How to make a noisy class quiet - Classroom Management Strategies for

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How to deal with the Noisy class and get students to pay attention to you. The
volume in class is getting unacceptable and you are afraid that other teachers and
people might hear it and think that the class is out of control and that you are a
bad teacher. That is one of the greatest fears that most teachers have. So today
I'm going to share some ideas on how to make a noisy class quiet and how to get
them to pay attention to you. Hi, I'm Eric from Eticute and I share teaching videos
every Wednesday. Also every Sunday at 1 PM GMT, we have a lives stream so feel
free to join us and ask any questions and problems that you might have in your
class. But first, let's look at some ways to silence a noisy class.

Never Shout if the students Get too loud and you ask them to Settle down, do so in
a loud voice and also use their names jemmy Settle Down. Johnny Quiet. Please
Everyone. I want to start class. You can do so in a loud voice but Never shout
because that shows that you've lost the battle and you need to shout to get their
attention. I've made another video that show mistakes the teachers make when
they try and quiet the class. You can watch that here.

Many teachers suggest giving the class the silent treatment. This can be good or
bad depending on how you do it. If you go to the front of the class and you stand
there with a big smile on your face, shoulders, back, and you patiently wait for the
class to quiet down. They will look up at you and say. Oh, the teachers going to say
something. Everybody lets quiet down, so then that is a good way. That's a good
example of how to use it. The mistake that many teachers make is that they try
and get the students to be quiet. The students don't comply, so the teacher gets
upset and they go and sit down at their seat at their desk and they sit down and
they're like H. I'm going to sit here until you're quiet. You are only wasting your
own time. I'm just going to wait you. I'm not going to teach you until you are quiet.
Is that a place serve strength? No, that's a really bad way of doing it. It's more like
a petulant child not getting their way and students are going to keep on
disrespecting you if you do it that way. Instead, I'm going to teach you some
positive ways to get the student's attention.

The first way I want to show you is called Call and response. When humans are
engaged in an activity, they are focused on it. For students, they are busy talking,
they're busy having fun, so you need a pattern interrupt to snap them back to
reality. Most teachers use a call and response technique, so now I'm going to show
you some of my favorite call and response techniques. Basically the teacher calls
out something and the students have to say something back or they have to do
some kind of action. In reply, teachers train students from the very first day on
using this call and response technique and they practice it a 100 times until it is
ingrained in the students so that when you say that they automatically snap back
and do the response. Here are some of my favorite call and response techniques, so
one of the oldest techniques is the teacher says 1. 2 three eyes on me and the
students reply 1 two eyes on you and they look up. You can use other slogans too.
For example, spongebob, are you ready kids? A. A captain try not to sing the song
after.

Class, class, class. Yes, yes, yes, glass, glass, glass. Yes, yes, yes, glass, class,
class. Yes, yes, yes, the teacher says class, class, class and the students have to
repeat it in the same way. You can say it high or low or you can say it in different
ways and the students have to repeat after you. Another popular way is the rhythm
club.

You can use any type of rhythm clap as a call and response technique. L-is ten
Horus Polus time to Focus anything works. You can even use a popular theme, I'm
loving it, oka. Maybe not like that with younger students. You can also pop
imaginary marshmallows into your mouth and they have to copy and do the same
thing, but they can talk because their mouth is full of marshmallows. Another one I
like to use with sports teams is a popular Navy SEAL slogan. The only easy day was
yesterday. Remember. Give students time to settle down. Often we want them to
be quiet immediately, but it doesn't work that way, so give them time to calm
down. If they're busy with a group activity, you can say 20 seconds and students
have 20 seconds to quiet down and to go to their seats and sit down. That's a
gradual way for them to relax and to get ready to listen to you. In my own class. I
use something simple. I use the three to one rule, so I say 3. 2, one and stop.

And Harry Wong the teacher who wrote the famous book The First Days of School.
I'm actually listening to it right now. Uss the Give me five technique. One eyes look,
two ears listen, three mouth closed, four hands still five feet quiet. It's almost like a
countdown to give students time to relax and to get used to the silence. Remember
we want to get their attention. Another one you can use is water and ice. You say
are water water? Water flow like water? And the students have to copy you flowing
like water. And then suddenly you say ice freeze and they have to freeze. You can
use animal sounds to get their attention. W.

Just to snap them out and to get them to pay Attention.

Sing a song Happy Birthday to You and point to students and everybody start
singing along. You can start talking to a small group, tell them a personal story or
gossip or secret, and the rest of the class will get curious and be quiet to listen in.
You can raise your hand and when students hear, they have to be quiet or you can
put your hands on your head and students have to copy teach like a champion
author dug them off. Uses a hand gesture and a countdown to get the student's
attention. I need two students. You know who you are. I need one person, one
person, oka. Everybody is paying attention. That is a good way to do it. For very
young students, you can get them interested by saying where's my nose? Where's
my nose? Is this my nose? Is this my nose? Where's my nose? And then get them
to point to their nose. If there's too much energy in the room, you can get them to
exercise, do yoga poses, or jumping jacks or a quick stretching activity. And then
you say. Oky, everyone that's done. Let's take our seats.
Something like Simon says, also works. The students are busy, they're talking and
you say. Simon says. Touch your yeah. Simon says clap your hand. Simon says
touch your head and students will fall in with all the students. You can write
something on the board if you are not quiet. By the time that I write this out, you
will all get detention this and then when before you're even done, most of the
students will be quiet. Remember, you want to get their attention in a positive way.
If you can get their attention in a fun and non-confrontational manner, you will
earn their trust and it will also improve the general discipline in the class. Your
main quieting technique should be rehearsed and practiced that first day and repeat
it that entire week until it is 100 percent ingrained in. Your students don't accept
anything other than total compliance because that first week will set you up for a
pleasant remainder of the year. I've got another video on five things that teachers
need to avoid when they're trying to get their class quiet. You can watch that year
ok, everyone. What techniques do you use to get your class quiet? Put it in the
comments below. I'm Eric from Edticute and I'll see you all next time.