My last few posts have focused on the “Law of Least Intervention”…how a teacher can effectively stop disturbances without stopping instruction.

The next step of least intervention is… **The Look**

**Do not underestimate the power of this simple teaching tip**

Every teacher has one…the look that tells the student, “I see what you are doing…now stop.”

A teacher’s “look” only takes a second to deliver and can been done so without ever disrupting the lesson. In fact, if students are working in small groups and a couple of students are involved in some minor off-task behavior, a simple look can stop those students while the rest of the class never even noticed what happened.

While a teacher’s look is similar to prolonged direct eye contact (mentioned in a previous post), it takes things a step further…the look conveys the message “I mean it!”

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