Classroom setting and its brunt on learning
Richard M. Yumang
A large amount of the child’s time is spent sitting in a school classroom. This place is where they will learn the various skills deemed necessary and proper for them to achieve success in the global society. As we all know, classroom environment is a second teacher for any student, so in this article it will be talking about how the environment changes the concept of learning for any student.
With the classroom being such an important place, it is important to understand the ways in which to manipulate the environment in order to receive maximum effectiveness in instruction. The environment of the classroom truly matters for the students. First of all, it’s better to develop and extend children’s background and language knowledge on a topic or experience of interest.
Next, you must establish a purpose for the writing and an intellectually engaging opportunity for students to apply new learning. Students might write a letter to a local newspaper or write directions for a new game they have developed. Consider, for example, whether your students need to focus attention on paragraph structure, word choice, or sentence expansion.
During the writing, model processes needed by your students. Have a small whiteboard available, for example, to demonstrate to students how to say a word slowly and write sounds heard into “sound boxes” before writing a phonetically regular word into the text for them. For older students, begin with a root word and demonstrate how to add prefixes or suffixes to a new word.
Don’t forget to take a few minutes to have students orally summarize what has been learned about writing during this session. Finally, post the text in an accessible spot in the classroom, and provide opportunities for students to read or use the text multiple times over the next several days or weeks. The main purpose of doing shared writing with second language learners is to make your students learn different forms and functions of writing, as they observe and participate in writing events.
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The author is Teacher III at DapDap Elementary School, Division of Mabalacat
City