Here is a wonderful new idea from Sean involving chants:
I have the most good-natured set of students than I think I have ever had in my 13 years of teaching. That said, I do have some kids that blurt in English or engage in side conversations, especially my Pd. 8 class is, like 30 students, half of which have IEPs. (I think it’s great I have them Pd. 8 when they won’t tolerate anything else besides moving around and having fun.) So, I’m thinking of trying the following chants.
For a student that puts their head down:
Duerme sí. Duerme no.
Duerme en silencio.
Duerme no. Duerme sí.
Duerme ___(name)___ así así
For a student that’s putting their hands on someone else:
Manos abajo.
Manos en el cuerpo.
Manos abajo.
Manos a tu lado.
For a student that keeps talking in English:
En London hablan inglés.
En París hablan francés.
En Moscow hablan ruso.
Aquí hablan español.
I was thinking of creating a job, calling it the Chant Leader, who, at any point in time that they see such infractions, calls on a student to say the chant (which will be on a poster on the wall).
With my p8 especially, chants accompanied by a little dancing has been very powerful. I’d love to hear how others use chants.