Erin

Responding to Elane and the unsettled students, I have heard and done that in my class. When my students are talking and I want them to be quiet I do not talk and stand there. It takes a minute but then they realize that I am trying to get their attention. I have also seen that senerio modeled in my inclusion classes. It seems to work very well. The students know when they need to be quiet, they just need some help sometimes, by the teacher being quiet. I have noticed that when I stand in front of my class and constantly tell them to be quiet, it goes in one ear and out the other, it just doesnt work!! Another technique is have a point or reward system. One of my inclusion teachers has a chart and when they are good in class the whole class recieves a sticker, when they are bad they recieve an X. After SOL if they have enough stickers they get a game day. The students really like the idea and seem to work for it.