Everyday Attention Grabbers

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

Students: SIX-SEVEN!

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

Students: One, Two: Eyes on you!

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

Students: sing “Don’t talk!”

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Teacher: Flat tire!

All: “Shhhhhhhhhhhh” (getting softer until silent)

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Teacher: Waterfall, waterfall!

All: “Shhhhhhhhhhhh”

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Teacher: Macaroni and Cheese!

Students: Everybody freeze!

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Teacher: Rocket Ship, Rocket Ship!

Students: Sitting down with closed lip!

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Teacher: Hands on top, everybody stop!

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

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Teacher: Holy Moly

Students: Guacamole

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Teacher: If you can hear me, clap once.

Students: Clap

Teacher: If you can hear me, clap twice.

Students: Clap, clap

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

Students: Clap, clap

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Teacher: Class, class!

Students: Yes, yes!

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Teacher: Chicka, Chicka…

Students: Boom, Boom!

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Teacher: Ready to Rock?

Students: Ready to Roll!

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Teacher: ABC!

Students: Easy as 1,2,3!

Monthly Attention Grabbers:

September:

Teacher: Apple tree, apple tree!

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

October:

Teacher: Pumpkin, pumpkin!

Students: Jack-O-Lantern!

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Teacher: Hocus Pocus

Students: Everybody Focus

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 worn on a lanyard

Mini gong on your desk/by the board

Series of claps, snaps, and knee slaps mixed up in different ways (students never know which combination they’ll get, so have to pay attention to be able to copy it)