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Re: Noise Level <LYR4069-9401-2000.03.16-21.15.27--apeshet#pacbell.net>

From: Alix E. Peshette (apeshet)
Date: Fri Mar 17 2000 - 06:20:21 PST

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    Hi All,

    I use a bell-hop bell and the phrase "Stop and listen, eyes front"
    with my 7th graders. After ringing the bell, I pick up my clipboard
    and give table points to the tables where everyone is quiet and
    focused on me. Sometimes I augment the command with the
    comment, "I want to see sixty-one eye balls." If kids ask about
    this, I suggest that someone in the room has three eyes or maybe
    just one! (It's probably me!)

    I know this might sound kindergarten-ish or Pavlovian, but with a
    little training, the kids pick up on it. The reward is that at the end
    of the week, the students at the table with the most points get 10
    extra credit points each and their table captain gets 25. We rotate
    table captains each week. Non-winning table captains get 10
    points of extra credit and their table mates get no extra credit.

    It helps to have a number of catch phrases to remind students to
    be quiet during instructions. Some of mine are:

    "My turn to talk, your turn to listen."

    "Eyeball, please."

    "I need ears and eyes."

    -Alix Peshette
    Emerson Junior High
    Davis, CA 

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