How Quiet Helps at School

[Music] did you ever walk through the hall at school when the other children were in their rooms did you ever listen to the sounds that come from the rooms some rooms sound like this [Music] what's happening inside it looks as if everyone is busy at work but it's so noisy what makes the room so noisy [Music] well children don't stay in their own work groups these children drop things on the floor [Music] they call across the room and talk out loud it's hard to think about your own work in such a noisy classroom you couldn't learn very much here [Music] do all the rooms in school sound like this let's visit another room listen it's so quiet aren't there any children in this room oh there are children here and they're all busy too but there aren't any loud noises just the sounds of working we call these work sounds listen now children let's be just one more paragraph you tell them why do you suppose this room is so quiet perhaps we can learn from the teacher miss bradley well i think it's because each of us helps to keep the room quiet when we're working but we're not quiet all the time you're not no we know there are times and places to be quiet and other times and places when we can make noise if we want to for example when we play we make all the noise we want sometimes making a lot of noise is a part of the fun of the game but when we go to the library we are very quiet because we know it's a room where we read to ourselves when we watch movies we are careful not to make too much noise that way we can hear and learn more and you know we have found that knowing when to be quiet is a part of growing up offices where people work are busy but quiet and that is the way we keep our room because a quiet room helps all of us learn how do you do it well each of us knows how to work quietly that's very important will you show us of course boys and girls how would you like to show some of the ways we know of being quiet yeah well while we pretend to be working who would like to show how we work quietly at our desks bobby now why is bobby clearing his desk oh now there won't be anything to fall off and make noise you keep on your desk only things you need that's part of keeping the room quiet the point broke he'll have to sharpen the pencil can he move quietly so he doesn't disturb anyone do you think you could walk this quietly listen to this work sound when he turns it slowly it doesn't bother anyone work sounds tell that you're busy they don't disturb others but june seems to have lost something look an eraser whose do you think it is bobby won't talk to june will he hurry whispering is the quiet way to talk when you have to talk well bobby has moved about quite a bit without disturbing the class could you do all that as quietly as bobby did now let's suppose bobby wanted to get something from the cabinet how would you do it quietly bobby so bobby certainly knows the quiet way of working by himself doesn't he well of course all of us have to if our room is to be a good place to work now bobby has shown us some of the ways of working quietly by ourselves who would like to show how we work quietly in a reading group all right bring your chairs up oh moving chairs will certainly be noisy well there is a quiet way to move chairs isn't there there wasn't much noise at all no one was disturbed and look they all have their books with them now they can get started without having to wait for any children to get ready now we'll read a day at the fair on page 24. let's read the first paragraph silently to find out who's going to the fair all the children are quiet while they read aren't they who can tell us who is going to the fair marrying mother and father that's right see how no one else talks when someone is speaking it's fun to work together that way do you think you could work together that well now we're going to show you how we work quietly together in another way who wants to show how we're quiet when we work on our model farm all right go ahead now you return to your desk and we'll all pretend again how will the children work quietly here [Music] they speak very quietly when one speaks the others listen that's polite they stay near the table they are not bothering children working nearby and see how well they work together and do things together now let's see have we shown you everything we saw that there are times for noise and fun such as play periods and times for quiet and work such as the library or our classroom and we saw some ways of working quietly you remember how bobby showed us ways to work quietly by yourself and how we talk together quietly when we read or tell stories and how we work together quietly when we work in groups those are some of the important ways we help keep our room quiet thank you children now let's get back to work you can see how quiet helps us can't you thank you miss bradley this is a good room isn't it a room to work in to learn in do you know some things you can do to help make your room a quiet place for work you