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mary-butterfly
Brazil

warm up
 
I need some help to my first class!
I have 35 students in my classroom!
Can you help me?
thanks in advance

9 Feb 2011      





anuska8
Spain

Hi Mary!
It �s so useful to sing a song like warming up. 
My favourite one is this (you can sing it with an easy melody):
"Good morning to you, good morning to you
everybody is quiet and paying attention
this is the way to start a new day"
All the class should performance it doing a "be quiet" sign (for example, putting your finger in the mouth and raising the other hand). 
Each time a student talk, you do that sign and all the class imitate you. This is so good for young learners. 

Good luck!
Kisses. 

9 Feb 2011     



serene
Greece

Hi mary-butterfly,
I usually introduce myself and then I ask my students to interview each other and fill in a questionnaire. When they finish, I have some students introduce their partners to the class. Finally I ask them to write a short text about themselves, which they can finish at home if there isn �t enough time. I teach older teenagers.
Depending on the age and level of your students, you can find very nice materials here.
http://www.eslprintables.com/buscador/buscar.asp?nivel=any&age=0&tipo=any&contents=back+to+school&username=&B1=Search#thetop
You might also want to search the forum for more ideas
http://www.eslprintables.com/forum/search.asp?query=first%20class&username=&fromday=0&frommonth=0&fromyear=0&today=0&tomonth=0&toyear=0&page=2
I hope you have a great start. Good luck! Smile

9 Feb 2011