Quiet Classroom/Pockets of Quiet
Overview
Decreasing extra audio input provides a focused learning environment. Creating pockets of quiet in a classroom also supports students who struggle with Auditory Processing and Sensory Integration.
Example: Use This Strategy In in the Classroom
Design It into Your Product
Learn how Too Noisy Pro allows students to self-monitor the noise level in the classroom. With the noise meter and changes in graphics, students can visually observe the volume level in the classroom and adjust accordingly.
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Factors Supported by this Strategy
More Physical Space Strategies
When classrooms are intentionally designed to promote inclusion, belonging, and accessibility, they positively influence key learner factors, including Attention, Self-Regulation, Learner Mindset, and Sense of Belonging.
Dim or natural lighting provides a calming environment.
Having space where students can go supports Self-regulation and individual deliberate practice.
Multiple tables and chairs on wheels allow for setting up the classroom to support the desired learning outcomes of each classroom activity.
Multiple display spaces promote collaboration by allowing groups to share information easily as they work.
Using multiple writing surfaces promotes collaboration by allowing groups to share information easily as they work.
Books for vision differences support reading development for learners with visual needs.
Books of varying complexity and reading levels are necessary for all students to experience reading success.
With rhyming and creative word use, poetry is a genre that supports the development of early literacy skills in particular.
Students who have had little exposure to the school's language can benefit from having books in their Primary Language in their classroom.
Books with SEL topics, such as developing friendships and identifying emotions, help teach these skills.
Providing ways for students to adjust sound level supports individual auditory needs.
Providing ways for students to meet their individual temperature needs supports focus and Self-Regulation.
Spaces that are structured, organized, and clean provide increased room for collaboration and active learning.
