from: Bunki Kramer (bkramer@srvusd.k12.ca.us)
Los Cerros Middle School
968 Blemer Road
Danville, CA 94526
art webpage - http://ww2.lcms.srvusd.k12.ca.us/faculty/faculty.html
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> A classroom management hint-mostly for the kindies and first
> graders..when they are all over the place and its time to clean up or
> listen I say, "I'm going to close my eyes and count to three and you had
> better be in your seat and I don't want to hear you moving!" They all
> magically get back in the right place. Jeryl
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As silly as it sounds, it works for even 8th graders...as non-involved as
they try to appear. I use this approach about once a month. It's halarious
to witnesss kids' reactions when they're lolligagging around getting
supples/or cleanup and all I have to do is start saying..."10, 9, 8....".
They start grinnin', scrambling and rushing to get seated before "1". I'm
laughing too and it's such a fun way to get them seated quickly. If
someone's late, the class will start pointing fingers at these people and
say...."Hey, man...you're late (grins)". Peer pressure is neat if you can
get it to work for you. Toodles......
