Ariel Campa 7/31/17

BCP: When We Talk in Turn, the Skys the Limit!

Undesirable Behavior Targeted: Talking out of Turn
This undesirable behavior is defined as: talking without permission from the teacher.
Examples include: 1. Talking without raising your hand 2. Talking when someone else is already speaking 3. Not waiting to be
called on before beginning to speak.
This behavior interferes with learning because if students are talking out of turn, then they are therefore unable to hear the
important information that is being said by their teacher and/or their peers. This information is a vital key to student learning
and may include things such as directions, answers to pertinent questions, or other relevant comments or concerns. If students
are unable to hear this information due to talking out of turn, then they will ultimately be less successful in their learning.
Desirable (expected) Behavior Targeted: Talking in Turn
The desired behavior looks like: 1. Raising your hand when you wish to speak 2. Waiting to be called on before speaking out
3. Waiting until after your teacher or peer has finished speaking to begin speaking.
Types of Positive Reinforcements - Reinforced when & how?
1. Immediate R+: Star stickers (one per student, given if everyone followed the desired behavior during an entire
lesson/activity)
2. Ongoing R+: Sky objects (sun and clouds) (these will be used to fill up our sky bulletin board; 15 star stickers are needed
to earn one sky object; once we reach a total of 1 sun and 4 clouds, then the interactive learning activity will be earned)
3. Overall R+: 30 minute Outdoor Weather Field Trip
(students will be taken as a class outside for 30 minutes for this fun activity)
Without interrupting teaching, I plan to quickly and easily administer the immediate R+ (star stickers) by designating an area of
the board where I have the class Star Sheet displayed. Using this sheet, I can quickly and easily add one star sticker to it
every time our class completes an entire lesson or activity with everyone following the desired behavior of talking in turn. For
the ongoing R+ (sky objects), I will quickly and easily add one of the objects to the class sky bulletin board for every 15 star
stickers collected on our star sheet until the bulletin board has reached one sun and four clouds in the sky.
Interactive Learning Activity
TEKS: 112.11. Science, Kindergarten: (8) Earth and space. The student knows that there are recognizable patterns in the natural
world and among objects in the sky. The student is expected to: (C) observe, describe, and illustrate objects in the sky such as
the clouds, Moon, and stars, including the Sun.
Topic: Earth/Space and Weather: Students will be taken as a class to the school playground or nearby field area to observe actual
weather and objects in the sky. Students will each be given a pair of star sunglasses to wear outside during our field trip and to
afterwards take home with them as a keepsake. Students will bring their science journals outside with them and will record
their observations in their journals.
Explain HOW you will Teach the Desired Behaviors:
I will use the I Do, We Do, You Do model. I will begin by introducing observable/measurable examples of the desired
behavior to my students. Using an anchor chart labeled Talking in Turn, I will provide written and pictorial examples of what it
actually means to talk in turn. Examples include: 1. Raising your hand when you wish to speak 2. Waiting to be called on by
teacher before speaking out. 3. Waiting until after your teacher or peer has finished speaking to begin speaking.
Next, I will model the desired behaviors to the students and will show them exactly what it means to do the examples
mentioned on the anchor chart using a puppet and/or other props as necessary. Then, I will choose a few students to come up and
role-play some of the examples with me. I will then allow the students to role-play one of the examples with a partner. Finally, I
will call on a few pairs of students to come up and by themselves show the class what they did with their partner.
Explain HOW you will Teach the Plan:
I will start at the beginning of class on a day when students may be particularly frequent in their talking out of turn
behaviors. I will stop the students as soon as someone begins displaying the undesired behavior and will begin to introduce to
them the plan. I will explain to students that talking out of turn in unacceptable in the classroom, and then I will show students my
Star Sheet and explain to them that this sheet is where I will place the cool star stickers that they can earn by going through an
entire lesson with everyone talking in turn.
After that, I will call the students attention over to the Sky Bulletin Board and will explain to students that if they are able to
earn 15 star stickers, then they will receive one sun to place onto the sky of the bulletin board. After they earn another 15 star
stickers, they will earn one cloud to place onto the bulletin board. Once they have a total of 4 clouds and one sun on the bulletin
board, the interactive learning activity will be earned. I will inform students that the interactive learning activity will consist of
going outside to the play area or school field for thirty minutes to play and to observe the weather-related objects in the sky.
Students will be told that they will get to fill out their observations in their science journals and that each of them will be receiving
a super cool pair of star-shaped sunglasses to wear outside that day and to take home with them as a keepsake. I will let students
know when they have reached their goal by making a class-wide announcement the day that the final cloud is earned and placed
onto the bulletin board. The following day will be the learning activity.
Provide Options: Potential adjustments to extend the original BCP could be made for other behaviors such as tattle-telling, not
staying in your seat, or not keeping hands to yourself by adding slight variations. Variations might include using different stickers,
and different sky objects on the bulletin board, such as stars and a moon to make a night sky instead of a daytime sky. Variations
for the learning activity could be: using a different keepsake such as binoculars or sunhats, or planning an entirely different activity
altogether based on a different kinder TEKS.
Demonstrate all Necessary Items: Bulletin board, sheet of paper, star stickers, anchor chart, dry erase markers, star sunglasses, sun
and clouds for bulletin board, blue butcher paper, student science journals, pencils, crayons.
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