It is back to school time for me and just like every school year... I find out that the kids forget many things over the summer (or at least they pretend to forget)... and one of the major ones is:
How to use their inside voices. Have you dealt with this? It doesn't matter what grade you teach, you have to teach what levels of voices you expect in your room.... or at least I have.
I wanted to share some different ways for you to mix up how you teach inside voices this year. Many people use the traffic light that changes colors based on sound. I would absolutely love to have one of these, but I, as I am sure is true of many others, just do not have the budget to buy those. So, here are some cheaper options:
There is the 6 inch voice, where only those that are 6 inches from your mouth should be able to hear you. You can make this into a Math lesson with rulers!

There are also a couple different apps that you can use to teach inside voice.


How do you work on Inside Voice in your classroom?
I hope these ideas help you as you start a new school year. I would love for you to come over and visit me at my blog. I blog about classroom management and differentiation for the most part. I hope you will stop by, say hi, and maybe even stay around by following. I am also on Facebook by clicking here. Have a great start to your school year.

Thanks so much! My children and I had fun just playing with the Speak Up app.... We practiced whispering and screaming into it...lol. I love the graphics!!! This is a great tool for when you are doing Reader's Theater or when the kids are doing speeches! Thank you so much! I'm going to play around with the other app! I haven't quite figured it out yet! ;) Just got my ipad a few weeks ago so I'm not accustomed to all the new technology!
ReplyDeleteAwesome, April! Thanks and I'm glad the information is helpful!
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