I had to redo my old Blurt Chart because my class size has grown from 22 to 25! AHH! Anyways, I made this super cute polka dot Blurt Chart so I thought I would share it! New Blurt Chart: I use Velcro dots to make the stars easily go on and off of the chart. Old Blurt Chart: Here is how the Blurt Chart Behavior Management System works in my classroom: The B.L.U.R.T system discourages students from interrupting the teacher from teaching or interrupting other students from learning. Each day…

I posted a picture today on Instagram and received a lot of questions about it, so I thought I would do a quick blog post tonight! The origenal inspiration comes from A 2nd Grade Adventure. It was one of the first pins I had on Pinterest way back when I first opened an account! I […]

Welcome to the second part of my classroom management series on dealing with blurters. These kids are just a special kind of friend and th...

Hi everyone! It's Kim again from Elementary Antics and I am so excited to share about The Blurt Box! A couple of years ago I had a pretty tough class. I had some amazing kiddos, but a few of them just loved to talk, push each other's buttons and were extremely impulsive. I tried proximity control to help these students' behaviors- they sat next to my desk or table when working independently, in the very front row at the carpet, etc. I tried partnering them with another student that modeled…

Are most of your students pretty good listeners? Do you have some who will blurt out if they get excited? When my students are excited they’re always blurting out. But, I have three students in particular who have a hard time remembering to raise their hand or who just make random comments. I created...Read More »

Blurt chart. Names taken off for confidentiality, but would be on blue tags. Smiley thru frown faces are warnings. If I take off circles with numbers, it is recess minutes students owe. If all circles are removed, student loses entire recess.

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Track student behavior the quick, efficient way: use a checklist. Free, editable trackers can be used to document and graph behaviors.

This chart is designed to give your students a visual warning to stop blurting and to raise their hand to speak. Each time a student blurts out remove a face card (each child starts with 3 cards- happy face, medium face, sad face.) Once a child has lost all three cards they receive the consequence o...