How can I get my students to quiet down?

Question

My last period class is rowdy. I know that it's rowdy because it's the end of the day, but what are some strategies to quickly quiet things down?

Answer 1

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Duct Tape

Answer 2

I know what you mean. The class I take last today is like that too.

With most of my classes, I flip the lights off to get their attention. With the younger ones, I do a count down (five, four, three, two, one; eyes to me). Neither particularly work well with this class.

So today I tried something different. The second one of the kids started shooting his mouth off, I ended the activity and started the class doing something long, boring and tedious. I warned them that there was to be no talking. Every time the noise level elevated, I blew on my whistle.

It took them about half an hour to realise that I was every bit as stubborn as they were and that I had the tools to make a much louder and more annoying noise than they could. I plan to keep this strategy going for a while.

It also helps to send the loudest kid to the office as soon as he opens his mouth. Gets the message across to the others quickly.

Answer 3

I hired a stuntman to pretend he was a student. We worked out a routine before class where I practiced roughing him up. When class started he acted like a rowdy student, I threw him out a window. The rest of the class sat down and behaved well after that.

Just kidding! But I always wanted to do it.

Answer 4

Depending on the age of the students...
Whatever subject you teach... try to make it more fun or interesting...because it is the last day and they are "antsy" to leave.

Or Like others said, give them treats. One thing that you have to consider is that if you only give candy to them the other class periods might find out and confront you about it and maybe become less interested in the class. You should bring a big container w/ candy in it for all the class periods and quiz them and whoever participates or gets the right answer gets a treat.

Have educational games for them to play including w/ the subject that you are teaching.

If that doesn't work... be strict w/ them. Assign seats. Harass them w/ extra homework if they can't settle down.

Hope that helped!!

Answer 5

The way my teacher does it, is that she does the "count down". I know this may seem childish, but it actually works.

Try turning the lights down aswell. By doing this, your're getting their attention by turning off their sources and "thinking brains."
In the dark, nobody can really see their work, which makes it harder to NOT pay attention to the teacher. It is also natural for the students to go "What Happened?" and they automatically appoint to you, since your're their leader.

Also, tell them that each minute that they don't quiet down, it will earn them 1 minute after school ( a little class detention). If they want to gain their minutes back, tell them to behave quietly and properly. My teacher abuses this trick as well, and it works like a charm. (Of course I always obey :P)

I hope these help you.

Answer 6

1. Speak softly. They will be quieter as they need to listen harder.

2. Be positive-- "Thank you for listening John.... Oh good... now Mary's ready too... Ok, ready, Joe? Good... let's start."

3. If it's completely too loud and nobody can hear a thing--- do: "Clap your hands once if you can hear me." Then wait a few seconds and say, "Clap your hands twice if you can hear me."

4. Offer them some motivation-- example: "If you pay attention and we can get through the WHOLE lesson without me having to stop more than once, then I will give you five minutes of free time / talk time at the end." Then remind them, "If I have to stop more than once-- then *I* get to teach right up to the end."

There's a good ebook on classroom management that might be helpful to you. It includes tons of techniques on quieting a rowdy class. It's at: http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/ Click on the orange button that says, "Classroom Management" Then choose eBook. I found it to be pretty good-- Maybe it can help you.

Good luck.

Answer 7

give 5 points to the student who has kept quite during the entire period & in the end of the week give prize to the child with the higest score.

Answer 8

I don't know what age group you are working with... but, there does not exist enough money on this earth to make me want to be a teacher.
I admire your courage.
Sadly, these days, teachers seem (to me) powerless over their students. You can't 'discipline' students like you could when I was in school. You are literally at their mercy. "Time out" and 'detention' is pointless.
I never got a spanking in my life... but a good beating when it was called for tended to make well behaved kids.
Nowadays... they're just as likely to beat the crap out of the teacher.
Good luck.

Answer 9

I am not a teacher, but if I were in your situation, I would yell and scream at them so loud that they would jump out of their seats one meter high. But I don't advise this obviously, because you don't want to make them your enemies. Just be very firm with them and send them to the office. Contact their parents. Give them extra credit points if they behave.

Answer 10

food.

keeps their mouths busy without the noise!

or try this, if they're quiet for class the last 20 minutes of class is free time to do whatever.

I had teachers do both. they work!