The Behaviour Whisperer : 100 Ways Teachers Can Communicate to Improve Their Students' Focus in the Classroom (Paperback)

Part A: What can I say???1.?The student who keeps turning up late? 2.?The student who keeps shouting out? 3. The student with their head on the desk? 4. The class that uses unkind “banter”? 5. The student who is a persistent pen tapper? 6. The class that misbehaves for cover teachers? 7. The class that always ask to go to the toilet? 8. The student who argues back? 9. The class that likes to wrestle and bump into each other? 10. The class that packs up before you’re finished? 11. The student who is late to ask for homework help? 12.? The student who comes into class in the wrong uniform? 13. The class that ridicule other students’ contributions? 14. The student who responds “don’t know” to questions? 15. The student who constantly fidgets? 16. The class that shouts across the room to each other? 17. The student who never completes all the tasks? 18. The student who swears in your class? 19. The class that mocks your mistakes? 20. The student who gives in quickly when attempting tasks? 21. The class that asks if they can work off warnings? 22. The class that ostracises a student? 23. The student who rocks back on their chair? 24. The class that’s noisy when they’re meant to be quiet? 25. The class that complains about your seating plan? 26. The student with poor presentation of work? 27. The class that throws things around the room? 28. The class that is reluctant to respond to feedback? 29. The student who misbehaves in your first lesson? 30. The class that is unsettled by a new student? 31. The student who makes deliberately distracting noises? 32. The student who doesn’t care about detentions? 33. The class that claims your sanctions are unfair? 34. The class that talks over you? 35. The student who says your lessons are boring? 36. The student who struggles to deal with frustration? 37. The class that is reluctant to answer questions? 38. The class that is reluctant to edit and improve work? 39. The student who makes misogynistic comments? 40. The student who keeps turning around in their chair? 41. The class that is unsettled by the presence of a wasp? 42. The student who shouts at you? 43. The student who mocks your attempt at humour? 44. The class that encourages you to digress to avoid work? 45.?The class that you really dislike teaching? 46. The student who rolls their eyes at you? 47. The student who ignores your instructions? 48. The class that is unsettled by visitors to the classroom? 49. The class that talks over each other? 50. The students who hate sitting next to each other? 51. The student who is a prolific doodler? 52. The class that is hard work for the last period of the day? 53. The class that’s unsettled while a student is thinking? 54. The class that doesn’t mind negative phone calls home? 55. The student who keeps looking out of the window? 56. The class that makes subtle racist “jokes”? 57. The class that ridicules students for working hard? 58. The student who only works when you’re stood over them? 59. The student who falls asleep in lessons? 60. The class that takes ages to find the relevant section? 61. The student who avoids challenging work? 62. The student who won’t leave the room when asked? 63. The class that asks for a fun end-of-term lesson? 64. The class that uses homophobic language? 65. The class that doesn’t do their homework? 66. The student who says the topic is boring? 67. The class that is noisy when you circulate the room? 68. The class that’s deflated by poor assessment results? 69. The student who breaks wind or burps during a lesson? 70. The class that asks to listen to music while working? 71. The class that passes notes around? 72. The students who are demotivated by “low ability” grouping? 73. The class that makes negative comments about colleagues? 74. The student who keeps asking silly questions? 75. The class that questions the point of the subject? 76. The class that’s unsettled by social time issues? 77. The student who says they’re rubbish at the subject? 78. The student who makes a dramatic exit when asked to leave? 79. The class that won’t settle? 80. The class that keeps using their mobile phone in lessons??Part B: You say it best when you say nothing at all? 81. Stop talking? 82. Look at the board? 83. Listen to me? 84. Don’t do what you’re about to do? 85. Stop doing that now? 86. Sit down? 87.? Settle down? 88. Well done? 89. You should be reading? 90. Start writing? 91. I can see what you’re doing? 92. Focus on your work? 93. Turn around? 94. Get a move on? 95. Develop your point further? 96. I’m waiting for silence? 97. I’d like you to answer my question? 98. I’m really quite annoyed now? 99. Stop moving? 100.?Come here ? I want a word