DIY: Blurt Chart

This was my inspiration. One of the PreK teachers I am working with has a very chatty class. She asked me for any suggestions to keep their blurts to a minimum. Luckily, I had just pinned this picture the day before! Here is how mine turned out.

In Microsoft word, I typed up all the names of the students, the title, and one page full of 9 smiley faces. My one regret was laminating the names with the chart. If I had a redo, I would laminate & velcro them like I did the smiley faces. I printed the smileys on yellow cardstock and laminated them. After cutting them out, I put a piece of velcro on the back of each one and stuck it to the big chart (4 pieces of construction paper taped together).

How it's used:
Every student is given 3 smiley faces next to their names. If they blurt out, talk out of turn, talk over someone, etc., they have to go remove a smiley face by their name. Once all 3 are gone, they have to change their color. Then, they get all 3 back and the cycle continues. It seems to be working so far. Hopefully, after a few weeks, it will really show improvement in their behavior.