This is GREAT. All my rules in one word! I can't wait to use it. Thanks so much! Michele On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 10:01 PM, ELEANOR ZWEBNER <eleanorz541@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > Last week someone in the digest asked about first day rules. In the same > digest someone else gave his rules -- there was even an audio link. > However, I found them too "wordy". Rules should be simple. > The very best rules are the product of one of our teachers, Fredda > Finklestein. She has just returned from abroad and gave me permission to > post her BE A SPORT rules. SPORT is an acronym : sit, polite, one (person > at a time), ready, tidy. The posters and worksheets are livelier (with > fonts, designs in color on posters) than here but the rules are simple, > straightforward, easy to remember. Are you a sport? > > > In English we often say, ? Be a SPORT! ? ? it really means : > > > -- SIT? Everyone SITS when the bell rings > -- POLITE? We are POLITE, we respect each other. We listen to each > other; we do not take things from other pupils; > -- ONE person - only ONE person talks at a time: everyone else > listens. > --READY - we come to class READY to learn. We have books, notebooks, > pens, sharp pencils, erasers, homework. We do NOT have food or drinks ( > only water!) during a lesson. > -- TIDY- The room must be clean and TIDY! > We also teach the new words, quiz them on the content, vocabulary and of > course: Are they ready? Is the room tidy? etc etc... > > Eleanor > > > ----------------------------------------------- > ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org > ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** > ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** > ----------------------------------------------- > > ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------