Phuong phap 6a

Conventions and Routines
Hoang Huyen Trang
Le Thi Le Huyen
Phan Minh Thuong
Ngo Thi Khanh Ha

Outline
Conventions
- Definition
- Steps to teach the rules
- Examples

Routines
- Definition
- Types of routines
- Importance and purposes of routines
- Activities and tips
Quizzes

I. Conventions

“What are the conventions?”

Rules governing
Acceptable behaviors


“Why do we need conventions in a class?”

To orientate students what they have to do and not

To establish and maintain a good learning environment

“How should a teacher introduce conventions to his or her students?”
Steps to teach the rules:

- Have specific instructions

- Provide opportunities to practice

- Praise

- Have consequences to breaking the rules




Examples:

1. Always be your best and do your best

2. Be cooperative.

3. Respect others and the property of others.

4. Always remain on task.


Be on time, be on task, be prepared.

Demonstrate respect for yourself, other students and property.

Behave appropriately at all times.



CLASSROOM ROUTINES

DEFINITION

Routines are the regularly repeated activities which support conventions/ rules.



Question:
What is the importance of classroom routines?
IMPORTANCE
Good routines are important, even vital to successful classrooms:
Allow for easy class management
Maintain organization of daily classroom life
Keep disciplines







Facilitate teaching and learning
Save valuable classroom time
Easier for students to learn and achieve more
reduce levels of poor student behavior.
Increase momentum












Question:
How many types of classroom routines? What are they?
HOUSEKEEPING
Attendance
Clean-up
Getting/maintaining supplies
Organizing furniture…
CLASS BUSINESS
Making announcements
Noise-level control
Leaving the room
Turn-taking
What to do with the first 10 minutes of the day/period…

WORK HABITS &
WORK PROCEDURES

How to sit/form groups
Use of lab equipment
What form to use on book reports
Procedures for using an easel…

 When skillfully performed, all of those routines are valuable ways of organizing and managing a class.

Question:
What are purposes which classroom routines serve for?

MOMENTUM

Momentum: an efficient flow of events without delays
Focus on efficiency and effectiveness
Eg:
1. Finished work are put on the right hand; workbooks are left open to first page needing correction. This eliminates the problem of “What do I do with this paper?”

2. Students will bring the correct books to class according to the “book chart” in my classroom. The reason is to avoid “I forgot my books”, etc…

ACADEMICS

Increase the effectiveness of cognitive learning.
Eg:
Story folders… contain all second drafts of students’ writings; give each child the ability to re-read a past story, to note improvement and to simply enjoy his/her own stories.

PERSONAL & SOCIAL LEARNING

“Personal learning”: refers to students’ learning about themselves or some ability that might be described in terms of character development rather than skill.
“Social learning”: refers to students’ learning something about others, about groups, about people together (cooperation, sharing)
Eg:
Assignments… are designed to permit students to help each other at the same time that each is required to give individuals answers.
Supports students’ learning from each other and increase talk among peers in class by making it work-related.
Makes copying obvious and unacceptable

SETTING UP ROUTINES
Essential activities required classroom routines

b) Procedural routines

c) Activities & Tips


Essential activities required classroom routines

Discussion:

What are essentials activities required classroom routines?
Receiving the students
Beginning the day
Checking attendance
Training students to answer
Moving students into groups
Ending the lesson
Procedural routines
- Do the ss know clearly what’s expected of them the way of procedures and routines?

- Do they know what they’re supposed to do?

 To get the most out of routines, teachers need to communicate ss clearly.
Good communication routines is:

- direct
- specific
- repeated
- communicated with positive expectancy
- modeled
- tenacious
- consistent
Activities & Tips
Receiving the students
- Try to arrive first. A position near the doorway allows you to establish individual contact with the students as they come in.

2) Starting the lesson
- Engage ss in activity as soon as they sit down
- Get ss involved in the start of the day routines by giving them responsibilities

3) Ending the lesson
- Bring the lesson to an end before the bell

4) Preparing materials for distribution
- Separate different handouts and clip them together
- Label them for ease of reference
- Count them by rows or groups
- Put them in the order you wish to distribute them

5) Collecting and returning work
- Get a student at the front of each row to collect the books
- Check the number of each pile tallies with the number of ss

6) Getting materials back
- Number anything you wish to collect in again
- Allocate a number to each student so you know exactly who has what


7) Training ss to answer
- Insist that ss attract your attention by raising their hand

8) Moving ss into group
- Give instructions for the task in stages
- Check ss’ understanding
- Name each group
- Move the members of the first group into position first and the other groups should follow
1.Conventions are rules governing what is considered to be acceptable
behavior in a given social situation (in this case the classroom)

2. Social learning refers to students learning something about themselves or some
ability that might be described in terms of character development rather than skill.

3. Conventions and routines are important factors in creating a
productive working environment

4. Routines are the regularly repeated activities which support rules
considered to be acceptable behavior in a given social situation.
5. According to, there are 3 types of procedural routines including
momentum; academics; personal and social learning.
6. Personal learning refers to students learning something about others,
about groups, about people together( cooperation, sharing).

7. It is important to establish and maintain routines in any classroom.

8. The momentum learning student receive just from being present in a particular classroom.
9. Informality is advisable in large classes.

10.Routines allow for easy class management so that learning can continue unimpeded.

1. Attendance; getting and maintaining supplies; organizing books support for….classroom routine

2.How to sit, how to study spelling words, procedures for using an easel support for…..

3. … are the regularly repeated activities which support rules considered to be acceptable behavior in a given social situation.

4 Leaving the room, turn-taking and population limits; noise-level control support for….

5 …. refers to students learning something about others, about groups, about people together( cooperation, sharing).

6 . … routines refers to students learning something about themselves or some ability that might be described in terms of character development rather than skill.

7 . … routines are aimed at increasing the effectiveness of cognitive learning.

8 ….. serves efficiency and effectiveness.


a. class business
b. work habits and work procedure,
c. housekeeping

d. personal
e. social learning
f. Academic routines
g. momentum
h. Academic
It is important to establish and maintain routines in any classroom, especially in large classes
With each particular situation in large classes, teachers should set up routines from conventions to have the best management for their classes.