Voice Levels Voice Levels allow you to structure the volume of conversation in the C portion of your CHAMPS. The following numerical scale is very easy to understand and to teach.

Voice Levels 0 (Zero) No sound No talking. Examples: while taking a test or listening to a concert Zero – No talking No sound at all

Voice Levels 1 (One) Whisper (no vocal cords) Example: asking another student a question during independent work time when conversation is allowed One – Whisper People right next to me can hear my words, but no one else knows that I am talking Whisper has no sound When you whisper, your voice box does not vibrate. Try it. Put your hand on your voice box and whisper. No vibrating.

(only people near can hear) Voice Levels 2 (Two) Quiet Conversation (only people near can hear) Examples: 2 or 3 students walking down the hall; 4 students working in a cooperative group Two – Quiet Conversation In a quiet conversation, the people near me can hear me but those on the other side can’t hear my words. Let me show you. (Talk quietly to a group right in front of you and then ask a group in the back what you said.) This is the first voice level where your voice box will vibrate when you use it. Let’s try. We are going to start with a Level 1 – a whisper – again and then when I say Level 2 – do a quiet conversation and see what happens.

(entire class can hear) Voice Levels 3 (Three) Presentational Voice (entire class can hear) Examples: a teacher teaching a class; a student giving a report Three – Presentational Voice This is a voice that the teacher uses when she teaches, a voice where everyone in the classroom can hear. When you ask a question for everyone to hear or you answer a question the teacher has asked the entire class, you will use a Level 3.

Voice Levels 4 (Four) Outside Voice (entire team can hear) Example: cheering at a football game Four – An outside voice. This is not screaming. When you scream, you don’t use words. Students don’t use this voice in the building. And teachers use this voice only in an extreme emergency.

HOW WILL WE . . . Teach it? (provide lots of practice) ________________________________________________________________________________ Monitor it? (pre-correct problems we have) ________________________________________________________________________________ Provide feedback to our students? (+ or reteach)