Wednesday Writing: My Mouth is a Volcano

Today's idea is a triple threat--management, writing, and reading! I love using the book My Mouth is a Volcano to teach about interrupting. It uses the perspective of a kid much like those in your class to illustrate the problem with talking out of turn. The relevance this establishes brings the concept home. I take advantage of this "Aha!" moment by taking things one step further. 

In the first section of the worksheet, I have students draw and write about a time when they have interrupted someone. (They can also write about a time someone has interrupted them.) In the second section, they write and draw about a better choice they can make--ideally, sitting quietly and waiting their turn to talk.

This is such a simple activity, yet it covers so many bases. Obviously, it's a great management tool because it addresses a rampant problem in classrooms across the globe. Reading comprehension is addressed in the form of text-to-self and text-to-world connections. And since it's Wednesday, we'll work in writing--after all, that is what's happening here!

Keep it class-y, ya'll.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.K.2 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.