do it...

1) The teacher will bring the riddle box whenever he/she come to class. Also, don't forget the rewards. Sweets will do the job. Change the rewards if necessary. Just don't bring Nasi Lemak. :)

2) next, teacher must practice to be a good observer. So, observe students behavior and face. If they face or behavior suggest that "this class is boring" or "I'm sleepy", take out the riddle box and draw one out. Give them the riddle.

3) oh yeah, don't forget to tell the students how they are supposed to answer that. you must ensure they put their hands up if they want to answer. This will be a good practice for students to learn how to answer any question politely.

4) The student who gave the right answer will be given the reward. If you have enough reward, give those who tried to answer. This will make them feel like trying again and it can boost their confidence level. (believe me, if you said "you are wrong" to student who tried to answer, you will make his/her confidence go down many level. I was one of them T.T) 

5) Make sure every student in the class is listening to the riddle and try to think or participate. Some jokes are welcome. 

Alright, that is all.... Simple, right?

You can spend about 2-3 minutes for this activity.

Just remember to not do this too often or it will lose its effectiveness.

Use other activity as well. :)

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ACTIVITY NO. 3: A STORY A DAY

this is an activity where students are required to go in front and tells a story that has alternatives and various possible endings for as long as the turns in the class are not yet finished.

the story does not necessarily ends in a one lesson class, it could go on for many lessons after.

this activity will start at the beginning of the class for about 5-10 minutes and in that time the students should be able to calm down and got ready for class instead of loitering around even when the teacher is in class.

the story could start of with anything, any subject and any characters that the teacher deemed suitable for the class.

the aim of this activity is just to simply gets the students' attention and interest in the class and get students to listen and pay attention to their friends and teachers as the turn could go to anyone.

this activity should be appropriate for mr daniel's class where they situation be at that none of the students are interested in his class. as the teacher listen to the students' story, the teacher should be able to know the students better and an interpersonal relationship between them is created.

ACTIVITY 4: GO baNanAs~!!!

hey guys!=) i've came up with another activity called Go BaNAnas~! i hope this would be useful for you. 

it's just for fun and just plain silly=) students will enjoy this when in the brink of drowsiness as may help energize the class and make them stretch a little after a long draggy class. enjoy!=D

the activity is simple:

1. ask the students to stand up and find space that is enough for them to move around.

2. make them stretch a little bit by moving them to left or to the right

3. ask the students to raise both of their hands up above the head and join them, making a triangle shape.

4. teacher follows and demonstrate with the students.

5. then start singing with some actions!

"peel bananas,

peel, peel bananas,(right hand go down simultaneously with the rhythm of the song like peeling a banana) 
peel bananas,
peel, peel bananas,(left hand go down simultaneously with the rhythm of the song like peeling a banana) 
shake bananas,
shake, shake bananas, ( students shake their body imitating the shape of a banana)
twist bananas,
twist, twist bananas, ( students twist their body imitating a shape of a banana)
bite bananas,
bite, bite bananas!, ( students bend down their knees and 
go down slowly as if they were bitten)

6. then teacher repeats until the students are simultaneously in sync with each other.

7. teacher then may continue with a fully energized class!=D

so teachers, when the class is out of energy just,

           

         KEEP CALM AND GO BANANAS~!!

CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO!=)) even grown ups could do it.GO BANANAS~!!