35 Fun Attention-Getters to Keep Your Classroom Under Control

 

There's no need to beat around the bush, every classroom gets noisy sometimes... OK, maybe more than sometimes! Having a good way to everyone's attention and calm the class down can be a life-saver. LITERALLY! So we rounded up a laundry list of some of the best attention-getters teachers around the world are using on a daily basis. Take your pick and take control!

1. Teacher: "Hocus Pocus"

    Students: "Everybody Focus!" 

2. Teacher: "When the hand goes up..."

    Students: "The mouth goes shut!"

 

3. Teacher: "Zip it, lock it"

    Students: "Put it in your pocket!"

4. Teacher: "Can I get a..."

    Students: "Whoop Whoop!"

5. Teacher: "Parlez-vous français?"

    Students: "Oui, oui, oui!"

6. Teacher: "If we don't row..."

    Students: "Then we don't go!"

7. Teacher: "Tootsie roll, lollipop..."

    Students: "We were talking, now let's stop!"

8. Teacher" "No bees, no honey"

    Students: "No work, no money!"

 

9. Teacher: "Macaroni and cheese..."

    Students: "Everybody Freeze!"

10. Teacher: "Chicka, chicka"

      Students: "Boom, boom!"

11. Teacher: "Chugga, chugga"

      Students: "Choo, choo!"

12. Teacher: "All set?" 

      Students: "You bet!

13. Teacher: "Freeze! Everybody, clap your hands!"

       Students: (Clap their hands 7 times)

14. Teacher: "Peanut Butter"

      Student: "Jelly!"

15. Teacher: "Flat tire"

      Students: "Shhhhhhhhhhhh...."

16. Teacher: "Scooby Dooby Doo"

      Students: "Where are you???"

17. Teacher: "Hands on top"

      Students: "Everybody stop!"

18. Teacher: "1, 2, 3, eyes on me!"

      Students: "1, 2 eyes on you!"

19. Teacher: "Hey, hey!"

      Students: "Ho, Ho!"

20. Teacher: "Magic Finger in the air..."

      Students: "Magic finger everywhere!"

      Teacher: "Magic finger on your hips..."

      Students: "Magic finger on your lipssssssss..."

21. Teacher: "Holy Moly"

      Students: "Guacamole"

22. Teacher: "Hi, ho, hi, ho!"

      Students: "It's off to work we go!"

23. Teacher: "Hakuna..."

      Students: "Matata!"

24. Teacher: "1, 2, 3!"

      Students: "Look at me!"

25. Teacher: "To infinity..."

      Students: "And beyond!"

26. Teacher: “If you can hear me, put your hands on your head.”

      Students: (Put hands on heads)

27. Teacher: "Class, class!"

      Student: "Yes, yes!"

 

28. Teacher: "Oh me!

      Student: "Oh my!"

29. Teacher: "Yaketi Yak"

      Students: "Don't talk back!"

30. Teacher: "Ready to rock?"

      Students: "Ready to roll!"

31. Teacher: "Alarm, alarm"

      Students: "Everybody is calm!"

32. Teacher: "Ready to listen?"

      Students: "Ready to learn!"

33. Teacher: "Everybody in the house..."

      Students: "Is as quiet as a mouse!"

34. Teacher: "Okey Dokey"

      Students: "Karaoke!"

      Teacher: "Okey dokey"

      Students: "Guacamole!"

      Teacher: "Okey dokey"

      Students: "Artechokey!"

35. Teacher: "LOUD, LOUD, LOUD!"

      Students: "soft, soft soft..."

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