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Some suggestions
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Believe me, I understand. I teach third grade, too, and some days it's the only way to get through to them!

To save on your vocal cords, your bottle of aspirin, and your sanity start developing some quiet signals. It
takes practice, but it helps, believe me.
Some I've seen are raising one hand with the pointer extended while the other pointer is against the child's lips for "shhhh", counting backwards (I need your attention in 10-9-8-7...etc.), visual signals such as a "quiet needed" sign put up on the overhead, or even just a firm, no-nonsense stance in the front of the room. It takes time, but eventually

they notice and come around--and learn to do so more quickly the next time.

Of course, some days nothing works and I raise my voice. I hate when I do that, but sometimes it's all I have left in my bag of tricks. A phrase I heard once was "consciously incompetent." I know what I'm doing is not the best educational method, but I'm going to do it anyway!!