Behaviour Management Ideas
Below is a list of behaviour management ideas and strategies for in the Japanese classroom. Also, you can download an excellent behaviour managment pack from the Learning Place at http://www.learningplace.com.au/deliver/content.asp?pid=35913.
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Tomare R. Jeffers Create a stop sign out of some red card and write とまれ. Every time you want the class to be quiet show the stop sign and count to five: いち,に,さん,よん,ご. Any student that is not quiet and listening to the teacher gets a black card. Any student who gets more than 3 black cards goes to timeout.
Ask me a question adapted from www.eslcafe.com If a Ss is caught talking when the Tt is talking, the Tt says their name and the Ss then must think of a question to ask the Tt in Japanese.
Behaviour Notebook Adapted fromwww.nea.org/tips/manage/behaior.html M Petery Assemble a 3-ring notebook and placing one page per student inside at the beginning of the year. On the first day of school, I show the students their blank page and challenge them to keep it blank for the whole school year. When a student breaks a rule, that student must go to the behaviour notebook and write a brief account of what transpired. If the teacher agrees with the assessment, the teacher then signs it and dates it. This page can be sent home with the report card at the end of the marking period. A big point is made of the fresh start for all at the beginning of the next marking period. If a student has a blank page all year, the teacher can send home the original blank page with a heartwarming note of praise for good behavior all year long.
Behaviour roleplay Adapted from www.eslcafe.com If Ss are consistently breaking rules or it’s a new class, write a roleplay onto card between a Tt and Ss discussing the rules of the class. Give each Ss a roleplay card. They then read and act out the roleplay in pairs.
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Adapted from www.eslcafe.com J Miller Draw a line down the side of the board. Write しゅくだい 'homework' at the bottom of the line and about two or three inches up write ゲーム 'game'. Every time Ss speak out of turn rub some of the line off so that it gets shorter. When it reaches the word game and disruption continues the Ss miss out on a game. And if it continues the Ss will end up with homework.
Bye Bye Chip Adapted from www.eslcafe.com Each Ss begins the day with 3 game chips (or laminated coloured cards) on their desk. If negative behavior occurs, the Tt takes one chip without making any reference to the behavior. If arguing occurs another chip is removed. Once all chips are removed Ss need to stay back after class.
City Challenge adapted from www.eslcafe.com G. Boisseau Select some major Japanese cities or provinces. Allocate a city for each small group of students (3 or 4) for that lesson. The students have a list of goals: listen to the teacher, hand up, participate, be on task. Students get 40 points if they achieve all of these goals. If they don’t achieve a goal ie.one of the Ss in the group isn’t listening when the Tt is talking they lose 10 points. If the group doesn’t put their hand up to answer a question they lose another 10 points. Etc. The group that gets full points at the end of the lesson gets to keep the city. The Ss who only get some points for that city must start again next lesson. The group which collects all the cities, or the most cities by the end of term gets a prize.
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Adapted from http://k6educators.about.com/ Students who are behaving well receive a raffle ticket. At the end of the week, all the raffle tickets go into a draw. A small prize is given to the winner of the draw.
Clap patterns http://k6educators.about.com/ Ss copy the Tt clapping pattern. When everyone is listening and clapping proceed with the lesson.
Cooperative Coloured Circles Adapted from www.nea.org/tips/manage/behaior.html E Wargo If a group is on task and using quiet voices, give them a green circle. To remind them about the noise level, give the group a yellow circle. If a group is way off task, give them a red circle and step in to give them assistance.
Deck of Cards talk adapted from www.eslcafe.com N Mantas Distribute a deck of cards amongst the Ss. Anyone who wishes to speak must raise their hand and submit a card. Once the Ss has used their card they can not answer any more questions until all the cards have been used by the rest of the class.
Discipline Cards Adapted from www.nea.org/tips/manage/behaior.html LCox On a chart next to each student’s name have green, yellow and red card. At the beginning of the lesson each student has a green card showing on the chart. If a child is disruptive, he or she is told to pull their green card as a warning and their yellow card is exposed. After the yellow card is pulled, the child is given a five-minute time out. After the red card is pulled, the child is given a ten-minute time out. If the behavior continues, the child is sent to the school reflection room. Once a reflection sheet is satisfactorily completed, the child may return to class.
Egg timer To keep Ss on task for a set time give them an egg timer.
Game deduction adapted from www.eslcafe.comWrite on the board ‘Game’ or ゲーム and 5 or 10 tally marks. Each time Ss are disruptive erase a minute from their game time.
Hands Up and Count http://k6educators.about.com/ Raise your hand and quietly in Japanese count down from 五 to 一. All the Ss need to have their hands raised by the time you get to 0.
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Adapted fromhttp://k6educators.about.com/ Write the word Japanese or にほんご on the board. If it gets too loud count from 5 to 0 and erase a letter.
Letter of wrong adapted from www.eslcafe.com J Clivillé Write a letter to your Ss welcoming them to your class. Write 10 odd sentences about behaviour eg. “We hope that you will be as noisy and lazy students.” Ss need to find the mistakes and then discuss them as a group.
Light disco http://k6educators.about.com/Turn the lights on and off until Ss are quiet.
Marble Jar Adapted fromhttp://k6educators.about.com/Have an empty jar. Each time a Ss is caught doing something right they get a marble for in the jar. Display the jars at the front of the classroom clearly marked with different classes ie. 8A, 8B, 8C etc. The class with the most marbles at the end of term gets a prize.
Moving Teacher http://k6educators.about.com/ Move around the room. Go to the back of the class. Go to the noisiest part of the room.
Music Boxhttp://k6educators.about.com/ Buy a music box. At the beginning of the lesson wind the music box up completely. Tell the Ss that whenever they are noisy or off task, you will open the music box and let the music play until they quiet down and get back to work. If, at the end of the lesson there is any music left, the Ss receive some type of reward ie free play time.
Name game adapted from www.eslcafe.com If a students misbehaves write the first letter of their name on the board. Each time he/she misbehaves write the next letter of his/her name on the board. If at the end of the lesson their entire name is on the board the Ss needs to stay back after class.
Passport adapted from www.eslcafe.com C Powell Give each Ss a passport by making a little booklet with about 10 pages. On each page, draw a square, and below the square, leave a space for the name of the country visited. On the front page, photocopy your own passport cover and then write the student's name. Every time Ss do something really good give them a country sticker at the end of the lesson.
Pass the microphone Use a toy microphone or a tennis ball, a pen, or any item that your students like. Whenever a Ss wants to talk they must be holding the microphone.
Perfect Punishments adapted from www.eslcafe.com Mercedes Foligna If Ss misbehave and need to be punished get the Ss to choose their own punishment. Have an envelope where there are
slips of paper with tasks for them to do. They pick one at random and they have to perform the task. There should be a wide range of Japan related tasks such as: 1) Interview your home teacher and ask her/him if she thinks it is important to listen in class – write a transcript of the interview. 2) Find a Japanese native speaker, introduce yourself in Japanese and ask them to tell you about their town. Write a description of their town. 3) Find a Japanese recipe – write it out and include illustrations. 4) Find a famous Japanese person – write a biography.
Post-it compliments Put a post-it on Ss desks that are behaving well.
Referee www.eslcafe.com E Johansen If a Ss is behaving in an unacceptable manner, show the Ss a yellow card. A second offense is greeted with a red card, and results in the "player's" immediate removal from the game or classroom.
ShShSh adapted fromwww.eslcafe.com Write Sh Sh Sh in descending size on the board. Any Ss still talking after writing it three times must stand up.
Sing latecomer adapted fromwww.eslcafe.com S Davis At the beginning of the term, tell the Ss that if they are late to class, they have to sing a song in front of the whole class. When a Ss is late, the rest of the class will help enforce the rule. If they refuse to sing get the Ss to remember 10 words in Japanese.
Show me the money adapted from www.eslcafe.com Each Ss is given 1000yen. Each time a Ss misbehaves he/she must give the Tt 100yen. The Ss who have any money at the end of the class gets a sticker/stamp. The Ss who collects 5 stickers/stamps gets a prize.
Stop Stop Stop http://k6educators.about.com/ Ss repeat とめてorしずかに three times as loudly as they can. Or something funny like:つくつく、ウィンク、ウインク、言わなく。
Student monitor http://k6educators.about.com/ When writing on the board, choose a student to stand up and watch the class. That Ss tells the Tt who was the best behaved. The Ss selected gets to watch the class next time.
Thank you http://k6educators.about.com/ Tt stops talking and says ありがとうor thank you to all the students listening and paying attention.
Thumb masters Put your thumb on your chin. Ss copy. The last Ss to put their thumb on their chin is the loser (ie. Not paying attention) and needs to stand up for 2 minutes.
Three strikes and your out When a Ss misbehaves write their name on the board and 一When the Ss reaches 三 or 五, then they need to stand outside for 3 minutes or 5 minutes.
Write a message http://k6educators.about.com/ Write a message on the board. Ss will read it and begin to quite down.
Wait Cards Adapted fromwww.nea.org/tips/manage/behaior.html L Golomb Laminate numbers 一 to 二十 put them in order in a basket. When the teacher is busy talking to someone, a student can come up and take a card. They take the card back to their seat instead of waiting in line. When the teacher is finished with the student, the teacher calls on the next number and a hand goes up to show the teacher who is next.
Water fountain http://k6educators.about.com/ Buy a water fountain. When it is time for quiet work, tell the Ss you want to hear the trickle of the water.