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So the English classes in my city are pretty regulated. There is an 8 or 9 part class schedule we follow every time. I have two elementary
schools and they sometimes have different names they use for each part so it confuses me, but the parts are fundamentally the same.
Let's Say Hello
Let's Sing a Song
Today's Topic
Today's Aim (Let's Watch the Skit!)
Today's Point
Let's Chant (AKA Practice Time)
Let's Try (AKA Challenge Time)
Advice Time (happens halfway into the activity to help when kids aren't remembering the English well)
Today's Treasure (AKA Treasure Time)
Let's Say Goodbye (AKA Goodbye Time)
So during Today's Treasure I pick out several kids who did a good job, especially kids who achieved Today's Point (eye contact, clear voice, helpfulness, etc).
I have the kids stand up and then I say what they did that was good. When I'm done, I say one of the praise words/phrases the kids know, such as good job, great, super, fantastic, wonderful, well done, and I give them a double thumbs up. Then the kids are supposed to say, "Thank you, I'm happy!" with that gesture. Depends on the kid, but some do it really enthusiastically and some don't do the gesture at all...
I think it's pretty cheesy. Now when I'm with my other English teacher friends in my city and someone does something good, I'll do the old GOOD JOB and they'll say THANK YOU I'M HAPPY. I think I will kind of miss doing this when I get a new job someday.