LESSON 1: CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT FOR LEARNING

In our first day in the classroom the most important aspect that we have to take into account is to create a good environment for learning. To do that, there are many things that we, as teacher, can do.

1- Show enthusiasm

2- Take time to learn names

3- Getting  to know each other activities (to break the ice and motivate):
     Some of these activities can be: blind date, it's all in your hands, say your name, prove it....
     Moreover, we can do group work and mix the groups using the animal scramble games, in which each person has an animal and they have to find the people who  has the same animal making the sound.

4- Establishing rules (poster with rules or learning contract)

5- Keeping the things fresh (breaking the routine).


These are some of the examples that you can establish in your class and we have experienced in our first lesson too.