Classroom Ideas
There’s no need to beat around the bush, every classroom gets noisy sometimes… OK, maybe more than sometimes! Having a good way to everyone’s attention and calm the class down can be a life-saver. LITERALLY! So we rounded up a laundry list of some of the best attention-getters teachers around the world are using on a daily basis. Take your pick and take control!
1. Teacher: “Hocus Pocus”
Students: “Everybody Focus!”
2. Teacher: “When the hand goes up…”
Students: “The mouth goes shut!”
3. Teacher: “Zip it, lock it”
Students: “Put it in your pocket!”
4. Teacher: “Can I get a…”
Students: “Whoop Whoop!”
5. Teacher: “Parlez-vous français?”
Students: “Oui, oui, oui!”
6. Teacher: “If we don’t row…”
Students: “Then we don’t go!”
7. Teacher: “Tootsie roll, lollipop…”
Students: “We were talking, now let’s stop!”
8. Teacher” “No bees, no honey”
Students: “No work, no money!”
9. Teacher: “Macaroni and cheese…”
Students: “Everybody Freeze!”
10. Teacher: “Chicka, chicka”
Students: “Boom, boom!”
11. Teacher: “Chugga, chugga”
Students: “Choo, choo!”
12. Teacher: “All set?”
Students: “You bet!
13. Teacher: “Freeze! Everybody, clap your hands!”
Students: (Clap their hands 7 times)
14. Teacher: “Peanut Butter”
Student: “Jelly!”
15. Teacher: “Flat tire“
Students: “Shhhhhhhhhhhh….”
16. Teacher: “Scooby Dooby Doo“
Students: “Where are you???”
17. Teacher: “Hands on top”
Students: “Everybody stop!”
18. Teacher: “1, 2, 3, eyes on me!”
Students: “1, 2 eyes on you!”
19. Teacher: “Hey, hey!”
Students: “Ho, Ho!”
20. Teacher: “Magic Finger in the air…”
Students: “Magic finger everywhere!”
Teacher: “Magic finger on your hips…”
Students: “Magic finger on your lipssssssss…”
21. Teacher: “Holy Moly”
Students: “Guacamole”
22. Teacher: “Hi, ho, hi, ho!”
Students: “It’s off to work we go!”
23. Teacher: “Hakuna…”
Students: “Matata!”
24. Teacher: “1, 2, 3!”
Students: “Look at me!”
25. Teacher: “To infinity…”
Students: “And beyond!”
26. Teacher: “If you can hear me, put your hands on your head.”
Students: (Put hands on heads)
27. Teacher: “Class, class!”
Student: “Yes, yes!”
28. Teacher: “Oh me!
Student: “Oh my!”
29. Teacher: “Yaketi Yak”
Students: “Don’t talk back!”
30. Teacher: “Ready to rock?”
Students: “Ready to roll!”
31. Teacher: “Alarm, alarm”
Students: “Everybody is calm!”
32. Teacher: “Ready to listen?”
Students: “Ready to learn!”
33. Teacher: “Everybody in the house…”
Students: “Is as quiet as a mouse!”
34. Teacher: “Okey Dokey”
Students: “Karaoke!”
Teacher: “
Students: “Guacamole!”
Teacher: “
Students: “Artechokey!”
35. Teacher: “LOUD, LOUD, LOUD!”
Students: “soft, soft soft…”
