Everyday Attention Grabbers

Teacher: One, two, three, four, fiiiiiiiiive?

Students: SIX-SEVEN!

Teacher: One, Two, Three: Eyes on me!

Students: One, Two: Eyes on you!

Teacher: sings music scales “5,4,3,2,1”

Students: “Don’t talk!”

Teacher: Flat tire!

All: “Shhhhhhhhhhhh” (getting softer until silent)

Teacher: Waterfall, waterfall!

All: “Shhhhhhhhhhhh”

Teacher: Macaroni and Cheese!

Students: Everybody freeze!

Teacher: Hands on top, everybody stop!

All: Zip it, lock it, put it in your pocket.

Teacher: If you can hear me, clap once.

Students: Clap

Teacher: If you can hear me, clap twice.

Students: Clap, clap

Teacher: Let’s go, (fourth) grade, let’s go!

Students: Clap, clap

Teacher: Class, class!

Students: Yes, yes!

Monthly Attention Grabbers:

September:

Teacher: Apple tree, apple tree!

Students: Acorn, acorn! (make stuffed squirrel cheeks)

October:

Teacher: Pumpkin, pumpkin!

Students: Jack-O-Lantern!

November:

Teacher: Green beans and stuffing!

Students: Sweet potato pie!

December:

Teacher: Get to your seats as fast as you can!

Students: You can’t catch me, I’m the gingerbread man!

January:

Teacher: Snowball fight!

Students: Lips frozen tight!

February:

Teacher: Will you be my Valentine?

Students: Only if we start on time!

March:

Teacher: Rainbow’s arching!

Students: To our desks we’re marching!

April:

Teacher: April Showers!

Students: My mind flowers!

May:

Teacher: May Day, May Day!

Students: It’s not time to talk or play!

June:

Teacher: Splish-Splash!

Students: Quiet in a dash!

Non-Verbal Options:

Wireless doorbell

Mini Gong