Comments on: How to get students to follow directions the first time https://truthforteachers.com/how-to-get-students-to-follow-directions/ Real talk from real educators Wed, 09 Mar 2022 05:47:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Meenakshi https://truthforteachers.com/how-to-get-students-to-follow-directions/#comment-910461 Mon, 09 Nov 2020 13:08:59 +0000 http://thecornerstone.wpengine.com/how-to-get-students-to-follow-directions/#comment-910461 In reply to Larry Larsen.

I was a teacher for 40 years!

]]> By: Michelle JOnes https://truthforteachers.com/how-to-get-students-to-follow-directions/#comment-897515 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 21:46:11 +0000 http://thecornerstone.wpengine.com/how-to-get-students-to-follow-directions/#comment-897515 In reply to jennifer.

Look up Michael Grinder. He has a book with these strategies.

]]> By: Connie https://truthforteachers.com/how-to-get-students-to-follow-directions/#comment-884275 Thu, 07 Mar 2019 14:58:09 +0000 http://thecornerstone.wpengine.com/how-to-get-students-to-follow-directions/#comment-884275 Awesome….thank you so much!!!

]]> By: Stina https://truthforteachers.com/how-to-get-students-to-follow-directions/#comment-882464 Sun, 06 Jan 2019 14:16:37 +0000 http://thecornerstone.wpengine.com/how-to-get-students-to-follow-directions/#comment-882464 In reply to Macey.

You could try splitting them into, say, 4 groups and then getting each group to walk down the corridor and rate them as to which group was the best behaved.

]]> By: Macey https://truthforteachers.com/how-to-get-students-to-follow-directions/#comment-879925 Fri, 19 Oct 2018 03:15:34 +0000 http://thecornerstone.wpengine.com/how-to-get-students-to-follow-directions/#comment-879925 Hi my name is Macey I work with an after school program, and have 26 students who are always loud and bouncing off the walls refuse to listen while walking down the hall no matter how many times I say “ remember be silent other teachers are working” it still doesn’t help nor does it help at restroom breaks either. How do I get them to be silent in the halls?
I also have trouble keeping them silent during homework time. How do I do that?

]]> By: Tara https://truthforteachers.com/how-to-get-students-to-follow-directions/#comment-877045 Sat, 21 Jul 2018 03:00:36 +0000 http://thecornerstone.wpengine.com/how-to-get-students-to-follow-directions/#comment-877045 In reply to M. L. Anderegg.

They are “crib” notes.

]]> By: Rob Marsh https://truthforteachers.com/how-to-get-students-to-follow-directions/#comment-846891 Sun, 19 Feb 2017 17:10:45 +0000 http://thecornerstone.wpengine.com/how-to-get-students-to-follow-directions/#comment-846891 Loved all this! The one thing I didn’t see in your article or comments was write the directions down. I work in a low income middle school and kids struggle with independence. I keep directions on the overhead as well as next steps. I make my own graphic organizers and “stuff” and so I can write directions there, too. They should be simple and easy to follow. The thinking should be the hard part!

Thanks for the great info!

]]> By: Christine Carlson https://truthforteachers.com/how-to-get-students-to-follow-directions/#comment-834706 Tue, 04 Oct 2016 16:14:37 +0000 http://thecornerstone.wpengine.com/how-to-get-students-to-follow-directions/#comment-834706 I needed this! Thank you so much for the terrific ideas.

]]> By: Kathleen https://truthforteachers.com/how-to-get-students-to-follow-directions/#comment-834650 Wed, 21 Sep 2016 14:51:43 +0000 http://thecornerstone.wpengine.com/how-to-get-students-to-follow-directions/#comment-834650 Great tips both for the classroom and home! A strange question but there is a picture with the article that had dividers for missed work. Do you have that? If so, where did you get it? Thanks again!

]]> By: Dann Lealos https://truthforteachers.com/how-to-get-students-to-follow-directions/#comment-834230 Tue, 12 Jul 2016 04:40:11 +0000 http://thecornerstone.wpengine.com/how-to-get-students-to-follow-directions/#comment-834230 Hi Angela,
Another trick I learned from my master teacher (13 years ago) was, when the class needed to come back together from group work or when the noise was getting a little too juch, is to stand near the front, or middle, of the classroom, and say in a soft conversational voice, “If you can hear my voice, clap once”. Usually, five or six close students will clap. Then I say, “If you can hear my voice, clap twice”. Usually half the class will clap twice. Rare are the moments when I have gotten to “If you can hear my voice, clap three times”. By this time, most students are waiting what other interactive, low-risk activity will come next. To change this up, I’ve asked them to stand up, turn around, jump once, twice, sit back down, etc.

Thank you for your suggestions. I have five periods of high school seniors coming at me in four weeks. I need all the help I can get.
-Dann Lealos

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