It’s certainly not uncommon for young students to not understand appropriate voice levels during certain activities. We have 20 plus kiddos in a room and they really need to be taught when it’s appropriate to speak at a normal level, when it’s appropriate to whisper and then when silence is required. Teaching appropriate voice levels at the beginning of the school year is certainly the best, but you can introduce the chart at any point in the school year. Once all students learn your expectations, then it’s likely you can fade the chart away. It’s pretty easy to assemble the voice level chart. Simply print the chart and arrow on card stock and then hot glue the arrow on a