student tensions

i had good conversations with all my students that were having talking issues. it's interesting that part of the dynamic is that two of those students is really annoyed by one of the other students and the things that he says. but from my perspective, all of them talk out of turn and none of them is really worse than the other, except different reasons for talking out of turn. but i think i have a much better idea of how indicate to them individually when they shouldn't be talking. so i tried to be very intentional about that during class today and will hopefully be able to keep up consistency in that way and not let things slide.
it's an interesting tension among the students though because two of them just look at me when the other one that annoys them talks when he shouldn't like they're saying "why aren't you making him stop?" (and i talked to that student about specific ways i could get his attention so he understands it's not the right time to be talking--ADD is part of the issue there.) but then five minutes later, they will be the ones talking when they shouldn't. so kind of ironic. we talked about that too. we'll see how it goes!