Need help getting their attention?

This is a fun, quick activity that might help get a distracted student to focus and/or join a group.  Play follow the leader (stationary...more like Simon Says, but without saying Simon Says) for about 2 minutes and then let the students have a turn being the leader.  You can then quickly discuss how it felt to be the follower and how it felt to be the leader...consensus when I did this activity was that it was "cool" to have everyone looking at you (the leader) and copying what you do. Another student said he felt like he was "in charge" when students copied what he did.  Students also offered words such as "fun", "feels like respect" and "easy" when they were followers.  This activity can help students re-focus and is also an easy way to "make" kids be involved in a group activity!