idea for a too loud class room By Rita Zentner

Five stands for:
5. Stop what you are doing.
4. Stop talking
3. Hands are free (from distrations)
2. Look at the speaker
1. Listen

For the first while you will need to do a count down and say what each is for. Later on all you need to do is count.

If the class does not settle, then they owe me recess time to make up to class time. I usually use two minutes.

I have found that this works well.