The teacher has many ways to help keep the students’ attention during class. Before getting ready for the next activity the teacher tells the students, “Feet on the floor, tummy touching the desk, back against the back of the chair and eyes on me.” It helps remind the students that they needed to be ready to pay attention. Another way she would get the students attention is she would tell them that she was throwing out her net to “catch” them. She did this in the middle of a lesson to clear up any misconceptions the students may be having. Then when she was done talking, she would “release” them back to their work. She called this the “catch and release” method. This is one I had never heard of or seen before this class. While the students were in line getting ready to leave the classroom they began to get loud. She then said, “1, 2, 3 eyes on me.” The students replied back, “1, 2 eyes on you.” This let her know they were done talking and ready to listen. During the lesson the teacher could tell when the students were getting bored and she would give them a little break to recharge. She also did activities that required hands on learning. During math, while learning about lapse time, she gave them clocks with movable hands to use. This hands-on activity helped the students learn new things while paying attention. There were a couple of times during teaching that she would have to remind the students to pay attention. All she would do is call the student’s name and they knew what it meant.
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