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    The student teacher introduced a new attention grabber called "Hocus Pocus...Everybody Focus" to their 4th grade class. The students responded excitedly to learning the new attention grabber and practiced it a few times. When used, the students went silent immediately, showing the attention grabber was effective. The student teacher concluded attention grabbers are important classroom management tools that can engage and focus students.

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    The student teacher introduced a new attention grabber called "Hocus Pocus...Everybody Focus" to their 4th grade class. The students responded excitedly to learning the new attention grabber and practiced it a few times. When used, the students went silent immediately, showing the attention grabber was effective. The student teacher concluded attention grabbers are important classroom management tools that can engage and focus students.

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    The student teacher introduced a new attention grabber called "Hocus Pocus...Everybody Focus" to their 4th grade class. The students responded excitedly to learning the new attention grabber and practiced it a few times. When used, the students went silent immediately, showing the attention grabber was effective. The student teacher concluded attention grabbers are important classroom management tools that can engage and focus students.

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    The routine I chose was to teach the class a new attention grabber.

    I did not observe my

    CT perform the task, but I had a discussion with her about what it was like at the beginning of

    the year, when she taught the class the attention grabbers she uses in her room. The first step

    is to describe to the class what an attention grabber is and the purpose for it if they don’t

    already know. It is also important to set the expectations for after an attention grabber is

    called. Next, the attention grabber should be told to the class and then give an opportunity for

    practice.

    My students were very excited to learn a new attention grabber. The one I taught was

    “Hocus Pocus…Everybody Focus”. Some of the students in the class had already heard of this

    one and couldn’t wait to use it again. Teaching a new attention grabber to the class seemed to

    impact them significantly because they were excited to use a new one. Any time there were a

    lot of conversations going on, at least one student would ask me to use “Hocus Pocus”. They

    responded well to this attention grabber and almost every time, they went silent immediately

    after it was called. I would say my desired results were achieved due to their excitement.

    Another thing that most likely led to the successful achievement of my desired results would be

    the fact that I had them practice the attention grabber a few times when I taught it. I had the

    students have pretend conversations with their seat partners and when I called it out, they

    would respond and then go silent. A few times, we had to repeat the call-out, due to

    conversations continuing afterwards. I asked them to remind me of the expectations after

    Hocus Pocus is called and tried again. Since I am in a 4th grade classroom, my students are at a

    developmental level where I don’t have to practice the attention grabber as many times as I

    might need to in a lower grade. I also didn’t have to go as depth into setting expectations for
    after an attention grabber is called, because these expectations have already been set in both

    previous years and at the beginning of this year. Attention grabbers are a large part of

    classroom management, and a great way to bring the class back together when they are

    independently working, working in small groups, or having side conversations at inappropriate

    times.

    By engaging in this routine, I learned how important attention grabbers are in a

    classroom, and how often they can be used. I also learned that it might be helpful to teach new

    attention grabbers frequently because of how excited the students were when they heard they

    were going to be learning a new one. The students also loved using the new attention grabber

    and seemed more responsive to Hocus Pocus than to the one my CT uses every time. This

    routine went well; there was not an aspect of it that didn’t go well. This task met the

    developmental needs of my students well. They didn’t require much explanation regarding

    expectations since they have used attention grabbers in the past. If I perform this routine again

    in the same class, I would try not giving them opportunities to practice the attention grabber.

    For example, I would try to just tell them what the attention grabber is, then call it out when

    necessary. This would have to be an easy one (such as To Infinity…and beyond). I think it would

    be interesting to see if they’d be able to use a new attention grabber without practicing it first.

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