(Grade 3) Undesirable Behavior Targeted: During transitioning period the students are out of their seat, without their materials, and are talking to each other when the teacher starts the lesson. This interferes with learning because it takes longer for the lesson to begin resulting in limited learning time. Expected Behavior: Students will be in their seats, ready for the lesson by the time Space Odyssey song ends. (2 minutes) • Be on time • Listen to directions • Ask questions if needed • Sit in seat • Take out materials Positive Reinforcements 1. Immediate R+- Once the student displays all aspects of BLAST by the end of the song, the child will receive a glow in the dark star to put into their table’s astronaut bucket. 2. Ongoing R+ - At the end of the day each table will count the stars earned. Star totals will be added together. Every 25 stars equals 1 big star, 10 big stars equal 1-star movement on the board. Students will hop planets by going 5 stars to each planet moving the astronaut along like a board game until they reach Earth. The goal is to collect 10 big stars a day and to move 1 star on the board for 5 days. Big stars will be drawn on the whiteboard so that students know how many they have collected so far. Once 10 big stars are reached and the students move along on the board, it will be erased, and students will work again to collect 10 more big stars. 3. Fun-Interactive-Learning-Activity: Students will spend the next day researching the assigned planet and creating models. 4. Easy Administration of R+- During the transition time to the next lesson, the teacher will walk around during the countdown song giving stars to the students who are sitting down with their materials out before the countdown ends. Interactive Learning Activity- • TEKs 3rd Grade (29) Listening and Speaking/Listening. Students use comprehension skills to listen attentively to others in formal and informal settings. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to: (A) listen attentively to speakers, ask relevant questions, and make pertinent comments (8) Earth and space. The student knows there are recognizable patterns in the natural world and among objects in the sky. The student is expected to: (C) construct models that demonstrate the relationship of the Sun, Earth, and Moon, including orbits and positions (4) Number and operations. The student applies mathematical process standards to develop and use strategies and methods for whole number computations to solve problems with efficiency and accuracy. The student is expected to: (A) solve with fluency one-step and two-step problems involving addition and subtraction within 1,000 using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and the relationship between addition and subtraction • Detailed description of what the Fun-Interactive-Learning-Activity will involve: The students will have the opportunity to examine different planets as they hop planets until they get back to Earth. The day after each planet is landed on, students will spend a designated time where they will work in their table groups to research the planet and create a model. Once the students land back on Earth and their model is completed, time will be spent researching the NASA Space Program and building a class rocket to launch. The remaining planets will be discussed so that models will be complete from Earth beyond to the sun. Teaching the Expected Behaviors: Classroom expectations and the class daily schedule will be posted. Quick transitioning behaviors will be taught through modeling at the beginning of the day and students will practice step-by-step each instruction until they are more aware of the sequence of each step and what each step looks like. For example: sitting in seat will be modeled by sitting directly in seat, facing forward, with hands on table or in lap. The students will practice completing each step by the time the space song ends. Teaching the Plan: To start the plan, it will be explained at the beginning of the week. The students will be shown the bulletin board and told that their mission is to go back to Earth. Quick transitioning will be introduced by explaining to children the importance of listening and being ready so that learning time is fully used for their learning benefit. The students will be shown how to receive stars, where to put them, and what happens when they are counted and moved on the board. The behavior plan will continue to be explained at the beginning of the week and each day where students will be told what behaviors they are working towards to have a special fun learning activity. Throughout the first two weeks, the plan will be implemented by reminders when moving to the next lesson what the expectations are. Some Options Might Be: If the students finish all the planet models, they can explore different aspects of space; meteors, asteroids, stars, black holes. Models can be built individually or in pairs instead of by table groups or models can be extended by providing a write up of that planet.