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Learning Intention: Identify several ways to appropriately get the teacher's attention. You will need the attention of your teacher from time to time, to clarify things, to get some extra help, or maybe just to tell the teacher something. You need to know how to appropriately get the teacher's attention. Teachers don't like to be interrupted while they are working with someone else. How can you reach the teacher? This lesson offers some ideas about how to get the teacher's attention in an appropriate way. Thinking questions: 1. What do you think the teacher thinks when you raise your hand? 2. Why is raising your hand a good signal for the teacher to let them know you need attention? 3. What are some other good ways to let the teacher know you need attention? 4. What are some ways to get attention that don't work well in a classroom? 5. What system works well in your classroom? Directions: Look at the suggestions for getting the teacher's attention. Put a tick next to the appropriate ways to get attention.