“Quiet Down! I'll just wait until you are finished talking!" Well, this happens sometimes more than I'd like it to happen. While my monstrous lovely kiddos are chatting away, I turn into a real-life skeleton!
Being able to effectively manage behavior can be one of the biggest challenges for teachers. Okay, I admit it....sometimes I would like to just pull my hair out.....NO, BANG MY HEAD ON THE WALL..... find a few strategies to help grab my students' attention and keep it!
I will share some strategies that have worked in my classroom to improve behavior management and keep kids focused during lesson time .
1. Novelty successfully captures young students' attention, such as the sound of a wind chime or rain stick. Also, you can try telling your kiddos, "Pop a marshmallow in." Next puff up your cheeks, and the kids follow suit. It's hard to speak with an imaginary marshmallow filling your mouth.
2. An equally imaginative approach involves filling an empty Windex bottle with lavender mineral oil, then relabeling the bottle "Quiet Spray." Or you can blow magic "hush-bubbles" for a similar impact.
3. If you want to go electronic, check out Super Sound Box, Class Dojo, or the Too Noisy App -- an Apple and Android tool that determines noise level and produces an auditory signal when voices become too loud.
4. Getting Your Students’ Attention: The Psychology Behind Pattern Interrupt. The basic idea behind pattern Interrupt is you are breaking someone’s pattern or behavior by interrupting them with an unexpected stimulus. So, how does this work in the classroom? How can Pattern Interrupt be used as a teaching strategy? Imagine a teacher standing in a room full of chatting students. The teacher can’t get their attention, so s/he suddenly breaks out in a dance, singing Peanut Butter Jelly Time. Now what do all the children start doing, they start singing in unison...peanut butter, jelly time... peanut butter, jelly time. Now that you have captured their attention, you can proceed with your lesson.
Below, you will find some of my favorite pattern interrupt sayings.... and you can also find 40 posters with Attention Grabbers at my TPT store!
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