classroom management observations

• i need to work on not talking louder to compensate for how my students are talking.
• it could also be good to try what another teacher does and outline what's going to happen in the class period, especially for block classes.
• in terms of classroom behavior, asking my students what they are doing wrong instead of telling them might be more effective too.
• it also seems that having a break during the last block period of the day is a bad idea. telling them we will start 5 minutes later instead of having a 5 minute break in the middle might be better.