[GinaJer2911]

I have a boy who interrupts constantly! He is a great kid, just is too anxious to talk. Do any of you have some ideas for discouraging this behavior? Nothing I have tried is working!

[mbuk]

I have had students who talk out of turn and what I did was give them 5 popsicle sticks at the start of the day and everytime they talked out they had to give me a popsicle stick and at the end of the day they could color in our their behavior charts the number of sticks which they had left over. In the beginning they would lose most of their sticks but as time went on they kept more than they lost.

[unseen001]

http://www.newmanagement.com/tips/red_hands.html

[afox27]

I started the year with a student like this. I taped a paper to his desk that said - Your goal for the day: raise your hand and wait for the teacher to speak.

At first it was tough but, after a while, I would just point to his desk and his eyes would open really big and he would put his hand over his mouth! It hardly happens anymore.

I do like the popsicle stick idea...great one!

[ms.gteacher]

thank you for the link, I think that I will implement some of this into my classroom. I have a few that like to blurt, talk, and walk around the room a lot. Maybe this will cut down how many times I have to tell them to turn a card.

[gradeteacher]

I firmly believe that children of this age can control their outbursts. I have one tough case this year who was not responding to any of my techniques that have been successful in the past. I pulled out an old tape recorder, and explained to him (and the rest of the class) that this tape recorder is so powerful, it can pick up the smallest whisper from way across the room, and that you can tell who is whispering just from listening to the tape. I told him that when he starts to call out, I will record it, then call his mother in for a conference and play it back for her.

Worked like a charm. I have no problems with this or any other child calling out.

I also had issues with this boy getting out of his seat and bothering others. I brought in an old camera, and told him I would take photos of him out of his seat and show them to his parents. Out of seat behavior decreased 99%.

[COLT2]

So, I found out that my blurter LOVES Michael Jackson. As an incentive, if he can make it through a lesson without blurting, I play a MJ song for the class to move to during the transition to the next lesson. They all love it! We just started this Monday before Thanksgiving break and so far we have listened to 4 songs. He is showing progress and has the support of his classmates as well. I think I will change it to making it through the morning and then the afternoon, this way the novelty doesn't wear off.