Student Contributor: S. Myklebust
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In a kindergarten classroom, when there are multiple behaviors occurring at once, it can be hard to get the attention of the class and redirect the behaviors. Using an alternative to Simon Says, students follow actions I say, such as \u201cif you can hear me put your hands on your head\u201d and progressively get quieter until I have all students\u2019 attention.<\/p>\n
This tool is a GREAT attention getter for students when there are multiple misbehaviors occurring and you need to intervene. When you notice multiple students misbehaving, such as at circle time when the volume gets loud and students are not following circle time procedure, you start by saying in a louder voice, \u201cif you can hear me, touch your nose\u201d then get a little quieter, and say \u201cif you can hear me, put your hand on your head\u201d then finally end with a quiet voice, \u201cif you can hear me, sit on your pockets, facing forward\u201d. By the end of this, student\u2019s attention is back on the teacher, and they are ready for the teacher to correct the misbehavior. This works because some students will hear the call right away and do them, and other students will notice that the students around them are doing an action and follow in their footsteps. As my voice gets quitter with each direction, students start to connect that they too should lower their voice. This is similar to Simon Says, and you can use any form of direction that you can think of. It is helpful to end with a direction you want them to be doing, such as sitting on their pockets facing the teacher, so you can address this when correcting the behavior. I often use this during circle time, or when students are playing at centers, and it works great to get their attention so I can correct the behaviors.<\/p>\n
To correct student\u2019s behavior, you need to first get their attention. I put this tool in the corrective phase, because as I stated earlier, it allows the teacher to gain attention of multiple students, to correct a behavior that many students are doing. I do not think it would relate to the other two phases, because it is aimed to redirect students during learning time. I would say the If You Can Hear Me tool would fall under the teacher directed theory because it is the teacher taking initiative in getting the students attention, to correct the behavior.<\/p>\n
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\nTool Source: I found a kindergarten teacher explain it on Tik Tok.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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