Today, one of the most important forms of organizing educational work with students is the class hour. It is held once a week, on a certain day and time. During the lesson, the teacher conducts conversations with students, educates them, broadens their horizons, defines the tasks and goals of the class team.
Basic information
Classroom is a form of communication between teacher and students. Today it is held in every school. The lesson is included in the training schedule and is held, as mentioned above, once a week. Its duration is 40 - 45 minutes.
In general, this policy is not entirely correct. A classroom hour can take less time, since its main task is to complete the tasks set by the teacher. You can conduct a lesson both in the classroom and in the assembly hall, library, museum, even on the street.
Main goals and objectives
Classroom at school has multiple purposes.
First of all, it is educational, which consists in expanding the circleknowledge of students in various areas of life.
Next comes the guide. It affects the practical side of the life of schoolchildren, their behavior and attitude to life. Implemented by talking about a particular life situation, supported by examples.
The last goal is orientation. With its help, a certain relationship to the objects of the surrounding reality, spiritual and material values are formed.
The main educational tasks of the classroom include:
- creating conditions for the manifestation of the individuality of students;
- enriching their knowledge about the world around them;
- formation of the emotional-sensual sphere;
- forming a cool team.
Forms of conduct
Classroom is an activity that can be carried out not only in the form of a lecture, but also:
- conversations;
- competition;
- quizzes;
- games;
- KVNa;
- meetings;
- excursions.
Preparing for class
Starting to prepare a class hour, you need to decide on the topic of the lesson. This can be done in advance by having a conversation with students or a questionnaire. When choosing a topic for a classroom hour, you need to identify the age characteristics of the student, their interests.
Before you write your classroom script, you need to sit down and ask yourself a few key questions:
1. How to get kids involved in class?
2. How and when to prepare?
3. In what tasks are the childrenwill be able to express themselves to the fullest?
4. Which student can help lead the class?
5. How to sum up the lesson?
The answers to these questions should be written down on paper and periodically returned to as you write the outline of the lesson.
After that, you need to start writing the script and doing the preparatory work. In some situations, you can use ready-made developments of class hours taken from specialized magazines for teachers, various Internet resources. But it is important to remember that most of them require editing. So, certain tasks may seem too complicated to children or not interest them. You should replace such tasks with easier or more interesting ones.
In general, the preparation consists of the following points:
- Defining the topic and tasks.
- Determination of the place and time of the event.
- Identification of key points.
- Preparing the plan and scenario.
- Selection of material.
- Decoration of the room.
- Determining class hour participants.
After the lesson, it is necessary to perform its analysis.
Lesson structure
When preparing a lesson, it is necessary to take into account that the class hour has its own structure. In general, it is the same as the structure of any lesson:
- Introduction, the main task of which is to activate the attention of students, the designation of the problem.
- The main part, the content of whichdetermined by the tasks of the class hour.
- The final part, which stimulates the needs of students in self-education.
Hour of Communication
One of the forms in which a class hour can be held is a social hour. It is defined as a joint creative process between a child and an adult. Children take part in organizing an hour of communication on an equal basis with adults, together with the teacher determine the topic and range of interests.
Communication Hour has one important rule - to create a favorable environment in which each of the students can safely express their opinion.
The main forms of the hour of communication include:
- conversation;
- discussion;
- role-playing game;
- oral journal;
- social and cultural project.
Information class hour
Classroom hours in the classroom can also be held in the form of protection and implementation of information projects, political minutes.
The main goal of this lesson is to form an understanding of one's own importance, the need to participate in the socio-political life of the country and the world as a whole. During the information class hour, children learn to understand complex modern problems, to respond correctly to what is happening around them.
The main forms of work in these lessons:
- newspaper reports;
- retelling the event using quotes;
- dictionary work;
- work with political map;
- commenting information;
- formulating problematic issues andlooking for answers to them;
- view and discuss videos.
Theme
A few words about what the theme of class hours might be. Classes can be dedicated to:
- Moral and ethical issues.
- Questions in the field of science.
- Aesthetic concerns
- Issues of state and law.
- Psychological issues.
- Features of physiology and hygiene.
- He althy lifestyle issues.
- Environmental issues.
- School problems.
Within the framework of a particular topic, you can spend a number of class hours, united by one goal and having similar tasks.
Sample Topics
Based on the interests of students and their age, the subject of class hours can be as follows:
For Grade 5 students:
- "Where do I see myself in … years?"
- "What am I?"
- "Books are all around us".
- "What can I do?"
For Year 6 students:
- "My hobby".
- "I'm at school and at home".
- "Own opinion. Does it matter?"
- "My strengths and weaknesses".
- "Learning to listen and hear".
In the 7th grade, you can spend educational hours on the following topics:
- "I want and I can".
- "Learning to manage yourself".
- "Attention and attentiveness".
- "Tell me who your friend is."
In the 8th grade you can spend class hours on the topics:
- "What is genius and talent?"
- "Training memory".
- "Responsibility and safety".
- "The land of my dreams".
9th grade students will be interested in conversations:
- "Man and creativity".
- "My rights".
- "My future profession".
- "Beauty in our life".
For grade 10, it is advisable to prepare such class hours:
- "Me and my environment".
- "Adulthood - what is it?"
- "Human Defects: Causes and Consequences".
- "Learning to control yourself".
In 11th grade you can spend hours on the topic:
- "Will the school remember me?"
- "My professional choice".
- "My destiny".
- "Humor in human life".
In the winter, you can have a class hour on Flu Prevention, as well as Injury Prevention, Rules of Conduct on Ice, How to Behave in Winter, Holidays Without Violations, and others.
An interesting move that a teacher can make to determine the topics of classes is to announce classroom plans at the beginning of the year or semester and allow children to independently suggest certain topics, supplementing the existing plan, and offer to participate in their preparation.
Don't forget to spendKVN games, during which students will be able to test their knowledge and skills. The form of the event also needs to be changed from time to time. For example, today there was a lecture, so next time it could be an excursion or a conversation.
Tips for conducting
For a more effective class hour, you must adhere to the following tips:
1. The room in which the class is held must be cleaned and ventilated.
2. It is advisable to decorate the office with flowers. You can use both real and artificial ones.
3. The topic of the class hour should be written on the board. It would also be appropriate to use an aphorism.
4. Do not forget about multimedia projectors and presentations, they will significantly increase students' interest in the material.
5. When questioning, tests, use forms. Do not forget about visual materials - brochures, booklets.
6. Pay special attention to preparing for the lesson if it is a classroom hour in elementary school. Features of the development and perception of children are such that educational hours are best spent in the form of a game, travel. So you can much faster interest students, attract their attention.
7. Do not forget about the comfort of the students. Let them sit however they like. You can also arrange desks in a circle, move two desks into one, if group work is supposed.
8. Do not be afraid to invite specialists to class hours - doctors, psychologists, historians, librarians. Of course, if they understand the topic of your classroomhours are better than you and can tell a lot of useful information.
Conclusions
Class hour is one of the most important forms of organizing the educational process. It is held once a week. During the lesson, the teacher raises the cultural level of students, forms their attitudes and values, organizes the team. The form of conducting can be any, depending on the topic of the lesson and the goals set by the teacher.
