I am responding to the classroom situation - unsettled students. I witnessed the strategy where the teacher remains quiet and when the student realize that the teacher is not talking or making any movements they stop.
I am co-teaching/learning in the language and Literature (L&L) classroom. The ninth graders in the classroom have so much energy - it takes a couple of minutes to settle them down, but they settle. This particular class is the last class of the day and they are extremely wired when they reach our classroom. The teacher I work with is very patient and uses the "quiet teacher moment" strategy. It works! Surprised, the students realize that the teacher is not talking or moving and they immediately stop and settle down.
Elaine
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"Quiet teacher moment" sounds like a good strategy. I think this may work well for my science class. They come to me from gym and they are all wound up. Maybe they will settle down a little quicker.
I try this a lot to get attention, but I'm not so good at it. :-) I usually just go with the counting down from 5 to 1.
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