W11: Classroom Rules
Don’t Laugh When Other Students Make Mistakes The learning environment in the ESL classroom must be positive, so students can progress and don’t feel uncomfortable when making mistakes while misspelling words in writing or mispronouncing while reading. Explain to students that mistakes are a normal part of the learning process and that ridiculing others will not be tolerated as it shows unkindness. Raise Your Hand to Speak! Don’t Interrupt! Tell students that when they are kind and respect their teacher and their classmates, that means that they respect themselves too. Explain that it is vital that every person in the class has a chance to speak without being interrupted and have the others listening carefully. Be On Time Tell students that they should sign in to the teaching platform at least 5 minutes before class starts, so they can all start the lesson together. Or if the classes are in person they should arrive a few minutes before classes start. Respect The first ru...