Classroom Management

verb to take or seize (someone's property) with authority; to confiscate something

• The police have the authority to confiscate any illegal items found during a search.
• I heard they confiscated all the snacks at the movie theater.
• The teacher confiscated my phone because I was texting in class.
• Sometimes, it feels like life has a way of confiscating all our hopes and dreams.

adjective characterized by a lack of order or organization

• The protesters were arrested for engaging in disorderly conduct.
• The party got a little disorderly after midnight.
• Things got real disorderly at the concert last night.
• Her thoughts were in a disorderly mess after the breakup.

noun a thing that prevents someone from giving full attention to something else

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• It is important to minimize distractions in order to improve focus and productivity.
• I can't work with all these distractions around me.
• I keep getting distracted by my phone, it's so annoying.
• Her beauty was a distraction that he couldn't resist.

adjective disobedient to authority; defiant; unruly

• The employee was reprimanded for being insubordinate towards their supervisor.
• He got in trouble for being insubordinate and not following orders.
• She was being insubordinate and got herself into hot water.
• The rebellious teenager's insubordinate attitude caused tension within the family.

noun a procedure where a list of names is called out to determine who is present or absent

• The teacher took attendance by calling out names for the roll call.
• We had to do the roll call before starting the class.
• Let's get this roll call over with so we can move on.
• The roll call of responsibilities never seems to end in this job.

noun a sudden, violent, and uncontrolled outburst of anger or frustration; a fit of bad temper

• The child threw a tantrum when he was told he couldn't have any more candy.
• She always throws a tantrum when things don't go her way.
• He had a major tantrum over losing the game.
• The storm outside matched the tantrum brewing inside of her.

noun a state of being irritable or easily annoyed

• His constant grouchiness made it difficult to work with him.
• I can't stand his grouchiness in the mornings.
• She's always in a bad mood, such grouchiness!
• The dark clouds of grouchiness followed him wherever he went.

noun a bell that is rung to signal the beginning or end of classes in a school

• The school bell rang, signaling the end of the class.
• When the school bell rings, it's time to head to the next class.
• I always try to sneak out before the school bell goes off.
• The school bell symbolizes the start of a new chapter in life.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

verb a word that expresses an action or state of being

adverb a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

• Please go back to sleep as it is important for your health to get enough rest.
• Hey, go back to sleep, you need your beauty rest!
• Dude, just go back to sleep and chill out.
• Sometimes it's better to go back to sleep and dream a little longer before facing reality.

noun a person's seat that is unoccupied

adjective describing the chair as lacking occupants or contents

• The board meeting began with an empty chair, symbolizing the absence of the CEO.
• There's always an empty chair at our family gatherings for Uncle Joe who lives overseas.
• I walked into the party and saw an empty chair, so I knew I had to grab it before someone else did.
• Her heart felt like an empty chair, longing for the presence of her lost loved one.

noun a person who craves or seeks attention from others

• The child was labeled as an attention seeker by the teacher due to their constant disruptive behavior in class.
• She's such an attention seeker, always posting selfies on social media for likes.
• Stop being such an attention seeker, nobody likes someone who constantly craves validation.
• The artist's bold and eccentric style can be seen as that of an attention seeker, demanding to be noticed in a sea of mediocrity.