10 Attention getting strategies

By: Abby McClellan

 #1
Teacher: Macaroni and Cheese

Student: Everybody freeze

 #2
Teacher: Hands on top

Student: Everybody stop

Students put hand on head and listen to the

teacher
 #3
Clapping rhythm

Teacher: claps a certain rhythm

Student: repeats the rhythm back to the teacher

 #4
Knock-Knock Joke

Teacher: Tells knock-Knock joke

Students: Laughs

Students laugh at joke and look at the teacher

for more jokes
 #5
Teacher: starts to turn off lights one bank at a
time

Students: know that when almost all the lights

are out they need to pay attention to the
teacher
 #6
Teacher: counting down from 5

Students: know that when the teacher is almost

done counting they need to have their eyes on
the teacher giving them their attention
 #7
Teacher: picks out one student who is doing
what they are suppose to and says to the class
how good of a job that student is doing

Student: Looks at the student that the teacher

is describing and is trying to do the same to get
the teacher's attention
 #8
Teacher: if you can hear me put your hand on
your nose, put your hand on your head, etc

Student: they put their hand where the teacher

says if they are listening and if they aren't the
teacher will be able to tell
 #9
Teacher: set different noise levels; level 1: no
talking, level 2: whispering, level 3: normal
talking voice, level 4: recess voice

Student: when the teacher says a different

level the students know what level of talking
they are allowed and what is expected of them
 #10
Teacher: i stretch my fingers way up high until
they almost reach the sky, i lay them in my lap
as you can see , where they are as quiet as they
can be

Student: say it along with the teacher and do as

it says so now the teacher has their full
attention