Classroom Management Magic

Have you ever seen these little guys at the Dollar Tree? Well, pick some up because they work like magic!!! If my students are at their table completing a project of some sort and the noise level raises and raises....all I have to do is grab one of these and simply walk around their tables....INSTANT Silence!! Love it..You have to try it. Of course it may take a few times because you have to really play it up at first, saying something like "Let's see if I can find any table good enough, quiet enough, working hard enough that deserves to win a trophy cone today. Everyone will see it sitting on their table and know who's been working the best." (I have 4 on hand, but usually only give 1 out, sometimes 2.)