My name is Iti. I'm an AET in a small city in central Japan. I used to work for a language school in Japan but in April I began working in the public school system. I'm looking for any good advice anyone would have regarding teaching in a public school. I teach at 3 elementary schools (1st-6th grade) and 1 junior high school (1st-3rd grade). Most of my older students (5th-6th grade elementary and all of the junior high students) are really really really shy and/or uninterested in learning English.
I need fun activities for these students. My largest class of uninterested/shy students consists of 40 children (6th grade). They don't want to sing, dance, run, etc.
I have to prepare games for 45 minutes that do not involve singing, dancing, running, etc.
Please help if you can! I look forward to chatting with you!