Attention Getters

ATTENTION GETTERS

There are tons of attention getters! Here are a few that I use on a daily basis. Ask teachers in your school what their attention getters are or create your own. 

15 Ways to get your students attention  ( T- Teacher S-Student)

1. Clap the Beat- T claps a beat and S clap the same beat
2. Give me five- T & S hold up one hand and say
(1) Eyes- Look
(2) Ear- Hear
(3) Hand-Still
(4) Feet- Quiet
(5) Mouth-Closed

     3. Use a chime or bell

     4. T says "Hands up" S put hands up, freeze, and stop talking

     5. T says- " If you hear clap once, if you hear me clap twice, if you hear me clap three times"

     6. T says "Voices" 

         S says "Shhhh"

     7. T says " 1, 2, 3 Eyes on me"

         S says "1 ,2 Eyes on you"

     8. T says:                     S says:

         1,2                           Eyes on you

         3,4                           Crisscross on the floor

         5,6                           No more tricks

         7,8                           Sit up straight

         9,10                         Let's begin

     9. Tune of "Frere Jacques": Sing

         Are you listening?

         Are you listening?

         Everyone, Everyone

         If you are listening

         If you are listening

         Look at me, look at me OR (Pat your head, Touch your nose, etc.)

    10. Tune of "Happy and you know it": Sing

          If you're listening and you know it clap your hands

          If you're listening and you know it clap your hands

          If you're listening and you know then your face will surely show it

          If you're listening and you know it clap your hands OR (Touch your nose, head, chin etc.)

    11. Count down from 10, 9, 8,........, 2, 1

    12. Give the students a secret word (Ex. Bubblegum) that when they hear it they know to get quiet.
    13. T says- "Alligator, alligator"
          S says- "Chomp, chomp"
    14. Call and response from the movie Finding Nemo
          T says- "Shark bait"
          S says- "Brew ha ha"

   15. Turn off the lights to calm the students.

***Yelling/shouting are not attention getters.

*** Attention getters are useless unless the teacher EXPLAINS, MODELS, and REHEARSES them.