What a great idea!
This is a very simple idea to stop students from calling /blurting out or you could use the reverse and reward great listening etc
I love the Red Hand idea.
Ricky Morris expains................
Whenever a student blurts out an answer or response when it is inappropriate to do so, I stop everything, pick up one of the Red Hands, and extend it to the blurter. He is then required to go over to our Counseling Center--a desk in the back of the room--where he writes his name and the date on the hand. The hand is then dropped into a plastic container that "holds hands."
At the end of the week, one of the students goes through the container and records on a grade sheet--using a simple stick tally--the number of hands each student received. The students with the most Red Hands have them stapled to Student Bulletins which are then sent home. It's this type of specific, goal-oriented communication that really gets results. We're not saying that Calvin is completely irresponsible. He just needs to exercise a bit more self-control
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