To implement P. 1 to P. 6 small class teaching, the school established routines for activities (using the same slogans / hand signals), grouping methods and classroom grouping arrangement.

(a)Classroom Routine Slogans

Small eyes watch teacher. Small mouth does not talk.
Small hands put in the right place. Small ears hear carefully.
Small back keeps straight.    

(b)Common Commands

To keep quiet (Teacher clips hands 3 times, raises the right hand and cover the mouth with left hand. Students should keep quiet automatically.)

1、2、3

One, two, three

To watch teacher

“ Little eyes,
look at me!”

“ Little eyes,
look at me!”

To begin discussion or to start working

Teacher clip hands three times.

To temporarily stop instruction

Teacher says, “Ting Tong, Ting Tong” and raises right hand. Students stop talking and raise right hands.

One, two, three

To end the discussion or stop working

Use timers and keep quiet commands  

To encourage

“Good, good, good, very good!”

“Good, good, good, very good!”

To cheer up
(Teacher or students clip(s) hands.

“Clip”,  “Clip”,  “Clip”, “Clip, clip, clip, YEAH!”



(c) Roles of group members

Each group member has his/her unique role.

Position

Position

Duties

Group Leader

Group Leader

To lead the whole group

Assistant
Leader

Assistant
Leader

To observe how the group members cooperate and how they spend time, manage the discipline and encourage them to participate

Secretary

Secretary

To record answers and suggestions of group members and check the level of knowledge that group members learnt

Envoy

Envoy

To receive and distribute materials to group members

  • During a group activity, students performed different roles and adopted a division-of-labour approach to finishing their class activities.
  • Students used their creativity to draw colourful pictures.
  • During a group activity, students worked cooperatively to finish mathematical equations.