Blurt Chart Freebie!!!

I'm thrilled to share this freebie with you today

because its been SO helpful in my first grade

classroom!

I first saw the idea for a "blurt chart" on Dana's blog.

After searching a little more, I found several teachers

who mentioned this book, My Mouth Is A Volcano by

 Julia Cook.

 

I LOVE this book! It explains so well for kids how others feel

when they get interrupted and why its disrespectful.

My firsties really liked the book too and loved how the

author compares someone blurting out to a volcano erupting!

They thought that was very cool. :)

So, I read this book to my students and then explained and implemented

my blurt chart.

When a student interrupts, I'll tell them to take a volcano

down. You wouldn't believe how much this decreased the blurting

our first day using it!

At the end of the day, they get a star ticket {our school-wide behavior

system} for each volcano they have left.

They love this part!

 

To create your own blurt chart, you need poster board,

ruler, marker, velcro, and the graphics of the title

and volcanoes.

You can grab my freebie of the graphics I used for my

blurt chart below. 

 

First, I added the title and then used my ruler and sharpie

to draw all the lines and numbers.

I laminated the posterboard for durability and to use

year after year.

Then I added the velcro to the board and the little volcano

graphics I had copied onto colored paper and laminated.

I used an overhead projector marker to write in their

names, so I can easily clean off and use again.

 

Click on the pic below if you'd like to use

my freebie!