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When I want to get my students attention and they are very excited specially after break
I usually put some relaxing music and I try doing some yoga movements and they must follow me. I get a calm atmosphere.

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When I need to get my students' attention while they are working or chatting, I say in a normal-level voice: If you can listen me, clap once... If you can listen me, clap twice...
It is an effective and simple strategy to catch their attention.

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Hi there,

When I want to get my pupils attention I raise up my hand and say:
- One, two three, eyes on me.
Then, they just answer to me:
- One and two, eyes on you!
If someone have not anwered, I repeat again my sentence, louder. Then, they answer to me louder and, normally, I catch their atention totally.

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Hi everyone,
it depends on the age cause the methods must be different in the same way they have a different age. With little children I use to turn off the lights if they are noisy or I play a song and I start singing. It's funny to say: 'if you listen to me, touch your..' and I say different body parts. It also works with first cycle, not older or they think you are a clown..jjjeee.
With Primary graders (first/second cycle) I start drawing or writing on the board or Interactive whiteboard, but I stay quiet in front of it. Another useful resource is speaking very low so that they pay attention..it works very well. I also use to start saying: 'Congratulations..' and the name of the student. On the other hand, with superior cycle, sometimes when I come into the class and they change the subject, I go out of class saying that when I come in, I want silence to start. I also stare in front of my table watching them seriously in silence, then they start saying: ssshhhh...

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In the link below is where I found time ago the one I use in my class, kids love it:
I put up my hands and say:
-Waterfall fingers!
Then, they put up their hands and bring them down while saying:
- Shhhhhhh!!!

You can see it on the link! It's nice to get their attention!

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When I want to get my students' attention and they are very nervous I raise my hands and I start making gestures with my hands and my fingers. They know that it's a game and that they have to copy the gestures. This activity calms them down and it gets their attention.

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When the kids are talking a lot and I need to explain I say "Class-class" and they answer "Yes-yes". Moreover I say "Macarroni and chesse" and they say "Everybody freeze".

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I use different techniques, depending on their age.
With the yougest I say "One, two, three (counting with my fingers), silence, please" (putting one finger in front of my lips and saying "shhh"). I do it several times, everytime lower.
My second cycle class is very talkative and there are some students who usualy disturb the class, so they tend to create a good enviroment working for it all together. So, when I need them to listen to me I rise my hands and start counting with my fingers in silence, only saying the numers 10, 20, 30... They imitate me and they usually want to create silence as soon as possible.
With the oldest, I just rise my hand and wait in silence. They do the same to show they also want silence and they're ready to listen.

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When they are working on their own or in groups or they are talking because they come back from the playground I raise my hand up and it means that I want to speak to give some tips or instructions. When they see me they do the same. When all the students have their hand up I start explaining.

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When there is too much noise in the classroom I sing this song: Everybody's quiet now,
quiet now, quiet now,
everybody's quiet now, 1,2,3.
Children usually end up singing the song with me and being quiet.

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If you can hear me...
When my pupils are talking to loud, or they are doing group work or they are to excited and I want them to calm down, I sometimes use an activity that works. I say aloud “If you hear me... touch your nose” and those students who hear me, they touch their nose. Then I repeat with another action, like “if you hear me close your eyes!” One by one realise something is going on and, at the end, they all can hear me. As the activity goes on and works, I low the volume of my voice.

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Countdown
I begin a countdown in a loud voice, and with every number I say my voice is lower, until I arrive to zero no talking.

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Eva Borràs
When kids are talking say:eveybodu FREEZE!! And they have to become statues.You have to practise with them a couñle of times beforehand.

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You say aloud "Simon says..." and command an order which the students have to obey.

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You say aloud
One, two, three, silence please.
They answer
Three, two, one, yes we can.

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Clap out a pattern and children clap it out too.

Continue until you think you have all attention.