This document provides guidance for classroom management strategies for English lessons with children under 12 years old. It recommends using games, songs, stories and activities to keep younger children engaged who learn best through play. It also suggests modeling language, asking questions, and positively reinforcing the children's speech. For older children between 7 to 12, it recommends reading, writing activities, and explaining concepts in simple terms. The document concludes with examples of routines for taking attendance, giving instructions, and ending the lesson.

1. CLASSROOM
MANAGEMENT

2. KIDS UNDER 7 YEARS
• hearing and experiencing lots of English
• learn through doing and playing
• learn vocabulary unconsciously and incidentally
• love playing with language sounds, imitating, and
making funny noises
• are not able to organize their learning
• May not be able to read or write in their mother
tongue
• Grammar will develop gradually on its own

3. Caretaker Talk
• Repeat phrases and earlier
e.g. Teacher : Look! Your shoes. Yes, your shoes…..your shoes
• React positively to what children say even if words
are not complete or perfectly pronounced
e.g. Children : Sus…sus…. Teacher : Yes, shoes
• Keep children’s attention by asking them questions
e.g. Teacher : And he brings us what? He brings …? He brings…..?
• Add to/or improve what children say
e.g. Children : Chocolate eggs Teacher : Do you like chocolate eggs?

4. CHILDREN BETWEEN
7 AND 12 YEARS
• are learning to read and write in their own
language
• are developing as thinkers
• understand the difference between the real and
imaginary
• can work with others

5. So, what activities can
you do with them?
• Read English stories
• Do reading games
• Explain simple things
• Model of language use
• Creative writing
• Organized activities : telling stories,
puppet show, or short drama

6. Explain simple things
• A pen is something for writing
• A soap is something for taking a bath
• A chair is something for sitting

7. Model of language use
Last week my family went to the
Last Sunday zoo
Last year
I like an apple
a melon
a cake

8. English Classroom
Language
• GREETING
 T : Good morning, children
 CH : Morning, teacher
 T : How are you today?
 CH : Very well. How are you?
 T : Fine, thanks

9. A question of routine
 T : Is today Monday?
 CH : No
 T : or maybe Tuesday? Or Sunday?
 Ch : No
 T : OK. What day is it today?
 Ch : Thursday
 T : Great!

10. Greetings and forms of address
TEACHER CHILDREN
Good morning, children Good morning, Miss
Good afternoon,
everybody
Hello, boys and girls Good afternoon, Teacher
girls and boys

11. Checking Attendance
• T : OK. Let’s check the roll. Now remember to
answer , “I’m here.” okay?
Lorenzo.
• Ch : I’m here
• T : Jonathan. Not here. Everybody says,”Not
here”
• Ch : Not here.
• T : Good. Where is he? “I don’t know” Can you
say that? I don’t know.
• Ch : I don’t know
• T : OK. So everyone is here, except Jonathan.

12. Checking attendance
• Let’s call the roll/Let’s take the register/let’s check to see
who is here
• Remember to answer “I’m here”
• Is everybody here?
• Is anyone away?
• Let’s all count to see if everyone is here
• So, everyone is here, except…..
• So, only two pupils away.
• Oh, good , Paula, you’re back. Nice to see you.
• Are you all right now?
• Where is John? Does anybody know where John is?

13. How will you start your lesson?
• Sing a song
• Say a rhyme
• Play a game
• Ask questions of routines : days of
the week, the weather, birthday

14. Exercise on giving instruction
• Get your books and pencils out
• Pick your pencils up
• Put all your things away
• Put your pencils down
• Swap your book to your friend’s
• Turn back to your friend
• Turn back to face the front
• Stand up, please
• Put your hands up
• Sit down, etc.

15. Making Discipline
• Back to your seat, John.
• Get your book, Ani.
• Stop talking to your friend.
• Be silent, please.

16. Ending Your Lesson
What do your children normally do
after your English lesson?
 Stay in the same room?
 Go to another lesson in a different
room?
 Have a break?
 Go home?

17. How will you end the lesson
• Ok. That’s all for now.
• Right. Pick up all your things, and put
the books in your back.
• That’s all for today. On Monday,
there will be more.
• OK. It’s break time. So you can go
out to play. But first- line up quietly
by the door.