Getting a class' attention

[school_o_fish]

I do a few of the things listed here:

class, yes

count down from 3 to 1

simply say "I need your attention please" or "all eyeballs on me please".

The only suggestion I have is to NOT flicker the lights, if a student has sensory issues or is epileptic, flickering the lights can be a trigger and very stressful.

[Strick]

I like the counting down idea. I will definitely try that one!

[Reality Check]

Usually yelling, "Hey!..........Folks!" works for me.

There's another teacher in our building who uses a different "F" word, surrounded by "Shut," "the," and "up." I wouldn't have believed it, if I hadn't seen if for myself, but he gets away with it. I guess because he's been around so long, handles graduation practice each June with over 200 kids and yells that into a bullhorn to get them started, they're used to it.