Behavior Contingency Plan: Stellar Behavior

Caroline Suchman

Undesirable Behavior Targeted: off tasktalking and thinking about unrelated

things, walking around the room, distracted; missing directions, losing time
Desirable Behavior Targeted: talking and thinking about the topic, asking relevant
questions, in place where they are supposed to bewhere materials are, at station
or seat; eyes on work or speaker
Types of R+: Immediate: students receive a pre-cut piece of a rocket; Ongoing:
before transitions, students with rocket pieces can put them on the bulletin board;
Overall: when rockets reach the Moon class participates in a day of Moon themed
activities
Interactive Learning Activity: Moon Day! Students will learn about the Moon through
lessons, activities, and investigations, and will be encouraged to ask questions and
be provided with texts about the Moon in order to conduct their own research; What
is it made of?: students learn about the composition of the Moon through a reading
activity and follow up questions to check for understanding, followed by brain
storming other materials the Moon looks like to capture the texture (sponges and
Swiss cheese), then get to choose materials from the classroom (those mentioned,
sand, crayons, paints) to make their own Moon sculptures or drawings [TEKS
113.8C]; Why is the Moon bright?: students learn that the Moon does not create its
own light but reflects that of the Sun using the projector screen or a flashlight and
light colored surface to demonstrate that light-colored things reflect a lot of light
and then using a dark-colored object to demonstrate that dark things do not reflect
as much light and do not appear to glow as much as the Moon, talk about how the
composition of the Moon lends it to have a light color and reflect more light
[113.8D]; A trick of the light: students learn about lunar eclipses using different
models such as a flashlight (Sun), globe or soccer ball (Earth), and bouncy ball
(Moon), split into groups of three and use their bodies (one holds a flashlight, one
pretends to be the Earth, one pretends to be the Sun), the projector (Sun), round
objects (Earth), and projector screen (Moon) [113.8C]; Phases of the Moon: students
learn why and how the Moon seems to change shape throughout the month using
models such as a flashlight and large beach ball or a soccer ball with a globe or blue
ball in a stationary place, pulling Oreo cookies apart and deciding what phase of
icing is left behind [113.8C]
Teach the Desired Behaviors: class will demonstrate by role-playing inappropriate
behaviors and brainstorm reasons why they are inappropriate for the classroom,
then practice role-playing desired behaviors and brainstorm reasons why they are
appropriate for the classroom; I will write brainstormed list on a large paper or
sticky pad and stick on the wall next to bulletin board as a reminder; each morning
for the first week or so of BCP will begin by revisiting the role-playing of appropriate
behaviors
Teach the Plan: when need for plan is presented I will hang up the Stellar Behavior
bulletin board in the morning before students get to class so they can see it when
they walk in and be aware of a change, then when class begins I will tell them about
how they can earn rocket pieces, when they can build the rockets, and what will
happen when they reach the Moon, then we will learn the desire behaviors
necessary to earn the rocket pieces
Provide Options: at a secondary level or in the event of class periods I would make a
separate bulletin board for each class; in order to extend the plan for other
behaviors I would make the goal the next farthest celestial object in our solar
system (Venus) and make the rockets slightly smaller to demonstrate that the
planet is farther than the Moon, could continue to Mars, Mercury, asteroid belt

Behavior Contingency Plan: Stellar Behavior

Caroline Suchman

Necessary Items: Bulletin boardpaper and scissors for rockets and background
images, black paper of at least 2.5 ft tall and 1 ft wide for background, silver paint
or sharpie for instructions written on black paper, glue stick and yarn to stick rocket
pieces on background; Moon Day activitiesshort passage about the composition of
the Moon and follow up questions, books about the Moon, materials with crater-like
textures, black paper, paint, crayons, colored pencils, 10 or so flashlights (student
phones would also work), light- and dark-colored objects, globe and/or differentsized balls, Oreos